The Republic of Consciousness Prize for Small Presses is moving into its third year with a major new sponsor, the University of East Anglia (UEA), whose MA Creative Writing students will also have a single bloc vote on the 2019 Prize judging panel.

Alice Bartosinski is joining Nosy Crow as senior commissioning editor for Picture Books in October.

Simon & Schuster has hit back at legal threats from Donald Trump over his former aide Omarosa Manigault Newman's book, telling the American president's lawyers "at base, your letter is nothing more than an obvious attempt to silence legitimate criticism of the president".

Gollancz has acquired Empress of All Seasons by Emiko Jean, a debut YA fantasy set in a world inspired by ancient Japan, in which women with the ability to shift into monsters train to steal men’s fortunes.

John Murray has acquired a business history of the rise of Premier League football by Wall Street Journal writers Joshua Robinson and Jonathan Clegg.

As well as slashing fees for short stories, the magazine has demanded fiction writers waive all rights to their workThe new issue of the Woman’s Weekly fiction special is out now, promising its readers short stories from writers who “never fail to come up with new twists and turns and unexpected plots”. But, in a…

Donald Samulack offers thoughts on typesetting, design, font choice and how the brain processes information to create meaning. The post Guest Post: Reflections on Text and Language Perception, and the Ramifications for Publishing Workflows appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

Plans to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the release of Raymond Briggs' classic The Snowman are gearing up, with partnerships with Backyard Cinema, The Royal Mint and Waterstones among them.

SAGE has bought technology company Talis and Talis Aspire, its course resource list management system, for an undisclosed sum.

Iranian illustrator Marjan Vafaeian has received a visa ahead of an appearance at the Edinburgh International Book Festival but illustrator-in-residence Ehsan Abdollahi is still waiting, their publisher has said.

Poet and writer Dr Kirsten Norrie has launched a poetry school based on the Oxbridge model of one-to-one tutorials.

Sphere is publishing the first book of London rescue cat Curious Zelda, whose startled look has attracted a following of more than 80,000 on Twitter.

Asda and Hachette Children’s Group (HCG) have teamed up for an 11-month long promotion to support BBC Children In Need.

Illustrator Neil Gower gives us a glimpse into his process for designing the cover for Clare Best’s The Missing List and explains the challenges distinct to this brief.

An arts journalist turned rare books dealer has created an online store devoted to women writers and plans to open a bookshop in Soho.