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Pearson sells US K12 schools courseware to Nexus in $250m deal

Pearson is selling its US K12 public schools courseware business to private equity group Nexus Capital Management in a deal worth $250m (£193m). Read more

Pan Macmillan acquires 'sexy thriller fest' debut novel by ex-pop manager

Pan Macmillan has signed a “sexy thriller fest” debut novel by ex-pop manager Melanie Blake, about a warring girl group’s reunion. Read more

Trade bodies welcome EU breakthrough on copyright rules

The Society of Authors, the Publishers Association and Booksellers Association have welcomed the EU’s breakthrough on a new copyright directive that will produce the first major revamp... Read more

Indie publishers fearful of no deal as HMRC issues Brexit advice

Indie publishers say they are fearful of a no deal Brexit, with one warning it could relocate to Canada, as HMRC sent out letters this week... Read more

Pictures of the week

In this week's pictures round-up Klaus Flugge attends the launch of a new Elmer exhibition, while Katy Brand talks all things "Dirty Dancing" and the National... Read more

Canon wins Caledonia Novel Award 2019

American author Dakota Canon has won the Caledonia Novel Award 2019 with her unpublished novel The Unmaking of Eden. Read more

LRB circulation up 2.5% 'thanks to paid subscribers'

Circulation at the London Review of Books has gone up by 2.5% in the past year thanks to an increase in paid subscribers, the magazine... Read more

Paddington TV series with Whishaw in production

StudioCanal, Nickelodeon and award-winning producer David Heyman today announced a global deal for a brand-new Paddington-inspired television series for pre-schoolers. Read more

Laura Bates on writing for young adults

Writer and Everyday Sexism Project founder Laura Bates talks to Caroline Carpenter about her first YA novel, The Burning. Read more

Canongate acquires Basil's Be My Guest

Canongate c.e.o. Jamie Byng has acquired rights to Priya Basil’s "wise and engrossing" Be My Guest, slated for publication in November 2019. ... Read more

Verso Books launches 'bold' fiction imprint

Radical publisher Verso Books is launching its own fiction imprint this September, promising a string of "politically astute" novels. Read more

Century wins auction for Random House veteran's grammar rules

A 36-hour “flash” auction has seen Century buy a grammar guide by Benjamin Dreyer, long-time Random House copy chief and editor. Read more

Canongate bags 'haunting' debut from Aitken in two-book deal

Canongate has bagged the "haunting" debut novel by editor and ghostwriter Molly Aitken in a two-book deal. Read more

Fenton joins HQ as head of digital

Bookouture’s Abigail Fenton has joined HQ as head of digital. Read more

Small Island author Andrea Levy dies, aged 62

Andrea Levy, writer of bestselling Windrush generation novel Small Island (Headline), has died from cancer at the age of 62, with the publishing community paying tribute... Read more