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.@QuercusBooks has signed TommyInnit Says… The Quote Book, by 'gaming superstar' @TommyInnit and his sidekick @WilburSoot. (£)
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Last night @FaberBooks unveiled its 2023 titles at a showcase featuring @RCArmitage, Lorrie Moore, @DoughtyLouise and @jeffreykboakye. (£)
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.@_SwiftPress has signed Is My Child Trans?: A Guide for Parents, by Stella O'Malley, Sasha Ayad and Lisa Marchiano. (£)
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.@orbitbooks signs debut novel A Master of Djinn by the award-winning writer @pdjeliclark - the fantasy adventure is set in an alternate Cairo where djinn live and work alongside people. (£)
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.@orbitbooks has signed The Irresistible Urge To Fall for Your Enemy by debut author @briknightley, otherwise known as fanfic author isthisselfcare. (£)
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.@NeemTreePress has signed a series of thrillers by Alyson Greaves (@badambulist) - The Sisters of Dorley is 'an examination of many aspects of contemporary trans life in the UK'.
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.@HodderBooks buys Clanlands, a love letter to Scotland by Outlander stars @SamHeughan and @GrahamMcTavish. (£)
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The cover for Tim Marshall (@Itwitius)'s new book has been revealed by @eandtbooks! The Future of Geography: How Power and Politics in Space Will Change Our World is out in April. (£)
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Bookshop @binding_broken is launching a publishing arm, specialising in science fiction and fantasy. (£)
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Matthew Lewis (@Mattdavelewis) and @RachelShenton to narrate the audiobook of Rugby League star @Rob7Burrow's autobiography Too Many Reasons to Live, out with @panmacmillan on 19 August. (£)
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.@PlutoPress signs I Am a Revolutionary: Fred Hampton Speaks, a collection of speeches by one of the most prominent Black radical leaders of the 20th century and deputy chairman of the Black Panthers, edited by @ChairmanFredJr1 and Bedour Alagraa. (£)
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RJ Barker (@dedbutdrmng)’s Forsaken Trilogy goes to @orbitbooks - the story is set 'within the bounds of a forest straight out of darkest folklore, with outlaws fighting an evil empire and warring deities'. (£)
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.@SEENPublishing has launched, a new group for publishing professionals who 'are concerned about the impact of gender identity theory on our sector and wider society'. (£)
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.@StephenMangan records Dirk Gently audiobooks - Douglas Adams' classic series follows a self-styled private investigator. (£)
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.@simonschusterUK has signed A Short History of The Gaza Strip by historian @Anne_Irfan, 'an illuminating and necessary primer for anyone who wants the context to the current war'. (£)
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Actor and audiobook reader Richard Armitage is making his fiction debut at @audibleuk in Geneva, a psychological thriller out in October. (£)
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.@PenguinUKBooks has signed Games Untold by @jenlynnbarnes, an 'irresistibly romantic story collection set before, during and after the original three novels in the bestselling Inheritance Game series'. (£)
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.@simonschusterUK has announced Dogs (and their humans), a moving, funny and at times heartbreaking celebration of our relationship with man’s best friend' by @ProfNoelFitz. (£)
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Literary agent @jounwin is leaving publishing, saying "I've sadly had to acknowledge that you can’t do everything, and there is so much I want to do". (£)
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Today's top story:. @PenguinUKBooks signs a debut picture book by Meghan, Duchess of Sussex - The Bench 'touchingly captures the evolving and expanding relationship between fathers and sons' and is illustrated by Christian Robinson (@theartoffunnews). (£)
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.@BooksSphere has announced Beyond the Throne: Epic Journeys, Enduring Friendships and Surprising Tales, a memoir by Hodor actor @KristianNairn. (£)
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Neuromancer: the birth of an SF classic. Author William Gibson (@GreatDismal) and his editor, Malcolm Edwards, recall how a seminal SF work came to publication. (Free to view)
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.@scholasticuk has unveiled A Taste of Darkness, a YA horror anthology curated by @thecosyreader and @YAundermyskin - it features authors including @KatAliceDunn, @Louiestowell and @amymcculloch. (£)
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.@WalkerBooksUK signs Black British history book by Catherine Johnson (@catwrote) - We Were Here: 2,000 Years of History through the Eyes of Black Britons is aimed at children aged eight upwards. (£)
