Michael Mosley's The Fast 800 speeds into the top spot

Michael Mosley has notched up his seventh week as the UK Official Top 50 number one, with The Fast 800 leapfrogging Joe Wicks’ Veggie Lean in 15. Read more

Sullivan scoops £25k T S Eliot Prize

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Little Door Books founder wins Scottish picture book prize

Alan Windram, the founder of independent publishing company Little Door Books, has won this year’s £3,000 Bookbug Picture Book Prize for a title he created... Read more
Wiley in 'transformative' partnership with German academic institutions

Wiley has signed what it describes as a “transformative” partnership with Projekt DEAL, which represents nearly 700 academic institutions in Germany. Read more
Kate Burke joins Blake Friedmann

Kate Burke has joined The Blake Friedmann Literary Agency as a senior agent and will focus on commercial fiction. Read more
BookTrust celebrates books for the under fives with new prize

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Transworld to publish new Bill Bryson book in October

Bill Bryson returns this year with a new book, to be published in October by Transworld in the UK. Read more
Republic of Consciousness Prize reveals 'inclusive and intriguing' 2019 longlist

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Opinion

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By Philip Jones

Editor at The Bookseller

Philip Jones reflects on the mood of the book trade at the start of a new year. Read more
Remembering Eileen Battersby

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The Official UK CHART

1.
The Fast 800

by Mosley, Michael
2.
Tom Kerridge's Fresh Start

by Tom Kerridge
3.
The Tattooist of Auschwitz

by Heather Morris
4.
The Woman in the Window

by A J Finn
5.
Veggie Lean in 15

by Joe Wicks
6.
Becoming

by Michelle Obama
7.
This is Going to Hurt

by Adam Kay
8.
Let Me Lie

by Clare Mackintosh
9.
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine

by Gail Honeyman
10.
A Woman's Fortune

by Josephine Cox

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