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Mantel takes on the Mail Man Booker winning novelist Hilary Mantel has attacked the Mail on Sunday and questioned whether its journalists must “start to feel ashamed of their paper’s attempt to bully and censor” after the newspaper attacked a BBC decision to broadcast her story about Margaret Thatcher.

Children's market explored at New York Children’s Book Summit The first Nielsen Children’s Book Summit convened in New York on Friday (12th December) at the McGraw-Hill Auditorium in midtown, saw over 150 participants attending the day-long meeting organized by Nielsen Book Americas SVP Jonathan Stolper and Bookigee’s Kristen McLean. They worked to be current; to be cross-media, inviting Nielsen analysts from various sectors; and to be interactive – several panels featured real live kids, teens and parents (not virtual).

Books of the Year: Newspaper review round-up Last year marked our first round up of the numerous “books of the year” features across the media. It saw a total of 660 books being touted by various critics, writers and celebrities. This year, our spreadsheet collating the reviews boasts 910 titles that have been recommended across several features in 10 different publications.

Harris to chair Costa Book of the Year judges Author Robert Harris will chair the judging panel for the 2014 Costa Book of the Year. He will be joined by writers Maggie O’Farrell, Bernadine Evaristo, Jonathan Stroud, Owen Sheers and Wendy Moore, actress Dame Diana Rigg, the BBC’s economics editor Robert Peston, and actress Samantha Bond. The nine-member panel will select the overall Costa Book of the Year from the category winners of the Costa Book Awards. The panel includes one judge from each category panel, plus three people from outside publishing.