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News, charts, previews and more, online & in print. Buyer's Guides, conferences & The British Book Awards (Nibbies)✨
ICYMI: My personal suspicion is that humour is short-circuited horror. Humour is a response we make to reassure each other that something bad was okay, says Christopher Buehlman as he chats to us about his horror novel, Between Two Fires 👇 #BookSky
Christopher Buehlman | The writer and performer's horror novel charts an epic journey through Black Death-ridden Medieval France
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January 23, 2026 at 7:53 PM
ICYMI: My personal suspicion is that humour is short-circuited horror. Humour is a response we make to reassure each other that something bad was okay, says Christopher Buehlman as he chats to us about his horror novel, Between Two Fires 👇 #BookSky
Tor, an imprint of Pan Macmillan, has acquired Tales from the Territory by Travis Baldree 👇 #BookSky
Tor UK swoops for Travis Baldree's cosy short stories
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January 23, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Tor, an imprint of Pan Macmillan, has acquired Tales from the Territory by Travis Baldree 👇 #BookSky
ICYMI: The British Independent Retailers Association has said its members face the same challenges as pubs, but have been left out of discussions about support, says Philip Jones on business-rate relief coming to an end 👇 #BookSky
Comment: There can be no half-measures when it comes to supporting bookshops
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January 23, 2026 at 6:44 PM
ICYMI: The British Independent Retailers Association has said its members face the same challenges as pubs, but have been left out of discussions about support, says Philip Jones on business-rate relief coming to an end 👇 #BookSky
St Martin-in-the-Fields’ The Conversation series aims to put authors at the heart of urgent debates, says Peter Florence 👇 #BookSky
Bringing authors into the conversation
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January 23, 2026 at 6:08 PM
St Martin-in-the-Fields’ The Conversation series aims to put authors at the heart of urgent debates, says Peter Florence 👇 #BookSky
ICYMI: Bloomsbury is set to publish a new short story from The Song of Achilles author Madeline Miller. Mestra will publish on 26th September 2026 👇 #BookSky
Bloomsbury to publish new short story from Madeline Miller
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January 23, 2026 at 5:31 PM
ICYMI: Bloomsbury is set to publish a new short story from The Song of Achilles author Madeline Miller. Mestra will publish on 26th September 2026 👇 #BookSky
Bookbinding has found a place on BookTok as a crafting hobby where users rebind books that have already been published, especially BookTok favourites such as Sarah J Maas’ A Court of Thorns and Roses 👇#BookSky
Books on BookTok: bookbinding, hobby or business?
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January 23, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Bookbinding has found a place on BookTok as a crafting hobby where users rebind books that have already been published, especially BookTok favourites such as Sarah J Maas’ A Court of Thorns and Roses 👇#BookSky
This week's issue of The Bookseller is out now, featuring:
🗣️Author Profile: Lucas Maxwell & Christopher Buehlman
🎨Children's Previews: April
📚Review of the Year: Publishers, Indies & Children's
Read the full issue here 👉 www.thebookseller.com/editi...
🗣️Author Profile: Lucas Maxwell & Christopher Buehlman
🎨Children's Previews: April
📚Review of the Year: Publishers, Indies & Children's
Read the full issue here 👉 www.thebookseller.com/editi...
January 23, 2026 at 2:24 PM
This week's issue of The Bookseller is out now, featuring:
🗣️Author Profile: Lucas Maxwell & Christopher Buehlman
🎨Children's Previews: April
📚Review of the Year: Publishers, Indies & Children's
Read the full issue here 👉 www.thebookseller.com/editi...
🗣️Author Profile: Lucas Maxwell & Christopher Buehlman
🎨Children's Previews: April
📚Review of the Year: Publishers, Indies & Children's
Read the full issue here 👉 www.thebookseller.com/editi...
We spoke to Lucas Maxwell on the release of YA debut, A Million Tiny Missiles All at Once.
“I don’t think I could write a novel that didn’t reflect my own experiences, and I wouldn’t feel comfortable creating a neurodivergent character if I wasn’t neurodivergent" 👇
“I don’t think I could write a novel that didn’t reflect my own experiences, and I wouldn’t feel comfortable creating a neurodivergent character if I wasn’t neurodivergent" 👇
Lucas Maxwell | The leading children's librarian draws on his own childhood growing up in Nova Scotia for his YA debut
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January 23, 2026 at 1:33 PM
We spoke to Lucas Maxwell on the release of YA debut, A Million Tiny Missiles All at Once.
