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PA Yearbook heralds a return to growth UK publishers celebrated a 1% rise in the invoiced value of their annual sales in 2015, to a total of £4.4bn, with a strong home market compensating for some tough areas in export.

Hybrid booksellers on the increase An increase in sales of print books, a growing disaffection with e-tailers and the burgeoning trend of “enhanced” bookshops has led many trade figures to branch out into running bricks-and-mortar stores, with the synergy between the seemingly disparate sides of the business not to be understated.

Final 62 James Patterson grant recipients revealed Independent bookshops from St Ives to Ireland are among the 62 to receive the final round of grants from author James Patterson.

Damon Hill autobiography to Pan Macmillan Formula One star Damon Hill has penned his autobiography, which has been snapped up by Pan Macmillan.

BEA: Authors warn publishers to raise their game A BEA panel on authorship in the digital age, with writers Scott Turow, Joe Konrath, and Barbara Freethy, moderated by lawyer Jon Fine (ex-Knopf and ex-Amazon), wasn’t strictly indie vs traditional – traditional publishers came in for criticism from everybody. What made it more valuable than most was that it was also three authors looking at their careers and advising others, in Fine’s words, on “myriad paths to success.”

Wiley autobiography to Hodder Hodder has signed the “Godfather of Grime” Wiley’s autobiography.

WH Smith opens in Malta WH Smith has opened the first of three stores at Malta International Airport.

Bookshop to give Harry Potter 'eighth story' profits to schools The Big Green Bookshop is to donate all profits from the sales of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Little, Brown) to local schools to enable them to buy books for their libraries.

Crossan and Rosen shortlisted for poetry award Sarah Crossan, Michael Rosen and Roger McGough are amongst the authors shortlisted for this year’s CLiPPA award for children’s poetry.

Galbraith fans hunt signed copies in bookshops Fans are on a clue-hunt to find 50 signed copies of JK Rowling’s recent Robert Galbraith novel Career of Evil in bookshops across the UK.

Norway FBF 2019 guest of honour Norway will be the guest of honour at Frankfurt Book Fair 2019.

Wilderness expert Hine's 'inspirational' title to Coronet Hodder & Stoughton imprint Coronet has acquired a survival memoir by wilderness expert and "right-hand woman to Bear Grylls", Megan Hine.