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Penguin Business signs 'incredible' story of investor Arif Naqvi

Penguin Business has signed The Key Man, the “incredible” story of globetrotting investor Arif Naqvi’s downfall, by Simon Clark and Will Louch.... Read more

Edna O’Brien to receive France’s highest cultural distinction

Irish author Edna O’Brien is to be named Commander in the French “Ordre des Arts et Lettres” by the French minister of culture, in recognition of... Read more

Duchess of Cornwall, Kay and O'Leary help celebrate World Book Day

The organisers of World Book Day have launched an all-day programme of free digital events to celebrate today (4th March), including guest appearances from the... Read more

HCG to publish comedian Bec Hill's debut series

Hachette Children’s Group has acquired three books in Bec Hill's debut children's series Horror Heights. Read more

YA Book Prize 2021 shortlist revealed; Blackman honoured

The Bookseller’s YA Book Prize has revealed its shortlist for 2021, which includes books by former winner Patrice Lawrence and two début authors, while Malorie... Read more

S&S Children's to publish second in Sáenz's LGBTQ series

Simon & Schuster Children’s Books is to publish YA LGBTQ+ romance Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World by Benjamin Alire Sáenz.... Read more

Trade bodies welcome Sunak budget but warn over self-employed

Trade bodies have broadly welcomed Chancellor Rishi Sunak's budget, particularly its restart grants for shops and a furlough extension, but have warned more could be... Read more

PRH appoints Brown from BBC Studios as head of media rights

Penguin Random House UK has appointed Jenna Brown from BBC Studios as its head of media rights, a newly created role. Read more

Nico biography to Faber

Faber is to publish You Are Beautiful and You Are Alone: The Biography of Nico by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike. ... Read more

Daisy May Cooper pens 'wonderful' memoir for PMJ

Comedy writer and actor Daisy May Cooper has written a "wonderful and ultimately uplifting" memoir, Don't Laugh, It Will Only Encourage Her, to be released... Read more

Whitaker's We Begin at the End optioned by 20th Television

US production company 20th Television has acquired rights to develop Chris Whitaker's We Begin at the End (Zaffre, 2020) in a "highly competitive situation", according... Read more

Amazon Charts: Haig's Midnight hour in Most-Sold: Fiction

Matt Haig's The Midnight Library (Canongate) has clocked in at the top of the Amazon Charts' Most-Sold: Fiction top 20, unseating Richard Osman's The Thursday... Read more

Faber details campaign for Ishiguro's Klara and the Sun

Faber has detailed its publicity and marketing for Kazuo Ishiguro's Klara and the Sun, published this week, which features the first ever in-conversation public event... Read more

NLT and Premier League give away 25,000 books for World Book Day

The National Literacy Trust and the Premier League are teaming up to distribute nearly 25,000 books to five to 11-year-olds from disadvantaged backgrounds this World... Read more

Flying Eye Books to publish third from Grill

Flying Eye Books will publish Bandoola: The Great Elephant Rescue, the publisher's third collaboration with author and illustrator William Grill. ... Read more