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Super Thursday

All the latest news on Super Thursday, the biggest day in publishing in the UK each year.

August 2020

  • Jamie Oliver, who has been the No 1 Christmas book five times, signs books at Waterstones in 2009.

    'It's a mega year!': book trade braces for autumn onslaught of major new titles

    After the lockdown, hundreds of delayed titles are expected this autumn including many household names vying for Christmas success

October 2019

  • New releases from Jess Phillips, Bill Bryson and Zadie Smith have been published today.

    The 10 biggest books of autumn 2019

    Over 400 hardbacks hit shops today, including Zadie Smith’s Grand Union and Philip Pullman’s The Secret Commonwealth, on what publishers have dubbed Super Thursday

October 2018

  • A woman looks at books in a branch of the Waterstones book store in Altrincham, Britain, September 13, 2018. REUTERS/Phil Noble

    Super Thursday: one day sees 544 new books fighting to be Christmas hits

    More than 500 books coming out on the biggest day of publishing, including memoirs from Eric Idle and Michael Caine, a new Jacqueline Wilson novel and a test book by GCHQ

October 2017

  • Dan Brown.

    Dan Brown's Origin makes a strong start in UK bookshops

  • Mary Berry.

    Super Thursday: with 500 new books out today, what should you read?

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