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The Publishers Association has renewed its call for the government to "axe the reading tax" during a parliamentary reception and revealed which books the trade thinks MPs should be picking up.

American author Tayari Jones has won this year's £30,000 Women's Prize for Fiction for her "heartbreaking" fourth novel An American Marriage (Oneworld). 

'We need a true national book policy that recognizes the importance of reliable data,' Isabelle Kassi Fofana will tell the IPA's Africa Seminar in Nairobi. The post Côte d’Ivoire’s Isabelle Kassi Fofana: Publishing’s Need for ‘Reliable Data’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

As the Industry Committee report on the Canadian Modernization Act arrives, publishing industry players call for speed, with an election looming. The post Canadian Publishing Reacts to New ‘Industry Committee’ Copyright Report appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

A story of the 'New South' in the States, Tayari Jones' 'An American Marriage' is about injustice, love, and family, its issues of race and class played out in Atlanta. The post US Author Tayari Jones Wins 2019 Women’s Prize for Fiction appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

BBC Books will not print story by Gareth Roberts, who has written for the character before in books and TV, because of ‘offensive language’ in tweetsDoctor Who writer Gareth Roberts has been dropped from a new anthology of stories based on the TV show, over what publisher BBC Books described as “offensive language about the…

Scholastic Corp has lowered its 2019 revenue forecast to $1.64bn, down from previous estimates of $1.65-1.7bn, for the financial year ending 31st May 2019.

Octopus Publishing Group has bought Short Books for an undisclosed sum, the latest in a series of successful indies to be snapped up by Hachette.

Granta’s acting publishing director Bella Lacey has been given the role permanently, one in a string of promotions at the firm.

Steve Marshall has been promoted to chief information officer at US-based Ingram Content Group.