Philip Pullman's The Secret Commonwealth (Penguin/David Fickling) has maintained its number one spot in the Amazon Charts' Most-Sold: Fiction top 20 for a second week, while the current UK Official Top 50 number one through Nielsen BookScan's TCM, Bill Bryson's The Body (Transworld), also held... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-10-15 17:51:08 UTC ]
Bill Bryson’s The Body (Doubleday) has sensationally leapfrogged Philip Pullman’s The Secret Commonwealth (Penguin/David Fickling) to claim the author’s 11th week as the UK Official Top 50 number one. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-10-15 07:35:55 UTC ]
Joe Wicks, Bill Bryson and Naomi Alderman are among the writers featuring in Audible's new offering, Audio Shows, which launches today with short audio programmes, original series and exclusive podcasts. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Kate Atkinson, Bill Bryson and Mary Beard are among the authors competing in the adult category for the 10th IBW Book Award. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Skegness’s Jolly Fisherman image used before seeking permission on the cover of Bryson’s bestselling travelogue The Road to Little DribblingSkegness’s Jolly Fisherman, he of the beaming smile and rotund belly, might be a little less cheerful after it emerged that his image was used without... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2016-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Books by Bill Bryson, Paula Hawkins and John Green are among the shortlist for Sainsbury’s ebook of the year 2015 award. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Judith Kerr’s beloved picture book cat, killed off in 2002 and now revived for charity, has topped the UK book chartsJudith Kerr’s resurrection of her beloved cat Mog, 13 years after she was killed off in Goodbye Mog, has shot to the top of the UK book charts, beating names including David... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Michael Palin, Bill Bryson and William Dalrymple are just some of the names already nominated for the Edward Stanford Award for Outstanding Contribution to Travel Writing. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Marion Coutts has won the Wellcome Book Prize 2015 with The Iceberg (Atlantic Books). Bill Bryson, chair of the prize judges, said the book was “painful to read, but beautifully expressed”. Coutts’ husband, art critic Tom Lubbock, was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2008, and died in 2011.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bill Bryson’s first travel book in 15 years will be published by Transworld in autumn. The Road to Little Dribbling: More Notes from a Small Island will be a new journey around Britain by the writer. The book was announced today (26th February) at the Penguin Random House sales conference. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bill Bryson, L. Frank Baum, and more books about road trips to take on the road with you this summer. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]