David Walliams and Tony Ross are releasing another collection of stories, The World's Worst Parents, with HarperCollins Children's Books.

The regional winners of the 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize have been announced, with 20-year-old Reyah Martin taking the title for Europe and Canada.

On the 1st of June, the day thousands of pupils returned to school as part of the government’s plan to end lockdown, I received a call from my manager. As a bookseller with Blackwell’s, I had been glad when we shut our doors in March to protect the health of our staff and customers. I…

Anne Griffin and David Nott have made the shortlist for this year's £10,000 RSL Christopher Bland Prize, which goes to a debut author aged 50 or over.

If you’d asked me how I was coping a month ago, the truth would have been not so well actually. I let the anxiety that so many of us have been feeling overwhelm me, and I was tired of all the Zoom. SO TIRED.

Seven Dials has acquired a book by the stars of the Channel 4 series "Escape to the Chateau" that will be hitting shelves in October 2020 as "a superlead release".

Independent press Broken Sleep Books is to appoint an editorial board, in a move that expands the company.

First-time writer Lorelei Goulding has won Spread the Word's Life Writing Prize, for her "heart-breaking story" Birdie.

Everyman’s Library has launched a podcast hosted by broadcaster James Naughtie which will see him discuss classic works of literature with a guest each episode.

Faber is to publish The Cummings Files: Confidential–Thoughts, Ideas, Actions by Dominic Cummings, written by Arthur Mathews.

The world booksellers organization in Belgium states its support for shops burned in Minneapolis, and the International Booker delays its prize date. The post Industry Notes: EIBF Condemns Loss of Minneapolis Bookstores; Booker Delays Announcement appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

The world booksellers organization in Belgium states its support for shops burned in Minneapolis, and the International Booker delays its prize date. The post Industry Notes: EIBF Condemns Loss of Minneapolis Bookstores; Booker Delays Announcement appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

On the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, the writer Xu Zhiyong is named PEN America's 2020 winner of the Barbey/Freedom To Write Award. The post PEN America: Chinese Essayist Xu Zhiyong Wins Barbey/Freedom To Write Award appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

On the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, the writer Xu Zhiyong is named PEN America's 2020 winner of the Barbey/Freedom To Write Award. The post PEN America: Chinese Essayist Xu Zhiyong Wins Barbey/Freedom To Write Award appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Pandemic fundraiser for Knights Of and Jacaranda has seen donations of more than £100,000 in the past weekMore than £100,000 has poured in from the public over the last week to help diverse independent publishers in the UK survive the coronavirus pandemic.Last month, inclusive publishers Jacaranda Books and Knights Of warned their income had reduced…