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E L James' Darker casts a shadow over the chart E L James’ Darker (Arrow) has shackled the UK Official Top 50 number one spot, selling 85,532 copies for £346,838, according to Nielsen BookScan’s Total Consumer Market.

How to Stop Brexit wins at Parliamentary Book Awards Politicians have voted Nick Clegg’s How to Stop Brexit as the best non-fiction by a parliamentarian this year in the Parliamentary Book Awards.

One in eight disadvantaged children 'do not own a book' Cressida Cowell has called the closure of school libraries a “social mobility time-bomb” as it is revealed that one in eight disadvantaged children in the UK do not own a book.

Penguin US art director resigns after sexual harassment claim An art director at Penguin Random House US has resigned from his post following sexual harassment allegations.

Appiah named 2018 Man Booker Prize chair of judges Philosopher, cultural theorist and novelist Kwame Anthony Appiah has been named chair of the judges for the 2018 Man Booker Prize for Fiction.

Over a third of UK research available immediately via OA Thirty-seven per cent of UK-authored research articles were made freely available to the world immediately on publication last year, via Open Access, according to a report from Universities UK's Open Access Co-ordination Group.

Forgotten story of suffragette doctors to be Atlantic's 'superlead' Atlantic Books has signed the "inspiring" forgotten story of two pioneering suffragette doctors and life partners.

'Tireless' Cowell wins Ruth Rendell Award Cressida Cowell has won the coveted Ruth Rendell Award 2017 for her “tireless championing of literacy throughout the UK”.

Headline signs 'love letter' to inspirational women Headline Home has acquired She, a "love letter" to inspirational women "who have thrown out the rulebook and threatened the status quo".

'Sensational' Doreen Montgomery dies aged 89 Doreen Montgomery, the “remarkable” chairman of the literary agency Rupert Crew Ltd, has died aged 89 following a seven-decade career in the trade.

FEP argues for 'swift conclusion' to e-book VAT adoption The Federation of European Publishers (FEP) has spoken out against the delay in the adoption of a proposal to allow VAT on e-books to be reduced to match the rate on printed books.

France Loisirs to stay in business, seeking new investor The Paris Commercial Court has authorised a plan to allow the France Loisirs book club, with its 200 retail outlets and 1,300 employees across France, to remain in business, according to press reports.