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The Roald Dahl estate has confirmed that the Roald Dahl Funny
Prize for humorous children’s books, the awards it launched with the then
children’s laureate Michael Rosen and Book Trust, has come to an end.
In an interview to be published in The Bookseller print magazine on Friday
(25th September), Luke Kelly, the m.d. of the Dahl estate, said the prize
will not be awarded again because it does not fit in with the estate’s
plans for next year’s centenary celebrations (2016 will mark 100 years
since Dahl’s birth).
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Penguin General is to launch a new personal development and
healthy living imprint, Penguin Life, headed by Venetia Butterfield.
Penguin Life will launch in January 2016, publishing 10 titles
in that year, including Ruby Wax’s A
Mindfulness Guide for the FRAZZLED.
By 2018, Penguin Life will grow to publish around 20 books a
year across the UK and Commonwealth as well as other markets.
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Jamie Oliver has held onto the UK Official number one for a
second week running while Anne Tyler led the Man Booker Prize shortlist
charge.
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Nicola Solomon, chief executive of the Society of Authors
(pictured), and Orna Ross, founder of the Alliance of Independent Authors,
are among more than 30 speakers lined up to speak to authors and publishers
at The Bookseller’s first ever Author Day, launched as part of suite of
events in the run up to the FutureBook Conference 2015.
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Michael Cairns has stepped down with immediate effect as c.e.o
of Publishing Technology after news the company will make a loss in 2015.
In a trading update, the company said Cairns has stepped down
"after careful consideration", and has been replaced on an
interim basis by chief technology officer David Montgomery.
The move comes after the company said it will fail to meet its
full-year financial expectations for 2015.
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Elaine Dale, Penguin’s deputy contracts director, has died
after a short battle with cancer.
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The former publisher of Penguin India, Chiki Sarkar, has
founded her own publishing company, Juggernaut.
Sarkar left Penguin Random House India in April this year and
Juggernaut’s first 25 titles will be released in April next year.
The company will publish in physical and digital, but with an
emphasis on “reimagining books for mobile” at both ends of the spectrum –
by using new ways of commissioning with mobile in mind and “rethinking the
reading experience, book distribution and payments.”
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Sabrina Ghayour, author of Persiana
(Mitchell Beazley), is to publish a new cookbook bringing the "tastes
of the East to Western-style dishes".
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Allen Lane has acquired an “extraordinary” new book on the
Third Reich and drug use, which was published in Germany this month.
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The shortlist of six for the 2015 Financial Times and McKinsey
Business Book of the Year Award has been announced.
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Data: how it’s changing the business and how we deal with it,
was the theme running through the Book Industry Study Group (BISG) annual
meeting last Friday (18th September).
Simon & Schuster c.e.o. Carolyn Reidy began a strong
keynote by declaring, “It’s staggering what we know, but the more we know,
the more we have to learn.”
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Kirklees Council has approved plans to close two libraries and
cut 88 jobs, The Huddersfield Daily Examiner has
reported.
The council’s cabinet members have “reluctantly” agreed to a
“huge cost-cutting shake-up” which will see only eight of its current 26
libraries fully controlled and opening hours "vastly" reduced.
The plans will mean the loss of 88 full-time roles, which could
possibly amount to more than 100 employees as many hold part-time
positions.
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