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Brexit-hit firms fear talent drain Multinational publishers have warned of the consequences of a “hard Brexit” on their businesses, with concerns over whether restrictions on migration would hamper their ability to attract the right talent to work for them.

2017 Folio Prize to include non-fiction The Folio Prize is planned to return in 2017, with its remit extended to include non-fiction for the first time.

Orion Children’s wins Frankfurt auction for magical trilogy Hachette Children’s Group, along with Hachette US and Hachette Australia, has won an eight-publisher Frankfurt auction to acquire debut children’s author Jessica Townsend.

FutureBook Awards shortlists unveiled More than 40 companies, individuals and products have been shortlisted across eight different categories at this year's FutureBook Awards.

Nine Dots Prize offers $100k and CUP book deal The winner of a new prize that asks the question "are digital technologies making politics impossible?" will win $100,000 and a book deal with Cambridge University Press.

Verso buys Miéville on Russian revolution Science fiction and fantasy novelist China Miéville is to make a rare foray into non-fiction to pen a “labour of love” history of the Russian revolution for indie press Verso.

Picador poets dominate TS Eliot Prize shortlist Half of the authors shortlisted for the 2016 T S Eliot Prize are published by Picador.

Octopus buys first book from BrewDog founders Octopus imprint Mitchell Beazley has signed the first title from the founders of craft beer brand BrewDog as well as a food book from BBC presenter James Wong.

Welsh, Kelman and Fagan shortlisted at 2016 Saltire Society Literary Awards Irvine Welsh, James Kelman and Jenni Fagan have made the 2016 Saltire Society Literary Awards shortlist announced at a special event in Edinburgh, alongside emerging talents Chitra Ramaswamy and Martin MacInnes.

HarperCollins does multiple deals with CL Taylor HarperCollins is expanding its publishing of novelist CL Taylor with deals brokered across three separate imprints, including a "significant" six-figure deal for two further novels with Avon, and a two-book YA thriller deal with HQ.

Deluge of support for flooded Foyles Foyles has been inundated with support on social media after the "severe" flooding of its basement which has seen it closed since Monday.

IPA expands 'global footprint' with five new members The International Publishers Association General Assembly have voted to admit five new national publishing organisations from Iraq, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Morocco and Senegal, to extend its "geographical and cultural footprint" broader than it has ever been in its 120-year history.