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LoveAudio campaign returns with online events

#LoveAudio, the Publishers Association's annual audiobook campaign, will return for a fifth year this month. Read more

Harris, Millwood Hargrave and Lee in Richard & Judy's Summer Book Club selection

Robert Harris, Michael Robotham and debut novelist Robinne Lee are among the six authors selected for Richard & Judy's Summer Book Club, in a line-up dominated by... Read more

Ishiguro, Stuart and Evaristo to feature at hybrid Edinburgh International Book Festival

Kazuo Ishiguro, Douglas Stuart and Bernardine Evaristo are among authors appearing at this year's Edinburgh International Book Festival, which will take place in August as... Read more

Post-Brexit charges hit retailers as presses call for government support on VAT

UK retailers say they are being impacted by post-Brexit costs as indie publishers call for the government to assist on VAT charges that have halted... Read more

BookBar launches first in-person events

Bookshop, wine bar, events and social space BookBar is launching its first in-person events next month. Read more

Ben Whishaw to play Kay in BBC's This is Going to Hurt series

Casting has been announced and the first images released of the BBC adaptation of This is Going to Hurt (Picador), with Ben Whishaw starring as Adam... Read more

Reading is Magic Festival returns with Cowell, Rosen and Biddulph

The Reading is Magic Festival, a children's digital books festival created during last year’s lockdown and inspired by Cressida Cowell, will return this autumn as a five-day... Read more

Rise of 'hybrid authors' as writers buy back their rights

The “rise of the hybrid author” was discussed at London Book Fair, with the prediction that writers will increasingly buy back rights to their own books from publishers. ... Read more

Publishers and libraries must work together on e-book pricing, IPG hears

Libraries and publishers must work together to bridge the divide over e-book pricing, the IPG’s summer webinar heard this week. Read more

Galbraith series hits audiobook milestone ahead of paperback launch

J K Rowling's Cormoran Strike series, written under the name Robert Galbraith, have hit an audiobook milestone for Little, Brown ahead of the fifth novel's... Read more

Pitts to narrate Pushkin's first audiobook

Independent publisher Pushkin Press is to release its first audiobook, read by author and BBC Radio 4 presenter Johny Pitts. Read more

'Be guided by your author,' urge Torrey Peters campaign managers

Being “guided by the author” and creating an empathic fan base were key ingredients in the success of Torrey Peters’ Detransition, Baby (Serpent’s Tail) and Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club (Viking), The... Read more

Producers team up for film adaptation of O'Farrell's Hamnet

Amblin Partners, Hera Pictures and Neal Street Productions are teaming up on a film adaptation of Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell (Tinder Press). ... Read more

McDonnell's trilogy optioned for TV by Avalon

TV production company Avalon has optioned screen rights to Irish author Caimh McDonnell's series The Dublin Trilogy, with Chris Addison on board to develop the project.... Read more

Literary festivals call for action over 'absurd' 20% VAT rate

Literary festival directors have written an open letter to the Treasury after being hit with a 20% VAT rate on sales from their pre-recorded events... Read more