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Today’s Book News Friday, 28th November 2025 (London date) European Commission vote to amend EUDR welcomed by publishing sector The European Commission voted to amend the EU Deforestation Regulation so that books and other printed products are no longer covered. Publishing industry groups...

Today’s Book News Thursday, 27th November 2025 (London date) Antisemitism Draws Attention at AAR/SBL At the American Academy of Religion and Society of Biblical Literature’s joint conferences, multiple sessions addressed antisemitism and urged scholars to counter hateful narratives. Speakers...

Mes amis… Can I just bring your attention to the “theme” for the first part of this week’s Huddle: News - Join This Saturday’s Huddle & Flip a Fairy Tale! There is genuinely no pressure to take part, but… I think you’ll have fun :)

Once upon a time in Litopia… our writers gathered for a weekly Huddle and turned familiar stories upside-down… This coming Saturday at 5:00 PM (UK time), we invite you to join your fellow Litopians for a playful yet professional creative challenge. The virtual doors open at 4:30 PM for casual...

I know, I feel the same. Reading is / should be a transgressive experience... read above your age range, for God's sake! :)

Today’s Book News Wednesday, 26th November 2025 (London date) B&N and A24 partner on in‑store film‑themed shops Barnes & Noble announced a partnership with independent film company A24 to create A24‑branded shop sections and events within its stores. The curated spaces will sell film‑related...

Today’s Book News Tuesday, 25th November 2025 (London date) Lakeside Book Company buys B&T distribution arm Lakeside Book Company has acquired the distribution arm of Baker & Taylor Publisher Services, including a print‑on‑demand facility in Ashland, Ohio. The company said the deal adds...

Today’s Book News Monday, 24th November 2025 N.Y.C. Presses Come Together for the ‘Labor of Poetry’ Five New York City small presses—Belladonna* Collaborative, Futurepoem, Litmus Press, Winter Editions and World Poetry—formed Poetry Corp., an “informal mutual‑aid” cooperative, to share...

In the most recent Huddle (you should have been there…!) our doughty Huddlers took part in a live, creative challenge: to finish sentences first crafted by distinguished authors… and them we compared the human-produced results with those generated by… a bot! The point is this: I’m hearing a...

We’re playing Beat The Bot in today’s Huddle… Yes, it’s going to be a great game, but also… the future of writing itself may depend on… you…!

Today’s Book News Saturday, 22nd November 2025 (London date) This Week’s Bestsellers: November 24, 2025 James Islington’s epic fantasy follow‑up **The Strength of the Few** debuted at #1 on the hardcover fiction list after selling more than 30 times as many print copies as his first book...

Yeah, I’m still adjusting the sites we crawl to get as full and useful representation of today’s important publishing news as we can, in one overview. I may have overdone it with scholarly publishing, quite a few of the news items aren’t really relevant to us. On the other hand, Irish...

No, these are “film scouts” , not literary agents. Also, “streaming’ means the likes of Netflix, i.e. where there’s a production company involved.

Today’s Book News Friday, 21st November 2025 Reading Is Entertainment: PW Talks with Lissette Mendez Miami Book Fair director Lissette Mendez told *Publishers Weekly* that this year’s fair expected more than sixty thousand attendees and aimed to treat reading as entertainment. She highlighted...