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Deyes keeps place at top of charts Alfie Deyes maintained his position at the official UK Top 50 chart for a second week with The Pointless Book 2 (Blink). This makes the quirky interactive journal only the third title this year behind Jessie Burton’s The Miniaturist (Picador) and the World Book Day chart topper The Dinosaur That Pooped A Lot! (Red Fox) to top the chart for more than week so far this year.

Olympia move splits fair-goers There were packed aisles at the first London Book Fair at Olympia since 2005, with many fair-goers praising the venue. Others, however, were less than satisfied with signage and transportation, and said the current venue was “hard to navigate”.    Johnson & Alcock agent Ed Wilson said: “For a younger generation the move to Olympia feels new and a step forwards; for the old guard I know it feels like a step back, although preferable to ExCeL. But change is always good.”

S&S UK revives Scribner Simon & Schuster UK is reviving 150-year-old imprint Scribner. After 10 years “lying dormant” in the UK, and 150 years after it first began, Scribner will relaunch in June.

The Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu team up A book about joy by the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu is the early front-runner to be the book of the fair, after a “spirited” 12-publisher auction. The Book of Joy: Finding Enduring Happiness in an Uncertain World is the first ever collaboration between the two Nobel Peace Prize laureates. The book will comprise answers to questions posed to the two religious leaders via their Facebook pages; the pair will answer a selection of them with writer Douglas Abrams, who has written a children’s title, God’s Dream (Candlewick), with Tutu.

Patterson to donate again to indies Author James Patterson is to donate a further £250,000 to indie bookshops in the UK and Ireland, bringing his total donation up to half a million pounds. More than £130,000 has already been allocated to 73 bookshops across the UK and Ireland from Patterson's first donation, and in a second round of funding the remaining £120,000 has now been allocated to a further 68 bookshops, whose names were announced today.

LBF Awards herald excellence Croatian publisher Fraktura took home The Bookseller International Adult Trade Publisher Award, while SAGE bagged Best International Academic and Professional Publisher last night (14th April) at the London Book Fair International Excellence Awards, run in association with the Publishers Association. Sweden’s Mojang, the creator of Minecraft, won the award for Best Use of IP Across Multiple Media Platforms, while Belgium’s Clavis Publishing bagged Best International Trade Children’s and Young Adult Publisher.

Rhodes leads the Pack at Aardvark Scott Pack has made his first acquisition at Aardvark Bureau, his new imprint at Gallic Books.  Pack bought UK and Commonwealth rights to When the Professor Got Stuck in the Snow by Dan Rhodes from Sophie Lambert at Conville & Walsh.

More UK publisher deals for Bookmate Russian e-book subscription service Bookmate has agreed a deal with Bloomsbury, Faber Factory and Harlequin, which will add more than 15,000 backlist titles to its library. Faber Factory will provide Bookmate’s users with access to books from publishers including Atlantic Books, Allison & Busby, John Blake, Titan Books, The History Press, Birlinn, Oldcastle Books, Pushkin Press and Short Books.

Donal Ryan among EU Prize winners Irish author Donal Ryan, whose debut The Spinning Heart (Doubleday Ireland) won the 2013 Guardian First Book Award, is among the winners of the 2015 European Union Prize for Literature. The 12 winning authors from across Europe were announced today (14th April) at the Opening Ceremony of the London Book Fair by European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport, Tibor Navracsics. The award recognises the best new and emerging authors in Europe.

Crace, Flanagan, Adichie on IMPAC shortlist Ten novels have been shortlisted for the €100,000 International IMPAC DUBLIN Literary Award, including Harvest by British author Jim Crace (Picador) and The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan (Jonathan Cape).

Hogarth Shakespeare links with RSC PRH’s Vintage Hogarth Shakespeare publishing initiative is collaborating with The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) ahead of the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death in 2016. The collaboration has come out of “a shared commitment to celebrating Shakespeare's continuing legacy and to introduce his plays to a new generation, through performance and the written word”. It will focus on a series of events, launching at the London Book Fair today (15th April 2015) with a performance from Othello on the PRH stand this afternoon.

Norfolk funeral for Ion Trewin A funeral will be held for Ion Trewin at St Mary Magdalene Church, Sandringham, Norfolk at 2p.m. on 23rd April, followed by private cremation. After the funeral, there will be a reception next to the church. Attendance should be confirmed with Hannah.McMillan@fourcolmangetty.com.