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Guardian Bookshop sold to two employees The Guardian Bookshop has been bought by its former head of books Sara Montgomery and its former e-commerce manager Nick Sidwell.

UAE brings in National Law of Reading The United Arab Emirates has brought in a National Law of Reading, putting legislative frameworks in place to support the development of reading across the UAE.

The Girl on the Train buys its ticket for a 12th week in the top spot The Girl on the Train (Black Swan) has puffed into the Official UK Top 50 number one spot for a 12th non-consecutive week. It sold 25,041 copies for £120,353—and is still yet to shift fewer than 20,000 copies per week, since its release in May.

Arab world should ‘swap guns for culture,’ Sharjah International Book Fair hears The Arab world should “use culture rather than guns” to achieve its ends, guests were told at the opening ceremony of the 35th Sharjah International Book Fair, held at the emirate’s exhibition centre this morning (2nd November).

No Exit Press to launch new classics imprint Crime and noir independent publisher, No Exit Press, has launched a new classics imprint noeXit2.

Vaizey criticises arts community for 'relentlessly left-wing groupthink' Former culture minister Ed Vaizey has criticised the British arts establishment for its “relentlessly left-wing groupthink”, and argued that campaigners should think up "radical ideas" when it comes to funding libraries and museums.

Disney c.e.o Robert Iger's management book to Transworld Transworld has acquired Robert Iger’s untitled book on leadership and management, which explores the ideas, values, and growth strategies he has developed in his 11 years as c.e.o. of media company Disney, for publication in 2018.

Murakami warns against excluding 'outsiders' in award speech Haruki Murakami has warned against excluding outsiders in an acceptance speech for 2016's Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award in Odense, Denmark.

Cornwell 'suffers PTSD' after researching books Author Patricia Cornwell has revealed that the intensive research she undertakes for her books has left her with post-traumatic stress.

Film deal for hyped Frankfurt children’s title Twentieth Century Fox has signed the film rights to Jessica Townsend’s Nevermoor, a children’s manuscript that was subject to an eight-publisher auction at the Frankfurt Book Fair last month.

Nosy Crow raises £30,000 for War Child UK Nosy Crow has raised £30,000 for War Child UK through the hardback sales of Refuge, a retelling of the Christmas story.

ALLi founder Orna Ross wins best novel award Orna Ross, the director of the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi), has won the best novel award at the inaugural Carousel-Aware Prize (CAP) for independent publishing.