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The industry is simply updating classics to appeal to millennial parents. The main problem seems to be the quality of the proseHanding down beloved books to your children is one of the best things about being a parent. And so like countless others raised on Willy Wonka’s golden ticket and the BFG’s jars of dreams,…

Thirteen first-time Independent Bookshop of the Year nominees will contest the regional and country Nibbies this year, on the back of indie retail numbers hitting a 10-year high.

The Middle Way Mentoring professional development programme for Black, Asian and minority ethnic writers in the Midlands is returning for a second round.

Brighton locals come together to support independent bookshop Afrori, which faces closure if it does not find new premises in the next six weeks.

Bethan Morgan has been promoted to editorial director of Gollancz as part of a restructure after three months in the role of senior commissioning editor.

Prince Harry’s Spare has helped the print market to a sky-high string of weekly average selling prices.

HarperCollins employee union has ratified ’tentative’ deal struck with HarperCollins US, with striking staff to return to work on 21st February.

Author Salman Rushdie among those angry after some passages relating to weight, gender, mental health and race were rewrittenCritics are accusing the British publisher of Roald Dahl’s classic children’s books of censorship after it removed colourful language from works such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Matilda to make them more acceptable to modern…

The departing Scottish first minister has already said she plans to write about her time in office, and publishers are showing keen interestPublishers will be clamouring to buy a memoir by Nicola Sturgeon, with any deal expected to involve a six-figure advance, literary agents have said.Sturgeon announced her resignation as Scotland’s first minister earlier this…

Publisher behind IB Tauris, adding a Middle Eastern perspective to western conceptions of the arts, culture and politicsIn 1981, Iradj Bagherzade, who has died aged 80, established the publishing firm of IB Tauris (IBT), “a university press without a university”. Its name was composed of his initials and the old name for his ancestral home…