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Monday – 20th June 2022

The uplifting and feel-good novel everyone’s falling in love with – The People on Platform 5 by Clare Pooley

The People on Platform 5 – the brand new feel-good novel from Clare Pooley, the bestselling author of The Authenticity Project.

Friday – 17th June 2022

Things They Lost – the debut by Caine Prize winner Okwiri Oduor – an astonishing new novel, riven through with mystery and magic

Things They Lost by Okwiri Oduor, winner of the 2014 Caine Prize, is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.

Wednesday – 15th June 2022

People Person by Candice Carty-Williams – a propulsive story of heart, humour and homecoming

People Person by Candice Carty-Williams is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.

Friday – 10th June 2022

Another Week In The Life of A Hypocrite

Bosun and Titi’s union struggles through another stormy week when Titi vengefully tells her husband about an unfortunate encounter at a night party they attended together.
Titi’s disclosure shatters Bosun’s impression of their marriage and works on the union like a hangman’s noose.

Thursday – 9th June 2022

Books for the coolest dad around!

The best Father’s Day gifts for Dad include an explosive James Bond thriller, an unorthodox guide to making things worth making and a gripping series about a former major in the US Army-turned-wanderer and private investigator. 

Wednesday – 8th June 2022

Get cooking with Dad this Father’s Day! (PLUS! Win a cookbook hamper)

Penguin Random House SA has rounded up four fabulous cookbooks to give Dad this Father’s Day!

‘I was a spunky, sassy mess’ – Listen to Viola Davis read an excerpt from her new memoir Finding Me

Finding Me is the deeply personal, brutally honest account of Viola Davis’s inspiring life, from her coming of age in Rhode Island to her present-day career.

Monday – 30th May 2022

Moonshot – the exclusive, first-hand story of how Pfizer raced to create the first Covid-19 vaccine, told by Pfizer’s CEO Dr Albert Bourla

Moonshot: Inside Pfizer’s Nine-Month Race to Make the Impossible Possible by Albert Bourla is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.

Friday – 27th May 2022

Cover reveal! Find out more about Stephen King’s spellbinding new book Fairy Tale – out in September 2022

Jonathan Ball Publishers is delighted to reveal the bewitching cover for Fairy Tale, the spellbinding new novel from Stephen King, coming out in September this year.

Thursday – 26th May 2022

Deeply personal, brutally honest and riveting: Finding Me: A Memoir by Viola Davis

The eagerly anticipated memoir from the multi-award winning actress and producer traces an inspirational path from Viola Davis’ upbringing in Rhode Island to her critically acclaimed performances in Hollywood and on Broadway.

Wednesday – 25th May 2022

The Sweetness of Water by Nathan Harris – an extraordinary novel of life after slavery

The Sweetness of Water by Nathan Harris – an Obama Summer Reading Choice and New York Times Best Seller!

The Unburnable Book: Margaret Atwood aims a flamethrower at an ‘unburnable’ edition of The Handmaid’s Tale to protest book banning

Margaret Atwood has produced a special fireproof edition of her classic, and often banned, novel The Handmaid’s Tale, to protest the banning of books in America and around the world.

Tuesday – 24th May 2022

Listen to an excerpt from Sarah Lotz’s new novel Impossible – a story with more twists than most

Listen to an excerpt from Impossible by Sarah Lotz – with a twist you won’t see coming, this is the bestseller that everyone’s talking about in 2022!

Friday – 20th May 2022

The book with the IMPOSSIBLE twist – read it to believe it …

Impossible by Sarah Lotz – with a twist you won’t see coming, discover the bestseller and acclaimed love story that everyone’s talking about in 2022!

Footnotes, May 2022: Book links from around the web

At The Reading List, we’re trainspotters when it comes to interesting book links, and here are a number that caught our eye.

Tuesday – 17th May 2022

Make the food that makes your day! Find out more about Joe Wicks’s new book Feel Good Food

Feel Good Food: Over 100 Healthy Family Recipes – the new book by Joe Wicks – is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers. 

Monday – 16th May 2022

Friday – 13th May 2022

Find out more about JG Jesman’s debut novel Chisoni, or Conversations on a Plane about Life and Death

Chisoni, or Conversations on a Plane about Life and Death by JG Jesman is out now from Penguin Random House. 

Thursday – 12th May 2022

Don’t miss the launch of CA Davids’s new novel How to Be a Revolutionary at Love Books (20 May)

Penguin Random House and Love Books invite you to the launch of How to Be a Revolutionary by CA Davids.