Winners of the Northern Writers’ Awards 2024 unveiled
Our programme continues to offer transformational support to writers in the North of England as we evolve trusted models of talent development and forge lasting connections with the book trade.
HarperCollins UK launches Book Squad to encourage reading for pleasure
Alex Beecroft, managing director of Collins, said: "With this exciting and diverse range of new content and resources, our goal is to engage, inspire and support teachers as they develop a culture of reading for pleasure in their schools."
Ralf Biesemeier succeeds Nils Hollmann as managing director of Zebralution Audiobook
Most recently, Biesemeier worked as an independent consultant for various international companies in the media, publishing and learning technology sectors, focusing particularly on strategic business development, process design and artificial intelligence.
Emerald Publishing listed as a Times Top 50 employer for gender equality
It is every employer’s responsibility to play their part in reducing and removing gender inequalities from the workplace, and research shows this isn’t just the right thing to do, it also makes business sense.”
Beijing hails international comeback at June fair
CNPIEC also pointed to more than 1,000 cultural events, including mini-exhibitions, lectures, seminars, salons, author appearances, and book launches around Beijing, attracted nearly 300,000 visitors over the five-day period; 15 new countries and regions, including Azerbaijan, Czechia, Nigeria, Norway, Slovakia and Qatar, who participated this year compared to last year; while Japan, Malaysia, the UK and Italy expanded their presence.
Kuang, Rundell, Khan and Tregoning win 2024 Indie Book Awards
Winner of the Children’s Fiction category is Safiyyah’s War (Andersen Press) by Hiba Noor Khan, described as an extraordinary novel set in occupied Paris which finds a girl engaged in dangerous resistance work after her father is arrested by the Nazis.
Atlantic’s Felice McKeown promoted to creative director
"The prospect of creating a team with the supremely talented [designer] Holly [Battle], and creatively collaborating with Felice and her colleagues, is truly exciting to me", said Morrison.
Zadie Smith and Alice Winn longlisted for the Goldsboro Books’ Glass Bell Award 2024
I’m looking forward to our judging discussions – there’s so much to be said about each of these remarkable novels, and I feel that this year will be particularly difficult choosing a winner because we couldn’t cut the longlist to our normal twelve, so passionate were the team about each book."
Yoto Carnegie Medal 2024: Joseph Coelho takes gong for The Boy Lost in the Maze
“I feel completely honoured that it is librarians who have deemed The Boy Lost in the Maze as worthy of a Carnegie medal and will forever be grateful to the team at Otter-Barry Books, illustrator Kate Milner and my agent Caroline Sheldon for helping me bring this story to bookshelves and into the hands of readers.”
Hachette UK named a Times Top 50 employer for gender equality for fifth consecutive year
As part of its submission, the publisher provided evidence of its commitment to removing gender inequalities in the workplace, which include flexible working, family-friendly policies, an inclusive culture and career progression.
Richard Charkin, Monica Ali and Jenny Brown make the King’s Honours List
She is the author of five books: Brick Lane, Alentejo Blue, In the Kitchen, Untold Story and Love Marriage, is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and in 2003 was named as one of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists.
Lucy Holland to lead Curtis Brown Creative’s new Writing Fantasy course
"There’s an enormous appetite for SFF titles among the CB team and we’re actively looking for new, exciting writers in this area so we couldn’t be happier that CBC will be applying their unique, thoughtful and supportive approach to this new course," said Steph Thwaites, head of the book department at Curtis Brown.