19/09/2024
Hachette Pride has revealed its 10-strong cohort for the Grow Your Story initiative following 235 submissions.
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Hachette Pride has revealed its 10-strong cohort for the Grow Your Story initiative following 235 submissions.
Drawing on personal experience can be a powerful tool for writing, but we must set boundaries, says Jo Jakeman 👇
Drawing on personal experience can be a powerful tool for writing, but we must set boundaries.
"How much influence do—and should—editors' personal tastes have on the books they commission?"
Faber & Faber and Profile Books are set to jointly publish new Alan Bennett novella this November.
The Business Book of the Year Award 2024 shortlist has been announced by the Financial Times and Schroders.
The Hay Festival’s chief executive Julie Finch imagined the “possible decimation of the festival” as the event hemorrhaged half a million pounds amidst Fossil Free Books’ campaign against Baillie Gifford.
Oneworld’s Rock the Boat has signed a new middle grade series from Scott Reintgen.
A large academic contingent attended the IPG’s 2024 Autumn Conference, where licensing and Artificial Intelligence (AI) dominated the conversation.
Bloomsbury Children’s has signed the “heartwarming” debut picture book from Holly Bourne, illustrated by Ella Okstad.
Saoirse Ronan is set to narrate a new audiobook edition of Colm TĂłibĂn’s bestselling novel Brooklyn.
The Penguin Books-backed Chase school libraries programme has extended to 18 schools across Greenwich. The roll-out was celebrated in Fossdene Primary School with authors Kate Pankhurst and Dan Freedman unveiling a revamped library and a new book vending machine.
August Books has swooped for Desire: An Inclusive Guide to Libido in Any Relationship, a “transformational guide to desire”, by Dr Lauren Fogel Mersy and Dr Jennifer A Vencill.
Andersen Press has landed The Line They Drew Through Us, an “unforgettable” novel set against the backdrop of the Partition of India from Hiba Noor Khan.
A graduate who was accepted onto the Penguin Random House work experience programme and the General Portfolio Sessions scheme explains how they have helped boost her career—and that she is now employed by PRH.
Baskerville, John Murray Press, has acquired the rights to Alessandra Ranelli's murder mystery in a two-book deal.
Richard Osman has, as widely expected, soared straight to the top of the UK Official Top 50 with one of the best hardback fiction first-week performances since records began.
The shortlist for the 2024 Nota Bene Prize has been announced, with woman and début authors dominating the list.
Authors from the Midlands and the North have dominated the shortlist of the 10th BBC Young Writers’ Award, which is run with the University of Cambridge.
Truda Spruyt has launched a new PR and marketing agency for culture and the creative industries, Collective Wisdom.
Richard Osman's We Solve Murders has, as widely expected, soared straight to the top of the UK Official Top 50 with one of the best hardback fiction first-week performances since records began.
Jamie Smart talks about juggling multiple projects, his love of comics and his latest series filled with adorable characters. 👇
A major publicity and marketing operation by HarperCollins will support the publication of Boris Johnson’s Unleashed next month.
South African writer Nadia Davids has won the 2024 Caine Prize for African Writing for her outstanding short story, “Bridling”.
Simon & Schuster has announced a partnership with Foundation Media Partners with a first-look deal to develop children’s film and TV projects mined from S&S’s back catalogue.
Benjamin Phillips has won the Moira Gemmill Illustrator of the Year for 2024 at the 2024 V&A Illustration Awards.
Dr Annabel Sowemimo has won the £500 Bread and Roses Award, organised by the Alliance of Radical Booksellers and hosted by Edinburgh’s Lighthouse Books, for Divided: Racism, Medicine and Why We Need to Decolonise Healthcare (Wellcome Collection).
Sceptre has signed Wendy Erskine's The Benefactors in a 24-hour pre-empt.
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