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Publishers prepare for Work in Publishing Week

Publishers including And Other Stories, Cambridge University Press and HarperCollins are preparing to take part in Work in Publishing Week, a campaign to inspire young people... Read more

The Feminist Library to open in Peckham in January 2020

The Feminist Library will open its new premises in Peckham in January 2020, following a successful £65,000 crowdfunder, with a number of opening events and a documentary, which... Read more

BBC panel defend Cooper's Riders on 100 Novels That Shaped Our World list

The panel who picked a BBC list of 100 Novels That Shaped Our World have set out the reasons for their choices, including defending the... Read more

HarperFiction promotes Denham and Witcomb as Harlow joins from Headline

HarperFiction has made a string of changes to its publicity and marketing teams, including promotions for Felicity Denham and Jaime Witcomb, plus the appointment of... Read more

DSC Prize for South Asian Literature shortlist revealed

Six novels have been shortlisted for the 2019 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature, as the award returns for its ninth year. Read more

Blackwell's Book of the Year shortlist revealed

Blackwell's has revealed its contenders for its 2019 Book of the Year, with the all-female shortlist including titles by Booker shortlistee Elif Shafak and Candice Carty-Williams. ... Read more

HarperCollins global sales fall 3% as News Corp reports decline

Global sales at HarperCollins fell by 3% in the first quarter from $418m the year before to $410 as parent company News Corp recorded a 7%... Read more

Oneworld to join Independent Alliance

Oneworld is joining the Independent Alliance in March 2020, with Faber c.e.o. Stephen Page hailing the move as "a thrilling addition" to the organisation.... Read more

'Solid' third quarter for Hachette UK as Lagardère reveals 4.1% revenue boost

Hachette UK has reported a "solid" third quarter, slightly down on last year due to slow sales in Education, as parent company Lagardère revealed a 4.1%... Read more

'Climate strike' named Word of the Year by Collins Dictionary

Collins Dictionary has revealed its word of the year is "climate strike" after the form of protest took off in 2019 thanks to Greta Thunberg... Read more

Redundancies at Unbound as publisher 'pauses' digital list

Unbound has made four people redundant and imposed a "pause" on accepting submissions for its digital list, the company has revealed. Read more

Richard Curtis signs deal to adapt children's book series into 'Love Actually for kids'

Film director Richard Curtis has signed a deal with Locksmith Animation to create an animated feature based on his festive children's books, in a project... Read more

CILIP pushes for library support in election campaign

CILIP, the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, is leading a campaign calling for politicians to make local libraries a big election issue.... Read more

The Novels That Shaped Our World: BBC reveals 100-strong list

Novels by authors including Toni Morrison, Sylvia Plath and Salman Rushdie have been recognised by the BBC in a new list of novels chosen by... Read more

Overbrook options Adlington's YA Nazi drama

Overbrook Entertainment has optioned Lucy Adlington's YA novel, The Red Ribbon, about a 14-year-old Jewish girl working as a seamstress at Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.... Read more