HarperCollins has acquired Fit For Purpose by NHS general practitioner Dr Richard Pile. 

Welbeck Publishing Group has acquired Start at the End: How Reverse-Engineering Can Lead to Success by Dan Bigham, which will explain the process and power of reverse-engineering in all areas of life. 

Children’s book podcast and radio show "Down the Rabbit Hole" is starting 2021 with a new presenting and production team, including author Sam Sedgman, Scholastic's Hannah Love, Little Tiger's Charlie Morris and The Bookseller's Caroline Carpenter.

Many independent presses are reporting a mood of optimism after good 2020 sales. 

Headline Review has acquired Honey & Spice plus one more novel by Bolu Babalola, author of story collection Love in Colour (Headline, 2020). 

Egmont Books has created Paper Beach, a community art project backed by events with authors to help children learning at home and connect them with one another.

Malorie Blackman, author of the bestselling Noughts & Crosses series, and Dapo Adeola, illustrator of the Waterstones Book Prize winning picture book Look Up!, are collaborating on a picture book: We’re Going to Find the Monster. 

HarperCollins has landed The Queer Bible, a “definitive” essay collection edited by Jack Guinness and featuring contributions from Elton John, Graham Norton, Munroe Bergdorf and Courtney Act among others.

Kay Featherstone and Kate Allinson's Pinch of Nom Quick & Easy (Bluebird) has held the UK Official Top 50 number one spot for a fourth consecutive week.

Monique Roffey has won the £30,000 Costa Book of the Year award for her “utterly original” sixth novel, The Mermaid of Black Conch: A Love Story, published by independent Peepal Tree Press.

The ‘Renew the Book’ Innovation Award is intended to support Dutch startups and organizations that promote reading. The post The Netherlands’ ‘Renew the Book’ Names Its 2021 Longlist appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

The ‘Renew the Book’ Innovation Award is intended to support Dutch startups and organizations that promote reading. The post The Netherlands’ ‘Renew the Book’ Names Its 2021 Longlist appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Roffey's book, based on a Taino legend, is set in 1976 on the Caribbean island of Black Conch. Tessa Sheridan has won the Short Story Award. The post Monique Roffey Wins the UK’s Costa 2020 Book of the Year Award appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Roffey's book, based on a Taino legend, is set in 1976 on the Caribbean island of Black Conch. Tessa Sheridan has won the Short Story Award. The post Monique Roffey Wins the UK’s Costa 2020 Book of the Year Award appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

A coalition of author organizations in the US and UK calls for more transparency from Audible to give authors 'a true picture of how their income is being calculated.' The post Three Authors’ Associations Address Status of Audible.com Talks appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.