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
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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.
Bologna Children’s Book Fair: Calls for shorter books and pan-trade action to tackle reading crisis
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
30 of the best books for spring
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.
DG Coutinho awarded CrimeFest’s 2025 bursary for a crime-fiction writer of colour
Sheâs just trying to bag a promotion, pay for her wedding, and navigate life as a Black woman in a white male-dominated profession.
Books on BookTok: has climate fiction made an impact?
âAva explores humanityâs relationship with nature and climate catastrophe, blending ecological themes with dystopian messages in a way that feels both intimate and urgent.
This nutrient may help you live longer â and US Navy dolphins were the key to discovering it
Dietary supplements like fatty15 donât have to undergo the same rigorous testing as prescription drugs, but Venn-Watson assures that ânumerous safety studies and two controlled clinical trials have shown no negative side effects.â
Books in the Media: Hallie Rubenhold sets the record straight
Claire Baglinâs âpiercing first novelâ On the Clock (Daunt), translated by Jordan Stump, examines âthe toll that backbreaking, labour-intensive, low-wage work takes on those who do it,â wrote Lucy Scholes at the Telegraph.
Lorraine Kelly, Mike Gayle and LD Lapinski named ambassadors for Independent Bookshop Week 2025
In 2024, approximately 700 independent bookshops participated with the Booksellers Association, via Books Are My Bag, providing each with a kit containing bunting, posters, bookmarks, postcards and shelf strips â alongside a suite of digital assets available in English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish.
New Hamnet audiobook announced as Maggie OâFarrell backlist to be republished
Actor Jessie Buckley is recording a new audiobook of Maggie OâFarrellâs novel Hamnet, to be released in May, and Tinder Press are republishing the authorâs backlist with new jackets to mark 25 years of her publishing.