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Buyer's Guides, conferences & The British Book Awards (Nibbies)✨https://bsky.app/profile/thebookseller.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/thebookseller.com/post/3mkxd24i2ok2cICYMI: Ebury imprint WH Allen has acquired Trade World, the new book by Ed Conway 👇 #BookSky https://ebx.sh/lOjPKz03 May 2026 14:01 +0000at://did:plc:l7xizzdygynr5cpgtir5c7or/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkxd24i2ok2chttps://bsky.app/profile/thebookseller.com/post/3mkx3a2eqxl2sICYMI: New Modern, co-run by Pete Selby, is set to launch a new upmarket narrative non-fiction imprint, New Modern Arcade, a year on from its launch 👇 #BookSky https://ebx.sh/UFdOk303 May 2026 11:41 +0000at://did:plc:l7xizzdygynr5cpgtir5c7or/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkx3a2eqxl2shttps://bsky.app/profile/thebookseller.com/post/3mkwsggpupx2cICYMI: Greenfinch, an imprint of John Murray Group, has acquired Seasonal Folktales: Myths, Magic & Folklore of the North, from Scotland to Scandinavia by Morvern Graham 👇 #BookSky https://ebx.sh/iL5F9m03 May 2026 09:04 +0000at://did:plc:l7xizzdygynr5cpgtir5c7or/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkwsggpupx2chttps://bsky.app/profile/thebookseller.com/post/3mkwhnyve2t2wICYMI: In this National Year of Reading, the nation’s much-loved poet, Michael Rosen, is still looking to the future with his energy undiminished and his writing as vital as ever. "I think the stuff I write doesn’t exist until someone has read it, or I’ve read it to them." https://ebx.sh/RrNuAH03 May 2026 05:51 +0000at://did:plc:l7xizzdygynr5cpgtir5c7or/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkwhnyve2t2whttps://bsky.app/profile/thebookseller.com/post/3mkv6n7o7qb2sICYMI: Ruby Tandoh was awarded the Food Book prize at the Fortnum & Mason Food and Drink Awards 2026 👇 #BookSky https://ebx.sh/3r46Ky02 May 2026 17:37 +0000at://did:plc:l7xizzdygynr5cpgtir5c7or/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkv6n7o7qb2shttps://bsky.app/profile/thebookseller.com/post/3mkusm6d2jc2cICYMI: Transworld is launching Penguin Random House’s first horror imprint, 3AM Books, alongside an online community of the same name 👇 #BookSky https://ebx.sh/k6IYlO02 May 2026 14:02 +0000at://did:plc:l7xizzdygynr5cpgtir5c7or/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkusm6d2jc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/thebookseller.com/post/3mkubrnnekp2qChildren’s chatter is here! 🌈🖍️ Insights for the children’s book community - delivered monthly. Sign up now 👉 https://www.thebookseller.com/mailing-list?utm_source=Bluesky&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=ChildrensChatter 02 May 2026 09:00 +0000at://did:plc:l7xizzdygynr5cpgtir5c7or/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkubrnnekp2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/thebookseller.com/post/3mksv5bmuel2wRenegade Books has acquired The Silver Bounty, the first book in a romantasy duology by Charlotte Peters, following a four-way auction 👇 #BookSky https://ebx.sh/AusVY101 May 2026 19:42 +0000at://did:plc:l7xizzdygynr5cpgtir5c7or/app.bsky.feed.post/3mksv5bmuel2whttps://bsky.app/profile/thebookseller.com/post/3mksrr6kltl2uThe first 16 weeks of 2026 saw BookScan’s The Arts product class value sales stand at £17.3m, which is slightly ahead of the £17.1m at this point in 2025 👇 #BookSky https://ebx.sh/W9FORL01 May 2026 18:41 +0000at://did:plc:l7xizzdygynr5cpgtir5c7or/app.bsky.feed.post/3mksrr6kltl2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/thebookseller.com/post/3mksobvckuz2cSimon & Schuster has launched a new worldwide distribution channel to enable its titles to be sold more seamlessly across its international publishing divisions 👇 #BookSky https://ebx.sh/pBVkSH01 May 2026 17:39 +0000at://did:plc:l7xizzdygynr5cpgtir5c7or/app.bsky.feed.post/3mksobvckuz2chttps://bsky.app/profile/thebookseller.com/post/3mkskrtzzva2nPaula Sanchez succeeds Peggy Hughes, who will step down from her role on 5th June to join the National Library of Scotland as director of engagement 👇 #BookSky https://ebx.sh/N1a2lm01 May 2026 16:36 +0000at://did:plc:l7xizzdygynr5cpgtir5c7or/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkskrtzzva2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/thebookseller.com/post/3mksf6c67st2cEuropa Editions has acquired the new novel by George Makana Clark, author of The Raw Man (Jonathan Cape) 👇 #BookSky https://ebx.sh/XP6tCP01 May 2026 14:56 +0000at://did:plc:l7xizzdygynr5cpgtir5c7or/app.bsky.feed.post/3mksf6c67st2chttps://bsky.app/profile/thebookseller.com/post/3mksdtxfshs2cThis week's issue of The Bookseller is out now, featuring: 🗣️Author Profiles: Michael Rosen and Lisa Owens 📚Fiction Previews: August 📸Category Spotlight: Art, Architecture, Philosophy & Illustrated Read the full issue here 👉 https://www.thebookseller.com/editions/homepage-editions/20260501-edition01 May 2026 14:32 +0000at://did:plc:l7xizzdygynr5cpgtir5c7or/app.bsky.feed.post/3mksdtxfshs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/thebookseller.com/post/3mks4svqnkt2oIn Lisa Owens' new novel, Natural Disaster, a mother plans one last special day of maternity leave with her children – what could possibly go wrong? 👇 #BookSky https://ebx.sh/lkxDkY01 May 2026 12:26 +0000at://did:plc:l7xizzdygynr5cpgtir5c7or/app.bsky.feed.post/3mks4svqnkt2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/thebookseller.com/post/3mks3mwofwr2vPeters Fraser and Dunlop has launched Stories that Stick, a new competition for unagented writers of adult thriller and suspense fiction, with the winner receiving £500 and an offer of representation from the agency 👇 #BookSky https://ebx.sh/duUgCh01 May 2026 12:05 +0000at://did:plc:l7xizzdygynr5cpgtir5c7or/app.bsky.feed.post/3mks3mwofwr2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/thebookseller.com/post/3mks2gqeib62jDead Ink Books has acquired Strange Cruelties by Sally Oliver, an “addictive novel about unwanted inheritance and the things we leave unsaid” 👇 #BookSky https://ebx.sh/Cvm2oO01 May 2026 11:44 +0000at://did:plc:l7xizzdygynr5cpgtir5c7or/app.bsky.feed.post/3mks2gqeib62jhttps://bsky.app/profile/thebookseller.com/post/3mkrz6c3xf32cIn this National Year of Reading, the nation’s much-loved poet, Michael Rosen, is still looking to the future with his energy undiminished and his writing as vital as ever. "I think the stuff I write doesn’t exist until someone has read it, or I’ve read it to them." https://ebx.sh/ZzrkfJ01 May 2026 11:21 +0000at://did:plc:l7xizzdygynr5cpgtir5c7or/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkrz6c3xf32chttps://bsky.app/profile/thebookseller.com/post/3mkrxvj2tsv2sI feel the great strength of the campaign is seeing it appear in lots of different places, with lots of different localised, individualised takes on it, National Year of Reading's David Hayman tells us 👇 #BookSky https://ebx.sh/H6x6Q901 May 2026 10:58 +0000at://did:plc:l7xizzdygynr5cpgtir5c7or/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkrxvj2tsv2shttps://bsky.app/profile/thebookseller.com/post/3mkrwnoyqb32sNew Modern, co-run by Pete Selby, is set to launch a new upmarket narrative non-fiction imprint, New Modern Arcade, a year on from its launch 👇 #BookSky https://ebx.sh/782Wuv01 May 2026 10:36 +0000at://did:plc:l7xizzdygynr5cpgtir5c7or/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkrwnoyqb32shttps://bsky.app/profile/thebookseller.com/post/3mkrvdriigj2qConstable, an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group, has acquired two books in the “propulsive” Dr Wren Muller series of serial killer thrillers