Blogs

The rule of six

By Philip Jones

Editor at The Bookseller

The Booker this week caused a minor fluctuation in the space-time continuum with the unveiling of a shortlist variously described as diverse, fresh, and baffling.... Read more

The alchemical bookshop

By Martin Latham

Manager at Waterstones

Most bookshop customers are ahead of publishers when it comes to eclectic taste. And there’s nowehere better to explore that than in a bookshop. ... Read more

Covid diaries: the bestselling author

C L Taylor Author

It's no secret that most authors are introverts. That doesn't mean that we don't enjoy bookshop events and literary festivals. Who doesn't love talking about... Read more

The Booker Prize announcement

Alice O'Keeffe

Even for a prize that thrives on controversy, the omission of Hilary Mantel’s The Mirror and the Light from the Booker shortlist today is a big... Read more

The everyone store

By Philip Jones

Editor at The Bookseller

As was the case when it launched in the US earlier this year, the arrival of the UK branch of Bookshop.org is timely... Read more

The BBC's commitment to books

Jonty Claypole Director of BBC Arts

The last six months, since the start of lockdown, has been full of revelations - for us as a society and for all of us... Read more

Inaudible

Cory Doctorow Author

I am emphatically not a self-published author: I did one short story collection on my own, made a goodly sum, but got no writing done... Read more

Libraries need change from the top

Tim Coates Library campaigner

Autumn brings cheerful news of good footfall in bookshops, but we do not hear the same bells ringing for public libraries. Last week Libraries Connected, the government-funded... Read more

The art of the normal

By Philip Jones

Editor at The Bookseller

Super Thursday has arrived early this year. Read more

Promoting authors

Joanne Harris author

The publishing frenzy that is Super Thursday will leave many authors in the cold, having to find new ways to engage with potential readers of... Read more

Lockdown diaries: changing times

Ansa Khan Khattak commissioning editor, Picador

In terms of technology, we were lucky to be well set up for remote working: our company had already made sure we were equipped with... Read more

What do we actually know about British readers?

By Jared Shurin

at M&C Saatchi’s Social Impact Practice

We have a vague idea, and a great deal of received wisdom, but, notoriously, we’ve found it challenging to answer some of the simplest questions.... Read more

Souped up Super Thursday is no reason to panic

By Tom Tivnan

at The Bookseller

Super Thursday is normally a pretty fun day. About the midway point of run-in to Christmas period, it is the day of a year with the greatest number of... Read more