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Clarke wins Felicia Yap debut in pre-LBF auction Amid strong pre-LBF buying, Headline’s Alex Clarke has snapped up a high-concept début thriller by Faber Academy graduate Felicia Yap for a “healthy” six-figure sum.

Teachers' union votes for school library Ofsted inspections A teachers’ union has voted for libraries to be included in Ofsted inspections, after fears were raised that schools are increasingly viewing books as obsolete.

Mitchell and Smith among 220 authors and illustrators backing Carnegie occupiers Writers David Mitchell, Ali Smith, Cathy Cassidy, Nick Hornby and David Nicholls are among the top names who have signed an open letter supporting the occupiers of Carnegie Library and condemning the proposed changes to the Lambeth library service.

Waterstones' spring book club titles are 'strongest yet' Two titles from Penguin Random House imprint Harvill Secker are among the titles that have been selected for the Waterstones spring book club in its "strongest selection yet".

French publisher named in Panama Papers Jacques Glénat, who founded the Grenoble-based graphic novel and manga publisher Editions Glénat in 1969, has been named in the Panama Papers in connection with a company in the Seychelles, according to Le Monde, one of the 109 media in the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists that has exposed the massive tax avoidance.

Sarah Savitt moves to Virago Virago has appointed Sarah Savitt, currently publishing director of Headline and Headline Review, as deputy publisher at Virago.

Fay Weldon She-Devil sequel to Head of Zeus Head of Zeus is to publish The Death of a She-Devil by Fay Weldon, the sequel to Weldon’s 1983 novel The Life and Loves of a She-Devil (Sceptre).

Pan Mac brings Peter James audio in-house Pan Macmillan has bought audio rights to 11 books from bestselling author Peter James, in a move to consolidate his audio publishing within the publisher.

Kings Road to publish official Dungeons and Dragons titles Kings Road Publishing, a division of Bonnier Publishing, has signed a global deal to publish two official Dungeons & Dragons® titles in partnership with Hasbro UK and Wizards of the Coast.

Lena Dunham to launch new Lenny imprint with Random House Not That Kind of Girl author Lena Dunham has teamed up with Penguin Random House in the US to launch a new "voice-driven" publishing imprint, called Lenny.