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.@MichaelSheen has called for revolution at @LondonBookFair - he wants to widen working class access to careers in writing, saying 'It’s not enough just to change the gatekeepers'. (£)
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.@WhiteRabbitBks pulls @MarkLanegan memoir out of the hat - Devil in a Coma by the writer and rock musician recounts his near-death Covid experience. (£)
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.@CassavaRepublic signs Zimbabwean debut - Farai Mudzingwa (@Dangurangu)'s Avenues by Train 'explores important themes including colonialism, sex-work and PTSD with wit and whimsy'. (£)
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.@_ZephyrBooks has signed Clara Kumagai (@ClaraKiyoko)'s debut in a two-book deal. The first title, Catfish Rolling, combines magical realism with Japanese myth and legend, and is about love, grief and time. (£)
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Colette Bryce is joining @picadorbooks as the new poetry editor, joining this month as successor to Don Paterson; she says "It is a joy and an honour to take on the stewardship of this excellent list". (£)
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A national day of celebration for @MichaelRosenYes is taking place on 12 November, led by @WalkerBooksUK . (£)
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US illustrator Evangeline Gallagher (@egallagher_art) has been announced as the first @foliosociety Book Illustration Award winner with a depiction of a scene from Edgar Allan Poe’s The Masque of the Red Death. (£)
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Actors @RCArmitage and @Tuppence Middleton have been announced as narrators for the audiobook of Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt, the final novel in the late Lucinda Riley's bestselling Seven Sisters series. (£)
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David Tennant lined up for The Carpet People audio - the actor is to read a new 50th anniversary audio edition of Sir Terry Pratchett’s classic with @PenguinUKBooks. (£)
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Professor Heather Clark (@plathbiography) has won the Truman Capote Award, a $30,000 prize for literary criticism, with Red Comet - The Short and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath, published by @JonathanCape. (£)
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.@PiatkusBooks has signed Be Your Own Best Friend, 'an honest and uplifting guide to life' by Love Island star @ekinsuofficial . (£)
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.@simonkids_UK has signed two 'empowering' picture books by award-winning writer @Emmett_Cath and bestselling illustrator @misspowellpeeps - The Dodo Who Dreamed She Could Fly is out in August. (£)
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Alice Sutherland-Hawes (@alibelle) launches ASH Literary (@ashliterary) - her new venture focuses on the children's market and is open for submissions. (£)
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This weekend more than 80 fans of Lockwood & Co gathered to celebrate the series with author @JonathanAStroud. (Free to view)
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.@KidsBloomsbury signs a debut picture book by Olivia Hope (@hopewrites) - Be Wild, Little One is a 'lyrical anthem of courage and imagination' illustrated by @DanielEgneus. (£)
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Children's Laureate @JosephACoelho and The Queen Consort celebrated World Poetry Day with @Booktrust at the library in @ClarenceHouse . (£)
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Jodie Comer, the star of the smash hit one-woman play Prima Facie, is set to narrate the audiobook edition of the novel of the same name by @SuzieMillerWrtr. (£)
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.@_SwiftPress has signed The Shards by @BretEastonEllis - his first novel since 2010 is set in LA in the 1980s. (£)
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.@EburyPublishing signs joint biography of Elizabeth 1 and Catherine de Medici - Blood, Fire and Gold is by lecturer and historian Dr Estelle Paranque (@DrEstellePrnq). (£)
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A Bigger Picture by Vanessa Nakate (@vanessa_vash) goes to One Boat at @panmacmillan - the Ugandan climate activist addresses 'uncomfortable truths' about race and the climate change movement. (£)
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.@HachetteKids has won an auction for Nadine Aisha Jassat (@nadineaishaj)'s debut MG verse novel - The Stories Grandma Forgot (and How I Found Them) conveys a 'myriad of emotions'. (£)
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.@CoronetBooks publishes Gyles Brandreth (@GylesB1) on Prince Philip on 27 April - Brandreth says 'He saw an early draft of my book and made some factual corrections, as well as a few caustic comments!'. (£)
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.@simonschusterUK wins eight-way auction for @Kieran_Yates on Britain's housing crisis - All the Houses I've Ever Lived In is a 'rallying cry for change and a beautiful meditation on the meaning and the making of home'. (£)
