Publishers Association

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[Publishers Association @PublishersAssoc]

Today our President, Rebecca Sinclair, gave evidence at the education select committee inquiry into reading for pleasure. Find out what was discussed: https://t.co/dm4ILTDak0

[The Bookseller @thebookseller]

Rebecca Sinclair, chief brand officer at @PenguinUKBooks, has been named president of the @PublishersAssoc, succeeding Mandy Hill, managing director of academic at Cambridge University Press & Assessment 👇 https://t.co/PPlSzap5a4

[Publishers Association @PublishersAssoc]

This week, at our AGM Rebecca Sinclair, Chief Brand Officer at Penguin Random House became President of the Publishers Association for 26/27. Read her full speech: https://t.co/K8Zvo2DHaW

[Publishers Association @PublishersAssoc]

Last night, The Unwin Award, run by the Publishers Association, has announced Hannah Ritchie – bestselling author, researcher and editor – as the winner of the prize. Read more: https://t.co/7sJK1JBpzh

[Bloomsbury News & Events @Bloomsbury_News]

Today, we join 10,000 authors & the wider publishing industry to protest the theft of books & content by tech companies to train AI models, & to urge the UK government to protect the future of publishing.

More: https://t.co/FgFDgR3f0N

#DontStealThisBook

@PublishersAssoc

[The Bookseller @thebookseller]

.@PublishersAssoc has urged the government in a new AI report to rule out a copyright exception for AI to allow publishing to help the UK become an 'AI content superpower' 👇

[Publishers Association @PublishersAssoc]

The UK is a content superpower. ⚡💡Our new report is the first comprehensive account of how books and journal publishers license content for use in AI.
Read more: https://t.co/4EGS0vrhnV

[Oxford Children's Books @OxfordChildrens]

We've analysed over 46,500 stories submitted to the BBC 500 Words competition in 2025 by children aged 5-11 in the UK. 📝🤩

We're delighted to share our findings in the Oxford Children's BBC 500 Words Language Report! 🎉

🔗 https://t.co/AJrpxSNoho

@BBC_Teach #BBC500Words

[Publishers Association @PublishersAssoc]

Today on Politics Home, our CEO Dan Conway explains why Oak is decimating investment in UK education at a time when it’s needed more than ever.➡️ Read Dan’s call for ministers to get a grip on the quango’s role in UK education before it’s too late here: https://t.co/FcREIiPVew

[Chris Evans MP @Chris_EvansMP]

Absolutely delighted to win the best fiction/non fiction book at the Westminster Book Awards last night for my book The Football Battalions: The Elite Footballers Who Fought In The Great War. Huge shout out to team @bloomsbury and many thanks to the booksellers and @PublishersAssoc for organising

[Publishers Association @PublishersAssoc]

Discover the winners at last night's Westminster Book Awards🎉: https://t.co/NGm5AkpxA8

[Publishers Association @PublishersAssoc]

Caroline Criado Perez – writer, broadcaster, feminist campaigner and winner of the inaugural Unwin Award – will deliver this year’s Unwin Lecture.
Read more: https://t.co/41rrxsKFpG

[The Bookseller @thebookseller]

This is not the year that our inclusion work dies. It is the year that the UK publishing industry doubles down, says Dan Conway (@PublishersAssoc) in our recent Comment piece 👇 https://t.co/Ck1MdvjNwD

[The Bookseller @thebookseller]

.@PublishersAssoc has welcomed the government’s new International Education Strategy but has urged the government to “do the responsible thing” and “seek to geo-block Oak as a matter of urgency” 👇 https://t.co/gyZGYt5ww1

[The Bookseller @thebookseller]

The David Tebbutt Trust and @_CreativeAccess have launched the second internship fund in memory of the late David Tebbutt, finance director at Faber from 2002 until his death in September 2011 👇 https://t.co/uCY5q7zn1l

[Publishers Association @PublishersAssoc]

Season's greetings from everyone at the Publishers Association! 🎄
🗓️ Our last office day for this year is 24 December, with the office reopening on 2 January 2026.

[Inspired Selection @Inspiredjobs]

Today’s top tip in the #InspiredChristmasCountdown is to follow and connect with supportive organisations helping those looking to get into publishing like @PublishersAssoc @alpsp @BookMachine @bookcareers and @SYP_UK who all offer fantastic resources, insights, events!

[The Bookseller @thebookseller]

The government has released a progress report on its work on AI and copyright, as required by the Data Act, as well as a summary of responses to the consultation on the new Bill 👇

[Biteback Publishing @BitebackPub]

Huge congratulations to @theodoraclarke and @IoWBobSeely, who have been shortlisted for Best Non-Fiction or Fiction by a Parliamentarian in the Westminster Book Awards!

https://t.co/ax6d3OpHD6

@PublishersAssoc

[Manchester University Press @ManchesterUP]

We're delighted that 'Eclipsing the West' by @vincecable has been shortlisted for this year's Westminster Book Awards: https://t.co/kfEhNFlAR1
Many thanks to the @PublishersAssoc.
'Eclipsing the West' is out now and available from all good bookshops.