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BA hopes Connect Books' uncertainty will be 'brief' The chief executive of the Booksellers Association (BA), Tim Godfray, has said he hopes Connect Books can find a new buyer quickly to avoid a period of uncertainty for the company and its customers.

Sarah Hughes to leave HC Children’s Sarah Hughes, fiction publisher at HarperCollins Children’s Books, will leave the company at the end of the month after her role was made redundant.

Picador snaps up Paula Saunders' debut novel Picador has acquired a "funny and tragic" debut novel about 1960’s rural America by Paula Saunders, the wife of Man Booker Prize-winning George Saunders.

Publishers should fight censorship 'whenever they get the chance', says Beevor Publishers should be fighting censorship "whenever they get the chance", Sir Antony Beevor has said, while observing that "more and more" attempts are being made by governments to "rewrite history".

Lennie Goodings signs deal for The Idealistic Publisher Former Virago Press publisher Lennie Goodings is to write The Idealistic Publisher, a book about ideas, literature, feminism and business, for Oxford University Press.

Somerset libraries under threat again Fifteen libraries in Somerset are under threat of closure with the council under pressure to make up to £520,000 worth of savings.

Newham Bookshop's anti-Trump poster receives swell of support An East London bookshop's decision to put a sign in its window highlighting it is "proud" to sell books by authors from so-called "sh*thole" countries, in reference to a remark allegedly made by US president Donald Trump, has been met with a "phenomenal" response from the trade and customers.

Fisher becomes vice chair of YUPL's board Academic and policy expert Richard Fisher has been named the vice chair of the board of trustees at Yale University Press London.

Muriel Spark 100 Fund recipients revealed The 12 recipients of a new £16,000 fund to commemorate the centenary of Scottish writer Muriel Spark have been revealed.

Headline to publish 'uplifting' French bestseller Headline has acquired How to Find Love in the Little Things by French author Virginie Grimaldi, translated by Adriana Hunter.

Collins Learning promotes Eardley and Mooney Collins Learning has promoted Sam Eardley and Ian Mooney to newly-created positions as part of its "significant new assessment business strand".

Perks' lost child thriller optioned for TV Heidi Perks’ psychological suspense novel has been optioned for television by the production company responsible for “The Miniaturist”.