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Boris Johnson unleashed on the Top 50 as former Prime Minister tops the charts

Super Thursday has lived up to its name once again by delivering 22 new entries into the UK’s top 50, with Boris Johnson’s Unleashed (William Collins) taking the prime spot with more than 40,000 copies.

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Pan Macmillan promotes Claire Evans and Poppy North among senior reshuffle

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Spotify expands audiobook deal to France, Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg

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Chipping Norton's ChipLitFest to close after a decade due to 'funding challenges'

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Hardback sales for bestselling authors down on previous release as readers 'wince' at higher cover prices

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Dolly Parton, Nick Poole and Pamela Tulloch awarded CILIP Honorary Fellowships

404 Ink announces full line-up of writers featured in queer writing anthology

Hachette UK announces winner of 2024 New Voices award

Europa's Carolina Parodi joins Fitzcarraldo as operations director

British Library hosting UK’s largest solar heat project

Parliamentary Book Awards 2024 opens for submissions

Jacaranda's A Quick Ting On book series features across London train stations

Sourcebooks and Hearst to launch new imprint with Cosmopolitan magazine

Elisa Fabbri rejoins Amazon Publishing's global rights team as associate rights director

Charco Press launches new series of Latin American classics with José Eustasio Rivera’s The Vortex

Simon Thorogood leaves Canongate to go freelance

Steven Bartlett’s Flight Books appoints Rik Ubhi as head of publishing

French publisher Editions Gallimard banned from International Book Fair of Algiers

Bloomsbury Children’s Books hires Sarah Plows as marketing director

Waterstones to open two new south London shops in time for Christmas

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Solaris signs 'exquisite' fantasy novel from Elaine Ho

Titan takes two more in Courtney Smyth's The Undetectable series

Usborne bag 'utterly joyous' new series from Serena Patel and Emma McCann

Hachette Children’s Group wins three-way auction for Duck Delivers picture book series

Five picture books by Rachel Morrisroe go to Hachette Children’s Group in three-way auction

Akoya to publish ‘unforgettable’ collection of testimonies from Gaza

DK Children’s acquires Emma Young’s What If science series for children

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Today's News Stories

Dolly Parton, Nick Poole and Pamela Tulloch awarded CILIP Honorary Fellowships

Boris Johnson unleashed on the Top 50 as former Prime Minister tops the charts

Pan Macmillan promotes Claire Evans and Poppy North among senior reshuffle

Spotify expands audiobook deal to France, Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg

404 Ink announces full line-up of writers featured in queer writing anthology

Hachette UK announces winner of 2024 New Voices award

Chipping Norton's ChipLitFest to close after a decade due to 'funding challenges'

Europa's Carolina Parodi joins Fitzcarraldo as operations director

British Library hosting UK’s largest solar heat project

Parliamentary Book Awards 2024 opens for submissions

Jacaranda's A Quick Ting On book series features across London train stations

Sourcebooks and Hearst to launch new imprint with Cosmopolitan magazine

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Latest Issue

11th October 2024

In this week's issue:

Lead Story:Profile Books company spotlight
Lead Story:Dark Matter Marketing profile
James Bond Vintage jackets

Author Interviews:Leena Norms & Polly Crosby
New Titles: Non-fiction:January

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Opinion from The Bookseller and other columnists
Irish kids' books need a boost
by Sarah Webb
Irish adult authors may be riding high, but homegrown children’s books have taken a hit.
Is Super Thursday still super?
by Penny Batchelor
Does publishing’s biggest day simply help the same few titles to rise to the top?
Season ticket
by Natasha Tripney
Will the intimacy and impact of Ali Smith’s Autumn shine through on stage?
The creative pact
by Philip Jones
The creative act is a precious one, but writing professionally is rarely done alone.
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Opinion from The Bookseller and other columnists
Irish kids' books need a boost
by Sarah Webb
Irish adult authors may be riding high, but homegrown children’s books have taken a hit.

