Joanne O’Sullivan

2 weeks ago | publishersweekly.com | Joanne O’Sullivan

The U.K. pubisher has survived waves of digital disruption and is now launching a U.S. list. How have you managed to survive the ups and downs in this period of change in publishing? We got very lucky in the beginning. Publishing Diana: Her True Story, which became the bestselling book in the world, was extraordinary. We were a company of only 10 people at the time. We’ve never relied on agents to bring us books—we dream up our own books.

3 weeks ago | publishersweekly.com | Joanne O’Sullivan

Following two of the strongest sales years in its 50-year history, U.K.-based DK is expanding the scope of its publishing program. Last November, it acquired the Canelo Group, the U.K.–based independent publisher of genre fiction and nonfiction. This spring, it launched the initial list for its new global lifestyle and narrative nonfiction imprint, DK Red.

3 weeks ago | publishersweekly.com | Joanne O’Sullivan

The U.K. pubisher has survived waves of digital disruption and is now launching a U.S. list. How have you managed to survive the ups and downs in this period of change in publishing? We got very lucky in the beginning. Publishing Diana: Her True Story, which became the bestselling book in the world, was extraordinary. We were a company of only 10 people at the time. We’ve never relied on agents to bring us books—we dream up our own books.

1 month ago | publishersweekly.com | Joanne O’Sullivan

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers has announced a new imprint to be helmed by Sarah Barley, previously editorial director of young adult publishing at Flatiron Books. Sarah Barley Books will launch in spring 2026 with three YA titles, and will add middle grade books in subsequent seasons. The imprint’s focus is on literary and commercial fiction, aimed at readers ages eight and up.

1 month ago | publishersweekly.com | Joanne O’Sullivan

Scottish author Struan Murray made a splash in 2021 when he won the U.K.’s Branford Boase Award for his debut novel, Orphans of the Tide, about a group of courageous kids battling an overwhelming evil in a watery world. His new series Dragonborn, originally scheduled to launch in spring 2026, is now scheduled for an October release from Dutton.