📚 Colin Morgan has been shortlisted for Newcomer of the Year at the 2026 An Post Irish Book Awards for his debut novel, The Ballad of Ronan McCoy. Congratulations Colin! @HarperCollinsUK

📚 Two UA books have been longlisted for the Peters Children’s Book of the Year Award 2027: What Stephen Lawrence Has Taught Us by Benjamin Zephaniah A Believer’s Guide to Dragons by Jenni Desmond 🐉 Congratulations to all involved!

📚 UA literary agent Laura Macdougall has been shortlisted for Agent of the Year at the 2026 RNA Romance Industry Awards. The winners will be announced on 4 November. Congratulations Laura! ❤️ @RNAtweets #RIAs26

IT’S NOT A CULT by Joey Batey is out now in paperback 📚 A brilliantly dark blend of horror and fantasy, following a band who go from having a cult following to having a cult, following. Published by @bloomsburypublishing.

📚FRIENDS FOR KEEPS by Celia Anderson is now available on Amazon Prime! A warm, uplifting story of friendship, fresh starts and new beginnings by the sea. @BoldwoodBooks

📚🏆@DrMatthewSweet has been shortlisted for the 2026 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction! The Great Dictator: A Life of Barbara Cartland is one of 6 books in contention for this year’s prize. The winner will be announced on 4 November. Read more here: thebailliegiffordprize.co.uk…

Ferdinand Addis will be speaking at the Chelsea History Festival this Saturday, 3 October, with Conquest: The Roman Invasion of Britain with Ferdinand Addis. 📍 @ChelseaHistFest 🕕 6–7pm

📚⚡️ Out today: Camp Half-Blood: The Wild Zone. The first book in a brand-new series from Rick Riordan follows five young demigods as they venture into the forbidden Wild Zone, facing ancient curses, deadly monsters and long-buried secrets. ⚔️Published by @puffinbooksuk

📚 99p today! The French Resistance Hotel by Ava Miller is just 99p on eBook today. A sweeping story of courage, resistance and love set in Nazi-occupied France. @HodderFiction

🩸🍺 Out today: BLOOD DRUNK by Ben Shepherd. Freddie Burns wants ten pints and a shot at his uncle’s gangland empire. Instead, he gets vampires, magic and a supernatural underworld. Gritty, darkly funny and gloriously chaotic. 🍻📚

🌿📚 Happy publication week to A Year in the Garden by Matthew Rice! A beautifully illustrated, month-by-month journey through his Cotswolds garden, filled with seasonal inspiration, practical advice, personal stories and recipes. 🌻 Out now waterstones.com/book/a-year-…

📚 Out today: Britain’s Slave Traders: A Forgotten History by William Pettigrew. Drawing on research identifying 13,000 investors, the book explores the role the trade in enslaved Africans played in shaping modern Britain. Published by @vintagebooks.

📚🍬 Out today: Happy Hills: Zombie Gummy Bears Are Go! by Sophy Henn. The Gummy Bear Funfair has arrived in Happy Hills... but these gummy bears are ZOMBIES. Expect epic action, huge laughs and just the right amount of spooky chaos. 🧟‍♂️🎡🍭 @simonkids_UK

🍇📚 How is climate change reshaping the world of wine? New feature from @JancisRobinson explores the challenges and opportunities facing wine regions worldwide, alongside the publication of The World Atlas of Wine (9th Edition). @Octopus_Books thetimes.com/life-style/food…

📚 Longlisted for the 2026 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction and out now! The Great Dictator: A Life of Barbara Cartland by Matthew Sweet (@DrMatthewSweet) is available to buy now.