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We're delighted to see members Jenny Brown, Scottish Book Trust and HarperCollins on the shortlists of the British Book Awards 2020. They join Sandstone Press shortlisted for Small Press of the Year (and already the Scotland winner of that category).

Congratulations to Sandstone Press, the Scotland winner of the regional and country round of the British Book Awards Small Press of the Year 2020. The overall winner will be announced on 29 June 2020.

New measures to limit the impact of COVID-19 on the business community in Scotland were announced by Finance Secretary Kate Forbes on 14 March 2020.

Marion Sinclair, CEO of Publishing Scotland, has announced the 10 publishers who have been chosen for the sixth International Fellowship. The group (from Czechia, France, Germany, Israel, The Netherlands and the US) will spend a week in Scotland at the end of August meeting Scotland-based publishers, agents and writers in a varied programme of events across the country.

World Book Day is the biggest celebration of its kind, designated by UNESCO as a worldwide celebration of books and reading, and marked in over 100 countries all over the world. This year it takes place on Thursday 5 March and there are lots of special events at schools, libraries, bookshops and other places.