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Jennifer Platt is the books editor at the Sunday Times.
The holidays are almost upon us and there’s no better time to catch up on all the authors you didn’t get to this year
Writing down your secrets comes with its trials and tribulations, but it’s worth remembering its priceless joys
The two are focusing on his children’s stories. Perhaps they should have set their sights on his adult offerings
Abdulrazak Gurnah is the first black African author to have won the award since Nigeria’s Wole Soyinka in 1986
I might forget my clothes, but never a thriller, memoir or, if I have little energy, collection of short stories
One of the first 500 copies of ‘Frankenstein’, printed in 1818, has broken an auction record
It seems there’s no stopping the author. He’s been writing for 36 years and a new book is in the pipeline
For various reasons, some books take longer to read than others, so why not test your speed?
Many excellent books are being published next month, making it very difficult to choose when time is limited
If you’re a so-last-year colouring-in book type, it’s OK, help is at hand in the form of ... a colouring-in book
Many books have come to authors in their sleep, but unlike most folk, they have the talent to turn them into reality
People ask this all the time and it’s difficult to answer, but there is one novel that will always be a go-to for me
It’s a tough one, but which book would you bag if asked to choose? And please don’t say the latter
Former US president Clinton has a ‘big, fast’ book on the shelves, but will his wife trump him at the tills?
Book covers are important when enticing buyers, so why are some so boring, others so beguiling?
