Oscar’s Book Prize – which was founded in 2013 in memory of three-year-old Oscar Ashton, who died from an undetected heart condition – is closing due to a lack of sponsor.

Gollancz has made a set of promotions and hires, as the imprint begins to plan for its centenary in 2028. Register to read ...

Ben Oldfield has been appointed to the role of editor at Daunt Books Publishing. He will join at the end of March and commission literary fiction and non-fiction.

Hachette Children’s Group has acquired Football Spy, a “fast-paced” middle-grade fiction series “perfect for 9+ football fans ...

Sandycove has acquired City of Hawks by Hilary Adam White, described by editorial director Brendan Barrington as a ...

New independent publisher Pellerin Books has appointed Peyton Stableford, Emma Finnerty and Jon Rippon ahead of its April 2026 launch.

Simon & Schuster UK is set to move offices while launching a "new corporate brand identity". The UK team will move to 199 Bishopsgate in Shoreditch, London in late spring 2026 from their current ...

This week marked a series of firsts for authors Francis Spufford and Saara El-Arifi, while Helen Bain's debut beguiled.

HopeRoad has acquired award-winning Dutch writer Raoul de Jong’s Jaguarman. Jaguarman was translated by John RJ Eyck and will ...

Aisha Okorie’s "evocative" debut novel, To Whom I Am Becoming, has won the Writers & Artists Working-Class Writers’ Prize ...

Hurriya means “freedom” in Arabic and the question of whether the crew will win theirs or even make it to the planet is ...

The government has announced it will give public libraries a cash boost of up to £150,000 in support of the National Year of Reading, including £5,000 to be split across the five regional winners of ...