Is Super Thursday still super?
by Penny Batchelor
Season ticket
by Natasha Tripney
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Weekly print bestsellers based on data supplied by Nielsen BookScan. Other digital charts from Bookstat and Audible.

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Triple Murders: Richard Osman regains the top spot as scary season kicks into gear
Richard Osman’s We Solve Murders (Viking) notched its third UK Official Top 50 number one, reclaiming the summit after being knocked off it the previous week by Sally Rooney’s Intermezzo (Faber).

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Unleashed
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The Food For Life Cookbook
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Midnight and Blue
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We Solve Murders
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Bunny vs Monkey: The Great Big Glitch
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I Haven’t Been Entirely Honest with You
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The Christmas Tree Farm
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Intermezzo
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The Snow Angel
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Skandar and the Skeleton Curse
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The One Plus One
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The Pumpkin Spice Café
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Never Lie
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The Boyfriend
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Close to Death
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The Hike
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Poison Garden
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Burden of Truth
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The Marriage Portrait
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Midnight and Blue
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I Haven’t Been Entirely Honest with You
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We Solve Murders
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Unleashed
4
Odyssey
5
The Hotel Avocado
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From Here to the Great Unknown
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Intermezzo
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Here One Moment
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Nexus
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Atomic Habits

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Books in the Media: memoir from late Lisa Marie Presley and daughter Riley Keough astounds
This week non-fiction came out on top with a memoir from Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of rockstar Elvis Presley, and an exploration of the history of crisps and their place in British culture.

Author Interviews
Polly Crosby’s new dystopian YA novel reflects on the way society treats people with disabilities
In Polly Crosby’s The Vulpine, illness and disability are prohibited – and “imperfect” children are being stolen away by the Vulpine, strange fox-like creatures who live underground.

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Books on BookTok: effective campaigning
This week BookTok creators selected the book campaigns that have stood out to them so far this year.
Author Interviews
Poet, vlogger and self-confessed ‘half-arse human’ Leena Norms talks about her new self-help guide
Leena Norms’ Half-Arse Human is a self-help guide to achieving realistic goals and avoiding burnout

Author Interviews
Polly Crosby’s new dystopian YA novel reflects on the way society treats people with disabilities
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Books on BookTok: effective campaigning
Author Interviews
Poet, vlogger and self-confessed ‘half-arse human’ Leena Norms talks about her new self-help guide
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Books in the Media: Boris Johnson's memoir rounds up reviews

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Makana Yamamoto’s SF début, a heist set on a space station, draws on the author’s Hawaiian heritage
Alex Hay's second novel tells of a con woman's plot to swindle the richest family in England
Helen Phillips' timely new novel explores motherhood and family in a dystopian world ruled by technology
Granta Young British Novelist Eliza Clark discusses her new short story collection
Amanda Jones has written a book charting her fight for access to diverse stories
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Latest Previews (Beta)

Fiction Previews
January is the time for introducing new talent to the fiction scene and this year is no exception, with débuts across all genres to look forward to.
by Madeleine Feeny

Confessions
Catherine Airey
Damn This War!: Between the Blitz and the Desert, a Story of War-Crossed Love
Julia Hankey
Hammajang Luck
Makana Yamamoto

Half-Arse Human: How to Live Better Without Burning Out
Leena Norms
Silver
Olivia Levez
That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America
Amanda Jones
The Proof of My Innocence
Jonathan Coe
A Spring of Love
Celia Dale
Tremor
Teju Cole

Paperback Previews
by Will Smith
Discover Previews
by Natasha Onwuemezi
Non-fiction Previews
by Caroline Sanderson
Children's Previews
by Charlotte Eyre

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Features, trade interviews, and people listings

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The summer Non-Fiction market 2024 — Factual books begin to feel the Pinch
Air fryer titles and history are among the few non-fiction gains.

Features
Shaken, not stirred: Bond jackets receive a fresh cut
Trade Interviews
Being seen: how Dark Matter joins the dots between books and Black readers
Features
Profile Books goes from strength to strength
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Summer paperback fiction 2024
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HarperCollins is speaking our language, and many others from around the globe
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