Usborne has bagged a five-book deal with Serena Patel for Pia’s Pet Club, a "funny" animal adventure series illustrated by Emma McCann. Former fiction editor Alice Moloney acquired world ...

Usborne's CBE in February came 12 years after he was made an MBE for services to the publishing industry. In 2015, he received the London Book Fair's lifetime achievement award. Usborne is ...