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US poet Louise Glück wins Nobel Prize in Literature

The Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to American poet Louise Glück for her “unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal".... Read more

Vertigo acquires two 'cosy crime' mysteries by Raman

Pushkin Vertigo is to publish two Indian detective novels by R V Raman. Read more

Prix Voltaire winner Pham Doan Trang arrested in Vietnam

Pham Doan Trang, a Vietnamese author, pro-democracy campaigner and co-founder of Liberal Publishing House, has been arrested for “anti-state propaganda”. Read more

Loud Black Girls panel to feature at first Streatham Literature Festival

The inaugural Streatham Arts Festival is to be headlined by a panel event, featuring contributors to 2020 anthology Slay in Your Lane Presents: Loud Black Girls... Read more

Verso snares Hwang Sok-Yong's imprisonment memoir

Verso is to publish the memoir of Korean novelist Hwang Sok-Yong, which details the years he spent in a Seoul Detention Centre. Read more

S&S to launch Gallery Books imprint in UK

Simon & Schuster UK is to launch a new adult non-fiction imprint next year, Gallery Books. Read more

Eritrean poet Asrat named 2020's International Writer of Courage

PEN Pinter Prize 2020 winner Linton Kwesi Johnson has announced he is sharing the prize with Eritrean poet, songwriter and journalist Amanuel Asrat, who is named 2020's International Writer of... Read more

Future Beijing book fairs will be hybrid, say organisers

Organisers of the Beijing International Book Fair say future editions of the event will be a hybrid of digital and physical elements after the 2020... Read more

New Macmillan c.e.o. lifts US entry-level pay to $42k

Macmillan is raising the entry-level salary of its US trade publishing staff to $42,000 (£33,000). Read more

Publishers and authors show support for Tsitsi Dangarembga

A growing number of publishers and prominent authors have added their voices of support for Booker Prize-shortlisted author Tsitsi Dangarembga, who was arrested in Harare in July. ... Read more

SoA condemns author arrests in Belarus protests

The Society of Authors has condemned the arrest of three author members of Belarus PEN, reported to have been detained amid protests in Minsk demanding the resignation of President Alexander Lukashenko.... Read more

We stand with Dangarembga, says Stephen Page

The c.e.o. of Faber has released a statement supporting Booker Prize shortlisted author Tsitsi Dangarembga, ahead of her trial in Harare today (Friday 18th September).... Read more

Sargent to leave Macmillan US after 'disagreements on direction' of firm

John Sargent is leaving Macmillan US and its parent firm Holtzbrinck following “disagreements regarding the direction” of the publisher. Read more

James Kellow and Hardie Grant launch Ultimo Press

Former HarperCollins Australia c.e.o. James Kellow and Hardie Grant chief executive Hardie Grant have launched Sydney-based Ultimo Press, described as "an independent press backed by Hardie Grant"... Read more

S&S Children's wins debut fantasy series in 'momentous' seven-figure deal

Simon & Schuster Children's UK and US have won a hotly contested multi-publisher auction for debut author A F Steadman's fantasy adventure series, Skandar and the... Read more