Professor Brian Cox has written a book on the “most extraordinary and mysterious phenomenon” of black holes for William Collins, with Professor Jeff Forshaw.

Picador has scooped three works by "extraordinary" US writer Bette Howland in a four-way auction.

The winner of the second annual Desperate Literature Short Fiction Prize is Francesca Reece.

Bookouture has signed two new novels from K L Slater, a writer the digital publisher says has sold one million copies in two years.

Hachette has published an Ethnicity Pay Gap report, one of only a handful of UK companies to do so.  

Circle Media Group has filed for bankruptcy of its Dutch printing companies, blaming Europe’s “challenging market circumstances” in a “shrinking” print industry.

Children's publisher Puffin has said it is proud to be publishing John Boyne’s novel about a transgender teen, after the book was labelled "transphobic" by some campaigners, and an article the author wrote in the Irish Times about the subject received criticism on social media.

Seven Stories c.e.o. Kate Edwards is stepping down from her role at the centre after 12 years.

Independent publisher John Mitchinson explains why readers, writers and publishers should be more plugged into one another.

The six-book shortlist for this year’s Royal Society of Literature (RSL) Ondaatje Prize has been revealed, with non-fiction dominating the nominations.

Brokered by UTA's 'Emerging Platforms' division, a new first-look co-production deal with Sony boosts Wattpad onto a new level of screen development. The post Books to Film: Sony Pictures Television Partners With Wattpad on Original Programming appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

BookTrust is going to pay for authors and illustrators of colour to visit schools as part of its BookTrust Represents project, which was set up to boost the number of BAME creatives in children’s publishing.

Isabel Allende has moved from Simon & Schuster UK to Bloomsbury following a six-publisher auction for a "hugely ambitious" new novel, which Bloomsbury says will bring the novelist to a "whole new, much broader readership in the UK". 

Hachette Children’s Books (HCG) has acquired two picture books by Will Mabbitt.

Book Aid International has been given a £500,000 donation from a grant-giving trust funded by People’s Postcode Lottery players.