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Child and Lagercrantz battle it out on CrimeFest Awards shortlists

Lee Child, David Lagercrantz and Fiona Barton are among the names on this year's CrimeFest Awards shortlists, which include a mix of established and new names... Read more

Kidman adapts Wolitzer's The Female Persuasion for film

Nicole Kidman is reportedly developing a film based on Meg Wolitzer’s new novel The Female Persuasion. Read more

Conde Nast's Scott-Bayfield to join Bloomsbury board

Penny Scott-Bayfield, current finance director of Conde Nast, will be joining the Bloomsbury board as group finance director. Read more

Richard & Judy 'Search for a Bestseller' competition returns

Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan are launching their third “Search for a Bestseller” competition to find a promising first-time writer. Read more

'Word gap' stifles pupils’ progress, warns OUP

Pupils in primary and secondary schools are falling behind their peers because of an increasing “word gap” in their vocabulary, according to new research from... Read more

Varoufakis to introduce Marx's Communist Manifesto

Vintage Classics is publishing The Communist Manifesto with an introduction by Yanis Varoufakis to mark the 200th anniversary of Karl Marx's birth. ... Read more

Local election candidates urged to champion libraries

Library and information association CILIP is encouraging candidates to champion libraries ahead of the local elections taking place in England this May. Read more

Calman, Flood and Sisterson to judge McIlvanney prize

Susan Calman, Alison Flood and Craig Sisterson have been revealed as the judges for this year's McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Book of the Year.... Read more

Terry Pratchett exhibition raises £20k for charity

A book accompanying the "Terry Pratchett: HisWorld" exhibition at Salisbury Museum has raised £20,000 for Bath-based dementia charity RICE (The Research Institute for the Care of Older People).... Read more

Orenda and Lounge Books team up to launch crime newsletter

A new crime fiction newsletter featuring e-book deals is launching, aiming to "meet the needs of the ever growing fiction market". Read more

Rock the Boat to explore rape and consent in YA title

Oneworld’s Rock the Boat imprint has bought a YA novel about consent and rape culture by debut author Amy Beashel. Read more

Indies take four spots on Best First Novel shortlist

Titles from independent publishers make up four of the six-strong Authors’ Club Best First Novel shortlist. Read more

David Almond entrusts archive to Seven Stories

Children’s author David Almond has donated his archive to Seven Stories, The National Centre for Children’s Books. Read more

HQ's Williamson to go freelance after 12 years

Sally Williamson, a senior commissioning editor at HarperCollins, is leaving the company after 12 years to go freelance. Read more

Amazon denies undercover author's allegations of staff treatment

Amazon has denied allegations it penalises staff for toilet breaks or absence due to illness, after an author who worked undercover as an Amazon warehouse picker claimed UK workers "peed in bottles" for fear of taking breaks.... Read more