Publishing’s ‘Super Thursday’ includes books by Boris Johnson, Stanley Tucci and Kate Mosse

A total of 1,900 titles are being published today, including a Rebus from Ian Rankin, memoir from Miranda Hart and children’s fiction by AF SteadmanBooks by Boris Johnson, Stanley Tucci and Miranda Hart are among those being published today, on this year’s “Super Thursday” – the day when more books are published than on any other day of the year.A total of 1,900 books come out today – up from 1,286 last year, which was a particularly low figure, possibly due to the knock-on effect of the pandemic on book production. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

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