Dead Ink Books and Farrar Straus & Giroux (FSG) are to publish Missouri Williams’ "brilliant and depraved" debut novel The Doloriad next year, with FSG's MCD imprint publishing in the US. ... Read more
Raven Books is to publish People Like Them, the "brutal" English language debut of French Algerian novelist, actor and playwright Samira Sedira. ... Read more
Debut novelists performed solidly last year, despite widespread fears that they would lose out to more established authors due to 2020's pandemic-hit publishing schedules. ... Read more
Icon Books has signed Ben Aitken's account of spending lockdown as companion to an 84-year-old, described as "an intimate portrait of an unlikely friendship". ... Read more
The Duchess of Cornwall has revealed the first choices for her Instagram-based book club, featuring titles from Hilary Mantel, Delia Owens, Elif Shafak and William... Read more
Kate Mosse will be interviewed by Jojo Moyes and joined by writers including Lee Child and Bernardine Evaristo as part of a tour to promote... Read more
Bookshops in Scotland will still be able to offer click and collect services despite a toughening of coronavirus restrictions, with Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon... Read more
A Palme D’Or-winning screenwriter and director, a former Man Booker-longlisted author and a multi-award nominated Irish writer have made the shortlist of the 2020 Costa Short... Read more
Bonnier Books UK has appointed Thomas & Mercer publisher Jane Snelgrove to lead its new digital-first imprint, Embla Books, which launches this year. ... Read more
Booksellers have expressed excitement at the news that Sally Rooney's third novel, Beautiful World, Where Are You, will be out from Faber this September.... Read more
Three biographies published by Penguin Random House, including ones of poet Sylvia Plath and Haitian general Toussaint Louverture, are competing on the five-strong shortlist for the Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize.... Read more
In an open letter published on the company's website, PRH UK c.e.o. Tom Weldon has expressed confidence in the industry's prospects on entering a third lockdown, and revealed... Read more