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.@shetlandnoir has announced bestselling author @richardosman as its final headliner - the line-up also includes @valmcdermid and @ellygriffiths, and has been curated by @AnnCleeves. (£)
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Richard Armitage (@RCArmitage) narrates @TMLoganAuthor's new thriller, saying 'Tim's writing is so compelling and just keeps you buckled in for a rollercoaster of suspense.' The Curfew is published by @ZaffreBooks on 17 March. (£)
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.@BooksSphere signs Alexandra Wilson (@EssexBarrister) thriller - The Witness is the first novel from the prominent barrister and bestselling non-fiction author. (£)
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Hope and Glory optioned by Monumental - @BolaAgbaje has signed on to adapt @Jendella Benson's novel, which is out with @TrapezeBooks in April. (£)
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.@KitdeWaal has received an honorary degree from @KingstonUni, "in recognition of her outstanding contribution to literature". (£)
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.@NGPublishing has announced That’s Life, So It Is, the memoir of Coronation Street acting legend @charlie_lawson1 . (£)
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Afterlove by @TanyaByrne optioned for screen by @media_rivers - the author's fourth YA novel, due in July, is a 'gripping tale of first love with a supernatural twist'. (£)
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The @LondonBookFair 2023 Trailblazers have been announced! Congratulations to Lucy Bond, @_chelseagraham, @elgrffths, Emilie Hames, @hannschofield and @Cstoreyy!. (£)
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.@HoZ_Books buys the story of Cleopatra's daughter, 'one of the most fascinating and unjustly neglected female rulers of the ancient world', the debut non-fiction book by historian @JLDraycott. (£)
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.@sueperkins and Baroness @FloellaBenjamin have been announced as judges for @Amazon's Kindle Storyteller Award. (£)
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.@HachetteKids acquires first South American book in translation - Here the Whole Time by Vitor Martins (@vitormrtns) is 'a feel-good YA romance which celebrates body positivity, self-acceptance and standing up to bullying and homophobia'. (£)
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.@TrevorWoodWrite is launching a new crime series at @QuercusBooks, featuring a senior DCI who is hiding his early onset dementia. (£)
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Sony TV deal for Dan Jones (@dgjones) - the historian will develop TV adaptations of his books, which include Crusaders, The Plantagenets and The Hollow Crown. (£)
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.@MacmillanKidsUK has signed two fast-paced YA thrillers by 'stunning new voice' Tomi Oyemakinde (@oyemakindet_) - The Changing Man is out in September. (£)
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.@headlinepg has signed Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth and Power by Cambridge historian Victoria Bateman. (£)
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.@scholasticuk celebrates Eid in The Most Exciting Eid, a 'gorgeous' debut picture book by Zeba Talkhani (@ZebaTalk) and @AbeehaTariqArt. (£)
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.@Ayishat_Akanbi's The Awokening: Clarity, Culture and Identity in the Web of Chaos goes to @wnbooks, described as 'a timely and inspiring reminder of the power of curiosity and the benefits of intellectual humility'. (£)
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.@orbitbooks has won a five-way auction for Aicha Kandicha, the debut novel by @HarperCollinsUK editor Soraya Bouazzaoui (@halalltakeaway). (£)
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BBC Audio adapts The Sleeper and the Spindle - Neil Gaiman (@neilhimself)'s fairytale, starring Penelope Wilton and Gwendoline Christie (@lovegwendoline), is broadcast on Boxing Day on @BBCRadio4 and released as a digital download in January. (£)
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.@ViperBooks has unveiled a new four-book six-figure deal with The Appeal author @JaniceHallett, saying "She has redefined how the crime novel can be written". (£)
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Blood Flowers are blooming at @scholasticuk as pop star @JayMcGuiness makes his YA fantasy debut. (£)
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.@VikingBooksUK has signed Grand Prix: An Illustrated History of Formula 1, by Drive to Survive star Will Buxton (@wbuxtonofficial). (£)
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Oneworld's children's imprint @rocktheboatnews signs neurodivergent debut author Emily Kenny (@Emilie_London) for the 'imaginative and uplifting' middle grade novel The Extraordinary Adventures of Alice Tonks. (£)
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.@oldbarnbooks has signed Kicked Out by @a_reflective, the sequel to the award-winning novel Boy, Everywhere - she says "I hope this story encourages discussions, enlightens and changes perceptions too". (£)
