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Romance author T L Swan is launching Keeperton, new publishing venture championing digital authors, for which she has already secured worldwide distribution through Simon & Schuster from 1st May 2024.

Sally Rooney, Matt Haig, Richard Ayoade, Gillian Anderson and Hari Kunzru all feature on the line-up for the Southbank Centre’s Summer Literature and Spoken Word Season programme.

The genre has departed from classic themes, with new books dealing with war, politics and powerlessness – and sales have risen 54% year-on-yearHorror fiction is having a moment, according to data showing 2023 was a record-breaking year for book sales in the genre.Between 2022 and 2023, sales of horror and ghost stories rose by 54%…

The 20th WriteNow debut author has been published by a Penguin Random House (PRH) imprint, demonstrating the impact of the award-winning writer development programme. 

Until we have a mechanism to test for artificial intelligence, writers need a tool to maintain trust in their work. So I decided to be completely open with my readers‘Where do you get the time?” For many years, when I’d announce to friends that I had another book coming out, I’d take responses like this…

Alice Kemp-Habib joins The Bookseller as news editor

Ruth Logan – formerly head of rights at Bonnier Books – has joined Pushkin Press as rights director as the publisher transitions from selling rights directly or via various subagents.

Michelle Signore is joining Simon & Schuster UK in the newly created role of deputy publishing director of imprint Gallery, reporting to adult non-fiction publishing director Holly Harris.

The mass market paperback of romantasy star Rebecca Yarros’ Fourth Wing alights at number one in its launch week, narrowly edging out Lee and Andrew Child’s The Secret.

Macmillan Publishers International again records gender pay gaps in favour of women