by Alaina Urquhart 👇 #BookSky https://ebx.sh/Ojbzib01 May 2026 10:13 +0000at://did:plc:l7xizzdygynr5cpgtir5c7or/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkrvdriigj2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/thebookseller.com/post/3mkru33juoa2nHachette UK has acquired business books publisher Kogan Page for an undisclosed sum, in accordance with the shareholders’ agreement signed on 30th April 2026 👇 #BookSky https://ebx.sh/YoV5Ry01 May 2026 09:50 +0000at://did:plc:l7xizzdygynr5cpgtir5c7or/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkru33juoa2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/thebookseller.com/post/3mkrsslkm742oRuby Tandoh was awarded the Food Book prize at the Fortnum & Mason Food and Drink Awards 2026 👇 #BookSky https://ebx.sh/QvsdHX01 May 2026 09:27 +0000at://did:plc:l7xizzdygynr5cpgtir5c7or/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkrsslkm742ohttps://bsky.app/profile/thebookseller.com/post/3mkrrglntkk2wIn this sector, we often fret that we worry too much. But with this one, we are not alone and, therefore, it follows that we do not need to come up with all of the solutions by ourselves, says Philip Jones 👇 #BookSky https://ebx.sh/Xj2KEj01 May 2026 09:03 +0000at://did:plc:l7xizzdygynr5cpgtir5c7or/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkrrglntkk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/thebookseller.com/post/3mkrpo4rhll2vTransworld is launching Penguin Random House’s first horror imprint, 3AM Books, alongside an online community of the same name 👇 #BookSky https://ebx.sh/PxEzsX01 May 2026 08:31 +0000at://did:plc:l7xizzdygynr5cpgtir5c7or/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkrpo4rhll2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/thebookseller.com/post/3mkq7emvsho2qBook volume sales in week 17, ending 25th April, of 2026 hit the lowest point in six years, according to NielsenIQ BookScan’s latest data 👇 #BookSky https://ebx.sh/1CPXaR30 Apr 2026 18:07 +0000at://did:plc:l7xizzdygynr5cpgtir5c7or/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkq7emvsho2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/thebookseller.com/post/3mkq2d2kwiu2tNow more than ever ‘we have to be brave’, says former RH boss 👇 #BookSky https://ebx.sh/y51Jqn30 Apr 2026 16:36 +0000at://did:plc:l7xizzdygynr5cpgtir5c7or/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkq2d2kwiu2thttps://bsky.app/profile/thebookseller.com/post/3mkptdxjzwj2qBestselling creative duo Kiran Millwood Hargrave and Tom de Freston are returning to Hachette Children’s Books with their third standalone work 👇 #BookSky https://ebx.sh/FliKoS30 Apr 2026 14:32 +0000at://did:plc:l7xizzdygynr5cpgtir5c7or/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkptdxjzwj2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/thebookseller.com/post/3mkpsgno6iz2qThe winners of the Independent Publishing Awards 2026, run by the IPG, have been revealed 👇 #BookSky https://ebx.sh/LbOyJ530 Apr 2026 14:15 +0000at://did:plc:l7xizzdygynr5cpgtir5c7or/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpsgno6iz2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/thebookseller.com/post/3mkprgbjkmg2nPushkin Press has announced a series of promotions across its editorial team 👇 #BookSky https://ebx.sh/NX6W4m30 Apr 2026 13:57 +0000at://did:plc:l7xizzdygynr5cpgtir5c7or/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkprgbjkmg2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/thebookseller.com/post/3mkpqg5pxkn2uCopies of Shy Girl by Mia Ballard are being sold online, in some cases listed for over £100, on reselling platforms such as eBay, Vinted and Facebook Marketplace 👇 #BookSky https://ebx.sh/u9Q4GP30 Apr 2026 13:39 +0000at://did:plc:l7xizzdygynr5cpgtir5c7or/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpqg5pxkn2u