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Praising 'her infectious love of books,' the National Book Foundation names Nancy Pearl the recipient of one of two lifetime achievement awards. The post Nancy Pearl Is National Book Foundation’s 2021 Literarian Award Recipient appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

The 13-title longlist for this year's Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction includes two translations. A shortlist is due October 15. The post Nonfiction: The UK’s £50,000 Baillie Gifford Prize 2021 Longlist appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

The 13-title longlist for this year's Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction includes two translations. A shortlist is due October 15. The post Nonfiction: The UK’s £50,000 Baillie Gifford Prize 2021 Longlist appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Victoria Hislop's One August Night (Headline) has climbed 15 places to hit the Amazon Charts' Most-Sold: Fiction number one spot, as its Kindle price dropped to 99p.

Hannah Todd has left Head of Zeus to join Madeleine Milburn Literary, TV & Film Agency as a literary agent. 

Jo Hanks has been appointed as the new publisher at Quarto Children's Books, the list for children's illustrated non-fiction. 

Hamish Hamilton has scooped the follow-up to Pat Barker's bestseller The Women of Troy (Penguin).

Amazon UK services paid £18.3m in corporation tax last year, up around 26% from £14.5m the year before, as sales soared by 64%.

‘Representation matters’ is a phrase we hear bandied around quite often in publishing, but what does it mean in the real world? People read fiction to discover new worlds and see the one we’re in from a different point of view, but if they never come across anyone like themselves in novels it can be…

Sophie Lambert has been appointed to Bookshop.org's advisory board, as the company continues to grow and embarks on future development plans.