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Pearson had a "strong” 2023 with group underlying sales for the full year up 5% and adjusted operating profit up 30% to £570-575m according to partial figures released in an unaudited trading update.

Lucy Hale has been promoted to managing director of Pan as part of Pan Macmillan’s plans to build on growth across the division’s fiction and non-fiction imprints.  

Books by Adina Talve-Goodman, Paul Goldberg and Janet Malcolm have been shortlisted for the £4,000 Wingate Literary Prize. The six books featured on the shortlist aim to reflect the "depths of Jewishness and Jewish life".

Nathan Anthony’s latest Bored of Lunch held onto the UK top spot, Tim Spector soared in paperback and Olivie Blake’s Atlas series finale was tops for new titles.

Former Children’s Laureate Michael Morpurgo has joined with every Laureate from the past 25 years to call for long-term investment in books and reading for children under seven.

The judges of the Goldsmiths Prize for 2024 have been revealed.

World Book Day has unveiled its 2024 activity, including new partnerships and ways to fundraise.  

National Literacy Trust and the book donation charity Book Aid International have been appointed joint "Charities of the Year" for the 2024 London Book Fair (LBF). 

Hachette UK has opened applications for its 2024 traineeship programme, which will provide entry-level positions and placements for experienced candidates looking to take a new step in their career. 

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