No one is clear on the exact amount of books being published today but everyone agrees it’s between 530 and actually-too-many-to-count. We were thrilled, then, when Radio 4 picked Burning the Books for what must have surely been one of the most competitive Book of the Week slots ever – narrated by Anthony “Giles” Head…. Read more »
Autumn madness begins! Following new titles from Richard Koch and Thomas Rid, today sees the beginning of a bumper few months for us, with titles delayed because of Covid joining those already scheduled in an all-out assault on bookstore shelves. In shops and online from today… Simon Lelic – The Search Party 🔦 If ever… Read more »
Temperatures are rising, but these prices are plummeting 🔥 We have four – yes four – titles in amazing cutprice deals across multiple platforms, including multiple bestsellers and a Carnegie nominee. Grab a bargain while you can – the majority of these deals will be gone in a week or less ⏱ Taking Up Space:… Read more »
After the lockdown-induced lacuna, things are picking back up in publishing terms, and following July’s sweeping, sparkling THE HISTORY OF MAGIC: FROM ALCHEMY TO WITCHRAFT we have two more non-fiction blockbusters hitting the shelves… Insiders call it ‘the Craft’. To the rest of us, Freemasonry is mysterious and suspect. Yet its story is peopled by… Read more »
From Instagram readalongs to New York Times editor’s picks, there are plenty of FBA titles making a socially-distanced splash in 2020. This list will swell accordingly as more and more publications name their books of the summer 🌞 Click the titles to buy online at a discount while supporting your local bookshop. Love in the… Read more »
In a lauded response to the BLM crisis Waterstones have selected WHY I’M NO LONGER TALKING TO WHITE PEOPLE ABOUT RACE as their July Non-Fiction pick, reflecting the book’s enormous resurge in popularity – taking the #1 overall UK spot for four consecutive weeks – in the wake of a nation feeling its need to… Read more »
The plaudits have rolled in ever since Expectation– Anna’s first contemporary novel after two historical smash-hits with Wake and The Ballroom – first hit the shelves… ‘Beautiful, sharp, moving. I urge you to read it” ELIZABETH DAY ‘Thoughtful, beautifully written, honest. A sensual book. I URGE YOU TO READ IT’ MARIAN KEYES ‘A brilliant exploration of friendship, feminism and thwarted… Read more »
Following the exciting news that Andrew Scott has recorded the audiobook, the picks of the week and stunning superlatives have started to arrive as the national papers get their hands on Meg Rosoff’s incredible new coming-of-age novel. Adding to the Bookseller’s Pick it received last month, over the weekend it was highlighted as Children’s/YA Book… Read more »
Delighted to see Miss Austen, The Beauty and the Terror, and Putin’s People make the Sunday Times Culture list, along with a whole host of other fantastic books. Click the links above to buy online with free P&P (or pick one up from your newly-reopened local bookshop) – no beach required!
Reni Eddo-Lodge has become the first black British author to take the overall No 1 spot in the UK’s official book charts – and has claimed it for a second week running. Reni’s Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race topped Nielsen BookScan’s UK top 50 in the week to 13 June,… Read more »