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Hachette's gender pay gap challenge meets with silence Hachette UK’s challenge to all major publishers to present their gender pay gaps in a more “transparent” way has been met with silence from the trade's other key players.

Orion promotes W&N publishers Lord and Samson Jenny Lord, publishing director for Weidenfeld & Nicolson non-fiction, has been promoted to publisher for the imprint while non-fiction publisher Alan Samson's role is expanding to become W&N chairman.

Calder and Florence join 2019 Man Booker judging panel The 2019 Man Booker Prize for Fiction judges have been announced, with book trade heavyweights Peter Florence and Liz Calder on the panel.

Morton wins $500,000 legal battle against literary agent Australian author Kate Morton has won a $500,000 lawsuit against her former literary agent Selwa Anthony.

Publishers succeed in getting Sci-Hub access blocked in Russia Pirate site Sci-Hub has been blocked in Russia after a group of publishers applied to the courts to get service providers to stop serving the site.

H&S wins Lawal's 'essential' guide to calling out harmful black stereotypes Hodder & Stoughton has acquired the rights to The Clapback: How to Call out Harmful Black Stereotypes by Elijah Lawal.

Bryony Gordon signs with HCG for teen mental health guide Journalist and mental health campaigner Bryony Gordon will share her ten crucial life lessons for teenage girls in a book due to be published by Hachette Children’s Group in May.

Walliams calls for better access to reading, ‘safeguarding’ of libraries David Walliams has called for better access to reading and for libraries to be safeguarded, revealing he would introduce new laws on children’s literacy if he were prime minister.

Three new Mark Billingham novels to Sphere Sphere has acquired three new novels from Mark Billingham for Little, Brown, the first of which will be a new Tom Thorne novel and the crime writer's 20th novel to date, publishing in 2020.

Usborne buys LGBTQ+ love story by Meredith Russo Usborne has bought a LGBTQ+ YA love story by US author Meredith Russo.

Viking to publish 'exhilarating' new le Carré novel in 2019 Viking is publishing a new novel next year by John le Carré, Agent Running in the Field.

The book that changed history [SPONSORED CONTENT] A document has been unearthed revealing the existence of a secret “book club” among the CIA operatives who campaigned against the USSR during the Cold War.