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Frankfurt Book Fair director Juergen Boos said he would "do nothing different" over the handling of this year’s event, despite it becoming embroiled in controversy. 

The cartoonist Tony Husband died aged 73 on his way to a Private Eye party.

Publishers and agents have reported a productive and solid Frankfurt Book Fair (FBF) but the “cloud” of the Israel-Gaza conflict has hung over the event, while no huge book truly set the Buchmesse alight.

HarperFiction will launch a new mystery imprint, Hemlock Press, in spring 2024.

Fitzcarraldo has reported that 1,500 people on the first day alone took advantage of its move to make the e-book of Adania Shibli’s Minor Detail free to download for the duration of Frankfurt Book Fair.

Andersen Press will celebrate the 35th anniversary of Elmer the Patchwork Elephant, the beloved character from David McKee’s children’s books, with a slew of events, books and new partnerships in 2024.

Claire Keegan, Anne Enright and Nathan Anthony have made the cut for this year’s An Post Irish Book Awards, which celebrates Irish writers across 19 categories. 

Salman Rushdie says he has had a “difficult year” but believes writing is “a form of optimism”.

Bridgerton’s Adjoa Andoh will be hosting an event at the Black to the Future (BttF) festival, which announced two further events taking place in 2023.

My father, Tim Harland, who has died unexpectedly aged 65, was co-founder with my mother, Maddy, of Permanent Publications, a publishing company that specialises in books on permaculture, which is an innovative approach to regenerative land management, sustainable lifestyles and communities.From 1990 onwards, Permanent Publications brought out more than 100 books on permaculture and related…