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Book trade taps Pokémon Go trend Official Pokémon publisher Scholastic has been enjoying a surge of interest in licensing, while UK booksellers and libraries are seizing the opportunity to convert wandering gamers into new customers as the Pokémon Go craze takes hold of Britain.

Hodder confirms Boris Johnson book delay Hodder & Stoughton has confirmed Boris Johnson's biography "will not be published for the foreseeable future".  Shakespeare: The Riddle of Genius had been slated for publication in October, coinciding with the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, but, according to the Daily Mail, Johnson "conceded he doesn’t have the time" to write it. Johnson, who spearheaded the campaign in favour of Brexit, was made foreign secretary last week by new prime minister Theresa May.

FremantleMedia buys Random House Studio Penguin Random House's former in-house television and film development and production group, Random House Studio, has been bought by FremantleMedia North America (FMNA), a worldwide production and distribution company also owned by Bertelsmann.

Port Eliot Festival founder dies Founder of the Port Eliot Festival, Peregrine Nicholas Eliot, 10th Earl of St Germans, has died aged 75.

Self-published title is Kobo's most-read crime novel Self-published novel One Cold Night by Katia Lief is the bestselling crime novel of the past five years on Kobo's UK platform, while Sherlock Holmes is the favourite character from classic crime novels, the e-reading company has revealed.

Former Waterstones bookseller's romance goes viral A tweet from theatre data analyst Victoria O'Brien showing how she met and married former Waterstones bookseller Jonathan O'Brien has gone viral with over 24,000 favourites.

Boris Johnson top of MPs' summer reading lists A book by the UK's new foreign secretary Boris Johnson has topped the list of books MPs will be reading this summer.

June Sarpong to publish Diversify with HQ HQ is to publish a "timely, truly global book" celebrating diversity by TV presenter June Sarpong in May 2017.

Nick Clegg memoir pushed back for Brexit analysis Nick Clegg’s memoir with The Bodley Head has been pushed back to include a "full Brexit analysis".

Stevens to pen 'London Eye Mystery' sequel Children's author Robin Stevens is to write a sequel to The London Eye Mystery by the late Siobhan Dowd for Penguin Random House Children’s.

McIntyre appointed guest director of Stratford-upon-Avon festival Stratford-upon-Avon Literary Festival has appointed the Sarah McIntyre, the illustrator behind the #PicturesMeanBusiness campaign, as guest director for its children’s festival in 2017.