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Han and Smith win £50,000 Man Booker International prize The winner of the "newly evolved" Man Booker International Prize 2016 is The Vegetarian by South Korean author Han Kang, translated by Deborah Smith (Portobello Books).

Elsevier acquires online community SSRN STM publisher Elsevier has acquired the largest repository and community for social science and humanities researchers in the world, SSRN, to accelerate its social strategy and scale the network up for the benefit of "the entire scientific ecosystem".

J K Rowling honoured by PEN America J K Rowling has been honoured by PEN America with the 2016 PEN/Allen Foundation Literary Service Award. The Harry Potter author received the award for her work that "oppposes oppression in any form" and "champions the best of humanity".

Bloomsbury partners with Arabic publisher Kalimat Group Bloomsbury Publishing has partnered with Arabic publisher the Kalimat Group.

i outlines plans for books coverage The i’s arts editor Alice Jones has outlined the newspaper’s plans for book reviews under the newspaper’s new ownership.

Thames & Hudson creates Museum and Institutional Publishing division Thames & Hudson has created a Museum and Institutional Publishing Division dedicated to the company’s projects with its co-publishing partners.

Moitra appointed m.d. of Collins India Collins Learning India has appointed Chaitali Moitra to the role of managing director to replace previous m.d. Krishma Naroor.

Bath Spa graduate wins Stripes YA short story prize Tracy Darnton, a graduate of the Bath Spa MA in writing for young people, has won this year’s Stripes YA Short Story Prize, run in partnership with The Bookseller’s YA Book Prize.

Robinson novel gets sales boost following Japanese animation Joan G Robinson’s 1967 classic children’s novel When Marnie Was There has received an international sales boost thanks to the Japanese animation version, as agent Caroline Sheldon has sold the rights to 10 countries.

LOM Art launches £1,000 cover design prize LOM Art has launched a £1,000 cover design prize for illustrators.

Five César Aira books to And Other Stories And Other Stories is to publish the next five novels from 2015 Man Booker International Prize finalist César Aira.

John Murray unveils new batch of JM Originals John Murray is adding three new titles to its 2016 JM Originals list: Blind Water Pass by Anna Metcalfe, The Bed Moved by Rebecca Schiff and Marlow’s Landing by Toby Vieira.