With titles slipping and sliding all over the place at the moment, some of my favourite books of previous months have now moved into August. I haven’t highlighted them in my editor’s picks, as I...
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As publishers continue to juggle the challenges of Covid-19, August is another month dominated by publication date changes. A good chunk of the featured titles have moved from the spring or early...
Welcome to August New Titles: Fiction, which is looking rather “healthier” than usual as a result of a slew of titles moving into this month at the last minute, having originally been scheduled for...
I keep hearing: “The world has changed forever.” And yet this month I’ve gained sustenance from reading about things that haven’t changed, and won’t ever change. The way that the past sheds light on...
Hello booksellers. This is how July’s paperbacks looked in mid-April, as submitted to me by publishers. With schedules changing every day right now, they may well be different come the summer, but we...
A few short weeks ago I was writing about a boom in children’s sport books ahead of the Tokyo Olympics. Who knew the world could change so much in just one month. The response from the children’s...
