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Atlantic Books on course to break even this year Atlantic Books’ m.d. Will Atkinson has told The Bookseller that he will be “very disappointed” if the company does not break even this year, as it has had a good start to 2015. Atkinson was speaking to The Bookseller after the firm released abbreviated accounts for 2014 through Companies House.

Morrissey novel 'out next month' Morrissey’s first novel will be called List of the Lost and published by Penguin Books this September, according to reports. Morrissey’s fan site True to You has reported that the book will be a paperback and that it will be published in the UK, Ireland, Australia, India, New Zealand and South Africa at the end of September. However, no plot details have been revealed and Penguin Books has not responded to press enquiries from The Bookseller to confirm the news.

Hacking and home intruders in first Spider's Web extract The first extract of the fourth installment in Stieg Larsson’s Millennium series has been released over the weekend, with readers reacquainted with main characters hacker Lisbeth Salander and journalist Michael Blomkvist as well as a new character, Swedish scientist Professor Balder.

Seven Stories to publish book on history of illustration Seven Stories has delved into its own archive to put together a book about children’s illustration, which it will publish with Walker Books in October. Drawn from the Archive: Hidden Histories of Illustration is edited by Sarah Lawrence, Seven Stories’ collection director, who looks at the history of children’s illustration by focusing on 27 artists from the 1930s to the present day.

Five ‘no awards’ given at Hugos Cixin Liu has won the best novel prize at this year’s Hugo Awards, although no awards were given in five categories, reflecting recent controversy over how the prizes are given. The annual Hugo Awards are for science fiction and fantasy works and are voted for by anyone who is a member of (i.e. has paid to attend) the 2014, 2015, or 2016 WorldCons. However, this year’s awards attracted controversy because of the actions of two campaign groups - Sad Puppies and Rabid Puppies – who allegedly tried to skewer the process so that the awards would go to right-wing authors.

Ishiguro archives bought for $1m by Texas University The University of Texas has bought the archives of Kazuo Ishiguro for just over $1m, which include some unpublished work and a song track.

HBO acquires TV rights to Gattis novel American television company HBO has acquired TV rights to Ryan Gattis’ All Involved (Picador). All Involved is set over the six days of the Los Angeles riots, after Rodney King's LAPD assailants were acquitted. It follows 17 people caught up in the chaos. The adaptation will be produced by Alan Ball, who has worked on shows including "True Blood" and "Six Feet Under", through his production company Your Face Goes Here Entertainment. Gattis will be speaking at three events at the Edinburgh International Book Festival this week.

Abercrombie short story collection to Gollancz Gollancz is to publish a collection of short stories by Joe Abercrombie, featuring characters from his First Law world. Abercrombie’s First Law trilogy consists of The Blade Itself, Before They Are Hanged and Last Argument of Kings, and he also has three stand-alone novels also set in the First Law world (all Gollancz). The short stories will be a mix of original and reissued short stories collected together for the first time.