Vivendi has denied European Commission allegations that it jumped the gun when it took over Hachette Livre parent company Lagardère two years ago.

Rising Stars 2022 honouree Vicky Leech Mateos discusses her dream job of building a new science fiction and fantasy list from ...

The Read Bookshop has launched the inaugural Holmfirth Children’s Book Festival, a not-for-profit children’s book festival ...

4th Estate has acquired Career Comedown by Stefanie Sword-Williams, the author of F*ck Being Humble (Quadrille). Danielle ...

Picador has acquired Why Don’t Children Sleep?: Unlocking the Mystery of Broken Nights by paediatric sleep expert Professor ...

The recent widespread reaction to the Observer’s investigation of Raynor Winn and her book The Salt Path is worth reflecting ...

Springer Nature has retracted a book, Mastering Machine Learning: From Basics to Advanced by Govindakumar Madhavan, ...

Cassava Republic’s newly rebranded Ankara Press has acquired the world rights, excluding Southern Africa, to Zibu Sithole’s ...

Titan Books has acquired Emily Paxman’s All We Have Left, a "cosy, post-apocalyptic romance" set on the islands of Canada’s Pacific Northwest coast, where the author lives.

In a decade and a half, the Rising Stars initiative has honoured just over 600 trade professionals in the UK – in addition to ...

Hunted by Abir Mukherjee (Harvill Secker) has been named Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2025. The award was ...

Firefinch has acquired I Am You by US poet and novelist Victoria Redel. Executive director Margaret Stead acquired UK & Commonwealth rights from Anna Webber at AM Heath on behalf of Bill Clegg at The ...