Mary Berry’s next book, Love to Cook, will be published by BBC Books in October to accompany her upcoming TV series.

Bluebird has signed a “kind, encouraging and stimulating” guide to life writing from Cathy Rentzenbrink, featuring advice from authors including Dolly Alderton, Elizabeth Day and Matt Haig.

W H Allen will publish an “urgent” memoir and manifesto by Nobel Peace Prize nominee Maria Ressa, with a foreword from Amal Clooney. 

Simon & Schuster UK has landed a "significant and superb" memoir by Hillary Clinton's longterm aide Huma Abedin. 

Books2Door, an online bookseller specialising in children's literature, has donated 1,000 books for the rebuild of Gaza’s largest bookshop, which was recently destroyed in an airstrike.

The Black Spring Group has signed a novel 17 years in the making by Douglas Anthony Cooper, a Canadian living in Rome and author of Amnesia (Hyperion).

Publishing a debut novel is never easy. 100,000 long-form works of English-language fiction are published every year and even in normal circumstances it’s a struggle to for a first-time novelist to stand out from the pack. But the last 15 or so months have been particularly trying. Full lockdown meant no one was browsing bookshops,…

Mirror Books will publish a guide to reducing your carbon footprint from ITV meteorologist and climate change expert Laura Tobin. 

Bestselling Irish author Lucinda Riley, best known for the Seven Sisters series, has died after battling cancer for four years.  

Publisher Margaret Busby and Faber executive chair Stephen Page are among some of the publishing names recognised in this year’s Queen’s birthday honours list.  

The author, university professor, and evolving-media specialist opens a new project in creative work and the digital context. The post ‘Amplified Publishing’: Kate Pullinger Leads a New Exploration appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

The author, university professor, and evolving-media specialist opens a new project in creative work and the digital context. The post ‘Amplified Publishing’: Kate Pullinger Leads a New Exploration appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Frankfurt Book Fair may be more focused than usual on independent publishers, as the new 'Workstations' meet needs for flexibility. The post Frankfurter Buchmesse’s Juergen Boos: A ‘More Optimistic’ Outlook appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Frankfurt Book Fair may be more focused than usual on independent publishers, as the new 'Workstations' meet needs for flexibility. The post Frankfurter Buchmesse’s Juergen Boos: A ‘More Optimistic’ Outlook appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Children's rights agent Stephanie Barrouillet sees challenges in the late-pandemic approaches the industry has had to adopt. The post Next Week’s Digital Bologna: A Literary Agent’s Viewpoint appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.