Coronet speeds out Brandreth's revised royal book as Philip: The Final Portrait

Coronet will publish Philip: The Final Portrait by Gyles Brandreth this month, a fully revised and updated version of an earlier royal biography by the author and broadcaster. Read more

Cho and Lawrence on 2021 Jhalak Prize shortlists

Literary agent Catherine Cho and poets Romalyn Ante and Rachel Long are on the shortlist for the 2021 Jhalak Prize for Book of the Year by a Writer of Colour. Read more

SYP relaunches Oxford Podcast

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Blue Guides launches literary imprint

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Candice Carty-Williams | 'It’s a story that centres on young Black girls just living their life'

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Priscilla Mante | 'It was really important for me to challenge the status quo'

Entering a stadium among a sea of equally boisterous and kitted-out fans, kicking around a weather-worn ball in the park, impressing friends with yet another... Read more
Mateo Askaripour | 'The lines are intentionally blurred, which puts the responsibility on the reader to decide what’s what'

On publication in January, Iranian-Jamaican Brooklynite Mateo Askaripour’s Black Buck became an instant New York Times bestseller. Described as “a crackling, satirical début novel”, and... Read more
Jodie Lancet-Grant | 'It’s vital that all children get to see all different kinds of families in an incidental way'

The Pirate Mums, the picture book by debut author Jodie Lancet-Grant and illustrator Lydia Corry,... Read more

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The Official UK CHART

1.

The Sentinel

by Lee & Andrew Child
2.

The Midnight Library

by Matt Haig
3.

Hamnet

by Maggie O'Farrell
4.

Private Moscow

by James Patterson & Adam Hamdy
5.

The End of Her

by Shari Lapena
6.

The Wedding Dress

by Danielle Steel
7.

The Lies You Told

by Harriet Tyce
8.

Wake Up

by Piers Morgan
9.

The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse

by Charlie Mackesy
10.

Five Hundred Miles From You

by Jenny Colgan
11.

Pinch of Nom Quick & Easy

by Kay Featherstone & Kate Allinson
12.

The Thursday Murder Club

by Richard Osman
13.

Grown Ups

by Marian Keyes
14.

Tap to Tidy

by Stacey Solomon
15.

The Darkest Evening

by Ann Cleeves
16.

The Dirty South

by John Connolly
17.

Where the Crawdads Sing

by Delia Owens
18.

Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories

by Jeff Kinney
19.

Captain Tom's Life Lessons

by Captain Tom Moore
20.

Last Night

by Mhairi McFarlane

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