Mosse joined by Moyes, Child and Evaristo for tour event

Kate Mosse will be interviewed by Jojo Moyes and joined by writers including Lee Child and Bernardine Evaristo as part of a tour to promote her new novel, The City of Tears (Picador). Read more

TikTok demand accelerates British Library sea shanty guide

British Library Publishing is to bring forward the publication of a sea shanty guide, due to overwhelming interest on Twitter and TikTok. Read more

Duchess of Cornwall chooses Mantel and Owens for online book club

The Duchess of Cornwall has revealed the first choices for her Instagram-based book club, featuring titles from Hilary Mantel, Delia Owens, Elif Shafak and William Boyd. Read more

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Dead Ink bags Missouri's dystopian debut

Dead Ink Books and Farrar Straus & Giroux (FSG) are to publish Missouri Williams’ "brilliant and depraved" debut novel The Doloriad next year, with FSG's MCD imprint publishing in the US. ... Read more
Debut fiction did well in pandemic-hit 2020

Debut novelists performed solidly last year, despite widespread fears that they would lose out to more established authors due to 2020's pandemic-hit publishing schedules. ... Read more
Raven Books lands Samira Sedira's English language debut

Raven Books is to publish People Like Them, the "brutal" English language debut of French Algerian novelist, actor and playwright Samira Sedira. ... Read more
Icon bags Ben Aitken's portrait of an unlikely friendship

Icon Books has signed Ben Aitken's account of spending lockdown as companion to an 84-year-old, described as "an intimate portrait of an unlikely friendship". ... Read more

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Leone Ross | 'I knew I wanted magic, and I knew I wanted magic realism'

"Everything in Popisho was born with a little something-something... a little something extra. The local name was cors. Magic, but more than magic. A gift,... Read more
Lauren Ace and Jenny Løvlie | 'You can be kind and strong and good, but you don’t have to be exceptional'

"It's really special that, with a book about female friendship, we have genuinely become friends... Read more
Michael Rosen | 'I don’t think I realised, until maybe August, how ill I’d been'

"Will I wake up?" "There's a 50:50 chance." Admitted to intensive care in late March... Read more
Rachel Piercey & Freya Hartas | 'We wanted the seasons to be accurately represented'

Poetry and woodland creatures, along with a dose of nostalgia and a nod to Jill Barklem’s Brambly Hedge books, all feature in the big search-and-find... Read more

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The Official UK CHART

1.

Pinch of Nom Quick & Easy

by Kay Featherstone & Kate Allinson
2.

The Thursday Murder Club

by Richard Osman
3.

The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse

by Charlie Mackesy
4.

The Fast 800 Easy

by Dr Claire Bailey & Justine Pattison
5.

Twochubbycubs Fast and Filling

by James and Paul Anderson
6.

Pinch of Nom Everyday Light

by Kay Featherstone & Kate Allinson
7.

Eat Better Forever

by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
8.

Pinch of Nom

by Kay Featherstone & Kate Allinson
9.

Feel Great Lose Weight

by Dr Rangan Chatterjee
10.

Invisible Girl

by Lisa Jewell
11.

The Meal Prep King Plan

by The Meal Prep King
12.

Good Vibes, Good Life

by King, Vex
13.

Where the Crawdads Sing

by Delia Owens
14.

Just My Luck

by Adele Parks
15.

30 Day Kick Start Plan

by Joe Wicks
16.

1st Case

by James Patterson
17.

Such a Fun Age

by Kiley Reid
18.

A Promised Land

by Barack Obama
19.

Speak Your Truth

by Fearne Cotton
20.

Code Name Bananas

by Walliams, David

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