Polygon, an imprint of Birlinn, has acquired two titles in Steven Veerapen's new historical crime series.
Q&A with #Merky Books New Writers’ Prize winner, Jyoti Patel
Jyoti Patel, the winner of the 2021 #Merky Books New Writers’ Prize, talks to about the competition, her writing and future projects.
Quarto revenues up 21% in first half but ‘challenging’ months lie ahead
The Quarto Group saw revenue increase by 21% to $56.9m (£40.9m) in the six months to 30th June 2021, from $46.9m (£33.7m) during the same period last year, but c.e.o. C K Lau has warned the second half of 2021 will be "challenging" due to freight issues.
When we are all judges
When Jane McMorrow, director of Creative Future, asked me to sit on the judging panel for their Writers Award, I’ll admit to being a little (a lot) bit nervous. I am notoriously bad at judging competitions because I can see so much potential in most pieces of writing that I very often want all of them to win. But, when you look at what Creative Future stands for and what they do, I knew that I had to become involved.
Black Spring Press signs debut Davies collection
The Black Spring Press Group has acquired A very short book about writing, the debut collection from Jonathan Davies.
CUP and Cambridge Assessment complete merger
Cambridge University Press and exams group Cambridge Assessment have merged into one organisation under the name Cambridge University Press & Assessment.
New Releases Tuesday: The Best Books Out This Week
It’s Tuesday, which means it’s time for a new batch of book releases! Here are a few of the books out today you should add to your TBR. This is a very small percentage of the new releases this week, though, so stick around until the end for some more Book Riot resources for keeping up with new books, including our YouTube channel, where I talk about each of these! The book descriptions listed are the publisher’s, unless otherwise noted. [embedded content][embedded content] All’s Well by Mona Awad Miranda Fitch’s life is a waking nightmare. The accident that ended her...
RNIB collaborates with Alexa for audiobook access
Blind and partially sighted readers can now access thousands of audiobooks through the Royal Institute of Blind People's partnership with Amazon's AI assistant Alexa.
Swan moves into historical fiction with six-book Pan Mac deal
Pan Macmillan has signed a new six-book deal with Karen Swan, marking her first move into historical fiction and hardback.
Canongate lands ‘deeply moving’ book on friendship by Ramaswamy
Canongate has landed an "ambitious and deeply moving book" by journalist and author Chitra Ramaswamy about her unlikely friendship with Jewish refugee Henry Wuga, which will be a lead non-fiction hardback for the publisher.
