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RCW has bought the Caroline Sheldon Agency and will open a new illustrated children’s division.
Holly Whitaker has been promoted to editorial director for Ebury’s Self Hub, after first joining in September 2022 as senior commissioning editor.
The Chalke History Festival, formerly the The Daily Mail Chalke Valley History Festival, has announced a new name and new look.
The People’s Friend has launched a short story competition for amateur writers to celebrate the magazine’s 155th anniversary, with a £10,000 top prize.
Scholastic has announced the illustrated edition of The Hunger Games, which will publish on 1st October 2024 in the US, Canada, the UK, Australia and New Zealand, with a US first printing of 250,000 copies.
Library bodies and campaigners have broadly welcomed the Sanderson Report on libraries, published last week.
The broadened offer of Sage journals on Germany's ResearchGate 'Journal Home' is to number 100 open-access titles. The post Academic Publishing: Berlin’s ResearchGate Expands Sage’s Journals appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.
A UK-US deal, the Open Road-owned Bloodhound in the UK is to see Dreamscape produce at five audiobooks from its list monthly. The post UK-US: Open Road’s Bloodhound Books in Audiobook Deal With Dreamscape appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.
Former HarperCollins Ireland publisher Conor Nagle has started up an eponymous literary agency based in Dublin, prioritising Irish-focused publishing.