Annabel Merullo is stepping down from her role as head of books at Peters Fraser and Dunlop (PFD), to be replaced by Tim Bates.

Editor for Yellow Jersey Press and Vintage, Frances Jessop, is being made redundant this month after nine years with the imprint.

Vintage has paid tribute to Pulitzer Prize and Man Booker International Prize-winning author Philip Roth as "one the greatest American novelists of the 20th century” following his death at the age of 85.

Publishing director Doug Young is leaving Transworld at the end of May, after more than 17 years with the company, following a restructure.

Liz Jolly has been named as the new chief librarian at The British Library, succeeding Caroline Brazier who is stepping down after 15 years in the role.

Find out more about The Bookseller's Libraries of the Year focus, run in conjunction with sponsor Overdrive and partner The Reading Agency, including information on how to enter.

Pavilion Books imprint Pitkin is claiming a publishing first with Harry & Meghan: The Royal Wedding Book, to be in stores less than three weeks after the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Megan Markle.

A star-studded cast including singer Alicia Keys, actress Ashley Judd and "Hamilton" star Phillipa Soo are lined up to narrate the Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls audiobook.

Igloo Books, a division of Bonnier Publishing, is partnering with Ameet on a series of Lego Star Wars titles.

The shortlist for the 2018 Forward Prize for Best Collection (£10,000) includes US poet laureate Tracy K Smith and Vahni Capildeo, who won the same prize in 2016.

A trend toward public reading-engagement projects continues, this time as the European Union Prize for Literature's 10th-anniversary short-fiction competition opens for reads and votes on newly created 'European stories.' The post The European Union Prize for Literature Launches Its 10th Anniversary Short Fiction Anthology appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

A trend toward public reading-engagement projects continues, this time as the European Union Prize for Literature's 10th-anniversary short-fiction competition opens for reads and votes on newly created 'European stories.' The post The European Union Prize for Literature Launches Its 10th Anniversary Short Fiction Anthology appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Ten books of poetry and five single poems are shortlisted for the 2018 edition of the UK's Forward Poetry Prizes, which are to be awarded in London in September. The post The UK’s Forward Poetry Prizes’ Shortlists: ‘Nuclear War to Motherhood’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Ten books of poetry and five single poems are shortlisted for the 2018 edition of the UK's Forward Poetry Prizes, which are to be awarded in London in September. The post The UK’s Forward Poetry Prizes’ Shortlists: ‘Nuclear War to Motherhood’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Libraries and legacy publishers are in an unholy embrace. They need not love each other to feel they should stick together. The post Libraries Face a Future of Open Access appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.