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Double win for Orion at BMS awards

Orion scooped two prizes at The Book Marketing Society’s latest seasonal awards, with wins for Penguin Random House and Pan Macmillan too. ... Read more

Century to publish new Max Brooks novel

Century will publish a new novel by World War Z author Max Brooks in Spring 2020. Read more

Hodder to publish The Irishman film tie-in

Hodder & Stoughton will publish the film tie-in edition of Charles Brandt's I Heard You Paint Houses, which has been made into a Martin Scorsese film... Read more

Sceptre pre-empts Norwegian take on how punctuation changed history

Sceptre will publish Signs of Civilization: How Punctuation Changed History by Norwegian academic Bård Borch Michalsen later this year. ... Read more

Coronet lands insider's account on controversial Indian guru

Coronet will publish an insider’s account on the world’s most controversial Indian guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, also known as Osho. Read more

Titan Books nets Joan He's debut YA fantasy

Titan Books will publish Joan He’s YA debut, a Chinese-inspired fantasy novel about a princess whose father is murdered. Read more

OUP snaps up QI producer's debut children's series

Oxford University Press has snapped up rights to QI assistant producer Anne Miller's debut children's series, with illustrations by Becka Moor. Read more

Edinburgh Book Festival: Sturgeon shares 'theory' on politicians and literature

Nicola Sturgeon has taken to the stage at Edinburgh Books Festival and shared her theory on politicians and literature. Read more

HQ signs Eleanor Wood's first non-fiction title

HQ will publish the first non-fiction title from YA author Eleanor Wood about her journey from “the depths of existential despair” following a traumatic break-up... Read more

Usborne wins new Hannah Shaw series at auction

Usborne has acquired a new series by award-winning author and illustrator Hannah Shaw in a three-book deal at auction. Read more

National Poetry Day reading lists to feature YA reads

YA-themed books will feature on this year's suggested reading lists to celebrate National Poetry Day on 3rd October. Read more

Transworld strikes two-book deal with Lesley Kara

Transworld has signed a two-book deal with crime author Lesley Kara. Read more

Oneworld scoops novel from Women's Prize-winner Jones

Oneworld has scooped another novel from Women’s Prize-winner Tayari Jones, a "compelling story of two half-sisters bound by family secrets". Read more