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A host of writers and artists, including crime writer Ann
Cleeves, poet Roger McGough and author/illustrator Nick Sharratt, will join
local library communities in a week of special activities leading up to
National Libraries Day on Saturday 6th February.
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Cambridge University Press is cutting 45 editorial and
production roles out of its English Language Teaching
division in Cambridge, asking staff to move to "other Press
publishing centres outside the UK".
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Michael O’Mara imprint Buster Books has promised to stop
selling books as being “for boys” or “for girls” following an online
campaign against gender labelling.
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Louise Rice is to take over as c.e.o. of app developer
Touchpress from 1st February, with Sam Aspinall departing.
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Penguin Random House UK chair Gail Rebuck has joined the board
of the Guardian Media Group as non-executive director.
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Comedian Trevor Noah, the host of "The Daily Show"
on TV channel Comedy Central, is publishing his first book, a memoir,
with John Murray.
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Gollancz has won a "fun as hell" thriller
at auction from a "remarkable new talent", US writer Ezekiel
Boone.
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The latest report from the Association of American Publishers
has revealed adult book revenues in the US shot up 2.9% for the first
three quarters of 2015 - and up more than 7% in September - while
children's and YA takings for the period dipped slightly.
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Romance fiction publisher Mills & Boon is entering the
adult colouring book market with a new book,The Art of Romance.
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Pushkin Press has acquired the UK and Commonwealth rights to a
novel by Danish author Dorthe Nors.
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