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Walliams targets 7+ readers with new ‘daft story’ David Walliams’ next publication, a funny story entitled Fing, "dovetails seamlessly" with his short stories and middle-grade novels, according to his publisher HarperCollins Children’s Books.

The Cut Out Girl wins Costa Book of the Year Bart van Es' biography The Cut Out Girl (Fig Tree) has won the £30,000 Costa Book of the Year award.

Morris makes her mark as Tattooist of Auschwitz regains top spot Heather Morris’ The Tattooist of Auschwitz (Zaffre) has returned to the UK Official Top 50 number one spot for a third non-consecutive week, selling 15,369 copies through Nielsen BookScan’s Total Consumer Market.

Kate Manning returns to Bonnier Books UK Bonnier Books UK has hired Kate Manning to the newly created role of group director of sales, marketing and publicity of children’s trade.

McVeigh swaps role at PRH Ireland for HarperCollins Penguin Random House Ireland’s publicity director Patricia McVeigh will join HarperCollins in Ireland in the same role.

Pan Mac celebrates 30 years of publishing Follett Pan Macmillan is marking three decades of publishing Ken Follett and his series The Pillars of the Earth by releasing new editions of 17 backlist titles and previously unseen archive material.

Two further Holly Bourne novels to Hodder Hodder editorial director Kimberley Atkins has acquired UK and Commonwealth rights, including Canada, from agent Madeleine Milburn to two more adult novels from Holly Bourne.

Canongate to publish 'no-holds-barred dark comedy' by Scarlett Thomas Canongate has acquired the new adult novel from Scarlett Thomas, Oligarchy, billed as “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie for the digital age”.

Millennial take on female friendship to Ebury Press Ebury Press editor Katie Seaman has bought world rights from Sarah Hornsley at The Bent Agency in Almost Adults, a “laugh-out-loud debut novel celebrating female friendship” by freelance journalist Ali Pantony.

Shrigley creates 'light-hearted' BAMB tote design for Wellcome Visual artist David Shrigley has designed a limited edition tote, which celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Wellcome Book Prize, and which the artist says shows "a light-hearted representation of the importance of books", in support of the Books Are My Bag (BAMB) campaign.

Bodley Head makes a splash with Urbina’s seas exposé Bodley Head will publish Pulitzer Prize-winner Ian Urbina’s exposé of the criminal world of the high seas in October.

Lightning buys print rights to Nicola May's Corner Shop Eye Books imprint Lightning has acquired world English rights for the print edition of self-published book The Corner Shop in Cockleberry Bay by Nicola May.