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CHARLIE REDMAYNE DISCUSSES FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION ON THE EVE OF THE ELECTION
Publisher bodies call on new government to ‘turn the page’
Following the general election, Charlie Redmayne, c.e.o. of HarperCollins, and other leading figures, have taken the opportunity to reiterate some of the key issues facing publishing. Meanwhile, the Independent
Publishers Guild (IPG) has called on the new adminis- tration led by Prime Minister Keir Starmer to “turn a page on several chaotic years”, with publishers saying they want Labour to “reclaim the ground” lost by Brexit.
publishing industry as “a significant contributor to the UK’s economy and culture” and raised concerns around the protection of intellectual property, copyright and free- dom to publish. He added: “We look forward to working with the new government on key issues such as the protection of intellectual property rights and copy- right and the freedom to publish, and in the area of education: open competition in the education publishing market and support for statutory story time and reading for pleasure.” Bridget Shine, c.e.o. of
the Independent Publishers Guild, described the political shift as “monumental”, adding that “most publishers will be pleased to turn the page on several chaotic years and plan for the future with greater clarity”.
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Bloomsbury announces new book from ‘Te Rest is History’ hosts Bloomsbury Trade has snapped up a new book from the team behind the popular “The Rest is History” podcast. Editorial directors Jasmine Horsey and Ariel Pakier acquired UK and Commonwealth rights to The Rest is History Returns: An A–Z of Historical Curiosities, by Tom Holland, Dominic Sandbrook and the podcast company Goalhanger, from Florence Dodd at WME in a nine- way auction. Horsey said: “We’ve loved working with ‘The Rest is History’ team to bring this phenomenon to the page.”
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Viola Davis and James Patterson collaborate on new novel Actor Viola Davis and James Patterson are to collaborate on a “ground- breaking” novel published by Century, who calls the writing duo an “unrivalled” partnership for the “block- buster novel of the year”. Managing director Venetia Butterfield acquired UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, from Robert Barnett and Deneen Howell at Williams & Connolly. The novel will be published in association with Davis’ company JVL Media.
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Hachette Book Group chief information officer Mike Ballanco retires
Mannion, Harper and Horowitz win Crime Writers’ Daggers
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achette Book Group (HBG) senior vice- president and chief
information officer Mike Ballanco will retire on 27th September 2024. Brendan Goss, Hachette UK’s c.i.o., will step up to lead the IT teams in the UK and US as group c.i.o. From 1st September, Goss
will continue to report to Richard Kitson, deputy c.e.o. of Hachette
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UK and HBG, and will work closely with Ballanco to ensure a smooth transition to a group IT structure. Ballanco joined HBG nine years
ago and launched a strategic IT Transformation program, replacing 85% of HBG’s legacy applications with a new portfolio of integrated systems. “I’ve only had the pleasure of
working with Mike since January, but I want to personally thank him for all his hard work and commit- ment to Hachette Book Group’s IT development,” Kitson said. “I’d also like to thank him for being so personally warm and welcoming to me and for getting me up to speed with everything.” Ballanco’s career includes 11
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years in the music industry as c.i.o. for EMI Music North America and Warner Music Group. “It was a privilege to cap off my 43-year IT career at HBG,” he said.
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A J West The Betrayal of Thomas True Orenda, hb, £16.99, 9781916788152 From former BBC journalist and winner of the Historical Writers’ Association Début Crown Award comes an historical thriller set in 18th-century Georgian London. The Betrayal of Thomas True by A J West was last week’s number one Heatseeker, entering the charts at second place in Original Fiction. It follows West’s début novel The Spirit Engineer, which has sold more than 10,000 copies.
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