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Booksellers are feeling bullish heading into the final
frenzied days of selling before Christmas following a raft of “strong
publishing” and sales tracking nearly 10% ahead on the comparable figures
from 2014, beating the national retail average.
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In our third annual Best of the Best round-up, The Bookseller takes a
broad look at which titles are gathering consistent mentions as highlights
of the year in publishing in newspapers' "Best of 2015" lists.
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British poet Sarah Howe has been awarded The Sunday Times/
Peters Fraser + Dunlop Young Writer of the Year Award for her first collection
of poems, Loop of Jade
(Chatto & Windus), described as an “enthralling personal exploration of
her dual heritage."
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Cactus Studios will not be going ahead with plans to hold a
10-part TV Book Club on ITV next spring.
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Little, Brown chairman Ursula Mackenzie has won the Pandora
Award - Women in Publishing’s award for "significant and
sustained contribution to the publishing industry".
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Biteback Publishing has signed Credible and True, the memoir of former
Conservative MP Harvey Proctor, who has become embroiled in allegations of
child sexual abuse this year.
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The Bologna Children’s Book Fair and Publishers Weekly joint-sponsored
their first children’s conference, Global Kids Connect, followed by a
half-day focus on the Chinese children’s market.
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Yellow Kite is publishing Into the Magic Shop by Dr James Doty
- "a neurosurgeon's true story of the life-changing magic of
compassion and mindfulness".
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Leeds-based writer Kathleen McKay has won Moth Publishing’s
Northen Crime Competition.
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Macmillan Children’s Books has bought the world rights to A Girl Called Owl, a
new tween fiction novel, from Skylark Literary.
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