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There has been an outpouring of support in the trade for
Robert Harris's public call for a dedicated BBC TV books programme.
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German e-reading company txtr has filed for insolvency
proceedings, with a provisional administrator Olswang Restructuring
Solutions appointed to oversee a sale.
The Berlin-based company, which operates in 25 countries,
will continue to operate its e-book stores and e-reading platform
during its restructure of the company and its operation. A number of
potential buyers have already expressed interested in the company, said
txtr.
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Stanfords is relaunching the Dolman Travel Book of the
Year prize, doubling its prize money, and creating a new award for
travel writing.
From 2015, the renamed Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the
Year award will carry a prize fund of £5,000. The revamped awards will
also include the Edward Stanford Award for Outstanding Contribution to
Travel Writing, and Stanfords said that in future years the awards will
expand to include other areas of print and online travel writing.
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Matthew Goodwin and Robert Ford’s Revolt on the Right:
Explaining Support for the Radical Right in Britain
(Routledge) has won the top honour at the Paddy Power Political Book
Awards.
Academics Goodwin and Ford won the Political Book of the
Year honour at the award ceremony in London last night (28th),
receiving £10,000 donated by Lord Ashcroft.
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Crime writer Ian Rankin is working on a new Rebus novel.
The author gave hints about the new book to his Twitter
followers, writing: “So much *plot* in this new book I'm doing, I'm
having to focus on that so it doesn't wriggle away from me.
Character/nuance/etc for later.” He continued: “Once I know plot works,
I can go back and fix/polish everything else. That's the plan for now.”
Following questions from fans, he revealed that the book
will be set in Edinburgh and feature his detective Rebus, who has been
in 19 novels.
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More than 50 representatives of the book industry met
yesterday (28th January) to discuss a new diversity charter for
children’s publishing.
A
Place At The Table was organised by Inclusive Minds, a collective
that is drawing up a charter, entitled Everybody In, to encourage
publishers to release more diverse and inclusive children’s books.
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The shortlist for the first James Herbert Award for Horror
Writing “exemplifies the diversity of modern horror fiction",
according to the chair of judges Tom Hunter.
The award, set
up in honour of the late horror writer who died in 2013
[pictured], is worth £2,000 to the winning writer.
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Musician John Lydon – formerly Sex Pistols frontman Johnny
Rotten - has recorded a message for National Libraries Day, imploring
the UK to value its libraries.
In the audio recording, which will be made live on
National Libraries Day on Saturday 7th February, Lydon urges people to
show their support for their libraries and says: “Libraries are the
most important essential part of our culture and civilisation.”
The singer credits libraries and librarians for his
recovery from memory loss after he contracted meningitis at the age of
eight.
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Sanrio, the licensor of the Mr Men and Little Miss brands,
have secured a film deal with Fox animation.
The film will be produced by Shawn Levy, producer and
director of "Night at the Museum". No release date has been
announced.
The Mr Men and the Little Miss series began in 1971 with Mr Tickle. The
books are now published by Egmont, which said one of the books is
sold every 2.5 seconds across the world
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India Knight will chair the judging panel for the Jerwood
Fiction Uncovered Prize 2015.
The prize, now in its fifth year, highlights the works of
eight British fiction authors. The prize is worth £5,000 to each
winning writer.
Knight, author of four novels as well as non-fiction, will
chair the judging panel for the 2015 award. The full panel will be
announced shortly.
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E-book subscription site Oyster has partnered with
Pottermore to make all 10 Harry Potter-related titles available via a
subscription service.
The offering, only available in the US, includes the seven
Harry Potter novels by J K Rowling, and also her three Hogwarts Library
Books – The Tales of
Beedle the Bard, Quidditch Through the Ages, and Fantastic Beasts and Where to
Find Them.
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Pavilion has signed a book by “The Great British Sewing
Bee” finalist Chinelo Bally.
Bally was a runner-up in the second series of the show,
aired on BBC Two in 2014.
Amy Christian, senior commissioning editor at Pavilion,
bought world rights from Stuart Cooper of Metrostar Media Limited.
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