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Lee Child's Night School boomerangs back into the chart top spot Lee Child has reclaimed his UK Official Top 50 number one, as Night School (Bantam) boomeranged back into the top spot, displacing Star Wars: Rogue One (Egmont).

Scottish trade 'concern' over future of Freight Books Authors and agents have expressed concern about the future of Scottish independent publisher Freight Books following the departure of co-founder and director Adrian Searle earlier this week.

Alwan's A Small Death wins $50k Arabic fiction prize A Small Death (Dar Al Saqi) by Mohammed Hasan Alwan has won the 10th International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF).

Big Green Bookshop trebles orders as industry rallies to help 'skint' store The publishing industry has rallied round to help the independent Big Green Bookshop after one of its owners sent out a desperate tweet appealing for customers because they were “seriously skint”.

UK publishers apply for offices in Sharjah's Publishing City At least three UK publishers have applied to have bases in Sharjah’s “Publishing City”, The Bookseller has learned.

Harris steps back from running Stripes Stripes’ publisher Jane Harris is to step down from running the list after 12 years with the Little Tiger Group fiction imprint, triggering a restructure.

Creative industries should be 'priority sector' in Brexit negotiations The Creative Industries Federation has urged the government to ensure that the creative industries and arts are a "priority sector" in Brexit negotiations, in its election manifesto which is being distributed to all political parties and Federation members.

Danny Wallace to publish book on rudeness with Ebury Danny Wallace is writing a comedic book about rudeness for Ebury Press, publishing on 15th June 2017.

Nosy Crow hires Clare Hall-Craggs Nosy Crow has recruited Clare Hall-Craggs as senior PR and media relations manager.

Quercus launches Little Ways to Live a Big Life series Quercus is publishing a new small-format "how to" series of books to help readers learn new skills for a more fun-filled and enriching life, called Little Ways to Live a Big Life.

Iraqi bestseller acquired by Oneworld Oneworld has acquired The Baghdad Clock by Iraqi author Shahad al Rawi, originally published in Arabic by Dar al-Hikma in 2016.