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Charts Regional Focus: subtle differences appear in Wales and the West

At first glance it might seem that the Welsh book market is very similar to that of the UK as a whole, but after a deeper dig into the data one discovers a few subtle differences.

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Isabel Allende's editor corrects 'offensive' outdated references for new YA editions

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Mohamed Samir Nada wins International Prize for Arabic Fiction for ‘outstandingly beautiful’ novel

Susanna Clarke returns to world of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell in new short story

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Branford Boase Award shortlist features 'refreshingly different' stories

Books on Podcasts: listen to Jack Fairweather, Xialou Guo and Abigail Dean

Whitefox collaborates with Sarah Dunant on ‘bold’ history of Marchesa Isabella d'Este

Jackie Kay to lead free literacy crisis conference

The Reading Agency to host lunchtime ‘read-in’ in Bradford Waterstones

Reading Agency’s research reveals 'growing reading crisis' with half of adults put off by distractions

Books in the Media: a new offering from Sayaka Murata makes an impact

Publishers’ Licensing Services and Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society create ‘pioneering’ AI licence

Publishers Association's Dan Conway condemns tech's ‘teenage demands’ ahead of government debate

Faber hosts annual open day for young people from the North

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BookTok, romantasy and follower counts: are future bestselling authors all going to be TikTok stars?

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Today's News Stories

Mohamed Samir Nada wins International Prize for Arabic Fiction for ‘outstandingly beautiful’ novel

Susanna Clarke returns to world of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell in new short story

Novelist Keshava Guha to become Aevitas UK's first literary agent in India

Branford Boase Award shortlist features 'refreshingly different' stories

MPs argue that AI text and data-mining exemption lacks effective ‘opt-out’

Books on Podcasts: listen to Jack Fairweather, Xialou Guo and Abigail Dean

Jackie Kay to lead free literacy crisis conference

Whitefox collaborates with Sarah Dunant on ‘bold’ history of Marchesa Isabella d'Este

The Reading Agency to host lunchtime ‘read-in’ in Bradford Waterstones

The Bookseller launches the New Adult Book Prize to celebrate one of the fastest growing areas of fiction

Bestseller charts: The sun rises once again for Suzanne Collins

Isabel Allende's editor corrects 'offensive' outdated references for new YA editions

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25th April 2025

In this week's issue:

Editor's Comment: Let’s not Zuck up, the existential struggle is on
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Previews – July 2025: Children's and Paperback
Wales Focus: Editorial overview + author, company and bookshop profiles

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Judging the 2025 CLiPPA is a reminder of important poetry is for kids – especially now.

Do we prefer aural?

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The growth of audiobooks could well reflect our innate hard-wiring.

Grants, gigs and judging pains

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Liberate your canons

by Chris McCabe

Intersectional voices are bringing fresh joy and power to poetry.

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Opinion from The Bookseller and other columnists

We are all born poets

by Roger McGough

Judging the 2025 CLiPPA is a reminder of important poetry is for kids – especially now.

Do we prefer aural?

by Nadim Sadek

Grants, gigs and judging pains

by Tim Relf

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

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Charts Regional Focus: subtle differences appear in Wales and the West

At first glance it might seem that the Welsh book market is very similar to that of the UK as a whole, but after a deeper dig into the data one discovers a few subtle differences.

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Sunrise on the Reaping

2

One of Us Is Dead

3

In Too Deep

4

There’s a Bunny in Your Book

5

There are Rivers in the Sky

6

Fearless

7

Watch Me

8

Cozy Corner

9

The Dinosaur that Pooped Easter!

10

All the Colours of the Dark

1

My Daughter Is Missing

2

One Day and Forever

3

First Wife's Shadow

4

What If I Never Get Over You

5

The Mysterious Bakery on Rue de Paris

6

Long Road to Mercy

7

After That Night

8

Project Hail Mary

9

Someone Is Lying

10

Rock Paper Scissors

1

The Let Them Theory

2

Marble Hall Murders

3

Sunrise on the Reaping

4

On Democracies and Death Cults

5

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

6

Atomic Habits

7

The Trading Game

8

Careless People

9

Onyx Storm

10

The Hotel Avocado

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Books on Podcasts: listen to Jack Fairweather, Xialou Guo and Abigail Dean

This week conversation topics ranged from post-war Germany, Herman Melville’s Moby Dick to Tudor England.

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Books in the Media: a new offering from Sayaka Murata makes an impact

This week Sayaka Murata’s latest English-translated novel made an impact.

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Books in the Media: Katie Kitamura dazzles

This week in fiction, Katie Kitamura returns with her fifth novel and Beth O’Leary’s latest receives a nod in the Times.

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Books on BookTok: the first quarter review

Following from The Bookseller’s charts story on the performance of book market in the first quarter of 2025, this week BookTok creators selected the books they believe are the top performing titles on the platform, so far this year.

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