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Jamie Smart, Jim Field and Sir Quentin Blake make The Bookseller's Top 30 Illustrators of 2022!

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United Agents' illustrators scoop three spots in The Bookseller's Top 30 Illustrators of 2022! The chart shows the top 1,000 titles by volume from Nielsen BookScan’s Pre-School & Picture Books, Children’s & YA Fiction and Children’s Non-Fiction categories combined, with illustrators manually added by The Bookseller’s charts and data editor...

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02/03/2023 - 17:20
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WAYPOINTS by Sam Heughan: New York Times and Sunday Times Bestseller

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Sam Heughan 's memoir, WAYPOINTS , was published on Tuesday 1st November and immediately charted at NO.3 on the Sunday Times bestseller chart and NO.4 on the hardcover and combined New York Times bestseller chart. Congratulations Sam, on this incredible feat. And may it continue.

'Waypoints is a...

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11/03/2022 - 14:01
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Cover Reveal: DEATH OF A BOOKSELLER by Alice Slater

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A BOOKSHOP. A TRUE CRIME CASE. A DEADLY FRIENDSHIP.

THE UNMISSABLE DEBUT THRILLER OF 2023 by ALICE SLATER.

Roach - bookseller, loner and true crime obsessive - is not interested in making friends. She has all the company she needs in her serial killer books, murder podcasts...

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10/31/2022 - 17:42
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Fourth Estate triumphs in seven-way auction for Young’s ‘extremely sexy’ debut for six figures

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'Fourth Estate has signed the debut novel, Experienced, from award-winning food writer and cook Kate Young in a seven-way auction.

Editorial director Katie Bowden acquired UK and Commonwealth rights from Zoe Ross at United Agents in a six-figure, two-book deal. US rights sold to Marie Michels at Pamela Dorman...

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10/20/2022 - 12:59
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