In an unprecedented campaign to encourage reading for pleasure, World Book Day is collaborating with the Publishers Association and the Booksellers Association to bring together staff from across the industry to venture into communities, celebrate the magic of reading, and take time out to Share a Story on World Book Day (March 7th).

Forty-one small presses from the UK and Ireland have been shortlisted for the British Book Awards’ inaugural Small Press of the Year Award – with a chance of going on to be crowned Independent Publisher of the Year.

On 200+ pages, the global affairs and lifestyle magazine celebrates the nation as a last hope for global liberalism.

A gripping and brutal story of war, identity and family set in 16th century Italy

The second book in the critically acclaimed Chastity Riley series

The British Book Awards, or Nibbies, have revealed the regional shortlists for the 2019 Independent Bookshop of the Year, sponsored by Gardners Books.

From the smallest bookshops to the largest retailers, the book trade in the UK and Ireland is getting ready to provide every child and young person redeeming a World Book Day book token with a book of their own – and getting the nation to Share a Story on 7th March.

Rathbones Folio Prize and Rathbone Investment Management have announced a significant expansion of their partnership, which secures the future of the Rathbones Folio Prize, Mentorships and Sessions until at least 2023.

James Runcie, Holly Bourne, Lucy Worsely, Dian Pelangi, Sarah Morgan, Nicola Cornick and Dr Michèle Mendelssohn lead festival line-up.

As part of an international-facing line-up, prominent European authors Stefan Hertmans, Simone Buchholz and Antoine Laurain also announced as special guests.