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A total of 67 libraries have closed in Great Britain this
year, while library funding has been slashed by £25m, figures from the
Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy have revealed.
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Nicola Goode is leaving DK as head of sales to join Hachette
Children’s Group in February as sales director. She replaces Jason McKenzie
who will be leaving the company at the end of January.
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Faber & Faber is launching an award to find BAME
children’s writers and illustrators in partnership with the Andlyn Literary
Agency.
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Isla Dawes and Mark Brighton have sold Kew
Bookshop and Sheen Bookshop in London to Adam Hewson and are leaving the
book trade.
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Martin Amis is writing an autobiographical novel about
three fellow writers - poet and writer Philip Larkin, Nobel
Prize winning novelist Saul Bellow and essayist and literary critic
Christopher Hitchens - all of whom have died since he started
writing the book.
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Pan Macmillan has launched a digital video campaign,
"Wrapped with Love", to recommend perfect Christmas book gifts on
mobile.
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The chief arts writer for the Sunday Times, Ireland, Eithne Shortall,
is publishing a romantic comedy with Atlantic.
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Kortext is bolstering its sales force in response to
"significant growth" after signing up four UK
universities to its digital learning platform.
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Biteback is to publish Post-Truth:
How Bullshit Conquered the World, a "powerful and
revealing" investigation by journalist James Ball.
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Hachette Children’s Group (HCG) will publish two more Pokémon
titles next year following the “huge” success of the first three books.
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Television rights to Tom Marcus’ memoir Soldier Spy have been
sold to Kudos, producers of "Broadchurch", "Spooks" and
"Human", who are planning a returnable series.
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