Hodder Education to operate under new name Hachette Learning
"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.
Books sales rise in Germany, but trade frets over declining readers
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.
Wins for Tom Bullough and Mari George at Wales Book of the Year 2024
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.
Publisher bodies call on new Labour government to ‘turn the page’ after 14 years of ‘chaos’
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.
Political book sales remain flat despite general election
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.
Una Mannion, Jordan Harper and Anthony Horowitz win the Crime Writers’ Association Dagger Awards
The ILP John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger for debut novels went to Callaghan with her BBC Between the Covers Book Club pick, In the Blink of an Eye (Simon & Schuster UK), praised for being "fresh, original and gripping".
Two titles from Storm Publishing shortlisted for the RNA Joan Hessayon Award
This year’s winner will be announced at the Romantic Novelists’ Association’s annual conference Gala Dinner at Royal Holloway, University of London on 10th August 2024.
Suzanne Dean redesigns Vintage Classics’ ‘red spines’ series 17 years on
Other new titles include Roberto Bolaño’s The Savage Detectives (pictured), Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club, Jeanette Winterson’s Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit and Christy Brown’s My Left Foot.
Frank Cottrell-Boyce revealed as the new Waterstones Children’s Laureate
This campaign, which is called "Reading Rights: Books Build a Brighter Future", also includes plans for a national summit bringing together expert voices in the political, education, literacy and early years sectors.
Charlie Redmayne discusses AI and freedom to publish at HarperCollins summer party
While he acknowledged “a fantastic year at HarperCollins with an incredible array of really brilliant books” he also outlined the major issues facing the industry in an unusually sobering speech—on the eve of the General Election (4th July).
Stephanie Jackson joins DK Life as publishing director
Gough said: “Stephanie has a brilliant track record of producing award-winning bestsellers across lifestyle in the UK and internationally, and she is a perfect fit to lead our talented team as we pursue our ambitious goals for our core Life and DK RED lists.
Quadrille expands marketing and communications team
Scanlon joins the company from 1st July in the newly created role of associate marketing director, North America.