☕A £5 pumpkin spice latte? Or gift book packs to 3 pre-school children living in women's refuge centres. Books help overcome disadvantage and nurture a life-long love of reading, but for many they're a luxury families can't afford. Spread joy this Autumn with a monthly gift.💫

Leila Aboulela, Cathy Bramley and Abir Mukherjee are among the authors contributing books to The Reading Agency’s 2025 Quick Reads initiative (The Reading Agency) 👇 thebookseller.com/news/leila-abo…

Had the most perfect afternoon at Guildford Book Festival, a great interview with Patricia Nicol, followed by a tour of West Horsley Place where #Ghosts was filmed! And that concludes my events for #OurHoliday - for now... PS I am the one in front of the bookcase 🤣

It was a privilege to be interviewed by the lovely and hugely talented Adele Parks at the Guildford Book Festival last night. I highly recommend her new book, First Wife’s Shadow, skilfully written and gripping, I’m half way through! Lyndax #grateful #author

Ayo Onatade 🇬🇧🇯🇲🇳🇬 Dan-📚Bookseller/BookBlogger📚 TheBookTrail 📚👣 Imogen Robertson / Marina Palmer Нет войне Corvus Amy Chua Mantle Books Pan Macmillan @KateFosterMedia Phoenix Books Agent Armstrong 4th Estate Books Juliet Mushens Hester Musson The Revels: Stacey Thomas Electric prose brings this tale of a witch hunt from the bowels of history and displays it in gory, yet glorious detail #HWACrowns24

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Delighted for the wonderful Philippa Cotton who is going to be the brilliant new PR Director at HQ Stories

Huge congrats to all longlisted authors for 2025 ... some absolutely stonking books here 👏#TheakstonCrime Harrogate Festivals

Oh my, what EXCITING news! #OurHoliday has been longlisted for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2025 🙌 The longlist is now open to readers’ votes until Thursday 15th May – go on, do it! bit.ly/TheakstonsAwar… #TheakstonsAwards #TheakstonsCrime

Have had a few days off so there was a fair amount of bookpost in the salon today and no I will not be reading them all. 😉 Some are too late and some I don’t fancy but some are coming home with me. Have added the rest to our cloakroom offerings for our clients.

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My huge thanks to Emily Burns for this fabulous sounding #OurLastResort by Clémence Michallon coming from Elliott & Thompson 7th August in today’s book mail 📚😊 eandtbooks.com/books/our-last…

*GIVEAWAY* Who wants a chance to win an early hardback of Our Last Resort by Clémence Michallon Elliott & Thompson I have THREE copies to give away to readers. Repost and follow to enter UK only Ends 19/6/25 (No ‘competition only’ accounts)

We have a BUMPER summer heat out today with puzzles, quizzes, and my beachside reading recs from Katie Allen Carley Fortune Sara Ochs Chris Whitaker Kate Gray fearne cotton Emily Henry Lesley-Ann Jones Karen Sullivan 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇧 Penguin Michael Joseph Orion Publishing Penguin Books UK Mountain Leopard Press

It's a scorching heatworld day and we are bringing even more heat with these top reads from Hattie Williams, Lisa Jewell Georgina Moore and Xenobe Purvis Orion Publishing Century Publishing HQ Stories Hutchinson Heinemann

CALL OUT FOR SUBMISSIONS: 2) I would love to find an issue driven/themed psychological horror where the format is used to discuss bigger themes and ideas, like SINNERS or BUFFALO HUNTER. Not too gory - but incisive writing is a must.

Launching #HappyHabits by Dr Alex George at This Morning , out on Thursday from PuffinBooks

Great interview with Dr Alex in Daily Express and The Mirror today! HAPPY HABITS is an empowering and practical toolkit for children aged 9+ designed to nurture happiness, build resilience and support everyday mental wellbeing. PuffinBooks

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We are very saddened to hear of the passing of Jilly Cooper. Her books were filled with the same wit she showed in life and the quality of her writing made each outing a joy for readers. A true icon who will be greatly missed.