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Publishers must encourage conversation and not silence voices, Sargent urges Macmillan c.e.o. John Sargent has called for the trade "to publish across the spectrum for everyone", not only according to the mostly liberal values of the book publishing industry.

UK publishers battle earthquake tremors to exhibit at Taipei Book Fair A dozen UK publishers have exhibited at the Taipei International Book Exhibition for the first time this week, battling two major earthquakes in the country.

Settle to step down as Libraries Taskforce chief next month The chief executive of the government’s Libraries Taskforce, Kathy Settle, is stepping down in March after three years in the role.

Tom and Giovanna Fletcher to co-write YA trilogy Penguin Random House Children’s and Michael Joseph are launching a new YA trilogy jointly written by authors Tom Fletcher and Giovanna Fletcher.

Weekly E-ranking: Jojo’s Still got her mojo The third title in Moyes’ blockbuster Me Before You trilogy, Still Me, buzzed straight into the Weekly E-Book Ranking number one spot in the same week that it topped the Original Fiction chart in print.

Walliams helps HarperCollins to second quarter revenue rise Sales of David Walliams’ Bad Dad helped revenue at HarperCollins grow by $3 million year-on-year in the second quarter to $469 million.

Barry named Laureate for Irish Fiction Sebastian Barry has been named as the Laureate for Irish Fiction for the next three years, hailing what he called the current "golden age of prose writing in Ireland".

Rausing and O'Farrell make Wellcome Prize longlist Memoirs from Maggie O'Farrell, Sigrid Rausing and Allan Jenkins have been longlisted for the 2018 Wellcome Book Prize.

'Dazzling' debut exploring 'marginalised realities' to Faber Faber & Faber has acquired a "dazzling" debut novel by Akwaeke Emezi which explores "multiple and marginalised realities".

Judith Kerr’s The Tiger Who Came for Tea gets film deal HarperCollins Children’s Books is partnering with Lupus Films to produce a TV version of Judith Kerr’s classic picture book, The Tiger Who Came to Tea.

Radio 1 presenters sign two more with Bloomsbury Bloomsbury Children’s has acquired books three and four in the Kid Normal series by Radio 1 presenters Greg James and Chris Smith.

Third book in Shipman's Brexit trilogy snapped up by William Collins William Collins has acquired the third book in the Brexit trilogy by Sunday Times political editor Tim Shipman.