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Naomi Klein and Madhumita Murgia have been shortlisted for the inaugural Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction, alongside Laura Cumming, Noreen Masud, Tiya Miles and Safiya Sinclair.
Camilla Bolton has stepped up to the role of managing director of Darley Anderson & Associates 18 years after joining the agency, though c.e.o. Darley Anderson is “emphatically not retiring”.
My father, Nick Jacobs, who has died aged 85, was a publisher who brought German writers closer to British readers at a time when there was little interest in doing so. Few have paid attention to the dissemination of German literature in the English-speaking world as much as he did.While in Germany on national service…
Audiobook charity Calibre Audio is celebrating its 50th anniversary by launching a competition, Inclusive Voices, for new writers to feature characters with print disabilities in their short stories.
HarperCollins UK’s median gender pay gap has seen a slight decrease from 4.8% in 2022 to 4.2% last year, but has shrunk from 10.4% since the company started reporting the figures.
The National Literacy Trust has announced its new three-year strategy, which prioritises tackling inequalities and influencing policy change, while also seeking to build confidence in literacy skills and help professionals improve literacy provision.
Penguin Random House recorded a 7% revenue rise worldwide for the full year 2023, to €4,532m, up from €4,223m in 2022. However profit dipped marginally by 0.3% to €664m (€666m in 2022).
Bookshop.org and BookTrust’s Read It Forward initiative has driven an increase in sales of children’s and YA titles from the platform, raising money to bring books to 1,000 children overall.
The shortlist for the 2024 Dublin Literary Award - worth £86,000, making it the world’s most valuable annual prize for a single work of fiction – has been announced featuring Sebastian Barry and Emma Donoghue.