The cover has been revealed for Your Time Is Up, the intense real-time YA exam thriller by Costa-shortlisted author Sarah Naughton. One has a secret, one of them saw, there’s blood on the papers, who’ll take the fall? Zaina never meant to get involved. The plan was always to focus on her exams, make her dad proud. But none of this is what she’d planned for. Chanelle never made it to the exam; Nero’s convinced he saw something last night and Ysla can’t stop crying. As Zaina starts to scratch the surface of secrets which desperately want to stay hidden she begins to wonder… how far will they go ..read more

One Perfect Couple, the forthcoming high-tension thriller by New York Times-bestselling author Ruth Ware, has been selected for the May 2024 LibraryReads Hall of Fame. Lyla is in a bit of a rut. Her post-doctoral research has fizzled out, she’s pretty sure they won’t extend her contract, and things with her boyfriend, Nico, an aspiring actor, aren’t going great. When the opportunity arises for Nico to join the cast of a new reality TV show, One Perfect Couple, she decides to try out with him. A whirlwind audition process later, Lyla find herself whisked off to a tropical paradise with Nic ..read more

Fall of Civilizations, Paul Cooper‘s history on the rise and fall of ancient civilisations, has been praised in a review by Max Hastings in The Sunday Times. In the review, which subscribers can read in full here, Hastings writes: “Paul Cooper is a phenomenon… Cooper addresses a new public in new ways, through a mastery of anecdotage and accessible storytelling.” Based on the podcast with over 100 million downloads, Fall of Civilizations brilliantly explores how a range of ancient societies rose to power and sophistication, and how they tipped over into collapse. Across the centuries ..read more

Tia Fisher, author of the Carnegie-shortlisted debut verse novel Crossing the Line, has penned a piece on the power of verse novels to boost young people’s pleasure in reading. In the article for The Bookseller, which subscribers can read in full here, Tia writes of verse novels: “They’re often overlooked, but are a refreshing change, combining the power of storytelling with the accessibility of poetry, the voice of drama and the visual appeal of graphic novels.” Erik’s life has been falling apart ever since his dad died. Homework and being good at school stop feeling important when you’re the ..read more

The It Girl, Ruth Ware‘s New York Times-bestselling thriller which was shortlisted for the 2023 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year, is available on a Kindle Deal for only 99p. Grab it here before the deal ends. A Richard and Judy Summer Book Club Collection pick, The It Girl is an “utterly addictive” (Lucy Foley) and “roller-coaster read” (Bella) which follows a woman on the search for answers a decade after her friend’s murder. April Clarke-Cliveden was the first person Hannah Jones met at Oxford. Vivacious, bright, occasionally vicious, and the ultimate It girl, she quickly ..read more

One Perfect Couple, the forthcoming high-tension thriller by New York Times-bestselling author Ruth Ware, has proved a hit with bestselling author Andrea Mara. The Sunday Times– and Irish Times-bestselling author of No One Saw a Thing said: “One Perfect Couple has everything – characters to care about, characters to loathe, an idyllic island setting, dark secrets, and an utterly perfect ‘ah, of course!’ moment towards the end that made me gasp out loud. One of my favourite books this year, without a doubt. I adored it. Ruth Ware at her very best.” Lyla is in a bit of a rut. Her post ..read more

‘Creativity Enlightenment: Day Three’, a story extracted from Claire Carroll’s debut short story collection, The Unreliable Nature Writer, has appeared in 3:AM Magazine. You can read the story here. The Unreliable Nature Writer comprises 18 stories with themes of late capitalism, climate anxiety and personal loss, and will be released by Scratch Books on 6th June 2024. The collection includes brand-new stories alongside previously published works such as The White Review Short Story Prize-shortlisted My Brain is Boiling with Ideas, in which a woman begins an affair with an android. C ..read more

Alice Vinten, the former police officer and author of The Real Happy Valley, the True Crime Awards-shortlisted collection of real-life stories about female police officers serving across Yorkshire, has been interviewed by Crime Monthly. In the interview, which you can read in the latest Crime Monthly issue (1st April), Alice discusses her book, the writing process, the inspirational women whose stories she tells, her own experiences as a police officer, and why she joined and left the force. Police Sergeant Catherine Cawood may be a fictional character, but her bravery, compassion and det ..read more

Bestselling author Andy Stanton, author of the hilarious Mr Gum series and the “profound and utterly brilliant” (The Times) adult non-fiction book Benny the Blue Whale, co-authored with ChatGPT, will be appearing at The Bookseller Crow, Crystal Palace, London, on Thursday 18th April. The event, entitled ‘Adventures of a Bemused Author: How ChatGPT Broke My Brain’ will begin at 7.30pm. For more information, including how to book your ticket, see here. Most people regard AI chatbots like ChatGPT as streamlining tools, as all-powerful research engines, or even as an imminent threat to t ..read more

No-Bake Baking, the instant Sunday Times bestseller by social media baking star Eloise Head, has charted at #4 on this week’s Sunday Times list for Hardback Nonfiction Manuals. A follow-up to the Sunday Times bestsellers Baking It Easy and Baked In One, No-Bake Baking offers 100 delicious recipes that don’t use an oven. Who doesn’t love a no-bake? From cheesecakes, ice cream and truffles to desserts made on the hob, in a microwave and air fryer, not one of these recipes needs you to turn on your oven. You’ll find brand-new recipes using popular flavours, as well as highly-requested fan fa ..read more