Eddo-Lodge tops the charts to make BookScan history

Reni Eddo-Lodge's Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race (Bloomsbury) has leapt into the UK Official Top 50 number one spot, making her the first black British author to hit the weekly overall number one in the Nielsen BookScan era. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-16 07:29:33 UTC ]

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Galbraith keeps on rolling: Lethal White strikes number one for a second week

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How to be a black woman and succeed: two friends who have written the manual

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Eddo-Lodge wins 2018 Jhalak Prize

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