Reading Copy Book Blog

The Times has a list of Britain’s most stolen books. Apparently, the most stolen book is the London A-Z. “I’ve been in bookselling for 20 years and the London A-Z is the most stolen book in the world,” says Patrick Neale, who worked at a Waterstone’s in London before setting up Jaffé & Neale bookshop [...]

I remember when Irvine Welsh was a rebel author – now he goes to Starbucks and drinks green tea. Wuss! (Actually, it’s a great interview, click through and discover why he doesn’t go to nightclubs anymore) But he is so mild-mannered and calm and lovely, it is hard to equate the man that sits in [...]