To every thing there is a season. It might not feel like it, with the current lack of green shoots both in the economy and in the world order, but spring is set to arrive to time in the publishing...
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This time last year in this column I pondered the wisdom of declaring my book of the year in March but was happily vindicated when George Saunders’ Lincoln in the Bardo went on to win the Man Booker...
What a huge month this is: there are over 300 new paperbacks out in February, and I emerge slightly shellshocked from tackling them. Readers will be tempted by literary offerings (a smattering of...
A slew of big paperbacks - Donaldson, Pichon, Walliams, Wilson - herald World book Day and there are Easter and Mother’s Day books galore, but February is really about one thing: the Vote 100...
In all my years of compiling this preview I have never received as many proofs as I did this month. It’s not the fault of Valentine’s Day, nor even International Women’s Day on 8th March, both of...
Last month I was rather disappointed with the crime and thriller offerings but in February I can whole-heartedly recommend The Wife Between Us (Macmillan) from début us writing duo Greer Hendricks...
