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The government is considering holding a public inquiry into
Lancashire's controversial plans to shut 28 of its libraries - the first
time it will have intervened in library closures since 2009.
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Connect Books’ library supply arm Dawson Books has inked a
deal to integrate with the Kortext platform.
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Ebury imprint WH Allen has acquired a popular
history book on the Victorians by Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg.
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Francis Spufford's much-lauded Golden Hill (Faber)
has gained yet another prize nod, this time on the six-strong shortlist for
the Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award 2017 (£2,500).
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Exceeding even recent American triumphalism, a spate of
bestsellers in Japan is reflecting a new national bent for
self-congratulation.
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Preface has acquired The
Girl on the Dancing Horse, a memoir by elite British dressage
rider and triple Olympic Gold Medallist Charlotte Dujardin, CBE.
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The Society of Young Publishers London committee has
launched a new series of monthly
workshops for aspiring publishing professionals.
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The International Publishers Association (IPA) and World
Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) are launching a new
annual report of world publishing statistics.
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Viking has acquired rights to Darkest Hour by Anthony McCarten, a
non-fiction narrative history of Winston Churchill’s wartime leadership.
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Faber & Faber has acquired an "astonishing"
debut short story collection by the critic Chris Power.
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The Bookseller is issuing a call for
entries to its Rising Stars, the annual celebration of the industry’s up
and comers, once again backed by the Frankfurt Book Fair (FBF).
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