Dominance of celebrity World Book Day titles slammed

Staff at Kenilworth Books are so “deeply concerned and disappointed about the dominance of ‘celebrity’ writers” on this year's list of World Book Day (WBD) titles that they have pledged to donate to the Society of Authors every time a customer takes one of their recommendations for the duration of the campaign. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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