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Guardian Faber has signed a "brilliant new serving of satire" by Guardian columnist @JohnJCrace. The Bonfire of the Insanities will be published in November 2025 👇 ebx.sh/Vr75D3

.@HarperFiction has snapped up six books from previously self-published author Sadie Kincaid 👇 ebx.sh/VvjSgz

New Job: Regional Business Development Manager - South East - Inspired Selection City: South East More here ⬇️ buff.ly/I6IUvjN #PublishingJobs #JobsInBooks

New Job: Editor - Macmillan Children’s Books Fiction & Non-Fiction - Pan Macmillan City: London More here ⬇️ buff.ly/VkkddE9 #PublishingJobs #JobsInBooks

.@Bea_a_Bea speaks to us about her Greek myth re-imagining, The End Crowns All (@PenguinUKBooks), which has been shortlisted for the #YABookPrize 2025 ☁️🔱 “I want to write books that might make it a little bit easier for the teenagers of today.” ebx.sh/7NjP5H

Author of The End Crowns All (@PenguinUKBooks), Bea Fitzgerald (@Bea_a_Bea), speaks to us about the inspiration behind her #YABookPrize shortlisted fantasy novel 🔱☁️ Read the full interview here 👉 thebookseller.com/author-intervi…

.@AbacusBooks is set to publish Keiran Goddard's (@keirangoddard1) "lyrical and intense" novel. And Know That I Am God is scheduled to publish in February 2027 👇 ebx.sh/uO2fVg

Wayward TxF, @HarperCollinsUK and @FairyLoot's collaborative fantasy imprint, has snapped up Lauren Palphreyman’s (@lepalphreyman) bestselling Wolf King trilogy 👇 ebx.sh/O92lZD

.@Solarisbooks has snapped up Isabel Cañas’ The Possession of Alba Díaz, a historical horror romance. The novel will be published in October 👇 ebx.sh/x9zB1D

.@WmCollinsBooks is set to publish philosopher and YouTube creator Jared Henderson’s (@jhendersonYT) guide to cultivating a life of the mind "in an age of distractions". Publication of The Philosophical Life is planned for 2027 👇 ebx.sh/nW8Bjo

Commentators are debating whether 'men are being pushed out of publishing' amid discussion of groupthink, editorial turnover and the gender split of book-prize recipients 👇 ebx.sh/UeFZyO

An independent Scottish publisher, Batis Books, with a focus on Southern African books will launch in early 2026 👇 ebx.sh/rSphLw

.@BloomsburyBooks has pre-empted Alicia Upano’s debut novel, Everything to the Sea, described by the publisher as a "captivating" love story 👇 ebx.sh/y9qwkc

Jennifer Edgecombe will join @BloomsburyBooks UK Sales in the newly created role of head of sales for Head of Zeus, leaving her editorial post at Hachette 👇 ebx.sh/UR5M83

ICYMI: @headlinepg is set to publish 2025 McDermid Debut Award winner David Goodman's second espionage thriller 👇 ebx.sh/OvppOp

ICYMI: @YellowKiteBooks is set to publish Ella Mills latest cookbook, to coincide with the 10th anniversary year of her publishing. Quick Wins: Healthy Cooking for Busy Lives will be published on 18th December 2025 👇 ebx.sh/4Moiur

ICYMI: Night Train to Odesa: Covering the Human Cost of Russia’s War by Jen Stout (@jm_stout) has won the 2024 Highland Book Prize (@HighlandBkPrize) 👇 ebx.sh/QFKe76