Colin Dexter honoured for 'outstanding contribution' to crime fiction

Julie Crisp, Editorial Director at Tor UK, has acquired UK rights in two novels by Australian author Rjurik Davidson pre-emptively, from the rights department at Tor Books in New York.

Australian author Ben Peek’s first epic fantasy novel and two sequels have been acquired by Julie Crisp, Editorial Director at Tor UK, in a six-figure world-rights deal with agent John Jarrold after a hard-fought auction.

Maria Rejt, Mantle Publisher at Pan Macmillan, has acquired two literary crime novels by debut author Anna Jaquiery.

On her 90th birthday, Mantle (Pan Macmillan) announce the publication of Elizabeth Jane Howard's fifth – and final – novel in the hugely acclaimed and much loved Cazalet Chronicles.

Rebecca Cobb's story of a little girl who just doesn't want to eat her lunch has won the Picture Book Category of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize.

In her first deal since joining Pan Macmillan earlier this month, Senior Commissioning Editor, Caroline Hogg, has bought three books by Kirsty Greenwood from Hannah Ferguson at the Marsh Agency, for World English language rights.

Soldier Dog by Sam Angus and After the Snow by S. D. Crockett have both been longlisted for the award that recognises outstanding first novels for young people, and also marks the important contribution of the editor in identifying and nurturing new talent.

Julie Crisp, Editorial Director at Pan Macmillan, has concluded a world rights deal for two further horror novels by British author Adam Nevill with agent John Jarrold.

Picador poet Rachael Boast has won the Seamus Heaney Prize 2012 for her first collection Sidereal.

The astonishing true adventure story of a plane crash in the wilds of northern Canada is being serialised on Radio 4 this week.

Stuart Evers, Chris Morgan Jones & Adam Nevill will be talking at the Birmingham Library Theatre on 12th October.

Tor UK is thrilled to announce that Reviver, the first novel in a three books series by debut author Seth Patrick, has had the option pre-empted by Legendary Pictures, the company behind such blockbusters as Dark Knight Rises, Inception and Watchmen. Brendan Deneen will produce for Macmillan Films and the deal was done by Sylvie Rabineau at RWSG Agency on behalf of Luigi Bonomi.

Yesterday, on the day of publication of his new novel, Great North Road, Tor took a trip to Google London HQ with British SF star Peter F. Hamilton to take part in a Google Hangout.

Pan Macmillan has acquired world rights from Nicola Barr at Greene & Heaton to a new fantasy trilogy for young adults from Kindle-bestselling author, Kerry Wilkinson. The first book in The Silver Blackthorn series will be published in Autumn 2013 with Books 2 and 3 to follow shortly after.

A ten part adaptation of C. J. Sansom's Tudor crime novel Dissolution is to be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2012.

From today, Tor UK, Pan Macmillan’s science fiction and fantasy imprint, has made its ebooks DRM-free and available to purchase from Torbooks.co.uk and Panmacmillan.com, as well as through other retailers.

Bello, Pan Macmillan’s digital imprint, is to publish Bello: The Best of British Crime. The omnibus will bring together three of the greatest crime writers of the twentieth century, Andrew Garve, David Williams and Francis Durbridge.

Bella Pagan, Senior Commissioning Editor at Tor UK, an imprint of Pan Macmillan, has acquired UK & Commonwealth rights to two new books by Peter F Hamilton. The agent is Antony Harwood.

Pan Macmillan has acquired Jane Eyre Laid Bare, an erotic re-telling of the Brontë Classic from the pen of debut novelist Eve Sinclair.

Today, Pan Macmillan launches the Pan Macmillan reading groups and book clubs panel - beginning with a nationwide hunt to select a group of enthusiastic reading group members to form the panel and meet authors and editors, visit Pan Macmillan HQ, receive plenty of free books and contribute to reading group material for four perfect reading group reads.

Delhi-based Picador novelist Rahul Bhattacharya has won the Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize with his debut novel, The Sly Company of People Who Care.

Acclaimed Scots actor Douglas Henshall has been cast as the lead role in Shetland, a new two-part drama set in Scotland for BBC One, produced by ITV Studios through BBC Scotland, and written by David Kane, adapted from the series of books by award-winning crime writer Ann Cleeves.

Tor UK, Pan Macmillan's science fiction and fantasy imprint, announces today that it will make its ebooks DRM-free over the next three months.

Picador, who acquired world rights to 'Ten Things I've Learnt About Love' by debut novelist Sarah Butler in February, announced today that it has tied up a substantial deal in the USA and sold translation rights in nine languages with more to follow.

We're delighted to announce that It's a Book has been nominated for the English 4-11 Picture Book Awards.

On the eve of the publication in mass market paperback of Wilbur Smith's Those in Peril, film rights have been sold to UK-based Reelart Media Limited.

To tie in with the publication of the mass market edition of Those in Peril, Pan Macmillan has produced a games app for the iPhone and iPod touch available free from the Apple iTunes Store.

We're delighted to announce that the Dear Zoo app for iPad has been shortlisted for the Junior Design awards 2012 in the Best Children's App category.

The Sealed Letter by Emma Donoghue has been longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2012

The campaign for The Way I See It by Alan Sugar has been shortlisted in the Digital Campaign category for this years Guardian awards for Digital Innovation (MEGAs).

In a three book deal negotiated with Nicola Barr at Greene & Heaton, Pan Macmillan has acquired the next three crime novels (and the print and ebook rights to his first three books) from Kindle bestselling author Kerry Wilkinson.

Macmillan is proud to be represented by four titles at the annual awards ceremony.

Thrilling tales of loyalty, separation, excitement, survival and identity are brought to life in this major exhibition for all ages. Once Upon A Wartime exhibition at IWM North, part of Imperial War Museums, featuring the Machine Gunners by Robert Westall

The second batch of 20 titles has just been released from Bello, Pan Macmillan's digital and print-on-demand imprint which brings out-of-print and 'lost classics' back to life.

Andrew Marr's major BBC three-part television series will be broadcast at 9pm on BBC1, starting 6 February 2012.

The Sly Company of People Who Care joins the shortlist of an unprecedented seven novels

Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy picks up category prize.

Belinda McKeon’s debut novel picks up major Irish award.

Newbooks readers vote for their favourite 2011 title

Katharine Towers has won the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry Prize 2011 for her first collection, The Floating Man.

The Way I See It digital marketing campaign highly commended

Room receives greatest number of nominations from libraries

Sita Brahmachari nominated for Berkshire Award

Fiere collection contender for Saltire Scottish Book of the Year Award

Three Picador poets have been shortlisted for the Costa Book Awards.

Pan Macmillan has been shortlisted for two digital marketing campaigns at this year's FutureBook Awards.

Pan Macmillan picks up two awards at Design and Production Awards 2011.

Pan Macmillan’s Picador imprint picked up two major awards at the Galaxy National Book Awards ceremony on 4th November 2011, the annual awards for the best new books of the year in the UK.

Artichoke Hearts by Sita Brahmachari and Twilight Robbery by Frances Hardinge have both been nominated for the The CILIP Carnegie Medal 2012.

Five Pan Macmillan authors in running for best new books of the year

Bhattacharya wins India’s biggest literary prize

Roberto Saviano, author of Gomorrah, the bestselling exposé of the criminal activities of the Camorra, has won the English PEN/Pinter International Writer of Courage Award.