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La Belle Sauvage crowned Waterstones Book of the Year Philip Pullman’s first instalment of the Book of Dust has been crowned the Waterstones Book of the Year for 2017.

Textbooks are 'old hat', hears PA’s educational conference The declining use of textbooks, curriculum reform and how best to respond to tightening school budgets were the hot topics at the annual PA BESA Educational Publishing Conference.

SoA urges authors to protest Scottish culture cuts The Society of Authors is urging its members to protest the proposed cuts to Scottish culture funding.

Fig Tree scoops Florence Welch's debut Singer-songwriter Florence Welch has signed her first book - an illustrated collection of lyrics and poetry.

Italy to offer indie bookshops €20k tax breaks Italy is to introduce tax breaks for bookshops, with independents eligible for up to €20,000.

Farrier and Woollett win inaugural RSL Giles St Aubyn Awards David Farrier and Lisa Woollett have won the inaugural RSL Giles St Aubyn Awards for first commissioned works of non-fiction.

Cillian Murphy to star in Max Porter stage adaptation Irish actor Cillian Murphy is to star in a new production based on Max Porter's debut novel Grief is the Thing with Feathers (Faber).

Bullock swaps Cape for Ebury Jonathan Cape assistant editor Clare Bullock is moving to Ebury after five years with the imprint.

Springer Nature confirms ‘preliminary’ moves to IPO Publisher Springer Nature has confirmed it is exploring an IPO.