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Book trade staff brave heat to tread London Marathon

Orion's Tom Noble and Alice Commins are among book trade figures running in Sunday’s Virgin London Marathon to raise money for charity. Read more

Mozley and Hughes-Hallett shortlisted for RSL Ondaatje Prize

Debut novelist and York bookseller Fiona Mozley and cultural historian and biographer Lucy Hughes-Hallett are in contention for the RSL Ondaatje Prize.... Read more

Morrissey to chair T S Eliot prize judging panel

Sinead Morrissey is to chair the judging panel for the 2018 T S Eliot Prize. Read more

Amazon unveils international shopping app

Amazon has launched an “international shopping experience” through an app which allows customers worldwide to browse and ship more than 45 million products from the... Read more

Netflix adaptation of William Sutcliffe novel in development

A Netflix adaptation of William Sutcliffe’s 2008 novel Whatever Makes You Happy is in development, the author has confirmed. Read more

Broadway producers countersue Harper Lee's estate

The Broadway producers of an adaptation of To Kill A Mockingbird are counter-suing the Harper Lee estate, which last month brought a suit against them... Read more

Comedian Richard Herring signs with Sphere

Sphere non-fiction is publishing comedian Richard Herring's book about "conversation-savers for any situation" this October. Read more

New edition of Butler's Kindred to be released

Headline is publishing a new edition of Octavia E Butler's "ground-breaking masterpiece" Kindred with a foreword from Ayòbámi Adébáyò.... Read more

Wales Book of the Year winner Conran snapped up by W&N

Weidenfeld & Nicolson has acquired a "bold" new novel by Wales Book of the Year winner and Dylan Thomas Prize shortlisted author Alys Conran. ... Read more

Star Wars: The Last Jedi rockets to chart top spot

Michael Kogge’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Dean & Son) has ascended into the UK Official Top 50 number one spot, selling 62,104 copies through Nielsen BookScan’s... Read more

Pullman to judge Chinese-themed short story competition

Philip Pullman is to judge a new 500-word short story competition which is being launched ahead of the 2018 Liverpool Literary Festival. Read more

European titles win In Other Words honour gongs

Books from Finland, Italy and the Netherlands were named as the 2018 In Other Words honour titles at the London Book Fair. Read more

Debut author Teo hits back after Ponti review

A debut author has hit back after her novel was criticised in an Observer review, which has become the focus of a debate on social media.... Read more