Creative writing charity Arvon has appointed Rachel Long as its first virtual writer in residence for its online programme, Arvon at Home.
Rowling’s Christmas Pig reigns for a second week at top of chart
J K Rowling's The Christmas Pig (Little, Brown) has notched up a second week in the UK Official Top 50 number one spot, with 31,565 copies sold through Nielsen BookScan's Total Consumer Market.
Sivasundaram wins £25k British Academy Prize for Global Cultural Understanding
Cambridge historian Sujit Sivasundaram's "truly powerful" book Waves Across the South: A New History of Revolution and Empire (William Collins) has won the £25,000 British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding.
Unique Author Branding and Content Ideas Using November Observances

Reading Time: 7 minutesIt’s time to run through our November observances and unique author brand enhancements and content ideas for your monthly book marketing plan! Without a regular connection to readers, you’re just another book on the shelf. Take the time to make yourself stand out by using our monthly observances and tips to create interesting content with your own unique twist. This is part of really refining your author brand! Timely content that uses popular and trending search terms and hashtags is a great way to enhance your visibility and improve SEO in a very simple way. And what’s...
Selma Blair’s Mean Baby memoir coming from Virago in 2022
Virago will publish Mean Baby, the memoir of actress Selma Blair, exploring her career, struggles with addiction, life with multiple sclerosis (MS) and advocacy alongside her role as a mother.
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for October 26, 2021

Today's Featured Deals In Case You Missed Yesterday's Most Popular Deals Previous Daily Deals (Don't) Call Me Crazy edited by Kelly Jensen for $1.99 Night of the Mannequins by Stephen Graham Jones for $2.99 The Faithless Hawk by Margaret Owen for $2.99 Salt Fat Acid Heat by Samin Nosrat for $2.99 Untamed Shore by Silvia Moreno-Garcia for $1.99 Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton for $2.99 Night Shift by Stephen King for $1.99 The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo for $2.99 The Fact of a Body by Alex Marzano-Lesnevich for $1.99 Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi for $1.99...
Ghost book to be developed as stop-motion series by Jim Henson Company
Rebecca Green's book How To Make Friends With A Ghost (Andersen Press) is being developed by the Jim Henson company as a new stop-motion animation series for children ages five to nine years old.
Thames & Hudson forms ‘major partnership’ with Hong Kong museum
Thames & Hudson is working with the new M+ museum in Hong Kong as part of a "major publishing partnership".
Angel appointed president at Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Former Faber publisher Mitzi Angel has been appointed president of Farrar, Straus & Giroux (FSG) in the US, only the third person to take on the role in the company’s 75-year history.
Unbound to crowdfund Sanderson’s Listen with Father
Unbound is crowdfunding Listen with Father, a “book of remembrance” by Caroline Sanderson.