Doreen Cunningham has won £10,000 for her memoir Soundings: A Journey with Whales at this year's Royal Society of Literature Giles St Aubyn Awards. ... Read more
Writer development scheme Megaphone is to run an extensive mentorship programme next year, after securing funding from Arts Council England's National Lottery project grant. ... Read more
Ladybird has promoted editorial director Lou Grosart to the role of publisher for its trade list, succeeding Louie Stowell who is leaving the role to dedicate more time to her writing... Read more
Welbeck Publishing Group is launching a new children's fiction imprint, Welbeck Flame, with Felicity Alexander joining as associate publisher.... Read more
Molly Crawford is joining Simon & Schuster UK as commissioning editor in the Adult Fiction department next year, and will be working on the women’s... Read more
