** Shares in Bloomsbury Publishing BLPU.L up 2.3% at 505p
** Stock among top gainers on FTSE small-cap index .FTSC, which is down ~0.1%
** Harry Potter books publisher enters strategic collaboration with Google Cloud for its AI technologies
** Under alliance, BLPU will have access to Google Cloud's NotebookLM, Vertex AI and Gemini Enterprise
** Up to last close, stock down ~27% so far this year
(Reporting by Prerna Bedi in Bengaluru and Emma Rumney in London)
((Prerna.Bedi@thomsonreuters.com; +91 98052 24616))