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
With the arrival – to the trade at least – of the US-owned Bookshop.org, this is potentially a momentous week for UK independent booksellers. The company’s USP is the help ... Read more
There is sadness and anger at the collapse of Norwich wholesaler Bertrams. The sadness is felt by those in the industry who remember the company’s heyday in the Eighties and ... Read more
Much shock and sadness at the death of Simon & Schuster president and CEO Carolyn Reidy who died from a heart attack on 12 May at the age of 71. ... Read more
