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New Romantics history to Faber

Faber is to publish a "definitive history" of British pop music from 1975 to 1985 by journalist Dylan Jones. Read more
Cassell scores Shaun Williamson's quiz journey

Octopus imprint Cassell has scored a journey into the world of quizzing by actor Shaun Williamson. Read more
'Lush' YA fantasy of witches in 19th-century Italy to Hodder

Hodder has pre-empted a "sumptuous" YA duology set in 19th-century Italy from Kerri Maniscalco to publish this autumn. Read more
Debut author Joya Goffney signs two-book deal with Hot Key Books

Hot Key has acquired two YA titles from debut author Joya Goffney. Read more
Piatkus to publish 'tender' book about our home spaces

Piatkus has acquired a book by interior designer, therapist and professional organiser Helen Sanderson, The Mirror in the Room, about "how our spaces reflect our psyche".... Read more
Blue Peter winner Vashti Hardy writes for Barrington Stoke

Winner of the Blue Peter Book Award 2020 Vashti Hardy is to publish The Griffin Gate with Barrington Stoke. Read more
W H Smith Hammersmith to close

The W H Smith branch in Kings Mall, Hammersmith, will close in August. Read more
Michele Kirsch wins £10,000 RSL Christopher Bland Prize

Michele Kirsch has won this year's Royal Society of Literature Christopher Bland Prize, for her memoir Clean (Short Books). Read more
Owusu wins Desmond Elliott Prize for That Reminds Me

Derek Owusu has won the Desmond Elliott Prize for his “transcendent” novel-in-verse That Reminds Me (#Merky Books). Read more
Niamh Campbell wins £30,000 Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award

Niamh Campbell has been awarded the Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award for her "original and touching" piece "Love Many". Read more
Taylor Jenkins Reid wins Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award

Taylor Jenkins Reid has been awarded the Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award for her sixth novel, Daisy Jones and the Six (Arrow). ... Read more
PRH issues staff guide to transitioning at work

Penguin Random House has put together a guide for staff and their managers to help people gender transition at work. Read more
Picador signs two story collections by Danielle Evans

Picador has acquired two collections of stories by Danielle Evans in a multi-publisher auction. Read more
Indies rally to collect and donate used children's books

Fourteen bookshops across London, Bucks and Oxfordshire have joined forces to collect donations of used children's books to be gifted to those in need. ... Read more
Yale UP snaps up English translation of Lévy’s The Virus in the Age of Madness

Yale University Press will publish the English translation of Bernard-Henri Lévy’s The Virus in the Age of Madness. Read more

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The World’s Worst Parents

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Girl, Woman, Other

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Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race

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No Mercy

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