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Picador held its showcase at Picturehouse Central last night (6th March) with appearances from Alan Hollinghurst and Raymond Antrobus. 

Among this year's Ragazzi Award winners at Bologna, work from Spain, Latvia, Czech Republic, Hong Kong, Italy, France, and Brazil. The post Italy: Bologna Names Its 2024 Ragazzi Award Winners appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Jonathan Cape leads the longlist for this year’s Women’s Prize for Fiction with three books: Anne Enright’s The Wren, the Wren, Megan Nolan’s Ordinary Human Failings and Isabella Hammad’s Enter Ghost. 

The Publishers Association of South Africa calls on president Ramaphosa 'not to sign' the 'Copyright Amendment Act.' The post South Africa: Publishers Join Statement on Copyright Act appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Ebury & Penguin Random House have paid tribute to fashion icon and author Iris Apfel, who has died aged 102.

Indies dominate the 10-strong longlist for The Alligator’s Mouth Award 2024 with Jarvis, Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre leading the nominations. 

World Book Day’s (WBD) annual campaign is focused on encouraging children to read for pleasure this year.

Poppy O’Toole, Georgina Hayden and Nokx Majozi were among the five cookery and lifestyle authors spotlighted by Bloomsbury at an International Women’s Day-themed event, alongside Anna Haugh and Poppy Okotcha. 

The Week Junior has launched the second year of The Week Junior Book Awards with a new partnership with WHSmith and the addition of several categories.

Penguin General m.d. Preena Gadher has spoken about becoming the first person of colour to lead a division of Penguin Random House UK at an event to mark the five-year anniversary of Colour[Full], the publisher’s network for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) staff.