News: books

Elton John reveals title and cover of autobiography

Sir Elton John has finally revealed the title and cover of his first autobiography, Me, to be released in October. Read more

'An evening with E L James' kicks off The Mister launch

E L James will appear at Chelsea Old Town Hall to celebrate the publication of her upcoming novel The Mister. Read more

Katherine Rundell | 'I will be writing children’s books until I am old'

Children’s author Katherine Rundell steals the show with her new novel, a pacy tale about a well intentioned heist. Read more

Scheffler and Donaldson join publishers on anti-Brexit march

Figures from the publishing industry including Axel Scheffler and Julia Donaldson joined over one million other protesters at Saturday’s march in London.... Read more

Headline joins forces with Thomas Cook to launch book club

Headline has joined forces with travel firm Thomas Cook to launch a holiday reading book club scheme. Read more

The British Book Awards' Books of the Year shortlists revealed

All eight shortlists for The British Book Awards' Books of the Year have been announced, with a strong focus on international writers including Michelle Obama, Michael... Read more

Onjali Q. Raúf wins Waterstones Children’s Book Prize

The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf (Hachette Children’s Books) is the winner of this year’s overall £5,000 Waterstones Children’s Book... Read more

The Ink Factory snaps up film and TV rights to The Plotters

The Ink Factory has snapped up film and television rights to The Plotters (Fourth Estate) by Un Su Kim. ... Read more

Stormzy joins cast of Noughts + Crosses TV adaptation

British musician Stormzy is joining the cast of the BBC One adaptation of Malorie Blackman’s YA novel Noughts & Crosses (Penguin Random House Children's).... Read more

Hay Festival unveils rebrand ahead of line-up announcement

Hay Festival has unveiled a major rebrand ahead of this year’s festival, as director Peter Florence hints the 2019 line-up will have a European feel. ... Read more

Gingko marks 200th anniversary of Goethe's West-Eastern Divan with two books

Gingko is publishing two books marking the 200th anniversary of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s great poem sequence the West-Eastern Divan, including the work’s first complete... Read more

Eugenie Furniss leaves Furniss Lawton for production company 42

Eugenie Furniss is leaving the agency she founded to join management and production company 42 as a literary agent. Read more

Tross leaves Hodder for Bookouture as Bord builds non-fiction list

Hodder crime and fiction publisher Ruth Tross is joining Bookouture as a publishing director while Claire Bord will start commissioning the digital imprint’s first non-fiction... Read more

McCausland and Saladino win Jane Grigson Trust prize

Elly McCausland and Dan Saladino have won the Jane Grigson Trust prize, marking the first time the judges have decided to award the prize to two shortlisted... Read more

Male writers favoured in broadsheet reviews, research finds

In a new research project, new books by men were found to receive 12% more broadsheet review coverage than those of their female counterparts. Read more