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LATEST NEWS The Midnight Line clocks up second week at number one Lee Child’s The Midnight Line (Bantam) has boomeranged back into the UK Official Top 50 number one spot, a week after it was displaced by Star Wars: The Last Jedi Junior Novel (Dean & Son). Nasrallah takes $50k International Prize for Arabic Fiction The International Prize for Arabic Fiction has gone to Jordanian-Palestinian author and former refugee Ibrahim Nasrallah for his “masterful” rendering of a dystopian future. Last chance for UK authors to win European Book Prize before Brexit This is the last year that British authors are likely to be eligible to enter the European Book Prize (Prix du Livre Européen), with the UK's exit from the European Union looming in March 2019. Virago to publish forgotten 'gems' from Noel Streatfeild Virago is publishing two collections of Noel Streatfeild's previously-unpublished short stories. Kobo and Serial Box to release royal wedding-inspired series Kobo is teaming up with app company Serial Box on a six-part series to celebrate the royal wedding. Antonia Byatt appointed English PEN director Antonia Byatt has been appointed permanent director of English PEN.  Transworld pre-empts Wired editor's quest for innovation Transworld has pre-empted a book on innovation from the founding editor-in-chief of Wired magazine’s UK edition, David Rowan. Five contend for £5,000 Oscar's Book Prize Five picture books published by Hodder Children’s Books, Egmont, Flying Eye Books, HarperCollins Children’s Books and Nosy Crow are in the running for this year’s £5,000 Oscar’s Book Prize, organised by the Evening Standard. The Artists Partnership to represent Bookouture authors Bookouture has appointed The Artists Partnership to represent their authors for film, stage and TV. Gaisford-Waller to join Hunting Raven Books Tina Gaisford-Waller has joined the Winstone’s team as manager of its Frome store, Hunting Raven Books, in Somerset. LATEST NEWS The Midnight Line clocks up second week at number one Lee Child’s The Midnight Line (Bantam) has boomeranged back into the UK Official Top 50 number one spot, a week after it was displaced by Star Wars: The Last Jedi Junior Novel (Dean & Son). Nasrallah takes $50k International Prize for Arabic Fiction The International Prize for Arabic Fiction has gone to Jordanian-Palestinian author and former refugee Ibrahim Nasrallah for his “masterful” rendering of a dystopian future. Last chance for UK authors to win European Book Prize before Brexit This is the last year that British authors are likely to be eligible to enter the European Book Prize (Prix du Livre Européen), with the UK's exit from the European Union looming in March 2019. Virago to publish forgotten 'gems' from Noel Streatfeild Virago is publishing two collections of Noel Streatfeild's previously-unpublished short stories. Kobo and Serial Box to release royal wedding-inspired series Kobo is teaming up with app company Serial Box on a six-part series to celebrate the royal wedding. Antonia Byatt appointed English PEN director Antonia Byatt has been appointed permanent director of English PEN.  Transworld pre-empts Wired editor's quest for innovation Transworld has pre-empted a book on innovation from the founding editor-in-chief of Wired magazine’s UK edition, David Rowan. Five contend for £5,000 Oscar's Book Prize Five picture books published by Hodder Children’s Books, Egmont, Flying Eye Books, HarperCollins Children’s Books and Nosy Crow are in the running for this year’s £5,000 Oscar’s Book Prize, organised by the Evening Standard. The Artists Partnership to represent Bookouture authors Bookouture has appointed The Artists Partnership to represent their authors for film, stage and TV. Gaisford-Waller to join Hunting Raven Books Tina Gaisford-Waller has joined the Winstone’s team as manager of its Frome store, Hunting Raven Books, in Somerset.