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Five thousand signed book plates for 'La Belle Sauvage' released to indies Penguin Random House Children’s and David Fickling Books are releasing 5,000 La Belle Sauvage book plates, signed by author Philip Pullman, to independent bookshops as part of “special plans” promised last month.

Book Trade Charity offers subsidised housing to new entrants The Book Trade Charity has unveiled a progressive plan to help new joiners to the industry find accommodation in the capital amid soaring rental costs.

First WriteNow mentee novel bought by Transworld Transworld has bought world rights in a novel by carer Charlene Allcott - the first to be published hailing from Penguin Random House’s WriteNow mentoring scheme.

SoA puts £8.5m offices on the market The Society of Authors is selling its offices in London with a price tag of £8.5m, saying the buildings are no longer “fit for purpose” because the organisation has grown.

Saraband and Hodder rescue former Freight novelists Saraband and Hodder have acquired two debut titles from authors originally published by troubled Scottish press Freight Books.

Evers and McWatt land £20k British Library residences Stuart Evers and Tessa McWatt have been announced as the joint winners of the Eccles British Library Writer’s Award.

PLR increases but drop in registered loans 'disheartening' The British Library Board has recommended that the Public Lending Right (PLR) rate be increased to 8.2p per loan in 2018.

Roald Dahl Estate partners with audio player start-up Roald Dahl Literary Estate is joining forces with a new crowd-funded audio player for children, Yoto.

Over 450,000 Scottish pupils to be given free books More than 450,000 children will be given books by the Scottish Book Trust as part of Book Week Scotland.

Investigation into the death of David Kelly to HoZ Head of Zeus imprint Apollo is to publish An Inconvenient Death, an exploration into the death of Dr David Kelly by investigative journalist Miles Goslett.