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Mari Evans has been appointed as the new managing director of
Headline, with Jane Morpeth becoming chair of the group.
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Joanne Harris has announced she is pulling out of a literature
festival “for the first time in my life” because of its demanding contract
terms and has called for an industry-wide standard to be introduced.
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The subscriber list and review archive for mail-order book
business the Good Book Guide has been acquired by book review and
recommendation site Lovereading, following a “turbulent” decade for the
Guide.
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Jungle Books, a library for migrants set up in the French port
city of Calais, is at risk of eviction after half of the camp has been
threatened with demolition.
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Author Matt Haig has withdrawn from appearing at this year’s
Emirates Airline Festival of Literature in Dubai following a campaign
against the event, spearheaded by author Jonathan Emmett and blogger Zoe
Toft.
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Simon & Schuster UK has appointed Claudia Connal as
editorial director of non-fiction.
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Joe “The Body Coach” Wicks has held the Official Top 50 number
one spot for an eighth consecutive week, selling 22,809 copies for
£189,888, according to Nielsen BookScan.
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Hachette Children’s Group has appointed Paul Rockett as
publishing director of education.
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Author James Patterson has launched a competition to give one
student the opportunity to co-author a book with him.
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Century is publishing The
Romford Pelé, the autobiography of Arsenal
"legend" Ray Parlour.
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Elizabeth Masters, currently PR manager for Tinder Press at
Headline, has been appointed deputy publicity director
for Quercus.
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Canelo is to publish Last
Light, the first in a new series from CJ Lyons, and will
reissue her “hugely popular” Lucy Guardino FBI thrillers.
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