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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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Alex Norris ( @dorrismccomics ) explores all kinds of love for @WalkerBooksUK (£)

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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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4 years

. @HodderBooks buys Clanlands, a love letter to Scotland by Outlander stars @SamHeughan and @GrahamMcTavish (£)

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2 years

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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3 years

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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. @StephenMangan records Dirk Gently audiobooks - Douglas Adams' classic series follows a self-styled private investigator (£)

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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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. @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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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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. @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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Yesterday Julia Donaldson celebrated 25 years of The Gruffalo with @scottishbktrust (£)

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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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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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. @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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4 years

. @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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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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. @_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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. @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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A national day of celebration for @MichaelRosenYes is taking place on 12 November, led by @WalkerBooksUK (£)

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2 years

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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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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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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. @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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6 years

. @peterjamesuk signs for further three Roy Grace novels with @panmacmillan

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4 years

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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. @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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5 years

. @JensonButton to star at Silverstone event with @BlinkPublishing (£)

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4 years

. @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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1 year

Children's Laureate @JosephACoelho and The Queen Consort celebrated World Poetry Day with @Booktrust at the library in @ClarenceHouse (£)

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2 years

. @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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2 years

. @_SwiftPress has signed The Shards by @BretEastonEllis - his first novel since 2010 is set in LA in the 1980s (£)

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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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4 years

. @SquarePegBooks promotes Mireille Harper ( @mireillecharper ) to editor (£)

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4 years

. @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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. @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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3 years

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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3 years

. @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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. @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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2 years

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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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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3 years

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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1 year

. @sueperkins and Baroness @FloellaBenjamin have been announced as judges for @Amazon 's Kindle Storyteller Award (£)

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1 year

The @LondonBookFair 2023 Trailblazers have been announced! Congratulations to Lucy Bond, @_chelseagraham , @elgrffths , Emilie Hames, @hannschofield and @Cstoreyy ! (£)

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2 years

. @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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4 years

. @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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1 year

. @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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1 year

. @TrevorWoodWrite is launching a new crime series at @QuercusBooks , featuring a senior DCI who is hiding his early onset dementia (£)

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4 years

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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2 years

. @scholasticuk celebrates Eid in The Most Exciting Eid, a 'gorgeous' debut picture book by Zeba Talkhani ( @ZebaTalk ) and @AbeehaTariqArt (£)

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3 years

. @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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4 years

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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2 years

. @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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3 years

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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1 year

Blood Flowers are blooming at @scholasticuk as pop star @JayMcGuiness makes his YA fantasy debut (£)

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4 months

. @VikingBooksUK has signed Grand Prix: An Illustrated History of Formula 1, by Drive to Survive star Will Buxton ( @wbuxtonofficial ) (£)

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1 year

. @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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4 years

. @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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. @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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2 years

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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4 years

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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. @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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. @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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Queen Camilla hosted past @TheBookerPrizes winners - and this year's shortlist - at a Clarence House reception yesterday (£)

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4 years

. @mrjamesob , @RachelReevesMP and @IanMurrayMP take home @BAbooksellers and @PublishersAssoc Parliamentary Book Awards (£)

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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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. @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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. @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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. @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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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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4 years

. @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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New 'spellbinding' @FrancesHardinge novel to @MacmillanKidsUK - Unraveller by the @CostaBookAwards winner is out in September (£)

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4 years

. @TheMirrorBooks secures the love story of pop legends @realmartinkemp and @shirliekemp (£)

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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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. @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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Second award in a week for English Pastoral as James Rebanks ( @herdyshepherd1 )'s story of Cumbrian farming life wins Food Book of the Year at last night's @Fortnums awards (£)

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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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Today's top story: @simonkids_UK has pre-empted 'Til Death, a YA debut thriller by BookTokker @BusayoMatuluko , in a six-figure deal (£)

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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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. @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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. @MoominOfficial and @oxfamgb raise £1m through their partnership to support women and girls around the world (£)

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'Unflinching' memoir about family, food and grief goes to @picadorbooks - Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner ( @Jbrekkie ) expands on her article of the same title that went viral in 2018 (£)

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. @eandtbooks has revealed a multi-pronged marketing and publicity push for its spring super-lead, The Future of Geography: How Power and Politics in Space will Change our World, by Tim Marshall ( @Itwitius ) (£)

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. @HarperCollinsUK has signed a guide to 'smashing life' from 'professional wheeler-dealer', Apprentice star and entrepreneur @iamtomskinner (£)

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3 years

Beautiful things for Hunter Biden at @simonschusterUK - the son of the US president @JoeBiden tackles addiction in his 'astonishingly candid and brave' memoir for Gallery Books UK (£)

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Lizzie Huxley-Jones ( @littlehux )'s queer festive rom-com goes to @HodderBooks - Make You Mine This Christmas is 'funny, wholesome and full of so many festive shenanigans' (£)

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Particular Books at @PenguinUKBooks has won a four-way auction for Poor Artists, a work of creative non-fiction on who gets to make art and why, by art criticism duo @TheWhitePube (£)

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