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Mirror Books has scooped My Hidden Race, the life story of Team GB athlete Anyika Onuora, which promises to reveal the “brutal reality” of professional sport for many Black females.

The Women’s Prize for Fiction is partnering with Good Housekeeping magazine to launch a new initiative celebrating writers of fiction aged 35 and under.

Holland House, the tiny indie behind Karen Jennings' An Island, has reprinted 5,000 more copies and attracted foreign rights interest after the novel won the press its first ever Booker nomination.

Growth in the Spanish-language markets is moving more slowly than anticipated, but Storytel shows a strong Q2 report. The post Storytel Passes 1 Million Nordic Subscribers, Streaming Sales Up appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Growth in the Spanish-language markets is moving more slowly than anticipated, but Storytel shows a strong Q2 report. The post Storytel Passes 1 Million Nordic Subscribers, Streaming Sales Up appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

As we ask literary agents, rights directors, scouts and others about their Frankfurt plans, our rights sale news in this roundup comes from six markets. The post Rights Roundup: Starting the Frankfurt Roll Call appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Recalled as being opinionated, decisive, and difficult as well as insightful, innovative, and impressive, David Whitaker died on August 4. The post Remembering the British Publishing Industry’s David Whitaker, ISBN Pioneer appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Recalled as being opinionated, decisive, and difficult as well as insightful, innovative, and impressive, David Whitaker died on August 4. The post Remembering the British Publishing Industry’s David Whitaker, ISBN Pioneer appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

The novels longlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize have seen a huge surge in sales since last week's announcement, with some titles seeing their numbers rise by more than 900%.

Allison Cole has been promoted to head of children’s rights and Christabel McKinley has stepped up to an agent role at David Higham Associates.