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Cactus plans TV Book Club ITV’s "Loose Women" is in talks to host a new 10-part TV book club in March 2016 to be sponsored by Audible, following on the heels of its first book club last March.

Johnson claims fiction prize at American National Book Awards Adam Johnson’s stories, Fortune Smiles (Random House), prevailed over Hanya Yanagihara’s A Little Life (Doubleday), and Lauren Groff’s Fates and Furies (Riverhead) to win in the National Book Awards' fiction category.

Corbett leaves S&S after restructure Simon & Schuster has restructured its marketing and publicity teams, with communications director Hannah Corbett leaving the publisher after 13 years.

Booksellers crowned at RNA's inaugural industry awards Bookseller Matthew Bates, TV scriptwriter Debbie Horsfield and a group of eight women, known as The Romaniacs, were all crowned the winners at the Romantic Novelists’ Association’s inaugural Industry Awards yesterday evening, recognising those who have contributed to the success and sales of romantic fiction.

Little, Brown strengthens publicity department Little, Brown has made some key promotions and appointments across its publicity and marketing departments.

DreamWorks' Wallen appointed to Pearson board Pearson has appointed Lincoln Wallen as an independent non-executive director, effective from 1st January 2016.

TV deal for Neil Spring's The Watchers after eight-way auction Television rights to Neil Spring's The Watchers (Quercus) have been optioned by DNA Films and TV.

Workers strike over plans to turn libraries into gyms Lambeth library workers walked out of work yesterday in a protest over plans to convert three libraries into ”healthy living centres”.

Mahey-Morgan to leave Zed Books Crystal Mahey-Morgan will leave Zed Books to focus on her new storytelling lifestyle brand, OWN IT!

Author and artist to open Highbury bookshop Author Betsy Tobin and artist Tessa Shaw are to open Ink@84, the “independent bookshop of the future” in London's Highbury next month.

French Culture Ministry in week-long Tricolore illumination The French Culture Ministry is illuminating the façade of its main courtyard in the red, white and blue colours of the national flag between 5.30pm and 8.30pm local time every evening for a week in homage to the victims of last Friday’s terrorist attacks in Paris.

Waterstones' hub wins Supply Chain Excellence Award Waterstones has won recognition for its “transformation of the hub” at the European Supply Chain Excellence Awards.