Dialogue Books, which is currently an imprint of Little, Brown UK, will expand and break out as standalone division at Hachette UK. Publisher and founder Sharmaine Lovegrove will lead the expansion. She has been promoted to managing director, and will join the company’s board, both effective when she returns from maternity leave on September 1. The unit aims to publish 80 books a year by 2026, a significant increase. According to the announcement, the new version of the line will include two imprints: the upmarket literary fiction and non-fiction Dialogue Books, as well “a new, as-yet-unnamed imprint focusing on commercial and […]