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Chief executives from leading publishing houses around the
world, including Markus Dohle of Penguin Random House, Carolyn Reidy of
Simon & Schuster and Arnaud Nourry of Hachette Livre, have said they
are "deeply concerned" about the closure of 29 publishing houses
in Turkey and called on president Tayyip Erdogan to protect its writers'
freedom of expression.
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David Walliams’ next picture book is called There’s a Snake in my School,
set to be released on 6th October.
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Kobo is set to release a new premium e-reader in September –
The Kobo Aura One – which reduces blue light to help readers sleep better
after using it.
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Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay is publishing three new
books with Hodder & Stoughton, the first of which, Gordon Ramsay Bread Street Kitchen, is
due for release in October.
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Wattpad is allowing writers to generate income from stories
posted on their site through external adverts.
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A new hashtag, #women_writers, is providing a safe space
for female writers to talk about their literary passions, careers
and frustrations in response to sexism within the publishing industry.
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Stephen Fry and Carey Mulligan are to narrate the audio
versions of Matt Haig's two Christmas books, which will be available for
the first time this November.
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Library campaigners plan to gather this Saturday to protest
the £1m cuts to Lewisham Council’s library budget, which will see staff
removed from four libraries across the borough.
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Quercus has bought an "inspirational"
non-fiction book by Katie Piper on confidence.
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Jeff Kinney’s global tour to promote the release of book 11 in
the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series (Puffin) will kick off on 1st November and
will include more than 20 stops on three continents.
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