ICYMI: How can the book industry, events and literary awards best support neurodivergent authors, asks Chris Carse Wilson in his recent Comment piece 👇 #BookSky

ICYMI: Nearly a third of children cannot use books when they start school, with some even trying to swipe and zoom on the pages, a survey from Kindred Squared has shown 👇 #BookSky

ICYMI: Around 230 authors signed with Grasset have quit the French publisher, following the departure of CEO Olivier Nora and in protest of billionaire owner Vincent Bolloré 👇 #BookSky

Headline Press has acquired Wild Thing from Oxford evolutionary biologist Dr Matilda Brindle 👇 #BookSky

Century has acquired The Four Wives of Windsor from royal correspondent Simon Vigar 👇 #BookSky

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This week, creators reflected on whether the TikTok algorithm prioritises certain books and genres on the platform, resulting in oversaturation and homogenisation 👇 #BookSky

Transworld has acquired Can You Solve the Murder?: The Deadly Train, the third book in Antony Johnston’s interactive mystery series 👇 #BookSky

Wilton Square Books has acquired Ecstatic by Emily Woof, an “electrifying near-future novel about environmental decline, collective resistance and the radical power of dance in a city on the brink” 👇 #BookSky

Solaris has acquired Jetsam, a cyberpunk mystery debut from Kat Collins 👇 #BookSky

We’re not going to save reading by saying this is the most entertaining thing you can possibly do, says James Marriott on his latest book that confronts the reality of the reading crisis 👇 #BookSky

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Monument Books, an imprint of 4th Estate, has won a six-publisher auction for How to Be a Dissident by journalist and author Gal Beckerman 👇 #BookSky

A first-ever panoramic view of the reading habits of UK adults and children, a new report aims to help tackle the reading crisis by identifying barriers to picking up a book 👇 #BookSky

Hutchinson Heinemann has acquired a “timeless” debut novel by Kevin Quinn, Child and God, for publication in spring 2027 👇 #BookSky

Sales are down on Sport books, but a summer of football could turn things around 👇

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Picador has acquired Good Benny by Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi. Publishing director Sophie Jonathan bought world rights including audio from Sara Langham at David Higham Associates, with publication scheduled for 2027 👇 #BookSky

As UNESCO World Book Capital for 2026, Rabat has ambitious plans, Latifa Moftaqir tells us 👇 #BookSky

Pan Fiction has pre-empted three novels in the Aristocrats of London series from self-published author Susie Tate, whose books have sold more than 2 million copies 👇 #BookSky

Headline Publishing Group will publish a new edition of Survivor, the long out-of-print novel by Octavia E Butler, on 1st September 2026, alongside Grand Central Publishing in the US 👇 #BookSky

Ladybird, an imprint of Penguin Random House Children’s, has acquired Danny Go’s Volcano Adventure, the debut picture book from YouTube children’s entertainer Danny Go 👇 #BookSky

Seven books have been shortlisted for the 2026 Branford Boase Award, jointly awarded to the author and editor of an outstanding debut novel for children 👇 #BookSky

The challenge is not just access to diverse books. It is rebuilding the relationship between reading and identity. That requires a different kind of thinking, says Derek Owusu in his recent Comment piece 👇 #BookSky

Ebury Spotlight has acquired Pea Green Boat, a new book by comedian Stewart Lee, illustrated by David Waywell. It is set for publication on 3rd September 2026 👇 #BookSky

The shortlists for the 24th annual Charles Tyrwhitt Sports Book Awards have been unveiled 👇 #BookSky

In its latest financial update, WH Smith has reported that payments to shareholders have been frozen to “reduce debt and strengthen the Group’s financial position” amid declining profits 👇 #BookSky

Penguin Random House Children's has hired Alex Cowan as marketing director 👇 #BookSky

The Booker Prize Foundation is set to release a new Quick Reads collection to coincide with The Reading Agency’s World Book Night celebrations, which takes place today (23rd April) 👇 #BookSky

Sarah Odedina will step down from her role as editor-at-large at Pushkin Children’s Books at the end of 2026 after 11 years at the press 👇 #BookSky

Broadcaster Phil Williams will head up a new podcast, Books on the Beach, with the first episode featuring bestselling author Lynda La Plante going live today (23rd April) 👇 #BookSky

Pavilion has acquired The Beauty Bible: Iconic Edition, by Sarah Stacey and Josephine Fairley. Publishing director Laura Russell acquired world all-language rights from Charlie Brotherstone at Aevitas Creative Management 👇 #BookSky

Hachette Children’s Group has acquired The End and Everything After, a “cosy” YA murder mystery by debut author Aileen Iaccino 👇 #BookSky

Bloomsbury Continuum has acquired The Best Kind of American: A Story of Murder, War, and America’s Undoing in the Middle East by Kim Ghattas 👇 #BookSky

Our Deputy Books Editor, Katie Fraser, will be moderating The #Nibbies Salon at Hay Festival🎪📚 Join her as she unpicks the publishing process with Natasha Bardon and Saara El-Arifi. Grab your ticket here 👉 www.hayfestival.com/p-25422...

Century is set to publish the first book from the creator of the viral Career Ladder series, Max Klymenko 👇 #BookSky

HarperCollins’ 4th Estate has acquired the debut cookbook from lifestyle content creator and entrepreneur Nara Aziza Smith 👇 #BookSky

Sphere has acquired rights to Experienced: On the Road with Jimi Hendrix and Beyond by Eric Barrett, written with Lawrence Robinson 👇 #BookSky

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Orbit is set to publish a new "ingenious, touching" time travel novel from Claire North 👇 #BookSky

Authors Juno Dawson and Andy Darcy Theo, Waterstones’ Lucy Jakes, Edinburgh Book Festival’s Jodie Barnacle-Best and Chair of the Prize, Caroline Carpenter will judge the #YABookPrize 2026 ⭐👇

The latest in Wisden's long-running series of almanacks has topped the Independent Bookshop Top 20 in its first week, according to the latest set of data released by NielsenIQ BookScan 👇 #BookSky

The Women’s Prize for Fiction has announced its 2026 shortlist, with four of the six shortlisted titles debut novels and four coming from independent publishers 👇 #BookSky

Viper, Profile Books’ crime imprint, has acquired three thrillers from Will Dean in a six-figure deal 👇 #BookSky

Dialogue Books has acquired Ordinary People Like Us, the final novel from award-winning New Zealand writer Kelly Ana Morey, to be published posthumously in September 2026 👇 #BookSky

We need to make a concerted effort to provide our armed forces with books, says David Orson Newton in his recent Comment piece 👇 #BookSky

Award-winning journalist and broadcaster Steph McGovern will host The British Book Awards 2026 👇 #Nibbies

Jessie Sullivan and Laura Palmer, co-founders of Pellerin Books, have acquired two psychological thrillers by Heather Burnside 👇 #BookSky

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Tor UK, an imprint of Pan Macmillan, has acquired Overworld, a standalone LitRPG fantasy by Will Wight, the New York Times bestselling self-published author of the Cradle series 👇 #BookSky