No one could have known what we were heading into back in January. Yet the year that would have so much sadness in it began with sadness in the book ... Read more
Congratulations to Stuart Wilson from the Pan Mac art department for a memorable cover for the Booker-winning Shuggie Bain. Thanks to his treatment of the striking image by photographer Jez ... Read more
What a week. To paraphrase president-elect Joe Biden’s favourite poet, Seamus Heaney, it has been a week that opened two doors out of the darkness. First there is Biden’s victory ... Read more
Emma Bradshaw began her career as a bookseller at Ottakar’s in Bromley before moving to the publicity department at HarperCollins Children’s Books. She joined the Bloomsbury team in 2007, where ... Read more
It’s the Chinese New Year celebrations this weekend, so let’s start in that part of the world. Stats body OpenBook hosted its annual Reading X Conference in Beijing earlier this ... Read more
Phoebe Morgan is a commissioning editor at Avon HarperCollins where she works on a list of commercial fiction, from Sunday Times bestsellers to up and coming debut writers. She is ... Read more
Despite continuing uncertainties over Brexit, publishers will arrive in Bologna next week buoyed up by strong results for the UK children’s market which is up 3.5% by value and 1% ... Read more