The Society of Authors (SoA) has strongly condemned a raid on the offices of its sister union in Belarus earlier this month. 

The Lagardère group, Hachette Livre’s parent company, has denied any wrongdoing after a report published in French daily newspaper Le Monde that France’s National Financial Prosecutor has opened a judicial inquiry against the group for financial irregularities during its recent shareholder battle. 

I say this a lot: we may write alone, but everything else about hauling a book into existence is a collective endeavour. Then, when we learn that one in four people in the UK is experiencing a mental health problem at any one time, I know that this endeavour needs to be mindful of others’ vulnerabilities,…

BBC Contains Strong Language Festival will come to Coventry for the first time in September to celebrate poetry and spoken word as part of the UK City of Culture 2021 celebrations. 

Independent publisher Swift Press says it has sold 100,000 books within its first nine months.

Natasha Brown's Assembly (Hamish Hamilton) saw a spike in reviews this week, despite its early June publication. The debut picked up new mentions in the Sunday Times, the Independent and the London Review of Books, adding to its earlier reviews in The Bookseller, the Guardian, the Observer and the i. 

Author Katherine Woodfine talks about her new book and relocating to the north of England. 

Beth Barker and Kate Baguley talk to us about launching the “Up North Books” podcast to celebrate northern literature.

Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro is on this year's longlist for the £50,000 Booker Prize, which he won in 1989, alongside previously shortlisted authors Damon Galgut, Richard Powers and Sunjeev Sahota.

This year's digital version of the London Book Fair "surpassed expectations" with boosted global engagement, organisers say.

The newly announced 2021 Booker Prize for Fiction longlist of 13 titles honors proven talent as well as a couple of debuts. The post London’s Booker Prize for Fiction Names Its 2021 Longlist appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

The newly announced 2021 Booker Prize for Fiction longlist of 13 titles honors proven talent as well as a couple of debuts. The post London’s Booker Prize for Fiction Names Its 2021 Longlist appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

How much has changed in a dozen years? Lettie Conrad looks back at Ann Michael's post from the 2009 SSP Annual Meeting, "Publishing for the Google Generation". The post Revisiting — The Google Generation Is Alright appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

The Women's Prize for Fiction will host a day of events open to the public in September, including readings with the chair of judges Bernardine Evaristo. 

Revenue at Hachette Book Group increased 14.8% over the first half of 2020, while sales at parent Lagardère Publishing jumped 16.4%, and profits soared.