Big Publishing Deal: Wiley is buying Emerald Publishing for £337m, a major consolidation move for academic and professional publishing. Rights & Talent Moves: Fitzcarraldo Editions hires Jennifer Tighe as operations director; Bright Agency appoints Michael Joosten as global agent. Library & Literacy: Libraries Connected names author Kate Mosse Public Library Champion for 2026, spotlighting public libraries’ role in reading and community. New Book Launches: Hamish Hamilton acquires Zoë Hitzig’s Your Life Without You; Puffin lands Pamela Butchart’s Diary of a Number One Superfan; Ebury Spotlight takes GK Barry’s It’s Giving Life. Publishing Policy Debate: Lee Child calls “editing old books” to remove offensive passages “slightly Orwellian,” arguing novels are historical artefacts. Global Publishing Programs: Malaysia’s PENA launches phase three of the PENA-Malaysia MADANI publishing project with RM1m for writers across genres. Culture & Adaptation: Audible sets Russell Tovey’s debut novel Starlings for 1 July with Andrew Scott and George MacKay starring. Literary Events: Hay Festival’s Nibbies Salon explores the author-editor relationship with Saara El-Arifi and Natasha Bardon.