News: books

Richard Osman's fiction debut scooped by Viking for seven figures in 10-way auction

Viking has acquired TV presenter Richard Osman’s debut novel, The Thursday Murder Club, and one other novel, for a seven-figure sum, after triumphing in one... Read more

Kyle scoops Allen's one pot cookbook

Octopus imprint Kyle Books has scooped a new cookbook from Darina Allen featuring 100 simple one pot recipes. Read more

Bonnier's Horobin to join old boss Smith at Welbeck

Bonnier’s group sales, marketing and publicity director James Horobin is leaving the firm to join his old boss Mark Smith at his new venture Welbeck... Read more

Sarah Shun-lien Bynum signs six-figure two-book deal with FSG

Chinese American writer Sarah Shun-lien Bynum is causing waves across the Atlantic with an auction and six-figure deal for two books with Farrar, Straus and... Read more

'Publishing legend' Edwards steps down from Orion and Gollancz roles

Orion consultant publisher and Gollancz chair Malcolm Edwards is stepping down from his roles after first joining the SFF imprint 43 years ago. Read more

Rankin donates literary archive to National Library of Scotland

Ian Rankin has donated his literary archive, including correspondence with authors like J K Rowling, Iain Banks and Ruth Rendell, to the National Library of... Read more

Promotions for Mirchandani, Main and Morley in Picador restructure

Picador has revealed promotions for Ravi Mirchandani, Francesca Main and George Morley as part of an editorial restructure. Read more

Hay Festival unveils essential reading lists for schools

Hay Festival and Tes have unveiled their essential reading lists for primary and secondary schools to inspire the next generation of book-lovers as part of the... Read more

Harrison wins EU Prize for Literature

Melissa Harrison has been revealed as the UK winner of the European Union Prize for Literature 2019 with All Among the Barley (Bloomsbury Circus), a novel exploring... Read more

Antrobus makes Forward Prizes for Poetry shortlist

Raymond Antrobus has made the shortlist for the Forward Prizes for Poetry, with this year's nominees including poems "that play havoc with the boundaries of... Read more

Guy Gunaratne wins Authors' Club award

Guy Gunaratne has won The Authors' Club's 2019 Best First Novel Award for In Our Mad and Furious City (Tinder Press).... Read more

'We choose Europe': Pullman and Gaiman condemn Brexit in open letter

Almost 90 UK authors including Robert Harris, Neil Gaiman, John le Carré and Philip Pullman, have condemned Brexit in an open letter urging people to vote... Read more

Mantel's final Cromwell novel set for March 2020

Hilary Mantel’s next novel The Mirror & the Light will be published in March 2020, 4th Estate has revealed, following fevered speculation around a billboard image circulated... Read more

Wellcome Book Prize suspended

The Wellcome Book Prize has been suspended following 10 years of the award and the Collection declined to confirm if the award would return in... Read more