The top 100 bestsellers of the past 50 years: The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read by ⁦Philippa_Perry⁩, a book on how to have a relationship (with anyone in your life). Congratulations, Philippa! ⁦Sunday Times Culture⁩ ⭐️

In glorious technicolour.

Starred Booklist review ‘In Murakami’s multiverses, as always, fascination dominates.’⭐️

I’m no judge - of anything at all - but I think Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s Long Island Compromise might be a masterpiece.

How many women artists do you know? Who makes art history? Turning the limelight on women artists' creativity and the way it has shaped and enriched our world, @katyhessel's THE STORY OF ART WITHOUT MEN is our Non-fiction Book of the Month: exyu.short.gy/B3xmGo #WBOTM

Original New York Times review of The Handmaid’s Tale by ⁦Margaret E Atwood⁩ - published in 1985

Front page of ⁦The Bookseller⁩ ‘an absolute triumph’ CONFESSIONS by ⁦Catherine Airey⁩ - congratulations to the wonderful debut author and her agent, my colleague John Ash (out in January) ⁦Viking Books UK⁩

Obsessed theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/a…

A heartfelt recommendation as this is life-changing book with an army of fans growing by the day. The Names by Florence Knapp in out in May next year. Phoenix Books

We are delighted to reveal that #TheSafekeep by Yael van der Wouden has made #BookerPrize2024 shortlist - huge congratulations to this incredible debut author! An exhilarating tale of twisted desire, histories and homes now is the time to discover this unmissable book.

‘Brave and thrilling… Van Der Wouden brings stunning power and control to her page-turner about trauma and repression.’ Congratulations to Yael van der Wouden on her shortlisting for the Booker Prize. The Safekeep is an incredible novel. #Booker Prize2024

I wrote about why publishing a book always feels a little humiliating, even when things go well. Link to full essay in profile.

Before ⁦Margaret E Atwood⁩ wrote her first novel, she was an award-winning poet. Paper Boat is a selection of her poems from 1961 to 2023 - out on 10th October. ⁦Chatto&Windus⁩

PAPER BOAT launches tomorrow in UK. Chatto&Windus Penguin Random House 🐧🏠📚. Thank you Ali Smith, ever articulate... theguardian.com/books/2024/oct…

‘Like nothing I have read before’ Sara Collins; ‘Taut, compulsive and unsettling’ Jennie Godfrey ⁦Hutchinson Heinemann⁩ SWEAT by Emma Healey

‘Entrancing’ Sam Leith 🐝 in The Telegraph; ‘Garner is a magus. Read him.’ Suzi Feay, The Guardian. POWSELS AND THRUMS is out today 4th Estate Books

Setting off today! Paper Boat by ⁦Margaret E Atwood⁩ ‘What a book of magic Paper Boat is (…) A joy.’ The Guardian. ⁦Chatto&Windus⁩

Back in Oslo after a decade, visiting the Silentroom for the first time! Thank you for coming Margaret E Atwood! Annette Orre Karolina Sutton Simon Prosser Aschehoug litteratur Anne Beate Hovind