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Very early version of JK Rowling’s first Harry Potter book fails to sell at auction

Auctioneer said it would have been ‘wrong’ to sell it for ‘too little’

The Independent UK

Rarest Harry Potter Book Ever Published Could Fetch Thousands At Auction

Only 15 copies were produced and they were never offered for sale.

Zenger

Rare Harry Potter book could 'fetch up to £12k' after surviving devastating blaze

The book is being sold after it survived a devastating blaze.

The National (Scotland)

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‘You’re not getting any’ – the secret sexual signals in the Bloomsbury Group’s clothes

The Bloomsbury Group weren’t just artistic and sexual pioneers. They also sparked a sartorial revolution. We meet the author of Bring No Clothes, a revealing book about fashion’s queer trailblazers

The Guardian - UK

The best house museums for 20th-century interiors, from a PoMo funhouse to Britain’s answer to Villa Savoye

Forget fusty stately homes — these domestic spaces are ripe with the relatable tastes of artists, architects and aesthetes

Evening Standard

'What do my screams while reading this book suggest?' A cultural history of screaming fails to hit the high notes

One of the great legacies of the development of cultural studies in the 1960s has been the academic acceptance of seriously analysing everyday things. We engage with these things to reveal unseen tensions – political, ideological and social – that can then be mapped against what cultural arbiters generally deem…

The Conversation

‘What we publish will stay with you’: inside a small but mighty literary hit factory

Bluemoose publishes no more than 10 books a year but Kevin Duffy knows how to pick a winner

The Guardian - UK

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U.S. publishing executive dies in a boat crash off Italy's Amalfi Coast

An U.S. publishing executive has died in a boating accident off Italy’s Amalfi Coast

The Independent UK

Bloomsbury USA president dies in speedboat collision in Italy

Adrienne Vaughan was on family holiday and reportedly fell overboard when speedboat collided with a sailboat

The Guardian - UK

Italy boat tragedy: Skipper faces manslaughter investigation after head of Bloomsbury US killed

The president of Bloomsbury USA Adrienne Vaughan died when a motorboat collided with a tourist sailboat

Evening Standard

Exhibition to explore the Bloomsbury Group through fashion

Supported by Dior, Charleston’s ‘Bring No Clothes’ explores the Bloomsbury Group’s use of – and influence on – fashion, featuring works by Dior, Fendi, Comme des Garçons and more, alongside original clothing and ephemera

Wallpaper

The indie publishing mavericks shaking up the UK books world

Last year, all of literature’s big prizes went to small publishers. In a risk‑averse climate, edgy debuts and ‘tricky-to-sell’ foreign titles have found a home at the likes of Fitzcarraldo Editions and Sort Of Books

The Guardian - UK

Big Caesars and Little Caesars by Ferdinand Mount review – a wonderfully wry field guide to autocrats

With tremendous wit and wisdom, the former head of Margaret Thatcher’s policy unit identifies the qualities particular to dictators – and warns against consigning such people to history

The Guardian - UK

Harry Potter book withdrawn from library and sold for 30p fetches £10,500 at auction

It was snapped up after being withdrawn from a library

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Wales Online

Harry Potter book bought for 30p sells for £10,500

It was snapped up after being withdrawn from a library

The Independent UK

Incredibly rare Harry Potter book sells for more than £10,000 after being bought for 30p

A savvy buyer found the book after it was sold for pennies by Wolverhampton Library

The Guardian - UK

Rare Harry Potter bought for 30p may fetch up to £5,000

First edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone bought by UK book collector goes up for auction next week

Daily Mirror

Harry Potter book bought from library for 30p is ultra-rare first edition worth £5k

The collector, who bought the book for pennies, kept it stashed away in a box at his home, before the unlikely treasure was discovered by his family after he passed away

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The Conversation

Cities are central to our future – they have the power to make, or break, society's advances

We live in tumultuous times. In the space of just a few years, we have witnessed a surge in populist politics across the world, a global pandemic, a spike in environmental disasters and a fraying of geopolitical relations demonstrated by the tragic war in Ukraine and escalating tensions over Taiwan.

The Independent UK

Chef Ravinder Bhogal: Vegetables are the secret to saving money

The Indian-British chef talks to Lauren Taylor about her childhood in Kenya, economical cooking and the comforting power of veg

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Bloomsbury’s success: publishing wizardry

Editorial: The Harry Potter publisher ascribes its record profits to a hunger for affordable diversion. That’s the magic of books

Fortune

Books cheaper than Netflix, says Bloomsbury CEO on 'best performance ever'

Bloomsbury Publishing reported record annual sales and profit Wednesday, crediting them to the return of books as a replacement for more expensive forms of entertainment.

The Guardian - UK

Bloomsbury reports sales surge as people buy books as ‘affordable diversion’

Harry Potter publisher says in challenging economic times books are seen as cheap form of entertainment

Evening Standard

Bloomsbury Publishing cheers “best ever” financial performance as sales leap

In the year to February 28 sales at Bloomsbury Publishing rose 15% to £264.1 million

The Guardian - UK

Bloomsbury admits using AI-generated artwork for Sarah J Maas novel

Publisher says cover of House of Earth and Blood was prepared by in-house designers unaware the stock image chosen was not human-made

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