Warning of 'submissions fatigue' as editors face 'tsunami' of book proposals
A “tsunami” of submissions caused by the cancellation of 2020's physical book fairs, and the proximity of London and Frankfurt this, year could lead to fatigue among editors and some authors not... Read more
Debut fiction did well in pandemic-hit 2020
Debut novelists performed solidly last year, despite widespread fears that they would lose out to more established authors due to 2020's pandemic-hit publishing schedules... Read more
Book production hits 11-year low in 2020
A big issue of the pandemic was been the shifting of publishing schedules, with many titles kicked into 2021, and a relatively small portion shifted from Lockdown 1.0 dates to the autumn of 2020. Read more
British Library Publishing is to bring forward the publication of a sea shanty guide, due to overwhelming interest on Twitter and TikTok. ... Read more
Dead Ink Books and Farrar Straus & Giroux (FSG) are to publish Missouri Williams’ "brilliant and depraved" debut novel The Doloriad next year, with FSG's MCD imprint publishing in the US. ... Read more
Andersen Press is to relaunch its weekly online children's storytime sessions in partnership with Seven Stories, the National Centre for Children's Books.... Read more
Lizzie Damilola Blackburn and Katy Loftus Author and editor at Penguin Books
Debut author of Yinka Where is Your Huzband, Lizzie Damilola Blackburn, and her editor Katy Loftus at Penguin, dish the dirt on the reality behind... Read more
"Everything in Popisho was born with a little something-something... a little something extra. The local name was cors. Magic, but more than magic. A gift,... Read more
Poetry and woodland creatures, along with a dose of nostalgia and a nod to Jill Barklem’s Brambly Hedge books, all feature in the big search-and-find... Read more