Beijing Book Fair 2025: Tech and Books Unite
The 31st Beijing International Book Fair this month goes heavily into conferences and academic...
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The UK launches annual awards for audio content
Two of the UK’s leading cultural publications – The Bookseller and The Stage – have announced the...
Lords Defend Artists in AI Clash
In the UK, the House of Lords has dealt a fourth defeat to the government over its plans to allow...
THE LOOK by Michelle Obama Coming in November
Crown Publishing Group has announced the upcoming release of THE LOOK, a new book by former First...
HarperCollins Bets on Fauzia Musa
Juniper, the new literary fiction imprint of Harper Collins UK, has acquired the debut novel by...
PRH Acquires Wonderbly
Penguin Random House (PRH) has acquired UK-based independent publisher Wonderbly, a company known...
The Quiet Crisis in American Libraries
Libraries across the United States are facing a quiet but devastating crisis. In the wake of an...
Chris Lick Succeeds Hedden at Scholastic
Scholastic, the world’s leading children’s book publisher, has appointed Chris Lick as its new...
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Prix Voltaire 2025 Awarded to Belarusian Publishers
Belarusian publishers Nadia Kandrusevich of Koska and Dmitri Strotsev of Hochroth Minsk were...
Book Ban Expands in Russia
The Russian book distributor BMM has ordered bookshops to “return or destroy” works by the...
£75K Prize for 3 Pages
New book prize to award aspiring writer £75,000 for first three pages of novel A new competition...
380 Writers Call Gaza War Genocide
Three hundred and eighty writers and organisations including Zadie Smith, Ian McEwan, Russell T...
Celebrating Austen Across England
This year marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of famous author Jane Austen. Jane Austen was...
Shakespeare’s Private Life: A Rediscovered Mystery
New analysis of a letter fragment has possibly shed light on William Shakespeare’s marriage...
English Editions Undermine Local Publishing
The rise of the English language driven by social media and, chiefly American, popular culture, is...
“Bad Words” Sparks 10-Way Auction
HarperFiction UK and St Martin’s Press in the US have acquired the perfect debut for anyone who...
Uncovering a forgotten tale of heroism from the heart of Amsterdam
The story of the Dutch nursery workers who saved 600 Jewish children from the Nazis is little...
Agatha Christie “teaches” again through AI
There has been a mixed reaction to BBC Maestro’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Agatha Christie...