Westminster Book Awards The Westminster Book Awards (formerly the Parliamentary Book Awards) were established by the Booksellers Association and the Publishers Association in 2016 to champion the best...

Events A calendar of key upcoming events delivered by the Publishers Association, including lectures, seminars, networking events and training.

The Unwin Award The Unwin Award is an annual literary award administered by the Publishers Association, recognising non-fiction writers in the earlier stages of their careers as authors whose work is ...

Parliamentarians share the books they recommend to their colleagues in the Publishers Association’s Summer Reading List for Parliamentarians. The annual list, contributed to by 38 MPs and Members of t...

This seminar presents new research on the impact of AI on the quality and quantity of book releases.

A shorter version of the Publishers Association annual industry statistics, ‘Publishing in 2025’ features key numbers around sales revenue, formats and key export markets. Figures are available for th...

How do we make reading synonymous with joy, something fun, something which speaks to our experiences and interests, something we want to share with others? Those questions were at the heart of the pen...

Tonight, The Unwin Award, run by the Publishers Association, has announced Hannah Ritchie – bestselling author, researcher and editor – as the winner of the prize. Worth £10,000, this literary award, ...

Register now to hear what metadata retailers, including Waterstones and Gardners, need to give your titles the best chance of selling.

From Dan Conway, Chief Executive, The Publishers Association, London SE1, UK

Today, the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, the Rt Hon Liz Kendall MP, has made a statement on copyright and AI progress. The statement says the government ‘no longer has a p...

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Books are vital for the UK’s screen industries, providing tested, high-quality source material for a significant amount of series and films. Books on Screen: Book adaptations’ importance to the UK’s c...

The Publishers Association has released the first comprehensive overview of how publishers license content for AI use in Content Superpower.

Oak was created in the Covid-19 pandemic out of an urgent need to deliver support for our nation’s children, but with questions being asked about i...

The LDN Publishing Apprenticeship Standard is a 13 month programme that covers key parts of the publishing process and is designed to be adaptable to the specific needs of the publisher.

A Different Kind of Power by former New Zealand Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, A Life and a Half by Minister for Trade Policy, Sir Chris Bryant MP, and The Football Battalions: The Elite Footballers ...

Caroline Criado Perez – writer, broadcaster, feminist campaigner and winner of the inaugural Unwin Award – will deliver this year’s Unwin Lecture.   The Lecture will focus on the value that publishing...

The Creative Industries Council (CIC) is a key forum that brings together Government and the businesses and trade bodies of the UK’s creative industries

The Westminster Book Awards presented by the Booksellers Association and the Publishers Association have announced this year’s shortlists. They include books from Minister for Trade Policy Sir Chris B...

The Society runs its own distance-learning course, ‘Training in Indexing’ which leads to Accreditation and Professional Membership of the Society. Whether you a

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