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Annie Nightingale's memoir to White Rabbit

Lee Brackstone’s new imprint for Orion, White Rabbit, has acquired "a memoir of a life at the frontline of music and broadcasting" by BBC Radio One DJ Annie... Read more

John Barton wins 2019 Duff Cooper Prize

Priest and Oxford scholar John Barton has won the Pol Roger Duff Cooper Prize for his historical work A History of the Bible (Allen Lane).... Read more

Rosen 'continuing to improve', says family

Author Michael Rosen is "continuing to improve", his family have said, following his hospitalisation over the weekend. Read more

ViacomCBS and Sky pick Pip and Posy

A TV series based on illustrator Axel Scheffler and author Camilla Reid's Nosy Crow-published Pip and Posy series will be co-produced by ViacomCBS and Sky, the two... Read more

Hat's off: Kent moves to Andersen Press

Award-winning author/illustrator Nicola Kent has moved to Andersen Press for a two picture book/two-board book deal. Read more

Oh, Kay! Territories fall for middle-grade anatomy title

Penguin Random House Children’s has sold Adam Kay’s first children’s book into four territories in just two “remote working” weeks. Read more

Bookshops will roar back once Covid-19 has passed, says BA's Meryl Halls

Bookshops will roar back once the coronavirus pandemic has passed, the Bookseller Association managing director has said in a live Twitter chat hosted by The... Read more

Bologna announces virtual 2020 fair

This year’s cancelled Bologna Children’s Book Fair (BCBF) will go digital with an online rights hub and meetings held on the Zoom video conferencing platform... Read more

IPA and PA call for industry solidarity to weather the coronavirus crisis

The International Publishers Association and the UK's Publishers Association have both urged the book trade to pull together to overcome the economic impact the disruption of the coronavirus will bring, while... Read more

Woodgate's LGBTQ-themed picture book debut to Andersen

Andersen Press has snapped up a debut picture book inspired by the author’s university dissertation, which revealed a lack of representation for older LGBT characters... Read more

Century to publish self-help book by Instagram-famous Reverend Chris Lee

Penguin Random House imprint Century has acquired the first self-help book by Reverend Chris Lee. Read more

Bertrams closes over coronavirus risk to staff

Bertrams has announced it is temporarily closing because the risk to staff during the coronavirus pandemic is “proving too great”. Read more

Muswell Press acquires Louise Soraya Black's The Water Garden

Muswell press is to publish The Water Garden by Virginia Prize-winner Louise Soraya Black. Read more

The Mirror and the Light top, but market data no longer available

Hilary Mantel's The Mirror and the Light (Fourth Estate) has once again scored the UK Official Top 50 number one spot, but full market data... Read more

PRH pre-empts Barnes' 'twisty' YA thriller

Penguin Random House Children’s has pre-empted a young adult novel full of “puzzles, mystery and family tensions” that is billed as having “shades of ‘Succession’... Read more