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PRH records revenue and profit jump Penguin Random House global revenues rose 11.8% in 2015 to €3.7bn (up from €3.3bn the previous year), with operating EBITDA rising by 23.2% to €557m (€452m in previous year).

Fantastic Beasts tie-ins to HarperCollins and Scholastic Warner Bros Consumer Products has signed licensed publishing deals with HarperCollins, Scholastic and Insight Editions for the upcoming film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, set in J K Rowling’s Wizarding World.

Porter and Sahota on shortlist for £30k Dylan Thomas Prize Books by Granta's Max Porter, Sunjeev Sahota and Andrew McMillan have been shortlisted for the £30,000 International Dylan Thomas Prize, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year.

Bond and Ahlberg books announced at PRH showcase New titles by Michael Bond, Allan Ahlberg and Shirley Hughes were among some of the highlights presented at a Penguin Random House Children’s showcase yesterday.

'Moving' new Susan Faludi title to William Collins William Collins is to publish In the Darkroom, the new book by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Susan Faludi, this summer.

'Read wisely,' Sceptre urges as it marks 30th year Hodder & Stoughton literary imprint Sceptre will mark its 30th anniversary this year with a series of events and promotions, branded with a motto that says "Read wisely. Read Sceptre."

Patterson to target new readers with brief 'BookShots' James Patterson is to target new avenues for selling books with a series of shorter, cheaper novels he is calling BookShots, the New York Times has reported.

New Gurnah novel and backlist to Bloomsbury Gravel Heart, the new novel by Man Booker shortlisted author Abdulrazak Gurnah, is to be published by Bloomsbury along with Gurnah's currently unavailable work.

HC Children’s promotes Denwood, appoints Brathwaite HarperCollins Children’s Books has promoted Rachel Denwood to publisher and appointed Val Brathwaite from Bloomsbury to the newly created role of creative director.

NLT report urges fathers to read with children The National Literacy Trust is urging more fathers to get involved with their children’s reading, after a survey revealed that only a third of dads said they have the most influence over their child’s literacy development.

Kindle owners must make 'critical software update' today Owners of Kindles made before 2012 must install a “critical software update” by today or they will be disconnected from the internet, Amazon has warned.

Ashdown's Little Sister to Trapeze Trapeze, the new imprint from Orion, is to publish Little Sister by Isabel Ashdown in July.