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Over 25 radical and independent bookshops are taking part
in a two-week long celebration of feminist books in a bid to add to the
debate about diversity in publishing and showcase books by women
writers.
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A report slamming representation in the arts
has highlighted a "class pay gap" in
publishing of up to £23,000 a year and found that people
of working class origins make up just 12.6% of the sector.
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Jon Wood, Orion’s group publisher, is leaving the
company after 18 years.
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Rights to T S Eliot Prize winner Ocean Vuong’s debut
novel have been snapped up around the world, with Jonathan Cape
clinching rights to publish it in the UK.
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Matt Wright, who has been running Hachette
UK's distribution business as managing director, is being promoted
to c.e.o. of Hachette UK Distribution.
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Novelist Andrew Sean Greer and poet Frank Bidart were
among those awarded Pulitzer Prizes this year, alongside rapper
Kendrick Lamar and the New
York Times team which broke the Harvey Weinstein
story.
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PRH is opening its WriteNow scheme up to picture book
illustrators to better serve and represent its youngest
readers.
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Jennifer Egan, Benjamin Myers and Paul Lynch are among the
authors shortlisted for the £25,000 Walter Scott Prize for Historical
Fiction.
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Penguin Random House has bought a new children’s series,
about a girl genius called Max Einstein, by James Patterson.
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Allen Lane and Yale University Press (YUP) both have two
books apiece on the £40,000 Wolfson History Prize 2018 shortlist, which
recognises and celebrates books which combine excellence in historical
research with readability for a general audience.
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HarperCollins Children’s Books has appointed Elisa Offord
as interim marketing director, covering Alex King's maternity leave.
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Faber has acquired a debut book by 26-year-old Brazilian
writer Geovani Martins.
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