Edinburgh’s Literary Women Recognised
Edinburgh City of Literature Trust and Historic Environment Scotland have honoured five of Edinburgh’s over-looked women writers in a series of plaques…
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Ingram Content Group UK Launches Wholesale Services
Ingram is now offering wholesale options for books for any title currently supplied from its operations located in Milton Keynes.
National Poetry Day 2022
This year, National Poetry Day is on Thursday 6 October 2022 and the theme is The Environment. The Scottish Poetry Library will…
HWA Crown Awards 2022 longlist
Case Study by Graeme Macrae Burnet (Saraband) and The Queen’s Lender by Jean Findlay (Scotland Street Press) are longlisted for HWA Awards…
UK Government mini-budget 2022
Many but not all of the announcements in the UK Government’s Growth Plan (or mini budget) announced on 23 September apply to…
Mairi Kidd to take up new leadership appointment at Moat Brae
Taking up leadership of Moat Brae in October 2022, Mairi Kidd’s role will be to lead recovery and reshape the organisation to…
Scots Language Awards winners 2022
Winners at the Scots Language Awards 2022 include: Anne Donovan (Janet Paisley Services to Scots Award), Doric Nursery Rhymes for Loons &…
National Insurance increase reversed
From 6 November 2022, the 1.25 percentage point rise in National Insurance (in effect from April) will be reversed.
Amazon reforms ebook policies in response to union concerns
Online retailer Amazon is to change practices around returns of digital books following discussions with the Society of Authors (UK) and Authors’…
BookSource awarded Living Wage accreditation
Distributor BookSource has been accredited as a Living Wage employer. The Living Wage commitment will see everyone working at BookSource receive a…
UK Government outlines plans to help cut energy bills for businesses
Through the Energy Bill Relief Scheme, the UK Government will provide a discount on wholesale gas and electricity prices for all non-domestic…
Luna Press Publishing wins Best Independent Press at British Fantasy Awards 2022
Congratulations to Luna Press Publishing which was announced as the winner at a ceremony on 17 September as part of FantasyCon 2022.