Trade

Orion has snapped up Mothering Sunday from debut author Sara James, in a two-book deal.

Mirror Books has acquired the "tough and touching" story Living Our Best Lives: Cannon Hall Farm by the Nicholson family and Nicole Carmichael. 

Former prime minister Gordon Brown has signed up to write a new book for Simon & Schuster, assessing seven major challenges facing the world.

Macmillan Children’s Books has acquired two illustrated middle-grade fiction titles by debut author Radiya Hafiza. 

Mairi Kidd, previously m.d. at Barrington Stoke and Head of Literature at Creative Scotland, has been appointed c.e.o. of the Newcastle-based National Centre for Children's Books, Seven Stories.

Barack Obama, the Duchess of Cornwall and Kazuo Ishiguro will be among the star speakers at this year's Booker Prize ceremony.

Katie Bond has made her first three acquisitions for The Quarto Group's Aurum imprint, which she joined as publisher last July.

Produced in partnership with the BBC, the Booker Prize for Fiction winner-announcement ceremony will be streamed on November 19 and feature several star speakers. The post The Booker Prize 2020 Ceremony: Barack Obama and Camilla appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Produced in partnership with the BBC, the Booker Prize for Fiction winner-announcement ceremony will be streamed on November 19 and feature several star speakers. The post The Booker Prize 2020 Ceremony: Barack Obama and Camilla appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Citing appellate court rulings that make the plaintiffs' point, AAP and CCC decline to pursue further appeals in a 12-year-old case. The post AAP and CCC End Georgia State ‘E-Reserves’ Copyright Litigation appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.