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What is your favourite spooky read, or a book on your spooky TBR?
Let us know in the comments 👻✨
What is your favourite spooky read, or a book on your spooky TBR?
Let us know in the comments 👻✨
Catch up on our interview from January with Booker Prize 2025 winner David Szalay 👇
David Szalay | "Flesh is a story collection hiding inside a novel"
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November 10, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Catch up on our interview from January with Booker Prize 2025 winner David Szalay 👇
David Szalay’s Flesh has become the second Jonathan Cape title to win the Booker Prize in a row and the first British-Hungarian author to ever win the £50,000 prize 👇
The Booker Prize: David Szalay wins 2025 award marking second victory in a row for Jonathan Cape
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November 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
David Szalay’s Flesh has become the second Jonathan Cape title to win the Booker Prize in a row and the first British-Hungarian author to ever win the £50,000 prize 👇
The Scottish Library and Information Council has called for “urgent sustained development” to help secure the future of Scotland’s libraries 👇 #BookSky
‘Urgent’ development needed to secure future of Scotland’s libraries, says SLIC
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November 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The Scottish Library and Information Council has called for “urgent sustained development” to help secure the future of Scotland’s libraries 👇 #BookSky
Europa Editions has acquired Night of a Thousand Hells by Indonesian author Intan Paramaditha, translated by Stephen Epstein and Tiffany Tsao 👇 #BookSky
Europa Editions snaps up Intan Paramaditha’s new novel
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November 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Europa Editions has acquired Night of a Thousand Hells by Indonesian author Intan Paramaditha, translated by Stephen Epstein and Tiffany Tsao 👇 #BookSky
ICYMI: Andrew Miller’s The Land in Winter is by far the Booker Prize 2025’s leader at the tills heading into tonight’s ceremony, having generated over half of the six-strong contenders’ unit-sales during the shortlist period, and 45% of the sextet’s value 👇
As the Miller sold his tale: The Land in Winter heads the Booker shortlistees’ sales
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November 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
ICYMI: Andrew Miller’s The Land in Winter is by far the Booker Prize 2025’s leader at the tills heading into tonight’s ceremony, having generated over half of the six-strong contenders’ unit-sales during the shortlist period, and 45% of the sextet’s value 👇
ICYMI: I was just acting in my drama class, I grew up on a council estate, this doesn’t happen to people like me, says Speakies shortlistee Michael Ajao 👇 #BookSky
Speakies shortlistee: Michael Ajao (What Happens Online)
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November 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
ICYMI: I was just acting in my drama class, I grew up on a council estate, this doesn’t happen to people like me, says Speakies shortlistee Michael Ajao 👇 #BookSky
Icon has acquired Chronic: Understanding Pain by Gillian Best. The book will be published in March 2026 👇 #BookSky
Icon snaps up Gillian Best's 'fascinating' book on chronic pain
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November 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Icon has acquired Chronic: Understanding Pain by Gillian Best. The book will be published in March 2026 👇 #BookSky
ICYMI: Salt Publishing has acquired Wash, a “richly imagined and intimate” “anti-biography” by the award-winning author and critic Erica Wagner. Wash will be published in May 2026 👇 #BookSky
Salt Publishing snaps up Wagner’s 'anti-biography' of engineer Washington Roebling
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November 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
ICYMI: Salt Publishing has acquired Wash, a “richly imagined and intimate” “anti-biography” by the award-winning author and critic Erica Wagner. Wash will be published in May 2026 👇 #BookSky
ICYMI: Jeff Kinney, author of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, is returning with a second spooky stories spin-off, Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories 2, scheduled for publication on 11th August 2026 👇 #BookSky
Diary of a Wimpy Kid author Jeff Kinney returns with second spooky spin-off
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November 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
ICYMI: Jeff Kinney, author of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, is returning with a second spooky stories spin-off, Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories 2, scheduled for publication on 11th August 2026 👇 #BookSky
Anthony Hopkins’ “gimlet-eyed autobiography” We Did Ok, Kid (Simon & Schuster) was reviewed by Ed Poulton in the Times who commented that “this is not one of those memoirs in which the subject’s talent dazzles from the off” 👇 #BookSky
Books in the Media: Anthony Hopkins' autobiography dazzles
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November 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Anthony Hopkins’ “gimlet-eyed autobiography” We Did Ok, Kid (Simon & Schuster) was reviewed by Ed Poulton in the Times who commented that “this is not one of those memoirs in which the subject’s talent dazzles from the off” 👇 #BookSky
Ladybird has acquired A House Made of Books, the debut picture book by author-illustrator Frankie Gritton. A House Made of Books will be published in August 2026 👇 #BookSky
Ladybird wins Frankie Gritton’s debut picture book in six-way auction
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November 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Ladybird has acquired A House Made of Books, the debut picture book by author-illustrator Frankie Gritton. A House Made of Books will be published in August 2026 👇 #BookSky
Head of Zeus, part of Bloomsbury Publishing, is publishing three new novels from historical fantasy author Shauna Lawless 👇 #BookSky
Head of Zeus signs deal for Shauna Lawless’s historical fantasy trilogy
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November 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Head of Zeus, part of Bloomsbury Publishing, is publishing three new novels from historical fantasy author Shauna Lawless 👇 #BookSky
Salt Publishing has acquired Wash, a “richly imagined and intimate” “anti-biography” by the award-winning author and critic Erica Wagner. Wash will be published in May 2026 👇 #BookSky
Salt Publishing snaps up Wagner’s 'anti-biography' of engineer Washington Roebling
