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Hawkins enters world's 'highest paid authors' list Three British writers made the list of the world’s 14 highest paid authors, with Paula Hawkins entering the table for the first time.

YouTubers Dan and Phil pen new book for Ebury Ebury Press is publishing a new book from YouTube "superstars" Dan Howell and Phil Lester, authors of bestselling debut The Amazing Book is Not on Fire.

Freemasons award £40k grant to create 'touch and see' book clubs The Masonic Charitable Foundation, a charity funded by the Freemasons, has awarded £40,000 to help organise tactile and audio-based "Touch to See" book clubs for older blind and partially-sighted people across the UK.

Bloomsbury and Kew Gardens to release non-fiction titles Bloomsbury has signed a deal to publish children’s non-fiction with the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew.

Ilex to publish Marvel dot-to-dot titles Ilex Press, part of the Octopus Publishing Group, will publish two dot-to-dot books this autumn based on the Marvel universe.

The Goat Bursary launches for unpublished writers Joanna Cannon and The Writers’ Workshop are to finance an unpublished author to attend the Festival of Writing 2016, an annual writing conference for unpublished writers.

Debut middle grade mystery series to Little, Brown Little, Brown Books for Young Readers has acquired a middle-grade mystery series by Australian debut author Janine Beacham.

Audible presents live comedy at Edinburgh Fringe Audible has curated a comedy stage at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival as part of its sponsorship of The Pleasance, one of the festival’s venues.