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Philippa Gregory takes new direction in four-book deal Multi-million-pound selling historical author Philippa Gregory is to take her fiction in a new direction in a four-book global deal with her publisher Simon & Schuster.

Quarto restructures global sales and marketing teams The Quarto Group has implemented a new global sales and marketing structure, which has seen the English Language Sales team divided into three main channels: US Sales, UK and Europe Sales, and International Sales.

Missingham to leave HarperCollins Sam Missingham, digital project manager at HarperCollins, is leaving the company in May after the role was made redundant.

Satirical short stories on Trump to riverrun in acquisition trio Quercus imprint riverrun has acquired three new titles for its autumn list, including a collection of interlinked satirical short stories reacting to Donald Trump's presidency and life in a post-Trump, post-truth America from The Imperfectionists author Tom Rachman.

World Book Night celebrated across the UK A range of events around the UK took place on Sunday (23rd April) to mark World Book Night, with supporters from many parts of the trade doing their bit to champion the love of reading.

Fine, Gross, Kerr and Sissay join SoA council Anne Fine, Philip Gross, Judith Kerr and Lemn Sissay have all joined the Society of Authors as new council members.

IPA’s Kolman talks copyright and freedom to publish in China's Chengdu International Publishers Association president Michiel Kolman has spoken of his organisation's role in lobbying for "robust copyright frameworks and freedom to publish protections” in a speech given in the Chinese city of Chengdu on UNESCO World Book and Copyright Day (23rd April).

Sunjeev Sahota honoured by EU Prize for Literature Sunjeev Sahota, author of the Man Booker Prize-shortlisted Year of the Runaways (Picador), is one of 12 authors honoured by the 2017 European Union Prize for Literature (EUPL).

'Timely' book on moral courage in public life to JKP Jessica Kingsley is to publish a "very timely" book exploring the need for moral courage in public life this summer.

Quartet of UK Jerusalem fellows revealed Four candidates from the British book trade have been selected to participate in the 2017 Jerusalem International Bookfair Zev Birger (JIBF) fellowship programme, which takes place in June.

Printing Charity grant applications close this week A charity with nearly two centuries under its belt is looking to the future with a bursary aimed at catalysing a love of print among publishing’s young staffers.