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Joanna Cannon to edit mental health collection for Borough Press

The Borough Press has bought a collection of 12 stories based on the real lived experience of people who have faced mental illness in the UK, conceived and... Read more

Hodder & Stoughton snaps up Turner's The Queen's Thief series

Hodder & Stoughton has signed up the award-winning The Queen’s Thief series from author Megan Whalen Turner and will publish new paperback editions of the series in the... Read more

Avon signs three more from Fields

Avon Books has snapped up a further three books from Helen Fields, author of the Perfect series. Read more

Knights Of snaps up McNicoll's middle-grade duology

Independent and inclusive children's publisher Knights Of has acquired Elle McNicoll's "beautifully written" fantasy duology, solidifying its relationship with the award-winning author. Read more

Nugent's Lying in Wait to be developed as mini series

Liz Nugent’s psychological thriller Lying In Wait (Penguin Books) is to be developed as a mini-series. Read more

Gardners opens sister company in France to mitigate 'frustrations' of Brexit

Wholesaler Gardners is opening a separate sister company in France to mitigate the "frustrations, paperwork, and additional costs" for European customers since the beginning of 2021... Read more

Abramovich claim in HarperCollins book defamatory, preliminary judgment finds

The claim Roman Abramovich purchased Chelsea FC on Vladimir Putin’s orders, as made in Catherine Belton's Book Putin's People (William Collins) is defamatory, a high court... Read more

Evaristo and Hirsch to author books in Tate Publishing's new series

Tate Publishing is launching a new series of short books, focused on opening up conversations about British art written by authors including Bernardine Evaristo and... Read more

Booth, Cullen and Ohayon shortlisted for V S Pritchett Short Story Prize

Owen Booth, Maureen Cullen and Leeor Ohayon are among writers shortlisted for the £1,000 V S Pritchett Short Story Prize. Read more

Rooney, O'Toole and O’Reilly among winners at Irish Book Awards

Sally Rooney, Fintan O'Toole, Séamas O’Reilly and Marian Keyes were among the winners at last night's An Post Irish Book Awards.... Read more

Profile snaffles Boyd's 'mouthwatering' Amuse Bouche

Profile has landed Amuse Bouche: How to Eat Your Way Around France, by leading expert on French food, culture and travel, Carolyn Boyd.... Read more

Foraging author Roger Phillips dies aged 89

Foraging expert Roger Phillips has died aged 89, his publisher Pan Macmillan has announced. Read more

Canongate bags Dickins' interrogation of male loneliness

Canongate has acquired Billy No-Mates: How I Realised Men Have a Friendship Problem, a "charmingly candid" personal exploration of male loneliness, by Max Dickins.... Read more

BBC Two's 'Between the Covers' to return for fourth series

BBC Two's popular weekly prime-time book club series “Between the Covers”, hosted by Sara Cox, is returning for a fourth series this spring.... Read more

Jamie and Rebekah Vardy launch first range of children's illustrated books

Celebrity couple Jamie and Rebekah Vardy are launching their first range of children’s illustrated storybooks, to be published by Little Brother Books.... Read more