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Osborne set to cap business rates at 2% The chancellor George Osborne is set to announce that business rates will be capped at a below-inflation 2% in England and...

Concern over Public Lending Right numbers Society of Authors chief executive Nicola Solomon has raised concerns over a decrease in the estimated loans of Public...

Big names turn out for Folio Prize Festival The Folio Prize is to launch a two-day fiction festival in March just ahead of the announcement of its first winner. The...

» Young and Morpurgo chosen for Cityread London » Blackman to attend LBF as "children's author of the day" » Wellcome Library pledges support for Knowledge Unlatched » Faber acquires ‘life guide’ for teens » Folio fest The Folio Prize is to launch a two-day fiction festival in March just ahead of the announcement of its first winner. Sebastian Faulks and A S Byatt are among the inaugural line-up. » First choices Louisa Young's My Dear I Wanted to Tell You (Harper) has been chosen as the 2014 title for Cityread London, with Private Peaceful by HarperCollins Children's Books author Michael Morpurgo as the first children's book included in the scheme.