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Live by Robert Elms review: Good books about live music are rare — this one’s a gem

There are far too many books about music, even though I’ve written a fair few myself. The market is starting to feel saturated; graze the music section on your local Waterstones and you’ll find endless biographies of bass players in long-forgotten prog rock groups, a multitude of cut-and-paste hagiographies and…

Evening Standard

5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of She’s A Killer by Kirsten McDougall and Murder On The Dance Floor by Shirley Ballas.

The Independent UK

5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Cahokia Jazz by Francis Spufford and A Stroke Of The Pen: The Lost Stories by Terry Pratchett.

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OPINION - Dylan Jones: Oxford Street must change or die, because right now it’s dying

Oxford Street was built for lunchtime. At least it was for me. When I worked in the West End, if I wasn’t having a fancy lunch, at one o’clock I’d nip out from my office and spend the best part of an hour wandering up and down it, dipping into…

Evening Standard

5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Land Of Milk And Honey by C Pam Zhang and Absolutely And Forever by Rose Tremain.

The Independent UK

5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of The Secret Hours by Mick Herron and The Wake-Up Call by Beth O’Leary.

The Independent UK

5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Weirdo by Sara Pascoe and The Seventh Son by Sebastian Faulks.

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5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of The Fraud by Zadie Smith and Holly by Stephen King.

The Independent UK

Pedants forgive Waterstones over apostrophe

More than 10 years after Waterstones “enraged pedants everywhere” by dropping the apostrophe from its name, it has been “forgiven”, said The Times. The bookshop chain made the alteration in 2012 to make the spelling easier in the digital age, but the move prompted criticism, with some getting “terribly cross”,…

The Week

Alice Winn wins 2023 Waterstones debut fiction prize for In Memoriam

Novel described as ‘truly stunning feat of fiction’ tells love story of two first world war soldiers

The Guardian - UK

Alice Winn’s In Memoriam scoops Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize 2023

The novel, set in the First World War, was described as ‘comfortingly classic yet daringly original’ by judges.

The Independent UK

5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of The Lie Maker by Linwood Barclay and Learned By Heart by Emma Donoghue.

The Independent UK

Enjoyed Baldur's Gate 3? Here's how to get into Dungeons & Dragons

How to get started in Dungeons and Dragons after cutting your teeth on Baldur’s Gate 3.

TechRadar

5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of The Book Of Fire by Christy Lefteri and Shark Heart: A Love Story by Emily Habeck.

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Evening Standard

Best books on sustainability to read in 2023

Don’t be mean, keep it green

The Independent UK

5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Fair Rosaline by Natasha Solomons and Open Throat by Henry Hoke.

The Guardian - UK

‘I can’t stress how much BookTok sells’: teen literary influencers swaying publishers

TikTok recommendations are driving sales and launching authors’ careers as the social media app continues to reshape the industry

Evening Standard

Best books on climate change to help you understand the crisis

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The Independent UK

5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of The Trackers by Charles Frazier and Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead.

The Independent UK

5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah and The List by Yomi Adegoke.

Evening Standard

Twitter becomes X: Looking back at five rebrands gone wrong, from Tropicana to UKIP

It’s never easy to change a household name

The Guardian - UK

Terrorist Anders Breivik’s manifesto was listed for sale on Waterstones website

Bookseller removes anti-Muslim document by extremist who killed 77 people in Norway, after discovery by investigators

The Independent UK

5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Ordinary Human Failings by Megan Nolan and The Baby Does A Runner by Anita Rani.

The Independent UK

5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of The Librarianist by Patrick deWitt and Kala by Colin Walsh.

The Guardian - UK

Claudia Mason obituary

Other lives: Bookseller and signwriter who lived for many years on a houseboat on the Thames

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