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Fundraiser running until 21 May also includes chances to consult with star agent Jonny Geller and have a character named after you in a Sarah Pinborough novelA literary auction raising money to help vaccinate the world against coronavirus has made more than £23,000 so far, as book lovers bid to win signed novels by authors…

Floella Benjamin has held a special schools event for more than 30,000 pupils, in what Macmilllan Picture Books says is one of the largest virtual author events to take place over the past year.

HarperFiction has pre-empted The Girls are Good by Ilaria Bernardini, a “gripping and claustrophobic thriller” set in the world of elite gymnastics.  

Faber has acquired two books by Boy Parts (Influx Press) author Eliza Clark, including a novel about the murder of a teenager on the eve of Britain's Brexit vote.

Ebury is rush-publishing a new edition of designer Sharon Jones' Burn After Writing, after it became a viral sensation through TikTok. 

Gangland thriller writer Jacqui Rose has moved to Pan Macmillan from Avon in a two-book deal.

The Beijing International Book Fair (BIBF) has announced this year's event will be a hybrid of digital and physical, with Chinese assistants available to represent international publishers' titles.

London Children’s Book Project has created a “bookshop” space to give away books to children at its headquarters in Chelsea. 

Literary agency Peters Fraser & Dunlop (PFD) has announced the launch of Contemporary Classics, a list of literary estates and select established authors.  

The Lindsay Literary Scholarship is returning for a fourth year, offering access to next month's Virtual Writers’ Weekend alongside one-to-one tuition for a children's writer from an underrepresented background.