Melina Spanoudi

Matthew Cobb’s Crick (Profile Books) and Ian Leslie’s John & Paul (Faber) are among the books shortlisted for the Hatchards First Biography Prize 2025.

Titan Books has acquired Claimed by the Orc King, debut author Roxy Taylor’s contemporary fantasy romance.

Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi and author Sepideh Gholian were arrested at a memorial ceremony in Mashhad, Iran on Friday 12th December, according to Oneworld Publications.

Fitzcarraldo Editions has acquired Need Is Need, the debut work of non-fiction by Forward Prize-winning and TS Eliot Prize-shortlisted poet Will Harris.

Electric Monkey, the young adult imprint of Farshore, has acquired Seven Dishes to Fall in Love and a second YA novel by debut author Kate Emilie in a four-publisher auction.

Sally Rooney has told the High Court it is "almost certain" she cannot publish new books in the UK because of the ban of the British group Palestine Action.

The Society of Authors (SoA) has announced the shortlists for the nine prizes to be awarded at the 2025 Translation Prizes ceremony.

Baskerville has acquired two novels in a Brighton-based crime series by Peter Hanington.

Zaffre has snapped up A Girl’s Girl, Emma Robertson’s 'zeitgeisty' debut novel.

Spread the Word, London’s literature development agency, is launching There Is Only Narrative: Non-Fiction Demystified with the Eve White Literary Agency.