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The debut novel by York bookseller Fiona Mozley has made
the cut for the 2017 Man Booker Prize shortlist, along with debuts by
George Saunders and Emily Fridlund.
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Canongate Books has acquired independent Severn House
Publishers from owner Edwin Buckhalter and his family for an undisclosed
sum.
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Jamie Oliver’s 5
Ingredients: Quick & Easy Food (Michael Joseph) has rustled
up another week in the UK Official Top 50 number one spot, selling 56,966
copies for £675,321 according to Nielsen BookScan’s Total Consumer Market.
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Icelandic authors Yrsa Sigurðardóttir and Ragnar Jonasson are
set to sponsor a new crime writing award to encourage more people to write
in their first language.
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James Hogan, publisher at Oberon Books, has paid tribute to
the late Peter Hall, founder of the Royal Shakespeare Company, as
a "Titan of the theatre" and treasured author who helped to
transform the fortunes of the small independent press 15 years ago.
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson has appointed Lettice Franklin as
commissioning editor.
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More than 80% of writers are concerned about censorship and
‘fake news’, according to the “alarming” findings of a study by PEN
International.
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Viola Hayden is to join Little, Brown Book Group as
commissioning editor at Sphere Fiction.
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Scribe UK is to publish Chicago Rising, an "ambitious"
debut novel by Jonathan Carr.
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Faber is to publish the tenth novel from David Peace, entitled
Patient X,
in April 2018.
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