Lauren Brown

A notable shift towards shorter children’s books is being reported by publishers, agents and librarians, with many welcoming what they see as a challenge to the idea of length as “a marker of merit”, particularly in relation to middle-grade titles.

Judge says claimant ‘vacillated wildly’ and failed to define a list of issues, making it ‘impossible’ for respondents to understand the legal case against them.

Claimant awarded ‘unprecedented’ payment after being sacked while on sick leave.

Judge says claimant’s protected disclosures around potential exposure to Covid and lack of training on a piece of medical equipment instigated ‘deterioration’ in relationship.

Experts have claimed that sick pay regulation is ‘failing its primary purpose’ as MPs demand reform to provide extra support without placing financial strain on businesses.

Over half of employees (55 per cent) are planning on making a flexible working request when new regulations come into effect on 6 April, a survey has found, prompting calls for businesses to “brace themselves” for an influx of requests.

A number of publishers have told The Bookseller they have had to chase payments and paperwork for “weeks, sometimes months” from Marston Book Services, facing “appalling” communication from the distributor.

‘Where there’s a need, people will come’, says Selina Brown of the Black British Book Festival, which uses accessible pricing and ambitious programming to target non-readers.

The Publishers Association is urging readers "to be vigilant when buying texts online to ensure that they are buying original works" after it identified a number of “workbooks and other publications which condense or summarise copyright-protected content” appearing on Amazon based on newly published books.

Independent publishers in the UK have spoken of their fears over financial viability, after renowned Scottish house Sandstone Press went to the wall as a result of tough trading conditions.

Sitting at my office desk in 2018, I suddenly felt a familiar, irrepressible urge filling me up like hot lava.
I was going through a particularly stressful time, trying to organise a place to live with a couple of acquaintances. I was on edge. It was a creeping feeling, gathering momentum before swamping my mind completely.
I tried, as I had many other times before, to push it down, smother it, and expel the fire by taking deep breaths, but my concentration was shot. I had no idea what I’d be...

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A debilitating condition that could afflict up to 5% of the population has been highlighted by a sufferer in a brilliant memoir. Debut author Lauren Brown tells David Whetstone how success has come out of trauma
Lauren Brown’s secret life is about to spill into the public domain in a way that has generated a tangle of mixed feelings.
She has written a book… and that is exciting. “Getting a book published is something that just doesn’t happen to people from Billingham,” she says, despite havin...