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It has published the BRZRKR series, created and written by Keanu Reeves and Matt Kindt and drawn by Ron Garney, as well as Power Rangers, Dune, The Expanse, Garfield, Firefly, Labyrinth, and The Dark Crystal.
Mick Herron, Victoria Hislop, Hassan Abdulrazzak and Elizabeth Day were among the 42 new Royal Society of Literature (RSL) fellows whose appointment was announced last night at an event held at the Garden Museum.
Not only does she consistently deliver great campaign work that really gets results, but her relationship-management skills – with colleagues, authors and external contacts – display a level of maturity, emotional intelligence and composure that is remarkable for someone in the relatively early stages of their career."
Bradford Literature Festival’s 10th anniversary (28th June to 7th July 2024) was a "tremendous" success despite access to fewer venues, founder Syima Aslam has told The Bookseller.
Framed by Pottermore Publishing-authored editorial, the articles will be accompanied by an exclusive foreword written and narrated by Harry Potter film actor Evanna Lynch, who played Luna Lovegood.
"I am pleased to welcome Brendan into this new combined role, giving both the UK and the US the opportunity to benefit from his wide-ranging experience, his expertise in communicating complex IT issues, and determination to deliver outstanding and cost-effective IT support and systems”, Kitson added.
Porter said: “For the past 20 years, the International Booker has been the prize I’ve been most alert to, grateful for and interested in as a bookseller, editor, author and reader, so I’m thrilled to chair the panel of judges for 2025.
"We remain the home of Hodder Education, but with offices spanning the globe and a network of international partners, Hachette Learning will offer unparalleled global reach.
But despite the positive overall result, the industry has good reason to remain wary in the face of persistently high costs and sluggish consumer spending, says managing director Peter Kraus vom Cleff.
Sarn Helen, a non-fiction account of the author’s walk along the old Roman road that runs from Neath in the south to Caerhun on the north coast of Wales, and which also won the Waterstones Welsh Book of the Year in 2023, is illustrated by Jackie Morris.
of HarperCollins, and other leading figures in the industry, have taken the opportunity of the general election result to reiterate some of the key issues facing book publishing, in the hope that the new Labour government would provide greater support.
Though that left-leaning tilt at the tills did not reflect what happened in the voting booths, as the Tories secured a second premiership for David Cameron in 2015.