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The Bookseller Crow in Crystal Palace is launching the South London Writing School, offering a scholarship in tribute to the late co-owner Jonathan Main and monthly masterclass Sundays featuring Diana Evans and Evie Wyld 👇 #BookSky
The Bookseller Crow launches South London Writing School with weekly course and monthly masterclasses
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December 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The Bookseller Crow in Crystal Palace is launching the South London Writing School, offering a scholarship in tribute to the late co-owner Jonathan Main and monthly masterclass Sundays featuring Diana Evans and Evie Wyld 👇 #BookSky
Century has acquired The Last Guest Dies Tonight, a new murder mystery by Kelly Mullen. The Last Guest Dies Tonight will publish in spring 2027 👇 #BookSky
Century snaps up Kelly Mullen's 'bourbon-soaked' murder mystery
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December 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Century has acquired The Last Guest Dies Tonight, a new murder mystery by Kelly Mullen. The Last Guest Dies Tonight will publish in spring 2027 👇 #BookSky
Cornerstone Press has acquired Fight Less, Win More by Jonathan B Smith and Derek Gaunt, experts on negotiation who work with Never Split the Difference author Chris Voss (Random House Business) at his Black Swan Group 👇 #BookSky
Cornerstone Press acquires Fight Less, Win More by negotiation experts Jonathan B Smith and Derek Gaunt
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December 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Cornerstone Press has acquired Fight Less, Win More by Jonathan B Smith and Derek Gaunt, experts on negotiation who work with Never Split the Difference author Chris Voss (Random House Business) at his Black Swan Group 👇 #BookSky
Scarlett Press, Simon & Schuster’s new romance imprint, has won a six-way auction for two new romcoms by Sophie Jo 👇 #BookSky
Scarlett Press wins six-way auction for Sophie Jo's romcom in two-book deal
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December 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Scarlett Press, Simon & Schuster’s new romance imprint, has won a six-way auction for two new romcoms by Sophie Jo 👇 #BookSky
Despite 2025 being a disappointing year so far for German booksellers, they were quietly optimistic going into the holiday season which normally accounts for up to a quarter of their annual turnover 👇 #BookSky
German booksellers 'positive' going into Christmas despite 'disappointing' year
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December 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Despite 2025 being a disappointing year so far for German booksellers, they were quietly optimistic going into the holiday season which normally accounts for up to a quarter of their annual turnover 👇 #BookSky
With two weeks to go until the big day, the UK’s book market has settled down somewhat with no movement in the top four at the top of the Official Top 50, according to Nielsen IQ BookScan’s Total Consumer Market (TCM) 👇 #BookSky
Guinness settles in first place: A second consecutive week for the record breakers
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December 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
With two weeks to go until the big day, the UK’s book market has settled down somewhat with no movement in the top four at the top of the Official Top 50, according to Nielsen IQ BookScan’s Total Consumer Market (TCM) 👇 #BookSky
ICYMI: In his end of year letter, Hachette UK and Hachette Book Group chief executive officer David Shelley revealed that the publisher would be pledging £200k in 2026 to fund 200 Book Nooks across the UK, as part of the Raising Readers campaign 👇 #BookSky
Hachette UK pledges £200,000 to fund 200 Book Nooks as part of Raising Readers campaign
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December 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
ICYMI: In his end of year letter, Hachette UK and Hachette Book Group chief executive officer David Shelley revealed that the publisher would be pledging £200k in 2026 to fund 200 Book Nooks across the UK, as part of the Raising Readers campaign 👇 #BookSky
ICYMI: Penguin Random House Children’s UK made a “lightning fast pre-empt" of two YA thrillers by Emily Lloyd-Jones. The publisher pitched them as “game-changing” novels 👇 #BookSky
Penguin pre-empts Emily Lloyd-Jones' two YA thrillers
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December 9, 2025 at 5:34 PM
