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• Stanfords stages exhibition of rediscovered treasures

  News - Bookselling

  Letters from Scott of the Antarctic, Florence Nightingale and John Ruskin among items found during recent move of world-famous map specialist
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• Walker plans Maisy celebrations

  News - Children

  More than 38m Maisy books have been sold
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• Trade romance behind OUP picture book purchase

  Rights - Children

  Naomi and James Jones met at Orion
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• CILIP makes case for libraries at House of Lords

  News - Libraries

  Bobby Seagull and CILIP issue manifesto
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• Scribner signs Jed Mercurio graphic novel collaboration

  Rights - Fiction

  Sleeper, written with Prasanna Puwanarajah and with artwork by Coke Navarro, will be out in May 2021
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• Kindle Storyteller Award 2019 goes to Ian W Sainsbury

  News - Prizes

  Winner receives £20,000 and Amazon marketing support
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• Non Pratt prepares for Scottish Friendly tour

  News - Books

  Will meet more than 1,000 S1-S6 students
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• Simon Lycett at John Sandoe

  People - Books

  Launch of florist's new book
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• Bestsellers - week ending 12 October 2019

  News - Books

  Philip Pullman retains his place at the top of the Blackwell's chart
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• Anna Bowen to join Ebury

  News - Publishing

  Will move from Orion to run campaigns for Ebury's Self hub
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• Waterstones takes over Pocket Book lease

  News - Bookselling

  Liverpool Street Station branch now run by UK's biggest book retailer
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• Foyles, Blackwell's events mark NYRB Classics' 20th

  News - Books

  New anthology of writings from the list
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• Simon & Schuster signs picture book 'jewel' by Woodfine and Stewart

  Rights - Children

  Joins new line of illustrated gift books
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• Weidenfeld, Hachette Oz win auction for Claire Thomas debut

  Rights - Fiction

  Novel shows 'the touch of a true master'
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• Penny Chrimes launches middle-grade fiction debut with Orion

  Rights - Children

  Tiger Heart mixes 'animals, magic, adventure and emotion'
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• Raven Books wins auction for thriller by Times journalist Katherine Faulkner

  Rights - Fiction

  Book and author 'perfect for the Raven Books list'
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• Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo win Booker Prize 2019

  News - Prizes

  Judges flout rules to give joint award; Evaristo becomes first black woman to win the Booker
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• Stories of Mick Dawson's adventures to Robinson

  Rights - NonFiction

  Challenges faced with fellow Royal Marines veterans
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• Bluebird signs Joy Journal from Laura Brand

  Rights - NonFiction

  Compendium containing 50 projects for under-sevens
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• Annabelle Sami signs two-book deal for 'hilarious' middle grade series with Egmont

  Rights - Children

  Llama Out Loud! will be illustrated by Allen Fatimaharan
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• Scribe buys 'definitive' account of Hong Kong crisis

  Rights - NonFiction

  Writer and lawyer Antony Dapiran has lived in Hong Kong for 20 years
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• Nosy Crow signs eight further Unicorn Academy titles

  Rights - Children

  Series by Julie Sykes and Linda Chapman has been 'runaway success'
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• Arsene Wenger autobiography to Weidenfeld

  Rights - NonFiction

  Arsenal fan Alan Samson signs up revered manager
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• Michelle Davies moves from Pan Mac to Orion

  Rights - Fiction

  Her first novel with Orion will be released in winter 2020
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• Hachette Children's buys Kate Weston's feminist YA debut

  Rights - Children

  'A comedy genius for a new generation of teen readers'
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• Memoirs of 'Supercop' to Robinson

  Rights - NonFiction

  Alistair Livingstone's memoirs cover his time in the police force, his mental breakdown, and his gradual recovery
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• Fiction and the power of place

  Opinion - Books

  Les Cowan, author of the David Hidalgo crime thriller series, considers the importance of setting
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