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Brexit negotiations: government urged to keep publishing trade barriers 'to absolute minimum' A paper published today by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Publishing (APPG) is calling on government to keep barriers on trade "at an absolute minimum" for books during negotiations to leave the European Union - whatever trade-off is offered to impose them.

World Book Day: quarter of children would not own a book without it Research revealed on World Book Day (WBD) suggests that a quarter of eight to 11-year-olds would not own a book without the initiative.

HarperCollins Children's Books partners with Hopster HarperCollins Children's Books has partnered with Hopster, an "edutainment" subscription app that helps kids under six to learn through stories.

Pearson is being sued for 'over-optimistic' financial projections A class action complaint has been filed against Pearson in the US on grounds of over-optimism for its financial projections, relating to revisions to the education company's 2017 forecast and the retraction of its ambitious £800m profit target for 2018.

Cornerstone's Georgina Hawtrey-Woore dies Georgina Hawtrey-Woore, senior editor at Cornerstone, has died, aged 50.

Pan Mac to publish The Secret Barrister Pan Macmillan is publishing a book by anonymous legal blogger the Secret Barrister following a five-publisher auction.

MCB pays tribute to illustrator Jane Eccles Macmillan Children's Books has paid tribute to “much-loved” illustrator Jane Eccles who passed away on Monday (27th February).

Fnac Darty reports 'solid' 2016 Fnac Darty, the French books, music and electrical products chain that merged last year, has reported “very solid” results and strong growth for 2016, bringing forward the targeted savings of €30m euros from synergies by a year to the end of 2018.

East Yorkshire school wins World Book Day Award The winner of the World Book Day Award has been revealed as an East Yorkshire school after it faced three years of “struggling” to expand its books offering from "one meagre bookshelf" into a library.

Nicholas Mosley dies Whitbread award-winning author Nicholas Mosley has died, aged 93.

TV deal for Finlay's Sherlock-inspired Arrowood Mick Finlay’s Sherlock-inspired novel Arrowood has been snapped up for a television adaptation by the makers of "Bad Education" with Kathy Burke joining as executive producer.

Silvertail to publish 'provocative' Colapinto novel Silvertail is to publish Undone, a novel from New Yorker staff writer John Colapinto, which was rejected by 41 US publishers for its controversial content.