• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Login
  • Register
Publishers Lunch logo Publishers Lunch logo
  • Publishers Marketplace
  • Site Guide
  • Help
Login Sign Up
  • Personnel
  • AI
  • Compensation
  • Unions
  • Book Bans
  • New Releases
  • Earnings
  • The Trial
  • Archives
Publishers Lunch logo
  • Publishers Marketplace
  • Site Guide
  • Help
  • Publishers Marketplace
  • Site Guide
  • Help

January 22, 2026By Katy Hershberger

Employee Dies in Hachette UK Warehouse Accident

January 22, 2026By Katy Hershberger

A Hachette UK distribution center is closed after an accident that resulted in the death of a 23-year-old employee, the Bookseller reports. According to police, there was an “industrial accident” at the Oxfordshire warehouse on Tuesday morning. A 21-year-old man was arrested “on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter” and is now out on bail. “[On Tuesday], there was a tragic incident at Hachette UK Distribution’s warehouse that heartbreakingly led to the loss of a much-loved colleague,” a Hachette UK spokesperson said. “Our deepest condolences are with their family and friends, who are in our thoughts at this devastating time. The […]

Login to read full story

Filed Under: International News

sidebar

Primary Free Sidebar

Login

Forgot Password Quick Pass User Login
Get Full Access
The Publishing Industry’s Essential Daily Read

Each Publishers Lunch Deluxe subscription includes full access to our searchable multi-year archive of industry news, a nightly email reporting 10 to 50 deal transactions, and our database of industry contacts, scripts, and posting privileges.

Learn More

RSS Automat

  • 'Murder Bimbo' Galleys Landed Close To Charlie Kirk's Death. Here's how S&S responded. February 11, 2026 NYT
  • Women's Prize Announces Nonfiction Longlist February 11, 2026 Award Website
  • How Transit Books Weathered The Turbulent Landscape of the Past Few Years February 10, 2026 Washington Post
  • Walter Dean Myers Award Winners February 10, 2026 Award Site
  • Becca Rothfeld on the Death of Wapo's Book World February 10, 2026 The New Yorker
  • James Patterson and Bookshop.org Prize Longlist February 9, 2026 Bookshop
  • The UK's Nonfiction Sales Crisis February 9, 2026 The Times
  • "AI Evangelist" Coral Hart Used Chatbots to Create "Dozens of Novels" February 9, 2026 NYT
  • Zando Announces Residency at New York's Salmagundi Club February 6, 2026 Press Release
  • Publishers Respond to Google's Opposition in Class Action Infringement Suit February 6, 2026 AAP
Publishers Marketplace logo

Contact Us

News

  • Publishers Marketplace
  • Report News
  • Discuss
  • Classifieds
  • Rights Offerings

Deals

  • Report A Deal

Books

  • Buzz Books

Jobs

  • Job Board
  • Privacy Policy Terms of Use