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Women's Prize hosts events with Bernardine Evaristo and Maggie O'Farrell

The Women's Prize for Fiction will host a day of events open to the public in September, including readings with the chair of judges Bernardine Evaristo. ... Read more

Music authors get top billing at Victorious music festival

Literacy Live will return to the Victorious Festival in Portsmouth next month, with music authors such as Nick Sadler, Martin James and Trevor Miller providing a main... Read more

flipped eye brings in Hughes as editorial intern

Lana Hughes has been appointed editorial intern at independent press flipped eye. Read more

PMJ snaffles Stephen Fry's tie tribute

Penguin Michael Joseph will publish Stephen Fry's new book about neckwear, Fry's Ties, inspired by his rediscovery of long-forgotten clothing in lockdown.... Read more

Moonflower Publishing picks up 'timely and topical' novel from American author Stephens

Moonflower Publishing, a new independent publisher of commercial fiction, has acquired its first novel Blue Running by American author Lori Ann Stephens, a "timely and topical" novel... Read more

Junior and mid-career employees hit 'really hard' by WFH set-up, survey finds

Younger and early to mid-career employees are more likely to struggle with their working from home set-up, a survey conducted by the Oxford-based branches at the... Read more

Farshore's Winnie-the-Pooh prequel to mark 95th anniversary

Farshore will publish an official Winnie-the-Pooh prequel to celebrate the 95th anniversary of A A Milne’s stories, which were originally published in October 1926. ... Read more

Rebellion launches football shirts for Roy of the Rovers

Indie publisher Rebellion is launching a limited edition football shirt as part of its campaign for the new Roy of the Rovers book about fictional football... Read more

Bookseller to publish Climate Issue in October

The Bookseller is to publish a Climate Issue ahead of the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), with aim of interrogating what the trade can... Read more

Catherine McCrea joins Michael O'Mara

Catherine McCrea is to join the sales team at Michael O’Mara Books, as key account manager. Read more

Lucy Irvine made agent at PFD

Lucy Irvine has been promoted to the role of agent at Peters Fraser + Dunlop Literary Agency (PFD). Read more

BA survey reveals bookseller staffing concerns over self-isolation

A third of indie bookshops have had staff self-isolating in the past month, according to a survey by the Booksellers Association (BA). Read more

Chris Whitaker's We Begin At The End named Theakston Crime Novel of the Year

Chris Whitaker has won the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year with We Begin At The End (Zaffre). Meanwhile, Brian McGilloway's political thriller... Read more

Michael O’Mara to publish 'revealing' diary of a headteacher from Smith

Michael O’Mara Books will publish Head Trauma: The Bruising Diary of a Headteacher by Nick Smith, a "revealing" diary spanning the headteacher’s near 30-year career. ... Read more

Marcus Rashford Book Club partners with BT and Magic Breakfast for Percival title

Tom Percival's Silas and the Marvellous Misfits will be the second children’s book selected for the Marcus Rashford Book Club, with 50,000 free copies to be distributed in... Read more