Who needs critics when the Reform man is so adept at patting his own back – and that’s easy to do in publishing: there’s a sales list for everyone ‘She’s produced a bestseller!” panted the Spectator. “Liz Truss’s new book has...
Read MoreIt wasn’t the first hit memoir to tell a story of redemption inspired by the great outdoors – but could it become one of the last? Authors and publishers assess the damageWhen The Salt Path came out in 2018, it was a publishing...
Read MoreI spent far too many years lonely and angry, thanks to schoolmates who called me ‘weird’ and bosses who dismissed me as ‘hysterical’. But was it my sexuality that put their backs up – or the autism I am still coming to terms...
Read MoreFormer prime minister’s heavily promoted book, Unleashed, just hung on to No 1 bestseller spot in UKSales of Boris Johnson’s memoir Unleashed have slumped by 62% in its second week since publication.The heavily marketed tome,...
Read MoreCounsel for ex-MI5 officer Peter Wright suggested role for Australian media tycoon but idea was swiftly rejectedThe Australian media tycoon Kerry Packer was suggested as a mediator in the fight by Margaret Thatcher’s government...
Read MoreInsiders say outgoing prime minister unlikely to write about personal life but book deal possible this autumnBoris Johnson could be paid more than £1m for his memoir, according to publishing insiders. But anyone expecting...
Read MoreBook due next summer will recount how she became the UK’s first Black female MP in 1987, and reveal the ‘barrage of hostility’ that has followed her sinceDiane Abbott has signed a deal to write her memoirs,...
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