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Our feature links to interesting blogs or articles posted online, which will help keep you up to date with what's going on in the book world:
Philip Pullman condemns publishers who 'steamroller' authors | The Bookseller
Ladybird Book Parody Sparks a Trend in UK Publishing
From the Box Office to the Books: How Movies Create Better Writers | Mycah Hazel
uHlanga: On the Birth of a South African Poetry Press - Publishing Perspectives
Popular history writing remains a male preserve, publishing study finds | Books | The Guardian
Loop of Jade by Sarah Howe review - the winner of the TS Eliot prize | Books | The Guardian
My Shakespeare Obsession: A Question of Character
A New Year's resolution worth keeping: support bookshops instead of Amazon - Spectator Blogs
Getting Published: What To Do If You Can't Get An Agent
Print survives as a new literature is born | Robert McCrum | Opinion | The Guardian
Public vote opens for Costa Short Story Award | The Bookseller
5 Predictions for Trade Publishing in 2016: Publishing Technology
Solomon: 'once well-known authors now struggling' | The Bookseller
10 Industry Predictions for 2016 | Digital Book World
Hatton Garden: Book found detailed 'similar heist' - BBC News
A message to FutureBook from Author Day | The Bookseller
How do we stop UK publishing being so posh and white? | Books | The Guardian
'Our main responsibility is to our authors' | The Bookseller
Kwani Literary Festival in Nairobi Showcases African Authors
BookBrunch - Support from a procrastination of writers
Hachette CEO Michael Pietsch on the Future of Publishing - WSJ
The big question: are books getting longer? | Books | The Guardian
Authors need to 'engage' in the publishing process | The Bookseller
The Secret History of One Hundred Years of Solitude | Vanity Fair
Knausgaard Writes Like a Woman ‹ Literary Hub
Literary Review's Bad Sex in Fiction Award | Literary Review
Does Anne Frank Copyright Extension Rewrite History? - Publishing Perspectives
The Indie Authors' Guide to Self-Publishing Art Books
Hi, I'm Lizzy, I'll be your nerd today: The detail of publishing | Publishing for Humans
A manifesto for new formats | The Bookseller
Forget Binge-Watching, Try Encouraging Binge-Reading
Guardian first book award 2015 goes to poet Andrew McMillan | Books | The Guardian
Loved the Novel About a Girl on a Train? You May Have Read the Wrong Book - WSJ
BookBrunch - China and the second child
A manifesto for the open book | The Bookseller
5 Ways to Use Instagram as an Author | Jane Friedman
BBC Launches Campaign Promoting Reading - Publishing Perspectives
Microsoft gets into sci-fi publishing with research-inspired short stories | PCWorld
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