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40k reprint for Baileys winner 'with broad appeal' Penguin Random House is printing 40,000 paperbacks of Ali Smith’s How to be Both (Hamish Hamilton) following its triumph at the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction. Smith was named the 20th winner of the prize last night at a ceremony at the Royal Festival Hall in London.

Ali Smith wins Baileys Women's Prize Ali Smith has won the 2015 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction with How to be Both (Hamish Hamilton).  Smith was announced as the 20th winner of the £30,000 prize this evening (3rd June) at a ceremony at the Royal Festival Hall, London, hosted by broadcaster, author and DJ Lauren Laverne. Shami Chakrabarti, Liberty director and chair of this year’s judging panel, said the book was a “tender, brilliant and witty novel of grief, love, sexuality and shape-shifting identity”.

Freight and Stanza win major Creative Scotland funds Scottish publishers and book festivals are among the recipients of £2m of funding from Creative Scotland. The arts organisation has awarded grants of between £1,500 and £100,000 to 88 different artists and groups across Scotland, including Freight Books and the Borders Book Festival. Freight Books, based in Glasgow, has been awarded £69,889 as part of the Open Project Funding, allowing it to continue as "one of Scotland's leading publishers of fiction, poetry and general non-fiction", according to the citation.

Arvon gets £160k grant for teacher/writer study Creative writing charity Arvon has been awarded close to £160,000 from a new research grant from Arts Council England for a project about writers and teachers. Arvon will use its £159,188 for the two-year project, investigating the impact that bringing teachers and writers together has on the writing development of the teachers’ students. The project will be carried out in partnership with University of Exeter and the Open University.

Booksellers join debate on 'Riders' cover Booksellers have expressed mixed views over the new cover look for Jilly Cooper’s Riders (Corgi), which Transworld has reissued to celebrate the book’s 30th birthday. Like the previous cover, the new one shows a woman from the waist down wearing a pair of white jodhpurs. The cover still contains a man’s hand reaching out to the woman, but the hand is now placed more chastely on her lower back, whereas previously it was cupping her buttocks.

Aaronovitch presents booksellers with flagons of cider Booksellers across the country will be receiving flagons of cider from author Ben Aaronovitch as a thank you gift. More than 1,000 flagons of Weston’s Old Rosie cider will be delivered to 384 bookshops – both Waterstones and independents – between 8th June and 19th June. Larger shops will receive five demi-johns, roughly equivalent to 17 pints of cider, with each shop receiving at least two demi-johns, equivalent to about seven pints of cider.

New D'Acampo to H&S Hodder & Stoughton is to publish a new book by chef Gino D’Acampo this year to accompany a major new television series. Gino’s Islands in the Sun: 120 Recipes from Sardinia to Silicy to Cook at Home will be the book of the ITV series “Gino’s Italian Escape: Islands in the Sun”. Hodder editorial director Nicky Ross said: “I can’t think of a better travel companion to introduce you to the delights of Sardinia and Sicily. Gino’s enthusiasm is infections so I anticipate a big increase in people booking their holidays on the islands.”

Libraries urged to innovate to raise money Libraries have been urged to find a new ways of raising money – such as offering paid-for holiday clubs in the school holidays - if they want to stay afloat. A report by community organisations network Locality, funded by Arts Council England (ACE), calls for libraries to look for new ways to bring in funds, without losing their core values.

Haéri follows Cremisi at Flammarion Gilles Haéri is to succeed Teresa Cremisi at the helm of Flammarion as expected. The nomination was set to become official today (Wednesday 3rd June). Haéri, 43, has been Flammarion director-general since 2001 and has been considered Cremisi’s right-hand man. Quoting Agence France Presse, media reports describe him as young, cultivated, erudite, at ease with authors and a solid manager.

Orchard acquires Jobling series Orchard Books has acquired two titles in the Max Helsing and the Thirteenth Curse series by Curtis Jobling. The series is about Max Helsing, the descendent of the original Van Helsing vampire-killer, as he battles modern-day monsters in between schoolwork and monster-slaying training.

Poet's memoir to Melville House Melville House UK has acquired the “genre-bending” memoir of American poet, critic and non-fiction author, Maggie Nelson. Managing director Zeljka Marosevic bought rights for the UK and Commonwealth, excluding Canada, from Katie Dublinski at Graywolf Press. This will be the first time Nelson’s writing is published by a British publisher.  The memoir, titled The Argonauts, is about identity, queerness, motherhood and desire, and is also a love story about Nelson’s relationship with her partner, the artist Harry Dodge.

'Ultimate Alphabet' republished Pomegranate Europe Ltd will republish The Ultimate Alphabet Complete Edition by British artist and author, Mike Wilks, initially published in 1986. The book, which includes paintings depicting as many words as possible in 26 images corresponding to the alphabet, was originally published by Pavilion Books. According to Pomegranate, the book sold “over 750,000 copies worldwide”, but has been out of print for many years.