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November 10, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Salt Publishing has acquired Wash, a “richly imagined and intimate” “anti-biography” by the award-winning author and critic Erica Wagner. Wash will be published in May 2026 👇 #BookSky
Northumberland-based author and publisher Stuart Wheatman has launched Third Iteration, a new independent publishing house centring "honest, human stories" 👇 #BookSky
New indie Third Iteration to publish 'honest, human stories'
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November 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Northumberland-based author and publisher Stuart Wheatman has launched Third Iteration, a new independent publishing house centring "honest, human stories" 👇 #BookSky
I was just acting in my drama class, I grew up on a council estate, this doesn’t happen to people like me, says Speakies shortlistee Michael Ajao 👇 #BookSky
Speakies shortlistee: Michael Ajao (What Happens Online)
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November 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I was just acting in my drama class, I grew up on a council estate, this doesn’t happen to people like me, says Speakies shortlistee Michael Ajao 👇 #BookSky
Hutchinson Heinemann has signed The Given World, the fourth novel by Melissa Harrison, the award-winning author of All Among the Barley. Publication is scheduled for May 2026 👇 #BookSky
Hutchinson Heinemann wins seven-way auction for Melissa Harrison’s fourth novel
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November 10, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Hutchinson Heinemann has signed The Given World, the fourth novel by Melissa Harrison, the award-winning author of All Among the Barley. Publication is scheduled for May 2026 👇 #BookSky
Jeff Kinney, author of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, is returning with a second spooky stories spin-off, Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories 2, scheduled for publication on 11th August 2026 👇 #BookSky
Diary of a Wimpy Kid author Jeff Kinney returns with second spooky spin-off
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November 10, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Jeff Kinney, author of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, is returning with a second spooky stories spin-off, Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories 2, scheduled for publication on 11th August 2026 👇 #BookSky
Quadrille has acquired Chocolate Baking by Edd Kimber. The book will be published in the UK on 31st March 👇 #BookSky
Quadrille snaps up Edd Kimber's Chocolate Baking
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November 10, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Quadrille has acquired Chocolate Baking by Edd Kimber. The book will be published in the UK on 31st March 👇 #BookSky
Thinking aphoristically comes in handy when AI promises to make us look like we know what we’re doing while decreasing our cognitive loads to zero, says James Geary in our recent Comment piece 👇 #BookSky
Publishers must think aphoristically
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November 10, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Thinking aphoristically comes in handy when AI promises to make us look like we know what we’re doing while decreasing our cognitive loads to zero, says James Geary in our recent Comment piece 👇 #BookSky
Brazen, the literary imprint founded in 2021 by Romilly Morgan under Anna Bond at Octopus Publishing Group, has appointed Ella Gordon as editorial director 👇 #BookSky
Brazen appoints Ella Gordon as editorial director
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November 10, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Brazen, the literary imprint founded in 2021 by Romilly Morgan under Anna Bond at Octopus Publishing Group, has appointed Ella Gordon as editorial director 👇 #BookSky
Catch up on the @thebookerprizes.com shortlist ahead of their big reveal tonight! 🏆🤩
ICYMI: Penguin Random House has scored two-thirds of the 2025 Booker Prize shortlist across a selection of seasoned novelists, with Kiran Desai shortlisted for a second time, alongside two other previous shortlistees Andrew Miller and David Szalay 👇 #BookSky
The Booker Prize 2025: Penguin Random House nets four on shortlist
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November 10, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Catch up on the @thebookerprizes.com shortlist ahead of their big reveal tonight! 🏆🤩
Farshore has signed a multi-year publishing deal with Toca Boca. The first title in the Toca Boca series, Welcome to Toca Boca Sticker Book, will be published in April 2026 👇 #BookSky
Farshore signs multi-year publishing deal with Toca Boca
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November 10, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Farshore has signed a multi-year publishing deal with Toca Boca. The first title in the Toca Boca series, Welcome to Toca Boca Sticker Book, will be published in April 2026 👇 #BookSky
Andrew Miller’s The Land in Winter is by far the Booker Prize 2025’s leader at the tills heading into tonight’s ceremony, having generated over half of the six-strong contenders’ unit-sales during the shortlist period, and 45% of the sextet’s value 👇
As the Miller sold his tale: The Land in Winter heads the Booker shortlistees’ sales
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November 10, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Andrew Miller’s The Land in Winter is by far the Booker Prize 2025’s leader at the tills heading into tonight’s ceremony, having generated over half of the six-strong contenders’ unit-sales during the shortlist period, and 45% of the sextet’s value 👇
ICYMI: In 2024, NielsenIQ BookData’s Horror sub-category recorded its best year to date, delivering just over £8m – so far in 2025, just over £6.8m has been spent on the category 👇 #BookSky
No flinching: horror sales are climbing towards a record year
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November 9, 2025 at 9:32 AM
ICYMI: In 2024, NielsenIQ BookData’s Horror sub-category recorded its best year to date, delivering just over £8m – so far in 2025, just over £6.8m has been spent on the category 👇 #BookSky
ICYMI: Helen Garner has won The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction with How to End a Story: Collected Diaries (W&N) – the first diary to win the prize 👇 #BookSky
Baillie Gifford Prize: Helen Garner's journal is first diary to win £50k award
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November 9, 2025 at 8:10 AM
ICYMI: Helen Garner has won The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction with How to End a Story: Collected Diaries (W&N) – the first diary to win the prize 👇 #BookSky