YA Book Prize 2025: Judging Panel Announced
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.
UK Comics Fund: Boosting Cultural Market & Industry Growth
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 Estate Auction: Typewriter & Memorabilia
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.
UK Book Chart: Roberts Takes Top Spot, Easter Titles Surge
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: Championing Authors & Illustrators at Walker Books
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 Joins Grand Agency as Literary Agent
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.
The Women’s Prize Trust to award a one-off ÂŁ100k outstanding contribution award
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.
Virginia library moves pro-Palestinian childrenâs book to different location after complaints
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
Book News: Breaking news on authors, publishers, and book-related topics.
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.
Russia nearly killed Fox Newsâ Benjamin Hall â but heâs happier than ever in his new life
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.
Books ‘exempt from US tariffs’ â but booksellers and distributors still anticipate ‘major supply chain issues’
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.
Jane Rawson moved to âunspoiledâ Tasmania to outrun climate change, but the fearful questions followed
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.