Penguin Random House launches My Independent Bookshop
Penguin Random House today launched My Independent Bookshop, a combination social network and e-commerce platform that hopes to benefit independent booksellers whilst providing a virtual…
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Mills & Boon launches multi-platform digital project
Paperback romance maven Mills & Boon isn’t a literary brand you would normally associate with formal or technological innovation – unless your sole exposure to…
One Big Book Launch [EVENT]
Last week, 10 outstanding authors presented their novels at CompletelyNovel and LiterallyPR‘s ‘One Big Book Launch‘. Even the tube strike didn’t stop hoards of existing…
Orion pays over £1 million for Bear Grylls thriller series
DAN RANGER. Breathe that name in: DAN. RANGER. Magnificent. Like a piece of Alan Partridge-penned Chris Ryan fanfic made wonderfully real. But I’m getting ahead…
Two Sides to Every Story: London Book Fair through the eyes of a Fledgling Print Author and a Digital Native
Gill Guest (56) Gill Guest is an aspiring children’s author and sheep-keeper based in Shropshire. Previously a freelance garden journalist, her work has appeared in…
Harper Lee allows publication of To Kill a Mockingbird ebook
On the occasion of her 88th birthday, HarperCollins has announced that it will finally release an authorised digital edition of Harper (no relation) Lee’s Pulitzer…
BookMachine London Publishing Events – dates for your diary
If you’ve ever organised an event in London, you’ll know that the list of possibilities is endless. With publishing types travelling in from all corners,…
2014 Orwell Prize shortlists announced
The shortlists for this year’s Orwell Prize, awarded annually to political books and journalism, have been revealed. Nominated books are: Gaiutra Bahadur’s Coolie Woman (Hurst);…
David Foster Wallace’s family does not support upcoming film
Last month the first pictures emerged of Jason Segel in costume as the late, celebrated American author David Foster Wallace in the upcoming film End…
R.I.P. Gabriel García Márquez
Several outlets are reporting the death of Gabriel García Márquez, the Nobel Prize-winning Colombian author of 100 Years of Solitude and Love in the Time…
Donna Tartt wins Pulitzer for The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt’s third novel, The Goldfinch, has won this year’s Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The Pulitzer – one of the most prestigious prizes in American…
My London Book Fair Week #lbf14 [DIARY]
Monday The Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction 2014 shortlist was announced in style at the Serpentine Sackler Gallery in Kensington Gardens. The party was…
BookMachine London with Kingston University – The Blook Launch [EVENT]
Evie is co-host of next month’s BookMachine London If a picture paints a thousand words then the next BookMachine event could be a very long…
The Guardian launches monthly prize for self-published books
The Guardian has teamed with publisher Legend Times to launch a monthly prize that aims to find the best from amongst the vast swathes of…
Baileys Women’s Prize For Fiction Announces 2014 Shortlist
The Baileys Women’s Prize For Fiction yesterday revealed its 2014 shortlist, exactly one month after the longlist was initially published. Those 20 titles have been…
