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Anthropic settlement approved 

Wednesday, 22 July 2026
In the US, Publishers Weekly (PW) reports that Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín has given her final approval to the US$1.5 billion settlement in the class action lawsuit brought against Anthropic in...

Doubleday to launch new paperback reissue imprint 

Wednesday, 15 July 2026
In the US, Penguin Random House division Doubleday is launching a new paperback reissue imprint, reports Publishers Weekly (PW). Outsider Editions, to be led by Doubleday vice president and executive editor...

Yehia Fekry, Mohamed Hashem awarded 2026 Prix Voltaire

Wednesday, 8 July 2026
Egyptian publisher Yehia Fekry has been awarded the 2026 International Publishers Association (IPA) Prix Voltaire, which supports defenders of freedom to publish. A Prix Voltaire Special Award was announced for...

UK reaches “highest-ever revenue” in 2025 

Wednesday, 10 June 2026
In the UK, the publishing industry “reached its highest-ever revenue in 2025”, reports the Bookseller, with Australia one of the country’s 3 largest markets for book exports. Citing statistics from...

“Taiwan Travelogue” wins 2026 International Booker Prize

Cover of Taiwan Travelogue Wednesday, 20 May 2026
Taiwanese author Yáng Shuāng-zǐ has won the 2026 International Booker Prize, worth £50,000 (A$94,300) for Taiwan Travelogue (translated by Lin King, Scribe), reported the Bookseller. The International Booker Prize is awarded...

Publishers sue Meta, Zuckerberg 

Wednesday, 6 May 2026
In the US, publishers Elsevier, Cengage Learning, Hachette Book Group, Macmillan Publishers, and McGraw Hill have filed a class action lawsuit against Meta and its founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg,...

Hachette workers in US, Canada seek to unionise 

Wednesday, 29 April 2026
A supermajority of 600 Hachette Book Group employees in the US and Canada have signed to join a union, and launched the Hachette Workers Coalition (HWC), reports Publishers Weekly (PW). The...

Publishing Triangle Awards winners announced

Cover of Drought Wednesday, 22 April 2026
In the US, the Publishing Triangle, an association of LGBTQ+ people in publishing, has announced winners for the 2026 Publishing Triangle Awards. Winners were announced for 10 categories, including: The...

Hans Christian Andersen Award 2026 winners announced

Hans Christian Anderson 2026 tile featuring gold award Wednesday, 15 April 2026
Children’s writer Michael Rosen, from the UK, and illustrator Cai Gao, from China, have been named the winners of the 2026 IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People) Hans...

International Booker Prize 2026 shortlist announced

Wednesday, 1 April 2026
In the UK, the shortlist for the 2026 International Booker Prize, worth £50,000 (A$95,811), has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: The Director (Daniel Kehlmann, trans by Ross Benjamin, riverrun) The...

International Booker Prize longlist revealed

Wednesday, 25 February 2026
In the UK, the longlist for the 2026 International Booker Prize, worth £50,000 (A$95,597), has been announced. Longlisted titles are: The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran (Shida Bazyar, trans Ruth Martin,...

2026 Unwin Award finalists named 

Cover of Hannah Ritchie's 'Not The End of the World' 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...

Latest UK book award announcements 

Cover of 'The Hyena's Daughter'. 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...

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...

2025 Wolfson History Prize goes to Durkin’s “Survivors” 

Cover of Hannah 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...

PRH’s owner posts small gains in third quarter 

The Bertelsmann Corporate Center in Gütersloh. 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,...

Random House acquires Cherry Lake Publishing Group

Cherry Lake logo. 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...

UNESCO announces new Cities of Literature

Photo of ols building fronting the river in Gdansk, Poland 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),...

 

 

 

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