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FBF’s buzziest book wings its way to William Collins

A behavioural ecologist’s book on why humans should learn to love wasps has been snapped up by William Collins publishing director Arabella Pike.... Read more

Thai cave-diving hero Stanton signs up with MJ

The diver behind the rescue of a youth football team in Thailand is to write his memoir for Michael Joseph. Read more

Two British historians among finalists for $75k Cundill History Prize

The $75,000 Cundill History Prize – the largest prize for a work of non-fiction in English, open to publishers worldwide – has announced three "outstanding" women as its finalists for 2019,... Read more

PRH and NLT to research video games and literacy

PRH Children’s and The National Literacy Trust will conduct research to understand the relationship between video games and literacy. Read more

Ken Follett writes prequel to Pillars of the Earth

Ken Follett has written a prequel to his most popular novel The Pillars of the Earth, which was first published in 1989. ... Read more

Authors back Extinction Rebellion 'hypocrites' letter

Authors Ian McEwan, Michael Morpugo, Jeanette Winterson and Neil Gaiman are among the more than 100 prominent names who have signed an open letter to the... Read more

Eurospan acquires Transatlantic Publishers Group

Eurospan has acquired academic and educational sales agency Transatlantic Publishers Group for an undisclosed sum. Read more

Oneworld acquires inside story of musical family the Kanneh-Masons

Oneworld has acquired the memoir of the woman who raised seven extraordinarily talented musical children, the Kanneh-Masons, exploring parenting, music education and the boundless potential of... Read more

Elephant picture book from Giraffes Can't Dance team

Hachette Children’s has landed a new picture book from Giles Andreae and illustrator Guy Parker-Rees to mark 20 years of Giraffes Can’t Dance. ... Read more

Philip Jones to interview Libro.fm's Mark Pearson at FBF

Editor of The Bookseller Philip Jones will interview former indie publisher turned audiobook pioneer Mark Pearson at the Frankfurt Book Fair, ahead of the announcement of the... Read more

Lime Pictures to bring Duffy's YA debut to television screens

Lime Pictures has acquired television rights for Malcolm Duffy's young adult debut novel, Me Mam. Me Dad. Me., about a young boy trying to make sense of his mother's abusive relationship.... Read more

Trapeze falls in love with Domingo collection

Trapeze has snapped up a “celebration of love” reflecting stories from women of colour in a one-book deal. Read more

Sethi responds to racist hate crime with two books for Indigo

Journalist and broadcaster Anita Sethi is publishing two books with The Indigo Press exploring race and place in wake of her experience of a race hate crime earlier this... Read more

Puffin to publish Wreck this Picture Book

Puffin has acquired the first children’s book from author–illustrator Keri Smith, Wreck this Picture Book, due to publish in autumn 2020 as part of a global release.... Read more

Amazon Charts: Bryson and Pullman double up

Philip Pullman's The Secret Commonwealth (Penguin/David Fickling) has maintained its number one spot in the Amazon Charts' Most-Sold: Fiction top 20 for a second week, while the... Read more