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LATEST NEWS The British Book Awards 2019: New Nibbies for small presses and kids The Bookseller is expanding The British Book Awards (a.k.a. The Nibbies) by splitting the Children’s Book of the Year category in two and adding a new prize for Small Press of the Year. Jobs set to go at Head of Zeus A redundancy process has begun at independent Head of Zeus, with a number of posts involved, The Bookseller understands. Bertram Group acquires Education Umbrella in first bolt-on acquisition under new ownership Bertram Group has acquired Education Umbrella, a leading supplier of books and digital learning resources, in its first strategic bolt-on acquisition under its new ownership. Export Nibbie to be announced at LBF A new British Book Award celebrating the best in publishing exports—a sector worth £3.4bn to the trade annually—will be awarded for the first time next year. The Bookseller launches podcast to champion writers and recommendations The Bookseller is this month launching a podcast to run alongside The British Book Awards. Dryden to lead Headline Review's commercial fiction team Eleanor Dryden, currently publishing director at Bonnier Zaffre, is joining Headline Review in April to head up its commercial fiction team. Weekly E-Ranking: The Tattooist leaves its mark Heather Morris’ The Tattooist of Auschwitz is proving indelible in both the Mass-Market Fiction chart number one—it racked up its 10th consecutive pole last week—and the Weekly E-Book Ranking top spot, which it grabbed for a sixth time. Finch swaps Bloomsbury for Canongate Bloomsbury’s Lisa Finch will join Canongate in February to cover Steph Scott’s maternity leave. Morpurgo, James and Byatt join forces with London bookshops to raise money for homeless Daunt Books, Waterstones and Foyles are raising money for The Passage, a charity that supports people who are homeless, by selling a book of short stories by AS Byatt, Lennie James and Michael Morpurgo. Woman's Hour's Jenni Murray writes 'deeply personal memoir' on weight for Transworld Woman’s Hour presenter Jenni Murray is publishing a book called Fat Cow, Fat Chance with Transworld, investigating the science, social history and psychology of women and weight. Libraries Connected awarded £75k ACE funding for regional development Libraries Connected, the charity formerly known as the Society of Chief Librarians, has been awarded £75,000 from the Arts Council to develop better regional support. The book that changed history [SPONSORED CONTENT] A document has been unearthed revealing the existence of a secret “book club” among the CIA operatives who campaigned against the USSR during the Cold War.