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H is for Hawk wins Costa Book of the Year Helen Macdonald's H is for Hawk (Jonathan Cape), winner of last year's Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction, has won the £30,000 Costa Book of the Year Award. The book's triumph was announced last night (Tuesday 27th January) at a ceremony in central London, at which novelist Robert Harris, chair of the prize judges, also launched an outspoken attack on the BBC for its lack of TV books coverage.

Sales up 3.5% as Burton retains Chart top spot After three weeks of sales declines, the print book market has bounced back, with sales up 3.5% week-on-week and tills ringing in £23.2m across 2.9m book sales. In the seven days ending 24th January, sales jumped 3.5% with book buyers spending just over £794,000 more last week than they did the previous week (w/e 17th January) and £1.2m more than they did in the same week last year.

Currie: 'more to be achieved at Foyles' Incoming Foyles c.e.o. Paul Currie has told The Bookseller his new role is "oozing with opportunity", with "much more work to be done."    Currie, a former Hamleys c.o.o. and Molton Brown retail executive, said he is ready to grow the Foyles business to “realise the potential of its brand” and, especially, to continue the work already started by his predecessor in turning Foyles into a truly experiential retailer.

Police raid Amazon’s headquarters in Japan Police have raided Amazon’s headquarters in Tokyo following complaints about the wide availability of child pornography on its website. In a statement to The Bookseller, Amazon said it is co-operating fully with the police. “We don’t permit illegal items on our site, and we have systems and processes designed to prevent and remove illegal items from being listed,” an Amazon spokesperson said.

Pearson chairman Moreno to step down Glen Moreno is preparing to step down from his role as chairman of Pearson after a decade, according to Sky News. Sources told the broadcaster that Pearson's nominations committee had enlisted JCA Group, a City headhunting firm, to oversee the process of recruiting Moreno's successor.

Quercus to publish Millennium trilogy sequel in August The sequel to late author Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy will go on sale in the UK in August. The book, which is entitled That Which Does Not Kill in Swedish, was penned by David Lagercrantz and will go on sale in at least 35 countries, said Swedish publisher Norstedts. A spokesperson for Larsson’s UK publisher Quercus said it will publish the book on the 27th August with a different title. No proofs or early copies will be released. Clays to become sole printer of PRH monochrome books Clays is to become the sole supplier of monochrome books to Penguin Random House. The printer, which also revealed that it aims to double the amount of books its produces digitally, has been a long-term supplier to both Penguin Books and Random House, and will take on a contract with Penguin Random House once its current contracts elsewhere have expired. New Alice in Wonderland marks 150th anniversary Vintage Classics is to release a 150th anniversary gift edition of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, with a cover and introduction by designer Dame Vivienne Westwood. The special edition of Lewis Carroll’s classic will also include end papers by the fashion designer, as well as Through The Looking Glass and the original Tenniel illustrations. Westwood's Red Label Autumn-Winter 2011/12 catwalk show was inspired by Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Caitlin Moran plans second tour for How to Build A Girl Caitlin Moran is to go on a second live tour to promote her novel How to Build a Girl (Ebury Press). Moran’s How to Build a Girl 2: Oh my God! I Thought of Some More Things I Want to Say tour will promote the paperback release of the book. The tour will visit Glasgow on 13th April, Manchester on 14th April, London on 15th April and Cardiff on 16th April, and tickets go on sale today (28th January). Zed's free e-book for Greek finance minister Radical publisher Zed Books is to publish extracts from Yanis Varoufakis' The Global Minotaur as a free e-book tomorrow (28th January), after the author's appointment as finance minister of Greece. Varoufakis has been given the post by new prime minister Alexis Tsipras, following the electoral triumph of anti-austerity party Syriza. The finance minister will have the role of negotiating on the country's debt mountain.