News: books

Onwuemezi wins White Review Short Story Prize

Vanessa Onwuemezi has won this year’s £2,500 White Review Short Story Prize for her tale "At the Heart of Things". Read more

Clarke signs two-book deal with Serpent's Tail

Serpent’s Tail has bought two books from British novelist James Clarke, including "an extraordinary portrait of a Lancashire valley and its inhabitants". Read more

Abu Dhabi International Book Fair opens with John Kerry

The Abu Dhabi International Book Fair opened yesterday with an appearance from ex-US Secretary of State John Kerry. Read more

Self and De Waal join WoWFest 2019 line-up

Liverpool’s longest-running literature festival has revealed its programme for 2019 with Will Self and Kit De Waal joining the line-up. Read more

Barakat becomes second woman to win International Prize for Arabic Fiction

Lebanese author Hoda Barakat has won this year’s $50,000 International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) for her epistolary novel The Night Mail (Dar al-Adab), only the second woman... Read more

SoA Awards prize money hits £100,000 as Longford shortlist revealed

The prize money for this year’s Society of Authors’ Awards will exceed £100,000 for the first time, say organisers, as the Elizabeth Longford Prize shortlist... Read more

PRH to publish Prince memoir this autumn

Century and Arrow will publish Prince’s memoir, featuring never-before-seen photos, later this year in an exclusive partnership with the late singer’s estate. ... Read more

Donaldson, Scheffler, Vuillard and Cadwalladr to get Hay festival medals

Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler, Eric Vuillard and Carole Cadwalladr have been announced as the recipients of this year’s Hay Festival medals. Read more

Reading Agency launches A Chapter A Day challenge

The Reading Agency is challenging people to ditch their phones and rebuild their reading habits to mark World Book Night. Read more

Simon & Schuster prepares Mueller Report e-book release and 'hefty print run'

Simon & Schuster (S&S) is gearing up to release an e-book version of the Mueller Report, with print copies hitting the shelves by the end... Read more

Hunchback of Notre-Dame sees Amazon France sales spike

Victor Hugo’s classic novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame has jumped to the top of Amazon France’s bestseller list following the cathedral’s devastating fire.... Read more

Pabi leaves Bonnier for Acast

Bonnier Books UK senior marketing manager Clarissa Pabi is moving to Acast to become the podcast company’s UK content manager. Read more

Demi Moore's long-awaited 4th Estate memoir coming in September

HarperCollins imprint 4th Estate has revealed it will publish Demi Moore’s "deeply candid and insightful" memoir Inside Out in September—almost a decade after buying it.... Read more

Trapeze's Katie Brown to include Queenie's film-style credits in all titles

Trapeze has included film-style closing credits for its publishing team in hit new book Queenie and plans to roll out the idea across other titles.... Read more

Forna and Abouzeid up for RSL Ondaatje Prize 2019

The six-book shortlist for this year’s Royal Society of Literature (RSL) Ondaatje Prize has been revealed, with non-fiction dominating the nominations. Read more