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Square Peg scoops sequel to Lucy Mangan’s memoir
Square Peg has acquired Bookish, the sequel to Guardian columnist Lucy Mangan’s memoir, Bookworm (Square Peg), and publishing director Marianne Tatepo will publish the book in March 2025.
Former Square Peg editor Rowan Yapp acquired exclusive world English rights from Juliet Pickering at Blake Friedmann and Louise Lamont at LBA Books. Tatepo will publish the book in hardback, e-book and audiobook.
"In this new book, Mangan charts how books of all kinds delight, guide, comfort and strengthen us throughout our adult lives," the synopsis says. "Revisiting the books of all genres [...] that ferried her through each important stage of life, Bookish is a coming-of-age via reading. It’s an ode to our favourite bookish spaces—from the smallest second-hand bookstalls to libraries, glorious big bookshops and explores how books help us connect with the people we love through shared stories."
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Mangan said: "To be writing about reading again is a joy I’m quite sure I have not earned, but have loved every minute of it anyway. I can only thank Vintage from the bottom of my bookcase for the opportunity. I hope that readers enjoy meeting old friends within its covers and maybe making new ones too."
Tatepo added: "We can think of no better advocate for reading—and hoarding—books than pathological tsundoku Lucy Mangan. Equal parts hilarious and generous, her chronicles show how books of all stripes can be an escape, a comfort, a catalyst—changing people and lives. This book has a special place in our hearts—we cannot wait to share it with the many who loved and championed Bookworm, and bookish people everywhere."
Pickering and Lamont added: "Like a long, satisfying chat with your best friend, Bookish is a warm and wonderful tribute to the power of stories in the most befuddling of times, steering Mangan and the reader through our main adult milestones: love, sex, marriage, parenthood and grief, and making an irresistible case for handing our love of books on to generations to come."
