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...
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What a difference a month makes. And yet not. Recent weeks have reconfirmed what we already knew: that books are an essential we turn to in times of strife for comfort, consolation, information and...
These are strange times, and never have I been more grateful to be a reader. How lucky I feel right now to be able to escape into another world at the drop of a hat. My Book of the Month for July is...
Happy June, books world, and wishing all of you all the very best in these strange times. Literary fiction is strong this month, and there are some big names in our Top Sellers, from Peter James to...
This summer’s Tokyo Olympic Games inspires a boom in sports books in June—coronavirus willing. Olympic gold medallist Chris Hoy urges children to “go for gold” in Be Amazing , a non-fiction guide to...
Welcome to June, and some real bookseller favourites. First up is the new Elena Ferrante, entic- ingly titled The Lying Life of Adults (Europa Editions). Unfortunately, despite the UK publisher’s...