ICYMI: Penguin Random House Children’s UK made a “lightning fast pre-empt" of two YA thrillers by Emily Lloyd-Jones. The publisher pitched them as “game-changing” novels 👇 #BookSky
ICYMI: Titan Books has acquired a "terrifying literary horror" by debut author Todd S Jordan in a two-book deal. The Flesh I Want will publish in February 2027 👇 #BookSky
Titan Books acquires Todd S Jordan's 'terrifying literary horror' debut in two-book deal
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December 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
ICYMI: Titan Books has acquired a "terrifying literary horror" by debut author Todd S Jordan in a two-book deal. The Flesh I Want will publish in February 2027 👇 #BookSky
Julia Williams has resigned from the Society of Authors’ board, urging it to take “a stronger stand” when supporting authors who face criticism 👇 #BookSky
Julia Williams resigns from Society of Authors’ board urging 'stronger stand' on cancellation
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December 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Julia Williams has resigned from the Society of Authors’ board, urging it to take “a stronger stand” when supporting authors who face criticism 👇 #BookSky
Quadrille has acquired Mexican Soul, a "groundbreaking" new cookbook by Santiago Lastra, the chef behind London’s KOL and FONDA restaurants, publishing in April 2026 👇 #BookSky
Quadrille acquires Santiago Lastra's 'groundbreaking' Mexican cookbook
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December 9, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Quadrille has acquired Mexican Soul, a "groundbreaking" new cookbook by Santiago Lastra, the chef behind London’s KOL and FONDA restaurants, publishing in April 2026 👇 #BookSky
Faber has triumphed in a six-way auction for Eloise Kane’s “transformative” human history of wild Britain. Wilderlands: The Human History of Wild Britain will publish in April 2026 👇 #BookSky
Faber triumphs in six-way auction for Eloise Kane's ‘transformative’ human history of wild Britain
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December 9, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Faber has triumphed in a six-way auction for Eloise Kane’s “transformative” human history of wild Britain. Wilderlands: The Human History of Wild Britain will publish in April 2026 👇 #BookSky
AI has become a part of life for all French publishers, whether large or small, according to a first survey conducted on the issue by the French Publishers Association (Syndicat National de l’Edition, SNE) 👇 #BookSky
Publisher staff 'fairly positive' about AI tools, according to survey in France
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December 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
AI has become a part of life for all French publishers, whether large or small, according to a first survey conducted on the issue by the French Publishers Association (Syndicat National de l’Edition, SNE) 👇 #BookSky
Charlie Mackesy’s Always Remember (Ebury Press) has been a “hugely popular” title in the lead up to Christmas this year 👇 #BookSky
A Christmas to remember: Charlie Mackesy's follow-up tops Christmas bestseller list for indies
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December 9, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Charlie Mackesy’s Always Remember (Ebury Press) has been a “hugely popular” title in the lead up to Christmas this year 👇 #BookSky
It is still possible to build a press from the outside, as I would like to think I have done with Broken Sleep Books, on little more than time, stubbornness, and a community of writers and readers who refuse to give up, says Aaron Kent in our recent Comment piece 👇 #BookSky
Yes, you can still launch an indie press…
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December 9, 2025 at 11:28 AM
It is still possible to build a press from the outside, as I would like to think I have done with Broken Sleep Books, on little more than time, stubbornness, and a community of writers and readers who refuse to give up, says Aaron Kent in our recent Comment piece 👇 #BookSky
Titan Books has acquired a "terrifying literary horror" by debut author Todd S Jordan in a two-book deal. The Flesh I Want will publish in February 2027 👇 #BookSky
Titan Books acquires Todd S Jordan's 'terrifying literary horror' debut in two-book deal
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December 9, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Titan Books has acquired a "terrifying literary horror" by debut author Todd S Jordan in a two-book deal. The Flesh I Want will publish in February 2027 👇 #BookSky
Hutchinson Heinemann has signed a deal with self-published author Peter Grainger for his DC Smith Investigation series following a five-way auction 👇 #BookSky
