News: books

Shamsie: Women’s Prize forced others to shift on gender

The creation of the Women’s Prize for Fiction made it “embarrassing” for other prizes to have all-male shortlists, Golden Booker judge Kamila Shamsie has said, at ... Read more

Trade rallies to support Newham Bookshop

Newham Bookshop is being forced from its east London premises after 40 years in business. Read more

Century acquires Will Smith's memoir

Century has acquired the memoir of American actor and rapper Will Smith. Read more

'Hard-hitting' police procedural wins Daily Mail/PRH First Novel Competition

Georgia Fancett from Bath has picked up a £20,000 publishing contract with Century for her "hard-hitting" police procedural The Fifth Girl.... Read more

Pullman, Shamsie and Westover make 2018's BAMB Readers Awards shortlists

Philip Pullman, Kamila Shamsie, Carol Ann Duffy, and Tara Westover are some of the authors whose books have been shortlisted by bookshops for 2018's Books Are My... Read more

The further adventures of... Jonas Jonasson

Swede Jonas Jonasson reflects on why his centenarian adventures have been such prolific bestsellers across the globe. Read more

Persaud wins £15k BBC Short Story Award

Trinidadian writer Ingrid Persaud has won the £15,000 BBC National Short Story Award for her tale about a man reunited with his absent father through... Read more

Blakemore's 'captivating read on the teenage brain' scoops Science Book Prize

Inventing Ourselves (Doubleday) has won the £25,000 2018 Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize, making its author Professor Sarah-Jayne Blakemore the fourth consecutive woman to scoop the... Read more

History, popular science and memoir compete for £30k Baillie Gifford

Books spanning history, popular science and memoir are in contention for the £30,000 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, with themes of shortlisted books ranging from... Read more

Hachette staff take on the gender pay gap with live performance

Hachette's Gender Balance Network is putting on a performance at the publisher's offices today to address the issue of the gender pay gap in an... Read more

Ebury deputy m.d. Jake Lingwood departs after two decades

After more than 20 years with Ebury, Jake Lingwood, the division's deputy managing director and publisher, is stepping down and leaving the company. Read more

Subha Prasad Sanyal's 'confident' prose wins Harvill Secker Young Translator's Prize

Harvill Secker has announced Subha Prasad Sanyal, from Kolkata, India, the winner of its ninth annual translation prize for his "confident and immersive" prose.... Read more

Stormzy's first acquisition tackles diversity and inclusion in higher education

The first acquisition for Stormzy's new imprint #Merky Books is Taking Up Space by Chelsea Kwakye and Ore Ogunbiyi: a book tackling issues around access to... Read more