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Scholastic says it will discontinue its separate books programme in its school book fairs in the US, noting “it was a mistake to segregate diverse books in an elective case”.  

Lauren Fleshman’s Good for a Girl (Virago), Kathryn Scanlan’s Kick The Latch (Daunt Books) and Sally H Jacobs’ Althea (St Martin’s Press) have been shortlisted for the £30,000 William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award.

The University of Bristol has published a report, ’A snapshot of the academic research culture in 2023 and how it might be improved’, revealing the pressures researchers face.

The Society of Authors has asked the government not to proceed with plans to reduce the Public Lending Right rates by 55%.

Bloomsbury has reported strong first half revenues, achieving 11% year-on-year revenue growth to £136.7m for six months ending on 31st August 2023.

Shadow chancellor says she holds her ‘hands up’ in response to FT piece on seemingly copied passages in work on female economistsRachel Reeves has said she holds her hands up and acknowledges making mistakes in her new book about female economists after she faced allegations of plagiarism.The shadow chancellor admitted on Thursday that some sentences…

Aasmah Mir’s A Pebble In The Throat (Headline), Martin MacInnes’ In Ascension (Atlantic Books) and Leah Hazard’s Womb (Virago) have been shortlisted for the 2023 Scotland’s National Book Awards.

The first ever Indie Bookshop Spotlight winners have been announced.

Germany’s largest book chain Thalia continued its market domination in fiscal 2022/23.

Serena Brett has joined Little, Brown Book Group as editor for the Sphere non-fiction list, supporting on key acquisitions and commissioning commercial non-fiction.