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Three for Bloodaxe on T S Eliot Prize shortlist Bloodaxe has three authors shortlisted for the £20,000 2015 T S Eliot Prize: Scots poet Tracey Herd for Not in this World, Selima Hill for Jutland, and Rebecca Perry for Beauty/Beauty.

New events confirmed for Academic Book Week Academic booksellers and presses are gearing up for the inaugural Academic Book Week, backed by the Publishers Association, the Booksellers Association and the British Library, with a raft of fresh events unveiled for the occasion.

Disney to launch UK subscription service Walt Disney will next month launch a an app-based subscription service in the UK, offering books as well as films, TV and music, for £9.99 per month, called DisneyLife.

Abbey Clancy and Wendy Walker to Harlequin UK Harlequin has announced the acquisition of two novels from model and presenter Abbey Clancy and a novel by Wendy Walker.

Amos and McDermid among Rendell memorial speakers Novelist Val McDermid and Baroness Valerie Amos, the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, will be among the speakers at the memorial service for crime writer Ruth Rendell next week.

London China Book Festival sees cultural exchange The Publishers Association's director for publisher relations Emma House met with Guo Guang, president of China Youth Press International, at the launch of London China Book Festival at Hatchards Piccadilly this week.

Hodder to republish 1970s 'classic' Hodder & Stoughton is to republish its 1970 bestseller The Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst by Nicholas Tomalin and Ron Hall, to coincide with the film adaptation to be released in 2016.

Leigh Bardugo embarks on UK tour Bestselling US YA author Leigh Bardugo is marking the publication of Six of Crows (Orion Children’s Books) with a UK tour, including visits to Seven Stories in Newcastle and Waterstones Piccadilly in London.

Penguin releases second Twits app Penguin Random House (PRH) UK has released a second app based on Roald Dahl’s The Twits, featuring the first ever rendering of Mr and Mrs Twit in 3D, entitled "Roald Dahl’s House of Twits".

Cathcart Froden wins £10k Dundee International Book Prize Martin Cathcart Froden’s unpublished debut novel Devil Take the Hindmost has been announced as the winner of the Dundee International Book Prize 2015. Cathcart Froden was awarded the £10,000 prize and a publishing deal with Freight Books at the Dundee Literary Festival today (21st October). He said: “I am absolutely over the moon! Winning the Dundee International Book Prize is a dream come true. It’s one of those life-changing surprises. I am so, so happy.”

'Waterproof and dustproof' Nook released Barnes & Noble has released a new Nook e-reader in the US which is “waterproof and dustproof”, called the Nook GlowLight Plus.

Psychological thriller from Emma Donoghue to Picador Picador has acquired "powerful" psychological thriller The Wonder by bestselling author of Room, Emma Donoghue.