Abdelhaq, formerly at Macmillan, joins August Books, a Canelo imprint specializing in narrative non-fiction. He brings experience with major titles and award recognition to the team. Exciting expansion ahead!
Report reveals alarming decline in children's reading enjoyment. Recommendations include data collection, inclusive content, increased funding, and curriculum prioritization to reignite reading passion.
Mohamed Samir Nada's 'Prayer of Anxiety,' winner of IPAF, transcends location, exploring universal human themes within a dystopian microcosm, reflecting Egypt's transformative period and challenging narratives.
Susanna Clarke revisits Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell with 'The Bishop of Durham Attempts to Surrender the City'. Raven King's fairy military surrounds England, forging new alliances.
UK book sales surge! 'Sunrise on the Reaping' reclaims #1. Douglas Murray's 'On Democracies and Death Cults' tops Non-Fiction. Overall market sees strong growth, boosted by children's titles and Waterstones picks.
Exploration of the Land Rights Act's impact on Aboriginal economic development, legacy, and self-determination in NSW, featuring community perspectives and future possibilities. Land back matters.
Gomer Press, a 133-year-old Welsh family printing business, thrives under Jonathan Lewis, focusing on high-quality case-bound hardbacks and embracing new technology like UV and foil stopping while navigating industry challenges.
Salford's Proficiency Seminar unites educators and leaders to address literacy challenges, promote reading for pleasure, and create community-led solutions for enhancing proficiency rates among young people. Reading Agency research reveals a "reading crisis".
Remembering Peter Lovesey, award-winning crime fiction author of the Sergeant Cribb and Peter Ruby series. A legend in crime writing, he left a legacy of 43 books including 'The False Inspector Dew'.
Explore humanity's future decline due to environmental impact and resource depletion. The book examines our origins, current challenges, and potential survival strategies, including space colonization and urgent action.
The YA Book Prize 2025 judging panel is announced, including David Almond, Busayo Matuluko, and Sian Wadey. The ÂŁ2,000 award celebrates impactful YA fiction from the UK and Ireland. YA Book Prize.
CCIC proposes a UK Comics Fund to boost the comics industry, create jobs, develop IP, and unlock economic potential. It aims to support marginalized voices and transform a talented community into a sustainable sector.
Barbara Taylor Bradford's estate, featuring her typewriter, jewelry, and rare editions, is up for auction at Doyle. A glimpse into the life of the bestselling author.
Lauren Roberts tops UK charts. New releases flood Original Fiction. Romantasy trend continues. Easter-themed books see a sales surge, up 12.3%. Book sales data from Nielsen Bookscan.
Jane retires from Walker Books after nurturing authors like Anthony Horowitz and Michael Rosen. Her dedication to quality children's books and author support shaped Pedestrian Books' success. Celebrated for author-centric spirit.
Elisabet BrÀnnström, with 20 years' experience, joins Grand Agency as a literary agent in May 2025. She brings expertise from Daniela Schlingmann and Andrew Nurnberg, aiming to expand the agency's offerings.
In an age where narratives often become homogenised, philanthropy can help provide a platform for under-represented voices, offering stories that challenge societal norms, provoke thought, inspire change and create a more empathetic and informed society.
During a 2023 House committee hearing on the rise of antisemitism on college campuses, Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., said, âthe use of the term intifada in the context of the Israeli-Arab conflict is indeed a call for violent armed resistance against the state of Israel, including violence against civilians and the genocide of Jews.â
Apr 01 2025: Rightwing groups around the US are pushing legislation that would place new limits on what books are allowed in school libraries in a move that critics decry as censorship often focused on LGBTQ+ issues or race or imposing conservative social values.
Hall was the sole survivor of a March 2022 blast just outside Kyiv as he, cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski and Ukrainian translator-fixer Sasha Kuvshinova were driving away after interviewing soldiers.
She added: âBookshops in the UK and Ireland continue to punch above their weight â over delivering in terms of the value they bring to shopping destination economies, local communities and national creative industries â despite many operating within increasing fine financial margins.
Leavening this downbeat mood is Rawsonâs enduring sense of wonder and her humour, epitomised in her relations with the families of quolls and pademelons that cohabit her property in their unruly âwildâ way, along with the snakes, the fairy wrens, and the microbats that shit in the walls.
Group rights director Tracy Phillips explained: âIn response to declining literacy rates across the world, our customers have been asking us for lower word counts and more highly illustrated books, often in full colour.â
Jo Harkin (Knopf) This Tudor-era historical novel is drawing comparisons to âWolf Hall.â In 1480, John Collan is a peasant boy living in the English countryside when a man from London comes to town and claims that the 10-year-old is actually Lambert Simnel, the son of a duke and the rightful heir to the throne.
