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Two debuts have made it on to the 2019 Blue Peter Book Awards' Best Story shortlist.

Hera Books has acquired a three-book series of "sexy, dark" thrillers set in the world of Bollywood by crime writer Alex Khan.

Henry Eliot, one of the editors of the Penguin Classics series, handled every first edition of its Black Classics list to write a reader’s companion to a whopping 1,200 books, by 500 authors, spanning 4,000 years of literary history.

A new library campaign is launching that, for the first time ever, will see 22 public library authorities joining forces to promote one book across the whole North West region.

Scottish Book Trust has appointed crime writer Val McDermid as its new patron.

Hachette UK’s revenues are down 6.7% in the third quarter of 2018, due to a lighter release schedule and decline in sales in its education segment, its parent company Lagardere has reported.

Around 2,000 people joined Stormzy to celebrate the launch of his new Penguin Random House imprint #Merky Books, with poet and performer Benjamin Zephaniah, author Malorie Blackman and rapper Akala also featuring at the sold-out event.

Penguin Random House's parent company Bertelsmann has reported its highest nine-month group sales since 2007, with a 2.4% rise in revenue year-on-year to €12.4bn.

Mr B's Emporium in Bath has raised almost £64,000 to expand its premises since launching its crowdfunder last month.

Rachel Mann is joining Jo Unwin and Ella Berthoud as a literary agent at JULA, where she will build a list focusing primarily on children’s fiction.