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LATEST NEWS Waterstones sale to Elliott completes The purchase of Waterstones by Elliott Advisors has now completed. Bresh resigns as Quarto c.f.o. Days after Marcus Leaver's resignation as chief executive of illustrated publisher Quarto, the company's chief financial officer Carolyn Bresh has now resigned with immediate effect.  Walliams’ World’s Worst Children 3 marks hat-trick to series David Walliams has completed a hat-trick with the third volume of his short story collections, The World’s Worst Children 3 (HarperCollins Children's), scoring the UK Official Top 50 number one. Derkacz to replace Wright as HarperCollins' group sales director Anna Derkacz has been promoted to HarperCollins UK group sales director with immediate effect, joining the company's executive committee. 'Ethical guidelines' created following Home Office deal with libraries The Society of Chief Librarians has agreed to partner with CILIP, the library and information association, to develop an ethical framework regarding commercial partnerships following the fallout from its controversial deal with the Home Office. W H Smith Travel sales up 8% in third quarter Sales in W H Smith's travel business rose by 8% in the last quarter, although High Street revenue dipped marginally. Canongate revamps Haig's backlist Canongate is to republish five adult fiction titles from Matt Haig’s backlist this June with a new series design. Unbound crowdfunding record smashed by gamer Dan NerdCubed A gaming memoir by Daniel Hardcastle has set a new record on crowdfunding publisher Unbound's website - reaching 100% of its funding target within just 15 minutes. ‘Plastic’ revealed as Children’s Word of the Year ‘Plastic’ is this year’s Children’s Word of the Year, according to Oxford University Press, which has analysed the short stories submitted to BBC Radio 2’s 500 Words competition. Khatun and Lo scoop FAB prizes for undiscovered talent Reba Khatun and Yu-Hua Lo are this year’s winners of the Faber Andlyn BAME (FAB) Prize for undiscovered writers and illustrators. Bloomsbury appoints Hill in new marketing role Bloomsbury has appointed Nicola Hill to the newly created role of group director for consumer marketing and publicity. Bookouture author Gibney hits one million mark Bookouture author Patricia Gibney has sold over one million copies of her Detective Lottie Parker series of psychological thrillers in just over a year, the publisher has said.