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BOY A is being (re)Published tomorrow, with a beautifully written introduction, by the amazing young writer Colin Walsh, in the @serpentstail 'Classics' list. I was a young writer once. Now I'm a 'Classic'. It's very flattering, to be a Classic. But it's not like being young...
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From Christian Kracht, author of former Waterstones Fiction Book of the Month Eurotrash, comes a tour de force of invention and ambiguity, as two men venture through strange landscapes towards unknowable destinations. Preorder AIR here: waterstones.com/book/air/chr…
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My Name Is Lucy Barton meets Harry and Sally in this witty, moving portrait of a long New York marriage. #ThisIsALoveStory by Jessica Soffer is out now in paperback. Order your copy here: tinyurl.com/bdhnnbff
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We are delighted to announce the shortlist for the Sunday Times Charlotte Aitken Young Writer of the Year Award! ✨ Read more here: youngwriteraward.com/the-sun… Read in @thetimes : thetimes.com/culture/books/a… #YoungWriterAward
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A homage to New York, to pleasure, loss and love that endures despite or perhaps because of what life throws at us 💚 #ThisIsALoveStory is out now in paperback! Order your copy here: tinyurl.com/bdhnnbff
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Get 25% off the #AllConsuming paperback by Ruby Tandoh, when you pre-order from @Waterstones until 23.59 PM tonight and use code: FEB26 🍓 waterstones.com/book/9781800…
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Why do we eat the way we eat now? 🍓 🍓 ‘Laugh-out-loud funny’ Vogue 🍫 ‘Delightful snark’ New York Times Get 25% off the #AllConsuming paperback, when you pre-order from @waterstones until February 20th and use code: FEB26
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#ThisIsALoveStory by Jessica Soffer is out now in paperback! A witty, moving portrait of a long New York marriage 💚 Order your copy here: tinyurl.com/bdhnnbff
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'Clamorous, inventive and polyphonic ... Saraswati is a welcome shift from the family dramas and autofictions that have tended to dominate literary renderings of India' A stellar @nytimes review for #Saraswati by @GurnaikJohal 🌊 nytimes.com/2026/02/09/books…
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'A revelation - the kind of novel to read in one sitting' Liz Moore, bestselling author of The God of the Woods. #ThisIsALoveStory by Jessica Soffer is out next week in paperback 💚 Pre-order your copy here: tinyurl.com/bdhnnbff
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Larissa Pham's debut novel #Discipline is out today! Taut and provocative, the novel follows Christine, a writer touring her debut novel – a fictionalised account of an affair with her professor. When he gets in touch she's drawn back into his orbit. serpentstail.com/work/discip…
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'Combines deep philosophical inquiry with thriller vibes' #Discipline by Larissa Pham reviewed in The Crack Magazine. Pham's taut and provocative debut novel is out tomorrow 💚 thecrackmagazine.com/view-ed…
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'I, for one, could listen to Bordas's characters talking and thinking all day. One Sun Only is a truly effortless collection' A stunning @IrishTimes review for Camille Bordas' #OneSunOnly, out now 🍳 irishtimes.com/culture/books…
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Join beloved comedian @mrrobnewman at the Sevenoaks Bookshop where he'll be discussing his upcoming novel #Intelligence 📚 An irresistible novel about love, secrets and wartime espionage, set against the backdrop of the Second World War. eventbrite.co.uk/e/author-ta… @7OaksBookshop
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'One of the best new collections I've read in a long time' TELEGRAPH 5-STAR REVIEW ☀️ Don't miss Camille Bordas' fresh, witty and poignant short story collection #OneSunOnly, publishing today: tinyurl.com/OneSunOnly
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#Eurotrash by Christian Kracht is a @Foyles bestseller for this week 🎉
Happy Monday, book lovers! Here's our Top 10 for the week! Perfection by #VincenzoLatronico trans. #SophieHughes Hamnet by #MaggieOFarrell @TinderPress Heated Rivalry by #RachelReid @HarperCollinsUK Moral Ambition by #RutgerBregman @BloomsburyBooks
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The #NightSwimmers audiobook publishes today 💙 A moving family story, for fans of Elizabeth Strout's Olive Kitteridge or Annie Proulx's The Shipping News on the edge on the Irish Sea. 🐚 'Heaven' Katherine May 🐚 'A glowing novel' Irish Times audible.co.uk/pd/Night-Swimm…
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