Highlights from around the globe

Random House has made a number of modifications to its terms and conditions for digital imprints, with authors now given a choice of two payment models to

ITV Studios has creates a new executive position to oversee and develop its publishing interests. ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) has appointed

National Libraries Day, which took place this past Saturday (February 9th), has been hailed as a success by ministers and reading institutions across the

Despite the growing global popularity of e-books and other digital media formats, Russian literary experts are predicting paper books to remain popular in the

With budget cuts threatening the future of libraries in a number of counties across the UK, Brighton and Hove Council has come up with a new solution which

David Mitchell, whose bestselling novel 'Cloud Atlas' has recently been turned into a popular film, is to co-release a new book that he and his wife have

Helen Fielding fans will no doubt be pleased to hear that Knopf is to publish the third book in the popular ‘Bridget Jones’ series this November. While no

This week saw a non-fiction title finally make it into Amazon's self-published bestsellers list, with Guy Kawasaki's 'APE: Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur – How

Japanese author Haruki Murakami is known for his reluctance to give interviews or press conferences, which is why it comes as no surprise that he has chosen to

The winners of the National Book Critics Circle Award, one of the most prestigious awards for authors in the US, have been announced, with Ben Fountain walking

Katherine Applegate’s ‘The One and Only Ivan’ has been recognised as the top children’s book of the year by the American Library Association (ALA), after it was

Bestselling author William Boyd, whose previous works include award-winning titles such as 'A Good Man in Africa', 'An Ice Cream War' and 'Restless', is to pen

Scandinavian literature has been very much in fashion for the past few years, with a number of top crime fiction novels emerging from the region. Perhaps

Many great writers down the years have used a pen name. Take Mark Twain, for example, the famous author of classic books such as ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry

A north-east Lincolnshire school is the first to debut an interactive reading system to raise literacy levels among teenagers.  As the Grimsby Telegraph

The merger of publishing giants Penguin and Random House is set to go ahead after the move was given the green light by US government agencies. The deal

Following the success of Ang Lee's film adaptation of Yann Martel's 'The Life of Pi' at the Oscars last weekend, libraries across Norfolk will be attempting to

With libraries around the UK facing closure in the wake of government cuts to arts funding, the Society of Chief Librarians has teamed up with the Reading Agency

Simon & Schuster has teamed up with Author Solutions to launch a new self-publishing service to budding authors. Archway Publishing will offer a wide range of

A mystery sculptor who creates her pieces from pages of literary works will be coming out of hiding for the first ever Book Week Scotland.  Readers across

The Shanghai Literary Festival gets underway today (March 1st) and will feature a distinctly international flavour with 69 authors, artists and film producers

The British literary tradition has produced some of the world's best-loved authors, playwrights and poets down the years, and it looks as though that could well

A survey of volunteers working for the children's literacy charity Beanstalk has revealed that around a quarter believe the best way to encourage more children

The popular Visiting Writers Series at Lenoir-Rhyne University in North Carolina has added internationally-acclaimed novelist John Burnham Schwartz to its