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Nineteen first-timers make Bookseller 100 Hachette's retiring chief executive Tim Hely Hutchinson has been named as the 101st person on the Bookseller 100 List after 40 years in the publishing industry. At the same time, 19 new entrants have been named among 2017's most influential in the trade.

'Powerful' Kate Atkinson novel coming next year The multi-million-pound-selling Kate Atkinson is back next September with a new novel based on the life of a female former Secret Service worker.

CUP launches content-sharing pilot Cambridge University Press is launching a content-sharing pilot on its Cambridge Core platform, which will allow users and authors to share read-only versions of journal articles via a link.

Searle speaks about demise of Freight Books Adrian Searle has spoken out for the first time since leaving Freight Books, calling the demise of the publisher a "personal tragedy" but not one which he thinks should "preclude him from future involvement in the publishing industry".

Rooney wins Young Writer of the Year award Sally Rooney has become the first Irish winner of the Sunday Times/Peters Fraser + Dunlop Young Writer of the Year Award for her "fearless, sensual" debut novel Conversations with Friends (Faber).

Penguin to release £1 'classics of 20th century' Penguin Press is launching a new classics series of 50 short books costing £1 to celebrate the "pioneering spirit and diversity of 20th century literature".

Kidd joins W&N as editor-at-large Andrew Kidd has been hired as editor-at-large for Weidenfeld & Nicolson.

Zed sees record results in its 40th year The indie publisher, where all staff are paid the same salary and are co-directors of the company, has posted its best-ever figures as it enters a fifth decade.

Coventry named 2021 UK City of Culture Coventry, the birthplace of poet Philip Larkin and author Lee Child, has been chosen as the UK's City of Culture for 2021.

Orion signs novel which will 'leave hearts in throats' Orion Fiction has signed a novel with a "brilliant concept combined with emotive writing" which it says will "leave hearts in throats".

Burton to reimagine Medusa myth in 'empowering' YA Jessie Burton will retell the Medusa myth in an "empowering" YA title for Bloomsbury, exploring themes of "toxic masculinity and the meaning of consent".