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Artificial Intelligence has worsened the problem of copyright theft from book designers, experts have said, as another illustrator spoke of stolen designs on Temu.
Puffin has acquired five new titles from Katie Kirby as part of her bestselling Lottie Brooks series in a “significant” seven-figure deal.
Bestselling biographer and agent Andrew Lownie warns that “history is growing censored” with royal records apparently becoming closed after being open for many years.
Jennie Godfrey’s The List of Suspicious Things (Hutchinson Heinemann), Elif Shafak’s There Are Rivers in the Sky (Viking) ...
Usborne has acquired The Heirs, the ‘addictive’ new YA murder mystery from Ace of Spades author Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé.
The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) has launched a new Intellectual Freedom Committee to help library professionals “counter the disturbing effects of censorship”.
HarperCollins confirmed it has edited Andrew Lownie’s bestselling biography about Prince Andrew and the House of York, ...
The National Centre for Writing has launched a call to find writers in the East of England who are seeking to 'develop their craft and find routes into the publishing industry'.
Andrew Lownie’s biography of Prince Andrew, has won the battle against Nicola Sturgeon’s Frankly (Macmillan) by claiming ...
ESEA’s third literary festival returns to Foyles on Charing Cross Road next month, featuring writers such as Sarah Howe, ...
A new prize, the World Kid Lit Reading Challenge Award, is launching in September 2025, aiming to promote international and ...
WF Howes is set to publish the audiobook version of Oyinkan Braithwaite’s upcoming Cursed Daughters (Atlantic Books), which ...