Sceptre has acquired rights to Siri Hustvedt’s Ghost Stories, “in an exclusive submission”. Hustvedt’s previous books are ...

Scholastic UK has revealed its shortlist for the 2025 Laugh Out Loud Book Awards (The Lollies). The awards celebrate the ...

Pan Macmillan has signed Eleanor: On the Trail of England’s Lost Queen by Alice Loxton, winner of Blackwell’s Book of the ...

An industry-wide staff mixer event attended by more than 180 was held at Hachette UK’s London office, Carmelite House.

Penguin Michael Joseph has acquired Mr Wilman’s Motoring Adventure by Andy Wilman, the co-creator and former producer of Top ...

Century Fiction has signed former Sky News reporter Amanda Cassidy’s Beautiful Liars in a "major" pre-empt.

Doubleday has acquired Bluff, the new novel by Francine Toon.

Estate, an imprint of HarperCollins, has triumphed in a seven-way auction for Samantha Josephs' debut, Carrying.

Farshore has acquired Iris and Luna, a young fiction series by Sofia Rhei, writing as Aurora Quirón, with illustrations by ...

The School Library Association (SLA) has released the honours lists for its annual Secondary School Librarian of the Year ...

Simon & Schuster Children’s Books has acquired three YA verse thrillers by novelist Sarah Crossan, including the suspenseful ...

The Book Society is to support The Bookseller’s Rising Stars programme by offering Shooting Stars – those who are selected ...