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Sixteen books are on the United Kingdom's Klaus Flugge Prize longlist, which honors illustrators for their pivotal role in children's books. The post England’s Klaus Flugge Prize Names Its 2023 Longlist appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Walker Books picks Justin Worsley as winner of the Sebastian Walker Award for Illustration. Olivia Feng and Forest Xiao Lin were highly commended.

Six books have been chosen for a new series of BBC Two’s Between the Covers, including novels by Kevin Jared Hosein, Emilia Hart and Liz Nugent.

Bestselling authors Sarah Pinborough and David Baldacci are among the six-strong line-up for the Richard and Judy Book Club this spring. 

In 2021, France's publishers consumed 216,362 tons of paper, according to the publishers of the Syndicat national de l’édition. The post France’s Publishers Report Their Paper Is 98-Percent Recycled or Certified appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

By the end of this year, Knowledge Unlatched expects to have published some 4,000 books and about 6o journals open access. The post Knowledge Unlatched Announces 283 Books Going Open Access in 2023 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Overall revenue for Hachette UK parent company Lagardère rose sharply in 2022, according to its full-year financial results, with its UK publishing arm growing 3.4% in a slightly declining market. 

Forty-eight small presses from across the UK and Ireland have been named regional and country finalists of the British Book Awards 2023 Small Press of the Year award. 

A longlist of 16 books has been unveiled for the Klaus Flugge Prize with works by Beth Suzanna, Yijing Li and Mariajo Ilustrajo up for the award.

Letty McHugh has been announced as the winner of the Barbellion Prize, for Book of Hours: An Almanac for The Seasons of The Soul.