Fourth Estate has snapped up Shy: How Being Quiet can Lead to Success by Annie Ridout.
Emerald named Independent Publisher of the Year at IPG Awards
Emerald Publishing has been named Independent Publisher of the Year as well as Academic and Professional Publisher of the Year at the 2020 Independent Publishers Guild Awards.
Dalrymple, Beaton and Lay among Cundill History Prize contenders
Books from Penguin, Bloomsbury, Wildfire, Profile Books and Head of Zeus, on subjects including the Israel-Palestine conflict from a Palestinian perspective and the "lost" decade of Oliver Cromwell's rule, have made the Cundill History Prize's 10-strong shortlist spotlighting "history that matters".
Firefly signs ‘moving and compelling’ YA romance
Independent Welsh publisher Firefly Press has acquired The Wanderer, a YA romance novel by Josie Williams.
Troubled Blood strikes the chart’s top spot
Robert Galbraith's fifth Cormoran Strike title, Troubled Blood (Sphere), has gone straight to the UK Official Top 50 number one spot, selling 64,633 copies in its first week on sale.
Profile Books acquires ‘trusty and portable guide to your legal rights’
Profile Books will publish Know Your Rights: The Law in 60 Seconds by Christian Weaver, an "essential and empowering handbook" for publication in April 2021.
StudioCanal and Blueprint option The Midnight Library
Matt Haig's latest novel, The Midnight Library (Canongate), has been optioned to be made into a film by StudioCanal and Blueprint Pictures.
2,500 exhibitors sign up for virtual Frankfurt
Around 2,500 digital exhibitors from 89 countries have already signed up to take part in the digital Frankfurt Book Fair this year, organisers announce.
Dead Ink acquires Anderson’s debut about an artificial woman
Dead Ink Books is to publish Ros Anderson's debut novel The Hierachies next summer.
Orenda scoops journalist’s ‘heart-rending’ debut
Orenda Books is to publish Katie Allen's debut novel Everything Happens for a Reason, secured in a two-book deal.
