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The number of indie bookshop openings rose for 2023 to 51 compared to 49 the previous year, though the number of closures has also increased.

Originally scheduled for jury selection to start January 8, the trial of Salman Rushdie's alleged attacker has been delayed. The post Rushdie’s Alleged Attacker’s Trial Postponed for Book appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Catherine Mayer, the co-founder of Primadonna Festival, says she is “confident this year’s festival will go ahead” despite a proposed 100% cut to Suffolk county council’s cultural budget. 

The goal of the Balkan Translation Collider was to raise awareness of the Balkans' literature in the wider context of Europe and beyond. The post ‘Balkan Translation Collider’ Project Concludes Its Program appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Books by Leah Broad, Honor Cargill-Martin, Daniel Finkelstein, Aasmah Mir and Emmett de Monterey have been shortlisted for the £2,500 Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize 2023. 

Book Aid International donated 1.2 million books to readers in 22 different countries in 2023, published by the likes of Bloomsbury, Macmillan, Cambridge University Press (CUP), Oxford University Press (OUP) and Pearson. 

Pan Macmillan is opening up its Farringdon offices on Fridays to charities with “missions that align with its social impact work”. 

Anna Danby has been appointed publisher at Scala, following Batsford’s recent acquisition of the arts publisher.

The US trial for the man charged with stabbing author Salman Rushdie has been delayed. 

Libraries Connected, a charity representing public libraries, has launched a support programme for council library services faced with "deep" spending cuts.