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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...

S&S UK, US launch new imprint

Thursday, 2 October 2025
Simon & Schuster (S&S) US and UK have jointly announced the launch of new imprint Scarlett Press, reported BookBrunch and Publishers Weekly. Scarlett Press is envisioned as a ‘home for romance-forward...

Chapter Ukraine launched

Wednesday, 1 October 2025
Craft magazine and Chytomo have announced the launch of Chapter Ukraine, an interactive digital platform that ‘offers comprehensive information about Ukrainian books available in translation’. The platform features translations of...

Bulawayo wins Best of Caine Award

Tuesday, 30 September 2025
Zimbabwean writer NoViolet Bulawayo has won the 2025 Best of Caine Award for her short story ‘Hitting Budapest’, which originally won the Caine Prize in 2011, reported BookBrunch yesterday. The Best...

Booker Prize 2025 shortlist announced

Wednesday, 24 September 2025
The shortlist for the 2025 Booker Prize has been announced. Shortlisted for the £50,000 (A$102,449) prize are six titles: Flashlight (Susan Choi, Jonathan Cape) The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny (Kiran...

Hilary Mantel Prize launched

Tuesday, 23 September 2025
Literary agency AM Heath has launched a biennial prize for novel writers in the UK and Ireland, in honour of late author Hilary Mantel. ‘Hilary was a staunch supporter of...

PW revives Freedom to Read issue

Monday, 22 September 2025
In the wake of ongoing threats to access to books in the US, Publishers Weekly (PW) has revived its ‘Freedom to Read’ issue. In a letter introducing the issue, PW...

Trump sues PRH, New York Times

Wednesday, 17 September 2025
US President Donald Trump is suing Penguin Random House (PRH), along with the New York Times (NYT) and several of its reporters for ‘disparagement’, reported Publishers Weekly (PW) yesterday. Among reporters...

Arthur Sze named US poet laureate

Tuesday, 16 September 2025
Arthur Sze has been named the 25th poet laureate of the United States, reported Publishers Weekly yesterday. Sze will serve for one year and succeeds Ada Limón, whose term in the...

National Book Awards 2025 longlists announced

Monday, 15 September 2025
In the US, the longlists for the 2024 National Book Awards have been announced. The longlisted fiction, poetry and nonfiction titles are: Fiction The Antidote (Karen Russell, Chatto & Windus)...

Inaugural PEN Presents x International Booker Prize winners announced

Tuesday, 9 September 2025
In the UK, the inaugural winners of the PEN Presents x International Booker Prize have been announced, reported BookBrunch last night. Chosen from a shortlist of 12, the winning translators and their...

Anthropic agrees to settle book piracy lawsuit

Monday, 8 September 2025
AI company Anthropic has agreed to pay US$1.5 billion (A$2.28b) to settle a class-action lawsuit by book authors who say the company took pirated copies of their works to train...

Donaldson sells 50 million units

Thursday, 4 September 2025
In the UK, children's author Julia Donaldson has become the first author to ‘sell more than 50 million units through British bookshops since accurate records began’, reported the Bookseller. According to NielsenIQ...

NEA cancels creative writing grants

Tuesday, 2 September 2025
In the US, the National Endowment for the Arts’ (NEA) 2026 Creative Writing Fellowships have been cancelled, reported Publishers Weekly (PW). The annual endowments have historically offered grants up to...

‘Tentative agreement’ in Anthropic copyright lawsuit

Monday, 1 September 2025
AI company Anthropic has reportedly reached a preliminary agreement with attorneys representing authors and publishers in a class action lawsuit, reported Publishers Weekly (PW). Anthropic has been charged with illegally using...

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