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The week before Christmas saw the biggest value takings for
books since 2007, but bad weather and a surge in online orders hit brick
and mortar booksellers.
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Children’s author Michael Morpurgo has been knighted in this
year’s New Year's Honours List, while author and historian Lady
Antonia Fraser and writer and broadcaster Melvyn Bragg have joined the
Order of the Companions of Honour.
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Literary agent Toby Eady, described as "a passionate
champion of his authors", has died at the age of 76.
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Former US president Barack Obama has named British author
Naomi Alderman’s The
Power as one of his favourite books of 2017.
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Pan Macmillan has paid tribute to the late American crime
writer Sue Grafton as "a giant in her field" and
"an amazing author" who "cared about her
readers first and last".
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David Bowie's son, director and screenwriter Duncan Jones, has
launched a book club in tribute to his late father.
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Leader of the Commons Andrea Leadsom has promised to campaign
for the "sustainable future" of libraries after visiting one
threatened with closure in Northamptonshire.
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"New York King of Crime" Don Winslow has been
revealed as the first headliner and "special
guest" of The Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival
in Harrogate.
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Clare Alexander of Alexander Aitken Associates has pulled off
a hat-trick of "major" deals with Doubleday in America, including
deals for authors Pat Barker and Mark Haddon.
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Accessible children's publisher Barrington Stoke is
publishing a tale inspired by the true story of a "fashion
pioneer" at the court of Marie Antoinette, Rose Bertin.
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