Hutchinson Heinemann signs self-published Peter Grainger in five-way auction
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December 9, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Hutchinson Heinemann has signed a deal with self-published author Peter Grainger for his DC Smith Investigation series following a five-way auction 👇 #BookSky
Headline is set to publish Mel Giedroyc’s "warm and riotous" new novel, The Comeback, publishing in hardback in August 2026 👇 #BookSky
Headline to publish Mel Giedroyc's 'warm and riotous' new novel
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December 9, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Headline is set to publish Mel Giedroyc’s "warm and riotous" new novel, The Comeback, publishing in hardback in August 2026 👇 #BookSky
Penguin Random House Children’s UK made a “lightning fast pre-empt" of two YA thrillers by Emily Lloyd-Jones. The publisher pitched them as “game-changing” novels 👇 #BookSky
Penguin pre-empts Emily Lloyd-Jones' two YA thrillers
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December 9, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Penguin Random House Children’s UK made a “lightning fast pre-empt" of two YA thrillers by Emily Lloyd-Jones. The publisher pitched them as “game-changing” novels 👇 #BookSky
In his end of year letter, Hachette UK and Hachette Book Group chief executive officer David Shelley revealed that the publisher would be pledging £200k in 2026 to fund 200 Book Nooks across the UK, as part of the Raising Readers campaign 👇 #BookSky
Hachette UK pledges £200,000 to fund 200 Book Nooks as part of Raising Readers campaign
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December 9, 2025 at 9:13 AM
In his end of year letter, Hachette UK and Hachette Book Group chief executive officer David Shelley revealed that the publisher would be pledging £200k in 2026 to fund 200 Book Nooks across the UK, as part of the Raising Readers campaign 👇 #BookSky
ICYMI: Travel from Turkey to Tokyo with new fiction in March, which is also a strong month for graphic novels, plus a deluge of debuts, says Madeleine Feeny 👇 #BookSky
March 2026: Fiction Previews
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December 8, 2025 at 7:12 PM
ICYMI: Travel from Turkey to Tokyo with new fiction in March, which is also a strong month for graphic novels, plus a deluge of debuts, says Madeleine Feeny 👇 #BookSky
ICYMI: Waterstones would stock books created by AI if customers wanted them and they were clearly labelled, CEO James Daunt has said, but it is “something that we would recoil [from]” 👇 #BookSky
Waterstones would stock AI books if 'clearly labelled and customers wanted them', says CEO
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December 8, 2025 at 6:08 PM
ICYMI: Waterstones would stock books created by AI if customers wanted them and they were clearly labelled, CEO James Daunt has said, but it is “something that we would recoil [from]” 👇 #BookSky
ICYMI: Empathy education must be woven through the fabric of schools, homes and communities – in the stories we share, the conversations we have, the attitudes we model, says Imogen Bond in our recent Comment piece 👇 #BookSky
The empathy loop
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December 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
ICYMI: Empathy education must be woven through the fabric of schools, homes and communities – in the stories we share, the conversations we have, the attitudes we model, says Imogen Bond in our recent Comment piece 👇 #BookSky
Fleet Street Quarter BID is partnering with the National Literacy Trust to celebrate storytelling, education and literacy with a programme of events throughout 2026 👇 #BookSky
Fleet Street Quarter Business Improvement District teams up with National Literacy Trust
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December 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Fleet Street Quarter BID is partnering with the National Literacy Trust to celebrate storytelling, education and literacy with a programme of events throughout 2026 👇 #BookSky
This week in Books in the Media, two children's books are in the limelight and a novel, published for the first time in English, is welcomed by the Sunday Times 👇 #BookSky
Books in the Media: Charlie and Lola await Christmas in Lauren Child's latest
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December 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
This week in Books in the Media, two children's books are in the limelight and a novel, published for the first time in English, is welcomed by the Sunday Times 👇 #BookSky