Five years of FutureBook

The FutureBook Conference has become one of The Bookseller’s leading events. This year we celebrate its fifth birthday, and this has allowed us to both celebrate how it has become an integral part of the book business’ digital transformation and also look to its future. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Ex-Blackwell's bookseller scoops its Book of the Year

Former Blackwell’s bookseller Daisy Johnson has won the retailer’s Book of the Year for her "outstanding" Man Booker-shortlisted novel Everything Under (Jonathan Cape). Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Desperate Literature Short Fiction Prize returns for second year

The Desperate Literature Short Fiction Prize has returned for a second year, newly expanded, with partners across the world and a new residency in Andalucia. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Professor Dame Sue Black wins Saltire Book of the Year award

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The FutureBook’s Breath-Holding Conference: Waiting for Clarity

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Futurebook: Shelley urges against 'complacency' in publishing on diversity

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Sally Rooney's second novel named Waterstones' Book of the Year 2018

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'Nomophobia' named Cambridge Dictionary's Word of the Year

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FutureBook Live 2018: ‘Putting a Rocket Up the Book Trade’

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