Mantel, Saunders, Ondaatje make Man Booker 'Golden Five'

George Saunders, Hilary Mantel and Michael Ondaatje are among the names to have been shortlisted for the Golden Man Booker Prize. Read more

Eleanor Oliphant crowned Book of the Year

Gail Honeyman’s standout debut Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine has been named Book of the Year at The British Book Awards. Read more

Pullman and Scheffler named Author and Illustrator of the Year

Philip Pullman and Axel Scheffler have been named Author and Illustrator of the Year respectively at The British Book Awards 2018. Read more

Latest Books News

Gail Honeyman scoops Authors' Club Best First Novel Award

Gail Honeyman has won the 2018 Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award for her debut Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine (HarperCollins). Read more
Debuts dominate Glass Bell longlist

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine author Gail Honeyman is one of the seven debut novelists to be longlisted for the 2018 Glass Bell Award.... Read more
'Awe-inspiring' debut wins Desmond Elliott Prize after being snubbed by publishers

Preti Taneja has won the £10,000 Desmond Elliott Prize for her "awe-inspiring" retelling of King Lear, We That Are Young.... Read more
Bluemoose's Myers wins £25k Walter Scott Prize

Benjamin Myers has won the £25,000 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction with The Gallows Pole, published by small Yorkshire-based independent press Bluemoose Books.... Read more

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Author Interviews

Beck Dorey-Stein | 'I saw impressive women behind the scenes being unsung heroes every day'

In her entertaining début the former White House stenographer reflects on her time spent working for the 44th president and extols the virtues of a... Read more
Yomi Adegoke & Elizabeth Uviebinené | 'Just because something is by black women and about black women, that doesn't mean that it can't be mainstream'

A new, refreshing bible for young black women aims to speak to a demographic neglected by mainstream self-help. Read more
Catherine Doyle | 'The Middle-Grade community is very supportive . . . I hope they don’t mind me sneaking in'

The irish writer weaves real nautical history with fantastical elements in her first novel for the Middle-Grade readership. Read more
Junot Díaz | 'If you tell a child you’re a writer and don’t have a story for them, no one can make you feel more fraudulent'

The critically lauded US author turns his hand to children’s books with a fortuitously timed tale of immigrant experience—and keeps a decades-old promise as a... Read more

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The Official UK CHART

1.

The World's Worst Children 3

by David Walliams & Tony Ross
2.

The Rooster Bar

by John Grisham
3.

The Break

by Marian Keyes
4.

Munich

by Robert Harris
5.

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine

by Gail Honeyman
6.

The President is Missing

by President Bill Clinton & James Patterson
7.

First Man In

by Ant Middleton
8.

Sleeping in the Ground

by Peter Robinson
9.

Into the Water

by Paula Hawkins
10.

The Midnight Line

by Lee Child
11.

This is Going to Hurt

by Adam Kay
12.

The Woman in the Wood

by Lesley Pearse
13.

Don't Let Go

by Harlan Coben
14.

A Stranger in the House

by Shari Lapena
15.

On a Beautiful Day

by Lucy Diamond
16.

Thirteen

by Steve Cavanagh
17.

Two Kinds of Truth

by Michael Connelly
18.

A Legacy of Spies

by John Le Carre
19.

Widows

by Lynda La Plante
20.

5 Ingredients

by Jamie Oliver

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