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Lord Gavron dies Lord Gavron, owner of The Folio Society and Carcanet Press, has died at the age of 84. Gavron's death, thought to be caused by a heart attack suffered on Saturday (7th February) after playing tennis, comes just ahead of the announcement of the shortlist for the second Folio Prize, to be made later today.

Scholastic partners with SuperAwesome Publisher Scholastic UK has teamed up with SuperAwesome, a children’s marketing platform, to find new authors and intellectual property (IP) creators. Under the terms of the deal, SuperAwesome will match-make Scholastic with media, animation and game developers. In addition, the SuperAwesome insights team will work with Scholastic to test concepts and initiatives in the bookmarket.

Celebration and protest marks National Libraries Day Around 700 events took place to celebrate National Libraries Day on Saturday (7th February), 100 more than the previous year, according to CILIP, the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, which now organises the day.

Profile Books acquires Third Millennium Information Profile Books has purchased the business of specialist publisher Third Millennium Information Ltd for an undisclosed sum.  Profile assumed responsibility for Third Millennium publishing from the beginning of this month.

Refinancing at Quarto The Quarto Group, Inc. has entered into a new four year syndicated bank facility. The Quarto Group has signed a $95m (£62,344,141.40) multicurrency revolving credit and term loan facility with The Royal Bank of Scotland, Bank of America, Santander UK PLC and Fifth Third Bank. The new facility matures on 30th April 2019 and replaces the existing syndicated bank facility, which was due to expire on 30th April 2015.

Enright looks ahead to laureateship The first ever Laureate for Irish Fiction, Anne Enright, has told The Bookseller that the role is “a mixture between an honour and a job”. Enright, who won the Man Booker Prize in 2007 for The Gathering (Jonathan Cape), was named the inaugural Laureate for Irish Fiction on 29th January.As part of the role, she will receive €150,000 over the three-year laureateship, teach creative writing at University College Dublin and New York University, and deliver an annual lecture.