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Elizabeth Day and Johny Pitts to present 'Open Book'

Elizabeth Day and Johny Pitts are to be the new presenters of BBC Radio 4’s "Open Book" programme. Read more
Scribe lands Simon Akam's analysis of British Army

Scribe is to publish The Changing of the Guard: The British Army Since 9/11 by Simon Akam next month. Read more
TikTok demand accelerates British Library sea shanty guide

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 bags Missouri's dystopian debut

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 to relaunch online story sessions with Seven Stories

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
Raven Books lands Samira Sedira's English language debut

Raven Books is to publish People Like Them, the "brutal" English language debut of French Algerian novelist, actor and playwright Samira Sedira. ... 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... Read more
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... 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
Avon takes two more from Osborne

Avon has bought two more novels from Bella Osborne, taking its contract with the writer up to 2022. Read more
Rowman & Littlefield reshuffles roles for international growth

Rowman & Littlefield has reshuffled responsibilities within its sales and marketing team, as it continues to grow internationally. Read more
Hamish Hamilton signs Avni Doshi's 'superb' second novel

Hamish Hamilton has signed Protection, the “superb” second novel from 2020 Booker Prize shortlistee Avni Doshi. Read more
Lightning Books snaps up sport writer Corbett's debut novel

Lightning Books has snapped up The Outsiders, the “page-turning' debut novel from sports writer and journalist James Corbett. Read more
Hero Press nets World Cup winner Thuram's White Thinking

Hero Press has netted White Thinking by activist and French World Cup-winning footballer Lilian Thuram. Read more
Fox on board to narrate Mason's Sorrow and Bliss

Emilia Fox is to read the audiobook of Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason, publishing with Weidenfeld & Nicolson in February. ... Read more

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