British prize announcements: Wodehouse, Heaney and First Chapter
Thursday, 4 December 2025
In a busy literary week in the UK, three more prizes have been presented, on top of this year’s £50,000 (A$100,570) Wolfson History Prize, which went to Hannah Durkin’s Survivors:...
2025 Wolfson History Prize goes to Durkin’s “Survivors”
Wednesday, 3 December 2025
In the UK, historian Hannah Durkin has won the £50,000 (A$100,570) Wolfson History Prize for Survivors: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the Atlantic Slave Trade (William Collins), reported the Bookseller. The...
UK Translation Prizes shortlists announced
Tuesday, 2 December 2025
In the UK, the Society of Authors has released shortlists for its 2025 Translation Prizes, which recognise outstanding translations of prose, poetry and nonfiction from any language. Among the finalists...
Waterstones names 2025 books of the year
Monday, 1 December 2025
In the UK, the Waterstones bookselling group has named Lucy Steeds’s The Artist (John Murray) as its Book of the Year, with Mikey Please’s The Café at the Edge of...
IPA expands membership, firms up 2026 congress
Thursday, 27 November 2025
The International Publishing Association this week named two provisional new national members, released the results of its online elections, and confirmed details of the 2026 International Publishers Congress, to take...
British MPs launch reading inquiry
Tuesday, 25 November 2025
In the UK, parliament’s education committee has launched an inquiry into how reading can be nurtured following the decline in the number of children reading for pleasure, reported the Bookseller....
2025 National Book Awards announced
Monday, 24 November 2025
In the US, the National Book Foundation (NBF) has announced the five winners of this year’s National Book Awards. The winners are: Fiction The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and...
Shanghai Children’s Book Fair probes a changing market
Thursday, 20 November 2025
The 12th China Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair (CCBF) finished its three-day run at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Centre on 16 November. Co-organised by Ronbo BolognaFiere Shanghai,...
PRH’s owner posts small gains in third quarter
Wednesday, 19 November 2025
Penguin Random House (PRH) was among the 4 operating groups contributing to a 0.8% revenue increase in revenue for parent company German-owned Bertelsmann over the first 9 months of 2025,...
UK report: In children’s reading, print is vital but not enough
Tuesday, 18 November 2025
In the UK, the National Literacy Trust (NLT) has highlighted an “urgent need to broaden our understanding of literacy in the digital age” in a new paper, reported the Bookseller yesterday....
Bertelsmann appoints Coesfeld as chair and CEO for 2027
Monday, 17 November 2025
In Germany, Thomas Coesfeld has been appointed as the future chair and chief executive officer (CEO) of Bertelsmann, owner of Penguin Random House, by the company’s supervisory board. Current chair...
Warwick Prize for Women in Translation releases 2025 shortlist
Thursday, 13 November 2025
The judges of the 2025 Warwick Prize for Women in Translation have announced a shortlist of six books, reported BookBrunch. The shortlisted books are: And the Walls Became the World All...
Random House acquires Cherry Lake Publishing Group
Wednesday, 12 November 2025
In the US, Random House Children’s Books (RHCB), a division of Penguin Random House, has acquired children’s publisher Cherry Lake Publishing Group. According to PW, the sale involves approximately 6000...
Szalay wins 2025 Booker Prize for “Flesh”
Tuesday, 11 November 2025
David Szalay has won the 2025 Booker Prize, worth £50,000 (A$100,800), for Flesh (Jonathan Cape). “Written in spare prose, and spanning decades – from a Hungarian housing estate to the mansions...
Baker & Taylor shutdown ripples across industry
Tuesday, 11 November 2025
In the United States, international library wholesaler Baker & Taylor’s recent trading problems and looming closure is impacting publishers, retailers and libraries, according to several industry professionals. B&T owner and...
Charkin to chair Thames & Hudson board
Monday, 10 November 2025
In the UK, Richard Charkin has been appointed chair of the board of Thames & Hudson Ltd (T&H), effective 1 January 2026, the company has announced. Charkin has been a...
Comics anthology wins Brazilian Book Published Abroad
Thursday, 6 November 2025
The Brazilian Book Chamber (CBL) has announced the 2025 Jabuti Award for Brazilian Book Published Abroad. The award recognises both the Brazilian publisher and the foreign publisher of a translated...
UNESCO announces new Cities of Literature
Wednesday, 5 November 2025
The United Nations’ cultural arm UNESCO has announced 10 new Cities of Literature among its latest 58 Creative Cities. Newly designated as Cities of Literature are Aberystwyth (Wales), Abuja (Nigeria),...
Authors’ class action against OpenAI to proceed
Thursday, 30 October 2025
A New York federal judge has this week denied an OpenAI request to dismiss authors’ claims that the company’s ChatGPT infringes their copyrights. The suit consolidates lawsuits from a number...
Booker Prize launches £50K children’s prize
Monday, 27 October 2025
The Booker Prize Foundation has launched the inaugural Children’s Booker Prize, an award “celebrating the best contemporary fiction for children aged 8 to 12 years old”. The prize will open...
Elton named HarperCollins UK CEO
Monday, 27 October 2025
Kate Elton has been formally appointed as CEO of HarperCollins UK, after the recent departure of previous CEO Charlie Redmayne. Elton has been acting as interim CEO since Redmayne’s resignation....
HBG records strong third quarter
Thursday, 23 October 2025
Hachette Book Group (HBG) has recorded a strong third-quarter sales and revenue performance, reports Publishers Weekly (PW). “The encouraging third quarter follows a six-month period when HBG sales were up...
ThomsonReuters named world’s biggest publisher
Tuesday, 21 October 2025
ThomsonReuters has taken the title of world’s largest publisher, reported Publishers Weekly. The Canadian-based legal and professional publisher replaces RELX, which has held the title for the last 7 years....
IPA launches Defender Award
Wednesday, 15 October 2025
The International Publishers Association (IPA) has launched the IPA Freedom of Expression Defenders Award. “The freedom to publish sits alongside the freedom of expression and the freedom to read as...
Donovan wins inaugural Novelry Prize
Tuesday, 14 October 2025
The Novelry has announced Stella Donovan as the winner of the inaugural Novelry Prize for her submission titled “Grace Labeille is turning 20 on top of a man who does...
Krasznahorkai wins 2025 Nobel Prize for Literature
Friday, 10 October 2025
Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai has won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature for “his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art”....
Bloomsbury expands dyslexia-friendly titles
Thursday, 9 October 2025
In the UK, Bloomsbury Publishing has launched a new range of titles in their Dyslexia-Friendly Editions, reported BookBrunch. ‘The dyslexia-friendly format includes: Clear, sans-serif fonts, increased spacing and ragged-right alignment,...
HarperCollins UK CEO resigns
Wednesday, 8 October 2025
HarperCollins UK CEO Charlie Redmayne has resigned effective immediately, reported the Bookseller yesterday. Group managing director, adult commercial publishing Kate Elton has been named interim CEO. Redmayne was appointed as...
Anthropic settlement website launched
Tuesday, 7 October 2025
In the US, Judge William Alsup has given preliminary approval to the proposed $1.5 billion ($A2.27b) settlement in the Anthropic class-action lawsuit, leading to the launch of a settlement website....
Pluto Press announces Albanese collection
Monday, 6 October 2025
US publisher Pluto Press has announced the acquisition of world rights to A Moon Will Rise from the Darkness: Reports on Israel’s Genocide in Palestine by United Nations special rapporteur on...