“I don’t think I could write a novel that didn’t reflect my own experiences, and I wouldn’t feel comfortable creating a neurodivergent character if I wasn’t neurodivergent" 👇
“I don’t think I could write a novel that didn’t reflect my own experiences, and I wouldn’t feel comfortable creating a neurodivergent character if I wasn’t neurodivergent" 👇
Tor UK has acquired three new novels and one new novella from Olivie Blake 👇 #BookSky
Tor UK acquires four new titles from Olivie Blake
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January 23, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Tor UK has acquired three new novels and one new novella from Olivie Blake 👇 #BookSky
HarperCollins is set to publish a celebration of 100 years of Hampstead Heath Ladies’ Pond, written in collaboration with the Kenwood Ladies’ Pond Association 👇 #BookSky
HarperCollins to publish celebration of 100 years of Hampstead Heath Ladies' Pond
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January 23, 2026 at 12:56 PM
HarperCollins is set to publish a celebration of 100 years of Hampstead Heath Ladies’ Pond, written in collaboration with the Kenwood Ladies’ Pond Association 👇 #BookSky
The British Independent Retailers Association has said its members face the same challenges as pubs, but have been left out of discussions about support, says Philip Jones on business-rate relief coming to an end 👇 #BookSky
Comment: There can be no half-measures when it comes to supporting bookshops
ebx.sh
January 23, 2026 at 12:36 PM
The British Independent Retailers Association has said its members face the same challenges as pubs, but have been left out of discussions about support, says Philip Jones on business-rate relief coming to an end 👇 #BookSky
Bloomsbury is set to publish a new short story from The Song of Achilles author Madeline Miller. Mestra will publish on 26th September 2026 👇 #BookSky
Bloomsbury to publish new short story from Madeline Miller
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January 23, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Bloomsbury is set to publish a new short story from The Song of Achilles author Madeline Miller. Mestra will publish on 26th September 2026 👇 #BookSky
Penguin Random House pulls up the Big Four, but the mid-level players experienced varying success, says Tom Tivnan in our Review of the Year: Publishers 👇 #BookSky
Review of the Year: Publishers – Fortunes remained mixed in 2025 with publishers stuck in the middle
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January 23, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Penguin Random House pulls up the Big Four, but the mid-level players experienced varying success, says Tom Tivnan in our Review of the Year: Publishers 👇 #BookSky
Jane Kirby, former rights director at Penguin Random House, has been appointed as head of acquisitions at The Folio Society 👇 #BookSky
Jane Kirby appointed head of acquisitions at Folio Society
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January 23, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Jane Kirby, former rights director at Penguin Random House, has been appointed as head of acquisitions at The Folio Society 👇 #BookSky
Two Hoots Swoops has snapped up two books by author/illustrator Emily Gravett. The newly acquired titles will be published in 2027 and 2028 👇 #BookSky
Two Hoots swoops for two Emily Gravett books
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January 23, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Two Hoots Swoops has snapped up two books by author/illustrator Emily Gravett. The newly acquired titles will be published in 2027 and 2028 👇 #BookSky
My personal suspicion is that humour is short-circuited horror. Humour is a response we make to reassure each other that something bad was okay, says Christopher Buehlman as he chats to us about his horror novel, Between Two Fires 👇 #BookSky
Christopher Buehlman | The writer and performer's horror novel charts an epic journey through Black Death-ridden Medieval France
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January 23, 2026 at 10:47 AM
My personal suspicion is that humour is short-circuited horror. Humour is a response we make to reassure each other that something bad was okay, says Christopher Buehlman as he chats to us about his horror novel, Between Two Fires 👇 #BookSky
The EU’s Digital Omnibus might reshape how UK publishers know their readers, says Raphael Tsavkko in our recent Comment piece 👇 #BookSky
Publishers' data reality check
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January 23, 2026 at 10:24 AM
The EU’s Digital Omnibus might reshape how UK publishers know their readers, says Raphael Tsavkko in our recent Comment piece 👇 #BookSky
Back yourself. Back your books. ⭐
#Nibbies entries close on 29th January 2026. Submit yours here 👉 www.thebookseller.com/the-b...
#Nibbies entries close on 29th January 2026. Submit yours here 👉 www.thebookseller.com/the-b...
January 23, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Back yourself. Back your books. ⭐
#Nibbies entries close on 29th January 2026. Submit yours here 👉 www.thebookseller.com/the-b...
#Nibbies entries close on 29th January 2026. Submit yours here 👉 www.thebookseller.com/the-b...
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January 23, 2026 at 10:01 AM
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Little Simon UK, the preschool and novelty imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Books, has scooped four books from child behavioural expert Amanda Jenner 👇 #BookSky
Little Simon UK scoops four books from child behavioural expert Amanda Jenner
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January 23, 2026 at 9:27 AM
Little Simon UK, the preschool and novelty imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Books, has scooped four books from child behavioural expert Amanda Jenner 👇 #BookSky
ICYMI: The government has pledged £27.5m to the Libraries Improvement Fund as part of a £1.5bn package to be invested in cultural organisations over a five-year period 👇 #BookSky
Government pledges £27.5m to Libraries Improvement Fund as part of £1.5bn package
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January 22, 2026 at 7:26 PM
ICYMI: The government has pledged £27.5m to the Libraries Improvement Fund as part of a £1.5bn package to be invested in cultural organisations over a five-year period 👇 #BookSky
ICYMI: Canada is not just a friendlier version of America, and it is time for publishing to capitalise on that, says Isabella Galbraith in our recent Comment piece 👇 #BookSky
We need a new special relationship
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January 22, 2026 at 6:39 PM
ICYMI: Canada is not just a friendlier version of America, and it is time for publishing to capitalise on that, says Isabella Galbraith in our recent Comment piece 👇 #BookSky
What are the titles that we did not get to celebrate as much because they did not get to number one? 👇 #BookSky
No one wants to rule the world: the biggest titles not to top the charts in 2025
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January 22, 2026 at 5:53 PM
What are the titles that we did not get to celebrate as much because they did not get to number one? 👇 #BookSky
The Book Marketing Society’s Award winners have been announced, with Ebury winning the Adult Non-Fiction Lifestyle Award for their campaign for Always Remember: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm 👇 #BookSky
The Book Marketing Society announces 2025 award winners
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January 22, 2026 at 5:06 PM
The Book Marketing Society’s Award winners have been announced, with Ebury winning the Adult Non-Fiction Lifestyle Award for their campaign for Always Remember: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm 👇 #BookSky
ICYMI: Bestselling author Elle McNicoll has joined Pan Macmillan in an eight-book deal 👇 #BookSky
Elle McNicoll joins Pan Macmillan in eight-book deal
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January 22, 2026 at 4:34 PM
ICYMI: Bestselling author Elle McNicoll has joined Pan Macmillan in an eight-book deal 👇 #BookSky