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The shortlist of translators for the inaugural PEN Presents x International Booker Prize, a grant programme launched to support translators from the global majority, has been revealed.
WH Smith has reported a 7% growth in its UK travel business, in its interim results announcement for the six months to 28th February 2025, following the sale of the high-street business.
Award-winning children’s and young adult (YA) author David Almond OBE has joined the judging panel for the YA Book Prize 2025 ...
Faber is set to publish Jenny Uglow ’s biography of 18th-century naturalist Gilbert White. Alex Bowler, publisher, acquired ...
Editor-at-large Leah Woodburn bought UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, to The Ten Year Affair from Suzannah Ball ...
Blink has acquired a 'linguistic odyssey through the history of our alphabet' from Danny Bate in a four-way auction.
Author Elizabeth George is set to move from her previous publisher Hodder to Pan Macmillan for a new Detective Inspector ...
William Collins is set to publish a "no-holds-barred" joint biography of the Duke of York, Prince Andrew and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson. Arabella Pike bought British and Commonwealth rights to ...
If anyone thought the romantasy trend of 2024 was going to go away in 2025, they have been proven wrong – again.
HarperCollins has acquired the first book from debut author KJ Whittle in a two-book deal. Genevieve Pegg, publisher for HarperNorth, acquired UK & Commonwealth rights to Seven Reasons to Murder Your ...
Shema Tariq, Yemisi Bokinni and Ammad Butt are among the six writers selected to take part in the Wellcome Collection Non-Fiction Awards development programme, which includes a £2,000 bursary.
Nearly a third of French authors say relations with their publishers have worsened over the past three years, and more than half are in favour of creating a mediation commission to help solve disputes ...