Book sales rise in Ireland, conference told
Thursday, 19 February 2026
The Irish book trade contributes €189 million (A$316 million) to the Irish economy, the annual Irish Book Trade Conference has been told, with sales revenue rising in 2025 compared to...
2026 Unwin Award finalists named
Wednesday, 18 February 2026
In the UK, the Publishers Association has announced the shortlist for this year’s Unwin Award, reported BookBrunch yesterday. The £10,000 (A$20,000) award goes annually to early-career authors whose body of...
Harlequin to drop historical romance as M&B founder recognised in London
Tuesday, 17 February 2026
In the US, Harlequin will discontinue its historical romance imprint, Harlequin Historical, in the third quarter of 2027, reports Publishers Weekly (PW). The decision was made in response to “evolving...
Independent publishers signal legal action against AI companies
Monday, 16 February 2026
In the UK, nearly 40 members of the Independent Publishers Guild (IPG) have written to leading generative AI companies flagging potential legal action in response to alleged copyright infringement, reports...
Women’s Prize for Nonfiction 2026 longlist announced
Thursday, 12 February 2026
In the UK, the 2026 longlist for the Women’s Prize for Nonfiction, worth £30,000 (A$57,360), has been announced. The longlisted titles are: Daughters of the Bamboo Grove (Barbara Demick, Text) The...
Taipei International Book Exhibition wraps up
Tuesday, 10 February 2026
The Taipei International Book Exhibition (TIBE) finished its 6-day event this week, under the theme “Reading Is Amazing”, reported Publishers Weekly (PW). According to PW, a highlight of the exhibition included the...
Hachette UK launches 3 new children’s imprints
Monday, 9 February 2026
In the UK, Hachette Children’s Group (HCG) has launched 3 imprints “as part of a branding refresh [...] under the new leadership of managing director Ruth Alltimes”, reported the Bookseller....
S&S UK appoints publishing director of new digital-first imprint
Thursday, 5 February 2026
In the UK, Victoria Pepe has been appointed publishing director of a new Simon & Schuster UK (S&S) digital-first imprint to be launched later this year, reports the Bookseller. Pepe,...
Latest UK book award announcements
Wednesday, 4 February 2026
In the UK, the winners of two major literary awards have been announced. Weatherglass Novella Prize winners The 2026 Weatherglass Novella Prize has been jointly awarded to Jupiter Jones’s The...
Job cuts at S&S US
Tuesday, 3 February 2026
In the US, Simon & Schuster announced job cuts early last week followed by further unspecified cuts later in the week, reports Publishers Weekly (PW). In the first round of...
Singapore base for Bloomsbury
Monday, 2 February 2026
Bloomsbury Publishing has announced a new office, Bloomsbury Singapore, “from which to publish for the exploding number of university students in Asia”, reports Bookbrunch. “The early focus of the Singapore...
Frankfurt Book Fair names new CEO
Thursday, 29 January 2026
Joachim Kaufmann has been named the next president and CEO of the Frankfurt Book Fair (Frankfurter Buchmesse), effective September 2026, reported Publishers Weekly (PW). Kaufmann will take over after this...
US bestselling publishers ranked
Wednesday, 28 January 2026
In the US, the latest rankings of 2025 sales by Publishers Weekly (PW) have confirmed the Big Five publishers’ dominance of the bestseller lists. Although Big Five publishers’ hardcover sales...
IPA launches Freedom of Expression Defenders Award
Tuesday, 27 January 2026
The International Publishers Association (IPA) has launched the inaugural Freedom of Expression Defenders Award, which “aims to recognise people, companies, organisations or coalitions who are promoting the freedom of expression,...
Waterstones’s sales up 7% in 2025 financial year
Thursday, 22 January 2026
In the UK, Waterstones has reported a 7% increase in annual sales for the financial year ending 3 May 2025, reports the Bookseller. Sales were up from £528.4 million (A$1.05...
Literary Hub lists ‘best book covers of the decade’
Wednesday, 21 January 2026
In the US, Literary Hub (LH) has published its choice of the nation's best book covers of the past decade. The list draws on LH’s annual best book covers of the...
Libraro and Hachette UK launch £50,000 “reader-led” prize
Tuesday, 20 January 2026
Hachette UK and community-driven digital platform Libraro have launched a “reader-led” prize that aims “to discover the next big English-language fiction author,” reported the Bookseller yesterday. The winner is set...
Cengage, Hachette seek to join AI copyright suit against Google
Monday, 19 January 2026
The Association of American Publishers (AAP) has announced that educational publisher Cengage Group and Hachette Book Group have initiated a move to represent publishers in In Re Google Generative AI...
Nero Book Awards winners announced
Thursday, 15 January 2026
In the UK, the winners of the Nero Book Awards have been announced, representing “the very best in literary craft and storytelling, offering readers a wide range of voices and...
Adult fiction stands out in 2025 US book trade roundup
Wednesday, 14 January 2026
Genre fiction boomed in the United States during 2025 – a year in which hundreds of new bookshops opened, reported the New York Times (NYT) in its retrospective on the...
HarperCollins drops David Walliams
Tuesday, 13 January 2026
British writer and actor David Walliams, author of The World’s Worst series of children’s books, has been dropped by HarperCollins after allegations of inappropriate behaviour toward women, reported the Guardian....
Goodreads hosting allegedly fraudulent reviews
Monday, 12 January 2026
Some books listed on review site Goodreads have been reviewed before advance copies were sent to readers, reported the Bookseller. Authors Jo Furniss, Milly Johnson, Kathryn Whitfield and Leonie Mack...
Public Lending Rights International
Thursday, 11 December 2025
In international news, Public Lending Rights International (PLRI) has been announced as a “formal international association” of organisations managing or distributing public lending rights payments to authors, illustrators, translators and...
BookTokers debate the value of negative reviews
Tuesday, 9 December 2025
In the UK, the Bookseller has canvassed opinion among popular BookTok creators about the value and desirability of posting negative reviews. Critical reviews on the popular TikTok subcommunity can meet...
AI wariness prevails in UK and Europe
Monday, 8 December 2025
UK bookselling chain Waterstones would stock books created by generative AI if customers wanted them and they were clearly labelled, reported the Bookseller. But it is “something that we would...
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...