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What it means to be working class - in Duckling I celebrate the values of working-class life - of community, friendship, hope and humour, writes @EveAinsworth . (Free to view)
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.@scholasticuk has signed The Castle Rock Mystery Crew, a debut by actress @Vicky_McClure inspired by her dementia campaign and written in collaboration with @KimeCurran. (£)
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Thomas & Mercer at @AmazonPub signs three-book deal with Steph Broadribb (@crimethrillgirl) - her new series is about four detectives at a Florida retirement community!. (£)
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.@MichaelRosenYes is taking the Great School Library Campaign to Parliament, calling on ministers to make provision for every school to have a quality library. (£)
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.@HoZ_Books has signed two titles by Kelly Link (@haszombiesinit): short story collection White Cat, Black Dog is out in March, followed by Link's debut novel The Book of Love in 2024. (£)
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.@BarackObama will appear on the BBC in conversation with @DavidOlusoga on 18 November as his memoir A Promised Land is released, ahead of his appearance at @TheBookerPrizes . (£)
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Queen Camilla hosted past @TheBookerPrizes winners - and this year's shortlist - at a Clarence House reception yesterday. (£)
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Jodie Comer, the star of the smash hit one-woman play Prima Facie, is set to narrate the audiobook edition of the novel of the same name by @SuzieMillerWrtr. (£)
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.@mrjamesob, @RachelReevesMP and @IanMurrayMP take home @BAbooksellers and @PublishersAssoc Parliamentary Book Awards (£)
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.@flametreepress signs a new novel by horror veteran @ramseycampbell1 - Fellstones takes its name from seven mysterious objects that have stood on a village green for as long as anyone can remember. (£)
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.@ChattoBooks has announced I Brought the War with Me: Stories and Poems from the Front Line, @LindseyHilsum's 'extraordinary glimpses into the realities of war'. (£)
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These Violent Delights author Chloe Gong (@thechloegong) makes her adult fantasy debut with @HodderBooks - the first title in a three-book deal, Immortal Longings, is out in summer 2023. (£)
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.@MacmillanKidsUK has pre-empted a gift hardback by conservationist and Strictly star @HamzaYassin3 - Hamza's Wild World is 'a fun fact-filled book about the natural world'. (£)
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.@HarvillSecker has signed two more novels by the prizewinning As You Were author Elaine Feeney (@elainefeeney16) in a 'major deal'. The first, How To Build a Boat, is out next summer. (£)
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.@HayFestival unveils medal winners - this year's recipients are Robert Minhinnick (Medal for Poetry) and @FansofJWilson (Medal for Fiction), together with @bbclysedoucet (Medal for Journalism) and @DavidHarewood (Medal for Drama). (£)
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Children's Laureate @frankcottrell_b has signed a new two-book deal with @MacmillanKidsUK, starting with middle-grade title The Blockbusters!. (£)
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.@FireflyPress signs a second Travelling School Mystery by Jo Clarke (@bookloverJo) - Libby and the Highland Heist is out in spring 2023. (£)
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.@OneworldNews imprint @rocktheboatnews buys Chinese YA debut after auction - Iron Widow by @XiranJayZhao is described as 'The Handmaid’s Tale meets Pacific Rim'. (£)
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.@VikingBooks pre-empts for politics of pandemics book - Preventable by @devisridhar is 'a dazzling dissection of the global structures that determine our fate'. (£)
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.@MichaelSheen has called for revolution at @LondonBookFair - he wants to widen working class access to careers in writing, saying 'It’s not enough just to change the gatekeepers'. (£)
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.@scholasticuk has announced The Unlikely Rise of Harry Sponge, the new book by brother and sister team @StephenMangan and Anita Mangan (@Neeneelou). (£)
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The Haunting Season: Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights (@BooksSphere) hits the Sunday Times hardback bestseller list - and it's the first short story collection to appear there since Bookscan records began. (£)
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Catherine Taylor (@KatyaTaylor) memoir bought by @wnbooks after auction - set in northern England in the 1970s and 80s, The Stirrings is 'an impressionistic, irreverent and deeply personal memoir of growing up'. (£)
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