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A Day to remember: Sylvia grabs third monthly E-Book Ranking number one Sylvia Day’s One With You (Michael Joseph) has easily romped to the top of The Bookseller’s April E-Book Ranking, outselling the second-placed title by a factor of over four to one.

Crossan wins YA Book Prize 2016 Sarah Crossan’s free verse novel One (Bloomsbury Children’s Books) has won The Bookseller’s YA Book Prize 2016.

Inpress seeks to reassure poetry publishers on PBS Inpress has insisted the Poetry Book Society is "very much alive" following the corporate entity's move into liquidation, and will be "powering up rather than winding down its activities".

David Roche to publish debut poetry collection with Unbound Non-executive chairman of The London Book Fair, David Roche - an industry stalwart of more than 25 years - is crowdfunding a debut book of poems through Unbound.

Australian booksellers fight government move for 'open market' The Australian Booksellers Association has joined with other Australian book industry organisations to protest changes proposed by the government to turn the country into an “open market” and allow booksellers to import both UK and US titles without restrictions.

Virago to be subject of BBC Four documentary The BBC is making an hour-long documentary about the founding of Virago for BBC Four.

Daniel Craig to star in Purity TV adaptation Jonathan Franzen’s Purity is to be made into a television show starring Daniel Craig.

Good Book Guide founder Bing Taylor pens memoir Bing Taylor, co-founder of mail-order book business The Good Book Guide, is working on his autobiography.

Polari Prize longlist 'strongest' yet The ongoing war in Dafur, the Yorkshire Ripper murders and a dark and comical play which explores the life of a glamorous transsexual hooker are among the book themes on the Polari First Book Prize – described as the “strongest” in the prize’s history.

Yuval Noah Harari to embark on UK tour Yuval Noah Harari will tour the UK this September in support of his new book examining the future of humankind Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow (Vintage).

Mark Lawson to judge William Hill Sports Book prize Broadcaster and journalist Mark Lawson has joined the judging panel for the 28th William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award, while co-founder of the award Graham Sharpe will become the new chair of judges, following the retirement of his fellow co-founder John Gaustad.

Chakrabarti joins judges for Book Trust Lifetime Achievement Award One of Britain’s leading human rights campaigners and former director of political pressure group Liberty, Shami Chakrabarti, has joined the judging panel for this year’s Book Trust Lifetime Achievement Award.