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February 22, 2019

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LATEST NEWS Survey reveals extent to which working class feel excluded from book trade Almost 80% of people in the publishing industry who see themselves as working class feel that their background has adversely affected their career, The Bookseller’s research has shown. Pearson sees sales dip but PRH underlying growth of 10% Pearson has announced adjusted operating profit growth of 8% in the past year, despite revenue dropping by 9%, according to its 2018 preliminary financial results. Shortlists for inaugural Small Press of the Year award revealed Forty-one small presses have made it into the regional and country shortlists of The British Book Awards’ new prize for Small Presses, sponsored by the CPI Group, launched to celebrate the innovative and nimble publishers making names for themselves outside the mainstream. London Book Fair 2019 Agent Hotlists Young Irish writers, “memoirs that matter”, motherhood guides, 17th century-set fiction and an upswing for commercial women’s fiction are some of the hot trends standing out in the top titles UK agencies are bringing to this London Book Fair. W H Smith doubles number of women receiving bonuses in latest gender pay gap report W H Smith has doubled the number of women receiving bonus pay as the retailer reports no gender pay gap for the second year running. Baillie Gifford Prize boosts prize money to £50,000 in new sponsorship deal The Baillie Gifford Prize for non-fiction has announced a new seven-year sponsorship agreement that will see its prize money boosted to £50,000. The Bookseller and Spread the Word back research into diversity in publishing The Bookseller and Spread the Word are backing a major new research project into how publishers can work most effectively with writers from minority backgrounds. Dorotea Bromberg to get LBF Lifetime Achievement Award Publisher Dorotea Bromberg will be presented with the London Book Fair (LBF) Lifetime Achievement Award this year, it has been revealed. Blackwell’s sales and marketing director to leave Bookseller Blackwell's has confirmed sales and marketing director Dean Drew will be leaving the business in April after three years. LBF reveals full 2019 line-up The London Book Fair has revealed its full author line-up for 2019 with Karin Slaughter appearing as well as Elif Shafak, Kit de Waal, Lara Prescott and Sharlene Teo. Creative Access impact hailed as it places 1,000th intern Leading publishing industry figures have hailed the impact of Creative Access after the social enterprise group placed its 1,000th paid intern this week. Silk swaps MBA for Kingsford Campbell Julia Silk will join Kingsford Campbell this month from MBA where she has been a literary agent since 2016.

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