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At 23:59 tonight, the government consultation will close on funding for higher education in 2021/2022. Why should we in publishing care about that? Because it proposes to cut the funding to arts courses by 50%, from £120 million to £60 million and included in those cuts will be illustration and design courses across the country.

Walker Books has acquired world rights in a pre-emptive six-figure deal for the first two books of a spy adventure series from authors Edward Docx and Matthew Plampin. 

Alice Oseman has scooped the YA Book Prize 2021 with her “joyful” coming out story about a romance-obsessed teenager who realises that she is aromantic and asexual, Loveless (HarperCollins Children’s Books).

The German digital book distributor has an autumn target for its NFT platform for the book publishing sector. The post Germany’s Bookwire Announces an NFT Marketplace for Book Publishing appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

The German digital book distributor has an autumn target for its NFT platform for the book publishing sector. The post Germany’s Bookwire Announces an NFT Marketplace for Book Publishing appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Today naming themes set for six days in the latter part of June, London Book Fair also announces four conferences before Bologna. The post London Book Fair Announces Three-Week Format in June appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Amy Klobuchar is the first woman to have been elected to the US Senate from Minnesota. Her new book 'Antitrust' was released in April. The post AAP Honors Amy Klobuchar With Its 2021 Distinguished Public Service Award appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Amy Klobuchar is the first woman to have been elected to the US Senate from Minnesota. Her new book 'Antitrust' was released in April. The post AAP Honors Amy Klobuchar With Its 2021 Distinguished Public Service Award appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Readers are in demand on dating sites, with one focused entirely on bringing book-lovers together. But is our taste in literature truly a good indication of compatibility?“He mentioned in his bio that he liked Virginia Woolf and I was like, ‘Ah! The dream boy,” says Francesca, 34, who met her boyfriend Andy on Tinder. They…

Ebury’s W H Allen imprint has acquired Material World by Ed Conway, Sky News economics editor and columnist at the Times.