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Audible will reportedly cut around 100 job roles internationally.

White Rabbit has paid tribute to Annie Nightingale, the first female presenter on BBC Radio 1, who has died at the age of 83. 

Bloomsbury has appointed Tamsin Garrity to the newly created role of head of investor relations, effective from 8th January 2024.

The Booksellers Association (BA) has released the results of its annual Christmas Trading Survey, with independent bookshops continuing to report "strong sales" overall and a "notable improvement" in supply chains, but a decline in high street footfall.  

Anna McQuinn and Ruth Hearson dominate the baby and toddler books category for the inaugural Inclusive Books for Children awards, making up two thirds of the shortlist. 

The new imprints are inspired by the publisher’s Gallery Books imprint, founded by Simon & Schuster Publishing US in 2009 and launched in the UK in 2021. 

Carver PR has launched a dedicated books division, appointing publicist Harriet Dunlea to lead it.

Imperium Press, whose blog fosters a worldview it calls ‘folkishness’, has become an intellectual resource for the far right, but its works are widely available through mainstream sourcesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAt least one Australian-based online bookstore is reviewing…

Our annual pick of the most exciting debut fiction has previously tipped Sally Rooney and Louise Kennedy, Tom Crewe and Douglas Stuart. Here the class of 2024 tell us their storiesEach year since 2014, the Observer New Review’s writers and editors have read scores of forthcoming debut novels from authors based in the UK and…

From Richard Osman and Millie Bobby Brown to the upcoming book by Keanu Reeves, celebrity novels are everywhere. What’s behind the boom? And how do non-famous writers feel about it?I understood that if I was going to do it, I would have to put 100% of myself into it,” says Richard Osman about writing his…