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Super Thursday and BAMB get underway Around 1,800 bookshops across the UK and Ireland will celebrate the start of the Christmas season with Super Thursday today (8th October) with a three-day in-store campaign Books Are My Bag (BAMB).

Harry Potter Colouring Book from Studio Press Studio Press is to release the first official Harry Potter Colouring Book.

Sandeep Mahal to leave The Space Sandeep Mahal is leaving her role as director of The Space next week.

Anvil and Carcanet poetry presses merge Independent poetry publishers Anvil Press Poetry and Carcanet Press are merging operations to publish from Manchester “the most diverse world poetry list in the United Kingdom”.

PRH Children’s appoints Jedrej as marketing director Penguin RandomHouse Children’s has appointed Vanessa Jedrej (née Godden) to the newly created role of marketing director. In her new role, Jedrej will lead marketing campaigns for Ladybird, Puffin and Penguin RandomHouse Children’s authors and entertainment brands, and her remit will cover both the UK and international marketing teams. She will report to creative director Graham Sim.

Anna Kendrick to be published by S&S UK S&S UK will publish a collection of “humourous” autobiographical essays by actor Anna Kendrick. As one of America's "most popular versatile" actors of stage and screen, Kendrick’s autobiographical book will “amusingly recount memorable moments from throughout her life," from her upbringing in New England to the blockbuster films. The book will expand upon the “witty and ironic dispatches for which she is known” offering her “one-of-a-kind commentary on the absurdities she’s experienced" in her career.

Unison condemns proposal to turn libraries into 'gyms' Lambeth Unison has condemned Lambeth Council plans to keep three libraries open by turning them into health centres.

Nwulu named young poet laureate for London Selina Nwulu was today (7th October) named the next Young Poet Laureate for London by Spread the Word, the writer development agency that runs the scheme. Nwulu, who takes on the role from Aisling Fahey, beat off competition from five other poets (Belinda Zhawi, Harriet Creelman, Raymond Antrobus, Yuan Yang and Zia Ahmed) at a ceremony at Waterstones Piccadilly.

Nosy Crow and British Museum sign partnership deal Nosy Crow is to work with the British Museum to produce a “broad range” of children’s books as part of an exclusive partnership.

Gwyn Jones buys Client Earth Scribe UK’s Philip Gwyn Jones has commissioned a book by environmental lawyer James Thornton and writer Martin Goodman.

Picador wins auction for 'remarkable' book Picador has won an auction for a book by David Coventry based on a true story, and told in “hallucinatory poetic prose”.