EU funds £2.5m literary projects in UK

The European Union's cultural funding programme Creative Europe has helped to finance around €2.6m (£2.3m) worth of writing or publishing projects in the UK since it was established in 2014, The Bookseller can reveal. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Simon & Schuster UK has acquired the 28th instalment in American author Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum bounty hunter series, alongside the first novel in a brand new series. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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T.C. Boyle captures the intersection of folly and progress. This time, it’s the ill-fated Project Nim.

‘Talk to Me,’ by T.C. Boyle, was inspired by a 1970s experiment in which researchers tried to teach a young chimpanzee American Sign Language. Continue reading at The Washington Post

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Davies and Aslam join Creative UK Council

John Murray Press m.d. Nick Davies and Bradford Literature Festival c.e.o. Syima Aslam have been appointed to the Creative UK Council. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Sally Rooney’s Beautiful World, Where Are You tops UK book charts

In its first week on sale, Rooney’s new novel has outsold Jamie Oliver and beaten day-one sales of her previous book Normal People by 1,200% at WaterstonesSally Rooney’s Beautiful World, Where Are You has shot to the top of the UK’s book charts, selling more than 40,000 copies in just five... Continue reading at The Guardian

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Colm Toibin’s ‘The Magician’ imagines the adventurous life of a literary great

Thomas Mann may have written some very heavy books, but this biographical novel offers a more lighthearted portrait of the German writer. Continue reading at The Washington Post

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Greenwich launches UK's first fully biodegradable library cards

Libraries in the London Borough of Greenwich are the first in the country to move to fully biodegradable library cards that are made in the UK from ethically sourced materials. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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CBI unveils projects to young readers in Ireland, regardless of their backgrounds

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Basic Books UK launches with diverse list after remote inception during Covid-19

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Jane Austen makes a cameo in a charming new novel about friendship and the literary life

‘Jane Austen and Shelley in the Garden’ whisks readers to Cambridge, Wales and Venice, in the company of a delightful gang of scholars. Continue reading at The Washington Post

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Growing Up in Ireland report reveals impact of library funding’s 2008 scrapping

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Whiting Literary Magazine Prizes Name 2021 Winners

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W H Allen to publish New York Times Magazine's 1619 Project

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UK’s Publishers Association: 64 Percent of Book Revenue at Stake in Copyright Question

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Beyond normal: new novel brings Sally Rooney mania to bookshops across UK

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