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Ladybird to publish new What to Look for... series

Ladybird will publish a new pocket-sized illustrated non-fiction series, A Ladybird Book, in 2020 including four new What to Look for... titles. Read more

PFD takes on translation rights of David Godwin Associates

PFD will take on translation rights on behalf of David Godwin Associates (DGA). Read more

Bert's Books launches £30,000 crowdfunder for Swindon store

Online store Bert’s Books has launched a £30,000 fundraiser to open a physical shop in Swindon. Read more

Fitzcarraldo snaps up RCW staffer Katharina Volckmer’s début

Rogers, Coleridge & White staffer Katharina Volckmer’s "audacious" début novel has sold to Fitzcarraldo Editions. Read more

Candlestick Press records 'remarkable' 34% sales uplift

Nottingham-based independent poetry publisher Candlestick Press has achieved its best ever year, with 2019 sales up more than a third on 2018. Read more

Dempsey, Hood and Rowan revealed as Costa Short Story finalists

Anna Dempsey, Kerry Hood and Iain Rowan have been nominated for the Costa Short Story Award 2019. Read more

Mantel to appear at Manchester Literature Festival event

Hilary Mantel will appear at a Manchester Literature Festival event in April as part of her publicity campaign for The Mirror & The Light (Fourth Estate).... Read more

Bonnier strikes deal with Garth Nix

Bonnier Books UK has signed a deal with Garth Nix for a new novel in the Old Kingdom series and his backlist, marking the first... Read more

Lindsey Heaven and Liz Bankes promoted at Egmont

Egmont has announced two promotions with Lindsey Heaven appointed fiction publishing director with Liz Bankes succeeding her as editorial director. Read more

Ali Dougal leaves Egmont to become publishing director at S&S Children's

Egmont fiction publishing director Ali Dougal is moving to Simon & Schuster Children’s UK in the newly created role of publishing director with editorial responsibility for... Read more

Tom Watson pens political thriller for Little, Brown

Tom Watson, the former deputy leader of the Labour Party, is making his fiction début with a political thriller for Little, Brown with The House.... Read more

Booker Prize 2020 opens for entries

Submissions for the 2020 Booker Prize open today (15th January). Read more

Amazon Charts: The Last Wish gets Netflix boost to the top

Andrzej Sapkowski's The Last Wish (Gollancz) has leapfrogged Alex Michaelides' The Silent Patient (Orion) atop Amazon Most-Sold: Fiction chart. ... Read more

HarperCollins acquires Middle Grade series from Brooks and Riddell

HarperCollins has acquired a "major" new Middle Grade series by ex-racehorse trainer Charlie P Brooks, making his children’s début with illustrator Katy Riddell. ... Read more