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Adrian Turpin is to step down as the creative and strategic director of the Wigtown Book Festival, following this autumn’s…

The Society of Authors (SoA) gathered outside Meta’s London HQ on Thursday (3rd April) to protest Meta’s alleged use of…

Chris Hoy and Katarina Johnson-Thompson have been shortlisted for the Charles Tyrwhitt Sports Book Awards. All 12 category shortlists have…

Niko Pfund has been appointed director of Yale University Press. He will join the publisher from Oxford University Press (OUP)…

Penguin Random House outperformed within Bertelsmann in 2024, according to the German media group’s annual financial report. Sales rose €4.9bn…

A number of authors including Richard Osman, Val McDermid, Kate Mosse, Kazuo Ishiguro and Sarah Waters have signed an open…

WH Smith’s high street stores will be rebranded as TGJones after a £76m sale. All 480 WH Smith high street…

Mikey Please has been named overall winner of the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2025 for his funny and immersive picture…

CrimeFest has announced DG Coutinho as the recipient of its 2025 bursary for a crime-fiction writer of colour. The bursary…

Hera Books has stepped in to sponsor the Comedy Women in Print (CWIP) Prize following HarperFiction’s withdrawal.  The Canelo-owned, female-led…