News: digital

Julia Donaldson launches weekly broadcast

Julia Donaldson is launching a weekly broadcast in partnership with Macmillan and Scholastic, to entertain families during the Covid-19 pandemic. Read more

Bookcareers.com launches job club initiative online

Bookcareers.com has reinstated its job club initiative as an online networking group, in response to unemployment in the industry caused by Covid-19.... Read more

Publishers report early lockdown boost for e-books and audio

Publishers have reported an increase in sales of e-books and audio during the first weeks of the UK's coronavirus emergency measures, but some say it is... Read more

Joffe Books to give away 46 free titles

E-book publisher Joffe Books is giving away one Kindle title by each of its authors, offering customers what it reckons is a year's worth of... Read more

Jonathan Van Ness to read debut picture book extract on Instagram

“Queer Eye” star Jonathan Van Ness is reading an exclusive extract from debut picture book Peanut Goes for the Gold for youngsters stuck at home.... Read more

Trewin partners with Writing.ie to help authors 'accelerate their creativity' in lockdown

Literary agent Simon Trewin has partnered with Writing.ie—a resource site for unpublished authors—to launch a weekly one-hour show on Facebook Live. ... Read more

Digital bestseller lists: coronavirus titles invade ‘e’ charts

Dean Koontz tops the bookstat chart with The Eyes of Darkness. Read more

Egmont offers 14 days of free content for children stuck at home

Egmont has launched 14Stories14Days: a new website, inspired by the recommended 14 days of self-isolation, offering 14 days of free content to provide entertainment and educational support... Read more

Zawe Ashton narrates Von Reinhold's debut

The audiobook version of Shola Von Reinhold's debut, Lote (Jacaranda), will feature narration from award-winning “Fresh Meat” star Zawe Ashton. Read more

Dialogue rolls out virtual book club to connect readers in 'uncertain times'

As part of a new virtual book club, publisher Sharmaine Lovegrove will be in conversation with a Dialogue author about their book on Instagram live every Thursday at... Read more

PRH Audio partners with comic book publisher Rebellion

Penguin Random House UK has announced a new partnership between its audio division and Rebellion, a publisher of comic books, fiction and video games, in response to increasing... Read more

Ex-WME international agent de Angelis joins Fremantle

Former WME international agent and partner in London Raffaella de Angelis has joined Fremantle to lead literary acquisitions based on books for its global drama... Read more

Dev Patel to star in 'Flash Crash' film

Dev Patel will star in a film version of Liam Vaughan’s chronicle of the fastest stock market crash in history, Flash Crash (William Collins), after rights were... Read more

Headline and Koomson launch open casting call for black female audiobook narrators

Headline and Dorothy Koomson have launched "Find My Verity", an open casting call designed to bring more black female voices into the world of audiobooks.... Read more

BBC releases trailer for Noughts + Crosses adaptation

A teaser trailer for the upcoming BBC television adaptation of Malorie Blackman's Noughts + Crosses has been released. Jack Rowan appears in the trailer as Callum and... Read more