The Quick Reads books are to the fore this month, led by another slice of Lagos intrigue from Oyinkan Braithwaite, The Baby is Mine (Atlantic), as well as a Roy Grace story Wish You Were Dead (Pan)...
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What a month of literary riches this is. April always feels packed in paperback world, but this year it’s particularly bustling, thanks to titles shifting into the month from elsewhere. I’ve been...
As I write this, The Bookseller is reporting on “submissions fatigue” due to the backlog of titles impacted by the pandemic. I keep resolving not to comment on the size of my previews, but the volume...
Even with 1st April falling on a publication Thursday this year, there’s nothing foolish about this month’s bumper preview. Many titles here have been held over from last year, even if they were...
Happy New Year! Although, as I write these words, there’s nothing particularly happy about it. Perhaps by the time these previewed titles are published we will have reached the sunlit uplands. If not...
I just got out my calendar to check: yes, Mother’s Day in 2021 is on 14th March, which is why you will see a slew of mother-related publishing this month. You’re covered, whatever you want. Non-...
