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Editor's Letter

Author Alex Wheatle once asked The Bookseller to step up, but did we?

Alex Wheatle once directed a question to me. Would The Bookseller pledge to feature a Black writer on the front cover of the magazine "maybe every few months"? It was a small ask but, given the lack of representation on publishing lists, an important one.

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WH Smith high-street stores to be rebranded after £76m sale

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Purvi Gadia becomes managing editor at Hachette India

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Women's Prize for Non-Fiction shortlist celebrates books that 'illuminate complex subjects'

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Fantastic Scholastic: Suzanne Collins helps publisher bag a record return

The British Book Awards

Got it Covered: Nibbies 35th anniversary special

Today's News Stories

Books on BookTok: has climate fiction made an impact?

Vintage to close non-fiction imprint Square Peg

Bonnier Books UK appoints Alanna Feldman Scouting as literary scout

Germany's largest book chain Thalia in 'expansive mode' with two huge new projects planned

Mikey Please wins Waterstones Children’s Book prize for ‘funny and immersive’ picture book

The Queen’s Reading Room launches new award for those championing reading

Ten 'boundary-pushing' books in English translation shortlisted for EBRD Literature Prize

Ink Road joins Bonnier Books UK’s Children’s Trade division

Cambridge University Press and Romantic Novelists' Association slam Meta's use of pirated books

The Bookseller's Marketing and Publicity Conference tickets now on sale

Suzanne Collins' Sunrise on the Reaping and Snow Patrol head up the Indie Top 20

TfL working 'to see if book swaps can be re-introduced' in Tube stations after removal

DG Coutinho awarded CrimeFest's 2025 bursary for a crime-fiction writer of colour

Harriet Walter to voice Camilla Barnes’ deadly debut for Scribner

Sathnam Sanghera, Megan Hunter and the Secret Barrister present at 2025 Picador Showcase

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Jobs in Books

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Rights Report

Hodder & Stoughton acquires ‘classic’ John Grisham thriller amid backlist rebrand

Fleet acquires Rhett Davis’ ‘beautiful’ novel about humans turning into trees

BBC Books to publish 'landmark celebration' cookbook for Mary Berry's 90th birthday

Hachette signs three-year license for Van Gogh Museum children’s publishing

Century to publish 'vibrant' memoir from DJ, artist and producer Mark Ronson

Oneworld to publish Josh Silver's adult debut in two-book deal

Allen Lane signs Florence Scott's fresh take on Medieval queenship

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Today's News Stories

Germany's largest book chain Thalia in 'expansive mode' with two huge new projects planned

Vintage to close non-fiction imprint Square Peg

Books on BookTok: has climate fiction made an impact?

Bonnier Books UK appoints Alanna Feldman Scouting as literary scout

WH Smith high-street stores to be rebranded after £76m sale

Mikey Please wins Waterstones Children’s Book prize for ‘funny and immersive’ picture book

The Queen’s Reading Room launches new award for those championing reading

Ten 'boundary-pushing' books in English translation shortlisted for EBRD Literature Prize

Purvi Gadia becomes managing editor at Hachette India

Ink Road joins Bonnier Books UK’s Children’s Trade division

Cambridge University Press and Romantic Novelists' Association slam Meta's use of pirated books

The Bookseller's Marketing and Publicity Conference tickets now on sale

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Latest Issue

28th March 2025

In this week's issue:

Debuts of the Year volume 2: Celebrating up-and-coming first-time novelists
Author profiles: Wendy Erskine, Claire Lynch, Barnaby Martin and Saba Sams
Previews: Paperback – New titles publishing in June

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Opinion from The Bookseller and other columnists

Author Alex Wheatle once asked The Bookseller to step up, but did we?

by Philip Jones

Alex Wheatle once directed a question to me. Would The Bookseller pledge to feature a Black writer on the front cover of the magazine "maybe every few months"? It was a small ask but, given the lack of representation on publishing lists, an important one.

Community is everything

by David Headley

Here’s what 25 years of running Goldsboro Books has taught me about how we can secure the future of bookshops.

The human art of indexing

by Caroline Sanderson

Book indexes might seem the perfect candidate for AI automation. They’re not.

What can we do about Meta?

by Penny Batchelor

Authors are up in arms about Meta’s use of LibGen to train AI – and some are taking action.

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Comment

Opinion from The Bookseller and other columnists

Author Alex Wheatle once asked The Bookseller to step up, but did we?

by Philip Jones

Alex Wheatle once directed a question to me. Would The Bookseller pledge to feature a Black writer on the front cover of the magazine "maybe every few months"? It was a small ask but, given the lack of representation on publishing lists, an important one.

Community is everything

by David Headley

The human art of indexing

by Caroline Sanderson

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Bestsellers

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Weekly print bestsellers based on data supplied by Nielsen BookScan. Other digital charts from Bookstat and Audible.

Bestsellers

Day at the Zoo: a tiger, a hare and a puppy climb the Picture Books chart

In 2024, the Pre-School & Picture Books category of Nielsen BookScan’s Total Consumer Market had a robust performance, with just under 30 million units sold across more than 30,000 different ISBNs, excluding World Book Day £1 titles, delivering a total revenue of £162.5m for the year.

PrinteBookAudio

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Sunrise on the Reaping

2

The Strawberry Patch Pancake House

3

Tales from Acorn Wood (WBD)

4

The Dark Wives

5

Adventures of Paddington: Farm Escape! (WBD)

6

Ward D

7

The Women

8

Barbara's Very Useful Guide to Moods (WBD)

9

My Favourite Mistake

10

The Magic Balloon (WBD)

1

A Dead Man on Staffin Beach

2

Sunrise on the Reaping

3

The Suspect

4

Total Control

5

Keep It in the Family

6

Verity

7

Secrets and History

8

Us Three

9

The House of Lost Secrets

10

Wild Side

1

The Let Them Theory

2

Careless People

3

Onyx Storm

4

Atomic Habits

5

Fourth Wing

6

We All Live Here

7

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

8

The Trading Game

9

Belsay

10

Iron Flame

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Authors interviews, news and book previews

Author Interviews

Debuts of 2025, Volume 2: Claire Lynch

Claire Lynch’s debut novel, A Family Matter, explores a father-daughter relationship, between the 1980s and the present day, as they attempt to speak what has been unspoken for many years.

Author Interviews

Debuts of 2025, Volume 2: Wendy Erskine

Wendy Erskine’s The Benefactors is a Belfast-set, polyphonic novel following three very different women, whose sons have all been accused of sexual assault.

Books

Books on BookTok: has climate fiction made an impact?

Following the announcement of the Climate Fiction Prize shortlist last week, BookTokers reflected on the prevalence of the term climate fiction on the app.