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Pan Macmillan and Waterstones take top prizes at the British Book Awards Pan Macmillan and Waterstones are two of the biggest winners at this year's British Book Awards, aka The Nibbies, after being crowned Publisher of the Year and Book Retailer of the Year.

The Essex Serpent crowned British Book Awards' Book of the Year Sarah Perry’s The Essex Serpent (Serpent’s Tail) has won the British Book Awards accolade of Book of the Year, beating off strong competition from 36 shortlisted titles.

Bill Clinton and James Patterson collaborate on political thriller Former US president Bill Clinton and James Patterson are collaborating on a novel, publishing with Cornerstone, called The President is Missing.

Spufford wins £10k Ondaatje Prize Francis Spufford has won the Royal Society of Literature’s £10,000 Ondaatje Prize for his debut novel Golden Hill (Faber).

Bloc Party lead singer to perform at Penguin Pride event Bloc Party lead singer Kele Okereke is set to perform at a Penguin Pride event in July celebrating the importance of literature in the progression of LGBT equality throughout history. It will also mark 50 years since the decriminalisation of homosexuality in England.

Minette Walters pens first novel in a decade Minette Walters has moved to Atlantic Books for her first full novel in more than a decade set in Black Death-infested medieval England.

Younge and Foster on Bread & Roses shortlist Gary Younge and Dawn Foster have been shortlisted for the Bread and Roses Award for Radical Publishing.

The Bookseller launches film and TV product preview The Bookseller will run a film and TV product preview as part of a wider analysis of the impact of the broadcast media on the publishing business in the issue of the 26th May.

Yiannopoulos 'launches £10m lawsuit' against S&S US Two months after his book deal was shelved, Milo Yiannopoulos has announced he plans to self-publish his memoir and file a "$10m lawsuit" against former publishers Simon & Schuster US.

'Startling and lyrical' post-apocalyptic novel to Titan Titan Books has signed a "startling and lyrical" novel set in a post-apocalyptic Ireland by Irish author Sarah Maria Griffin.

Oneworld to publish Hay anthology of Latin American writers Oneworld is to publish a new anthology of work from a selection of the best fiction writers under 40 from across Latin America.