What a journey it has been for James Daunt from opening a single shop, Daunt Books for Travellers, in 1991 to now, after last week’s seismic news, running 927 bookshops, ... Read more
The London Book Fair’s CAMEO awards (Creativity Across Media: Entertainment and Originality), which celebrate the central role that books play in all those adaptations for film and TV, stage, games ... Read more
It was a very good night for old companies at the British Book Awards. Penguin General (84) was named Publisher of the Year; Faber (90) was named Independent Publisher of ... Read more
Sharply contrasting news for book initiatives on either side of the Atlantic. At the time of writing the UK’s Quick Reads scheme, in which well-known authors write short, accessible books ... Read more
From President Trump’s surprise appearance at The London Book Fair – all right, it was a lookalike (you can imagine the twitter response from the real President: ‘They think this ... Read more
Once again the shortlists for The London Book Fair’s International Excellence Awards (IEA) offer a tariff-free tour of the global book business from the Baltics to Brazil, with stops this ... Read more
Was the BBC’s media editor Amol Rajan right to suggest that people under 35 want to “read books, essays, long-form pieces” on their mobiles? Delivering the keynote address at the ... Read more
Well of course President Trump should take legal action against Henry Holt, publisher of that book. Why? For non-payment of his fees as unofficial Sales and Marketing Director. Few would ... Read more
There were rallying cries for the importance of books, bookshops and reading at the Frankfurt Book Fair this week. Opening the fair, the German Chancellor Angela Merkel said: “We ... Read more
Two similar, heartfelt calls concerning the role of publishers have come from podiums on either side of the Atlantic within days of each other. Speaking as Banned Books Week ... Read more
