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

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

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

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.

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

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 Hodder & Stoughton imprint Coronet is set to close, with four members of staff to be made redundant. Hannah Black, ...

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 ...

Boldwood Books has acquired 12 new authors, all signed with multi-book deals, bringing the publisher's total number of ...