Christie’s ‘secret’ letters to HarperCollins set to be revealed The secret history between Agatha Christie and her long-standing publisher, HarperCollins, is being revealed as part of a new exhibition celebrating the company’s 200th anniversary. The “candid photographs” and “touching letters” unearthed from the Glasgow archive show Christie and William or ‘Billy’ Collins, former chairman…
HarperCollins and Tolkien estate settle £62m lawsuit against Warner Bros The estate of J R R Tolkien and HarperCollins have settled a $80m (£62m) lawsuit against Warner Bros over the licensing of online games, apps, slot machines and other types of gambling merchandise based on The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings following a five-year dispute, Warner Bros has…
PRH launches ‘inclusion tracker’ to measure diversity Penguin Random House UK is launching an “Inclusion Tracker” to measure the diversity of its authors and staff in the pursuit of a new company-wide goal to “reflect UK society by 2025”. The aim is to bring the composition of its authors and staff into line with that of UK society, in terms of social…
Daunt slams ‘crushing consistency’ in chain bookselling Waterstones m.d. James Daunt yesterday (2nd March) emphasised the necessity of giving power to individual store managers in bookshop chains, calling the “crushing” consistency exemplified by chain stores like W H Smith “god awful”. Daunt’s comments were made during the Monocle Media Summit at the Hyatt Regency London, a celebration…
HC and Red magazine hunt for African cookery star Published May 6, 2016 by Natasha Onwuemezi HarperCollins has joined forces with lifestyle magazine Red to find a new cookery star to bring their style of African cookery to the masses. Entrants are asked to select their category of cuisine (West, South, North or East…
HarperCollins imprint 4th Estate has launched a new short story series, 4th Shorts, which is intended to “introduce curious readers to 4th Estate’s rich back catalogue on an easily digestible scale”. The publisher has launched a new short story hub – a mobile-friendly online reading service that offers visitors short stories from “big-name authors…
Tom Adams and John Curran | Tom Adams Uncovered | HarperCollins 9780008113797 | hbk | £25 | 27 Aug The Agatha Christie covers painted by Tom Adams constitutes probably the most famous body of paperback art ever produced by a single artist. Between A Murder Is Announced in 1962 and Miss Marple’s Final Cases in…
A Message from Authonomy It is with great sadness that we must announce the closure of Authonomy. We created Authonomy in 2008 as a way of discovering new talent by throwing open our doors to unagented, aspiring writers, and asking likeminded writers and readers to help us discover and champion great work. Through Authonomy,…
Official Scrabble Words | HarperCollins 9780007589166 | hbk | £17.99 | 21 May (UK) Based on Collins English Dictionary, Collins Official Scrabble Words is the most comprehensive Scrabble wordlist ever, including World English from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, UK, and USA brought together in a single list. With over 276,000 permissible words, including inflected…
Acknowledgements: The Bookseller Indie bookshops fall again in 2014 The number of independent bookshops in the UK fell once again last year, with nearly 50 high street bookshops closing in 2014. The number of indie members of the Booksellers Association fell by 48 in 2014, to 939 indies. The 2013 figure (987) was a watershed moment…