Allison & Busby has picked up Liz Webb’s debut The Daughter, a "dark and quirky" thriller.
Jessica Kingsley launches children’s mental health podcast
Jessica Kingsley Publishers (JKP) is launching a new podcast supporting the mental health of children and teens called "Our Kids in Mind".
Penguin Business snaps up Angner’s ‘groundbreaking’ economics book
Penguin Business has snapped up the “groundbreaking and uplifting” book Why Economics Can Save the World by Professor Erik Angner.
Polygon picks up Miller’s Edinburgh-set literary thriller
Polygon, an imprint of Birlinn Limited, has signed Philip Miller's The Goldenacre, an "enthralling" literary thriller set in the world of fine art.
Third time lucky as Caldwell wins BBC National Short Story Award
Lucy Caldwell has won the BBC National Short Story Award with Cambridge University, a prize she has been nominated for three times.
Boyle wins Amazon Publishing New Voices Award
Journalist and writer Darren Boyle has won Capital Crime's Amazon Publishing New Voices Award for his thriller The Black Pool, which is set in contemporary Dublin and follows a journalist who ventures deep into the murky world of gang-organised tiger raids.
WHO honors the late Henrietta Lacks for her contributions to scientific research
Oct 19 2021 The World Health Organization on Wednesday honored the late Henrietta Lacks, whose cells have been used for innovative scientific research for decades, with an award in recognition of her contributions to the advancement of medical science. Lacks, a Black woman, was suffering from cervical cancer when she was being treated at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1951. A surgeon removed cells from her cervix without her consent during a procedure and that sample enabled a doctor at the hospital to create the first human cell line to reproduce outside the body. The cell line, now known as...
Rowling’s Christmas Pig jingles all the way to number one
J K Rowling's The Christmas Pig (Little, Brown) has flown directly into the Official UK Top 50 number one spot, selling 60,010 copies in its first week on sale, while the print market surpassed £37m for the first time this year thanks to a string of Super Thursday hits.
Third of all global research articles now published Open Access, says STM
Around a third of all global research articles are now published Open Access, according to the latest report by the Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers (STM).
Hutchinson Heinemann 2022 showcase takes place in-person
One of the first in-person publisher showcases took place this week with the 2022 line-up from the recently launched Hutchinson Heinemann imprint.
