Plymouth’s RESPECT festival will see people become ‘books’ for Human Library
They say everyone has a book inside them—now a Devon arts festival is looking for people to become a “book” in partnership with the Human Library project. Plymouth’s RESPECT Festival… Read more »
Simon Armitage begins decade-long UK library tour
Back in 2019, a hundred years ago, the UK’s Poet Laureate Simon Armitage announced he was to tour the nation’s libraries each Spring over the next decade, to “give readings… Read more »
Close to the veg: Headline acquire Grandad’s gardening tips
For those lucky enough to have access to a garden or outdoor space during the pandemic, they have provided more than just an escape from the no-so-great indoors. And with… Read more »
Marcus Rashford book blazes a trail for underprivileged readers
Last week it was confirmed, in the latest instance of “Marcus Rashford being an excellent human,” that the Manchester United striker—who is just 23!—is putting his name to a new… Read more »
Matt Lucas resurrects baked potato song as hit single and book
This story begins in November 2002 with the fifth series of cult surrealist quiz show Shooting Stars, hitting its stride again after a five-year hiatus. Originally a ’90s hit, it provided… Read more »
Poets respond to coronavirus crisis with new NHS anthology
The past few weeks have seen a renewed appreciation in the UK for the National Health Service, as it battles the staggering pressure created by the number of people requiring… Read more »
UK wholesaler Gardners reopens to fulfill single book orders
As all of us in the book biz know, we don’t have a ‘biz’ at all without a distribution network. We can publish, publicise, pontificate and, er, something else beginning… Read more »
Publishers take book events online … and introducing #MelvilleHousehold
With large swathes of the globe now locked down in response to the spread of Coronavirus, a growing number of marquee events slated for this summer – and even further… Read more »
Surge in sales of “difficult” books during worldwide lockdowns
A few months ago… no, weeks? Last week?! Are you kidding me, last week, a meme went around reminding everyone that Shakespeare (probably, maybe) wrote King Lear while in the 16th-century equivalent of lockdown, from… Read more »
London indies get on their bikes, bringing books to the people
What more can be said about this unknown territory? In the midst of a global pandemic, nothing feels certain or stable. On a daily basis, we are battered with unprecedented,… Read more »