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“Wherever I go, when people discover that I work in publishing, they always ask me to recommend a great book to read saying they just don’t have the time to find out what’s great to read – it’s definitely a real need, and it’s always a real delight to be able to recommend something I know they will love. By commissioning a Booktique book collection you are gaining an Editor, a Buyer and a guide to books and publishers, I don’t think you’d discover without. Moving house, the arrival of a baby, purchase of a second home – for yourselves or for holiday rentals - re-modelling and re-designing interiors, often are good times to look at the books that you have, and see how they fit into and reflect on your life – a few battered paperbacks, may not be who you are now!”
What the papers say:
She is known for backing her instincts and picking prize-winners”
Guardian, June 2000
“As fiction editor-in-chief for Book Club Associates, she also has to oversee and run Quality Paperbacks Direct book club, a task that requires several skills: the eye of an editor, the financial nous of a book buyer, and the talents of a literary critic.”
“Day in the Life”, London Evening Standard, March 2001
What the authors say:
“Keep luring book lovers down the paths of temptation.”
David Mitchell, Booker short-listed author of Cloud Atlas and Black Swan Green.
“Thank you for elevating the book club in this country from remainder desk to cutting-edge shop front.”
Kazuo Ishiguro, Booker prize-winning author of The Remains of the Day.
Associates
The Booktique team comprises a number of Associates from the publishing industry each with their own specialisms ranging from the decorative arts, ancient, world and military history, food & drink and gardening to the very latest children’s books.