The Lost Words (Hamish Hamilton) has become the first children’s book to be shortlisted for the £5,000 Wainwright Golden Beer Book Prize for nature writing.
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Bertrams’ new owner Aurelius has installed a new management team four months after buying the wholesaler.
Bloomsbury is set to publish a new book by bestselling author and professor of global history at Oxford University, Peter Frankopan.
Chief executive Charlie Redmayne revealed HarperCollins had begun its third century “incredibly strongly”, at the publisher’s summer party, attended by guests such as David Cameron and Eddie Redmayne.
Faber & Faber is to publish the seventh book in the successful QI series in October, to tie in with the BBC 2 Show.
Tim Godfray, executive chairman of the Booksellers Association, has written to all UK MEPs asking them to support publishers in their fight against copyright infringement.
Head of Zeus has signed a "brilliant and terrifying tale of mystery and imagination" by Michelle Paver for six figures.
Beatrice Cross and Jade Westwood are joining Bloomsbury Children’s marketing and publicity team.
The public should be "weaponised" into supporting libraries as part of a shift towards activism, attendees at the annual conference for the library and information association were told.
Ullstein describes itself as Germany's most successful hardcover publisher. And while many houses are commercializing, Ullstein wants to be more literary. The post Berlin’s Venerable Ullstein Buchverlage: ‘Building Our Literary Reputation’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.