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Zoella has re-launched her book club with W H Smith, this time
enlisting the help of fellow authors to select the titles.
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Paddington Bear creator Michael Bond died at home on Tuesday
(27th June) aged 91 following a short illness, his publisher has said.
Described as “a giant of children’s literature” by
HarperCollins, which published him for over 60 years, Bond's first
book, A Bear Called
Paddington, was released in 1958. Since then none of his
titles have been out of print. He has sold 1.33 million books sicne 1998
totalling £7.9m according to Nielsen BookScan.
Charlie Redmayne, HarperCollins c.e.o, paid tribute to
"one of the great children’s writers".
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Juno Dawson has pulled out of the Bradford Literature Festival
after expressing concern about what she called "bigoted" speakers
slated to attend the event.
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Kings Road Publishing is launching a new non-fiction
imprint this autumn called 535, hoping to turn
"leftfield ideas" into bestsellers.
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Over 60 jobs in total look set to go at French bookselling
mini-chain Sauramps, after the Montpellier commercial court ruled in favour
of an acquisition bid from the Lille-based Furet du Nord chain.
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Forest Hill Library in Lewisham has started renting out desk
space at the cost of £200 a month.
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Italian investigative journalist
and writer Roberto Saviano is returning to Pan
Macmillan to publish his first two novels, about children's gangs patrolling the streets
of Naples for the mafia.
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Philip Pullman is set to launch La Belle Sauvage as
part of The Southbank Centre's plans for this year’s Nordic-themed London
Literature Festival.
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The winning essayist of the third £20k Notting Hill Essay
Prize is William Max Nelson for his essay "Five Ways of Being a
Painting".
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Headline Home has pre-empted a daily guide to classical
music by arts broadcaster and journalist Clemency Burton-Hill.
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ITV is making a seven-part drama Vanity Fair with
Amazon Studios and production company Mammoth Screen.
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Orenda Books has signed crime writer Louise Voss in a two-book
deal.
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