Publishers Association

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: ww.dontstealthisbook.com #DontStealThisBook @PublishersAssoc

.@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' 👇

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: publishers.org.uk/publishing-can…

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! 🎉 🔗 ow.ly/nejP50YnW6V @BBC_Teach #BBC500Words

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: politicshome.com/members/articl…

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

Discover the winners at last night's Westminster Book Awards🎉: publishers.org.uk/tenth-westmins…

Caroline Criado Perez – writer, broadcaster, feminist campaigner and winner of the inaugural Unwin Award – will deliver this year’s Unwin Lecture. Read more: publishers.org.uk/caroline-criad…

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 👇 ebx.sh/6Nu4VI

.@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” 👇 ebx.sh/rsXCg3

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 👇 ebx.sh/Kx2xb0

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.

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 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 👇

Huge congratulations to @theodoraclarke and @IoWBobSeely, who have been shortlisted for Best Non-Fiction or Fiction by a Parliamentarian in the Westminster Book Awards! publishers.org.uk/tenth-westmins… @PublishersAssoc

We're delighted that 'Eclipsing the West' by @vincecable has been shortlisted for this year's Westminster Book Awards: publishers.org.uk/tenth-westmins… Many thanks to the @PublishersAssoc. 'Eclipsing the West' is out now and available from all good bookshops.

publishers.org.uk/tenth-westmins… Delighted that my book, The New Total War, has been shortlisted for the #WestminsterBookAwards. In the book, I tell the story of how and why Russian dictator Vladimir #Putin developed this new form of conflict, using all the powers of the state, from drones to disinformation and child abduction to cyber attacks, in his struggle against Ukraine and the West - and how we can fight back. @BitebackPub @PublishersAssoc #ukraine #Russia @HouseofCommons @UKParliament @khodorkovsky_en @LordAshcroft @Billbrowder

The Westminster Book Awards shortlists have been revealed by @BAbooksellers and @PublishersAssoc bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article-d… (£)

Get to know Amanda, another of our fantastic #PeopleofPublishing Watch our full video and find out more about our #PeopleofPublishing: hubs.li/Q03X0jk20

Meet Valerie - one of 2025's People of Publishing. Watch our video and find our about our other People of Publishing: hubs.li/Q03VNDZS0