Ben Youngs and I have been working on this for the past year. It’s out in September - after one last addition this weekend….

Happy Publication Day to Steven Finn and The Ashes Files: My Pride and Pain in Cricket’s Most Intense Series. With the help of his candid diaries, The Ashes Files is a story of elation and pain, hitting rock bottom and battling back.

Happy Publication Day to Christopher Evans and The Football Battalions: The Elite Footballers Who Fought the in the Great War. Exploring how once the war began, footballers were put under pressure to sign up, resulting in the formation of Football Battalions in England & Scotland

Congratulations to Wayne Barton and publication today of his latest book - Manchester United After Munich: How Tragedy Forged One of the World’s Greatest Footballs Clubs.

Congratulations to James Montague and Engulfed: How Saudi Arabia Bought Sport, and the World being shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2025.

Congratulations to Tim Wigmore and Test Cricket: A History being shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2025.

Disrupting a social media break from a two-week holiday in Japan (recommendations welcome) to say it’s an honour for my book ‘States of Play’ to be shortlisted for the prestigious William Hill sports book of the year - especially given the list of nominees

Congratulations to Miguel Delaney and States of Play being shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2025.

Congratulations to Jimmy Anderson on Finding The Edge being shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2025. Written with Felix White.

Happy Publication Day to Felix White and Whatever Will Be, Will Be: A Matter of Life and Football. Felix sets out to watch a match from every round as he journeys through the 2024/2025 FA Cup, meeting fans, players and dreamers at every level of the English game.

Happy Publication Day to Keith O’Loughlin and Eddie Jordan: Full Throttle: Lessons from a Life of Motorsport, Money and Mischief Eddie Jordan was one of a kind, a maverick F1 team boss, a brilliant manager & magnet for talent. He believed in going all in,lifting others as he rose

Happy Publication Day to Mark Cavendish with Believe: Achieving the Impossible- How Cycling’s Greatest Sprinter Made History at The Tour de France This autobiography provides an intimate account of his exhilarating career, transporting readers to some unforgettable racing moments

Happy Publication Day to Dom Farrell and Glory Days for the Waifs and Strays: Identity and Meaning in the Rise of the Modern Manchester City. Out today @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social

Happy Publication Day to David Tossell and Maestro: A Portrait of Garry Sobers, Cricket’s Greatest All-Rounder. Garry Sobers rose from poverty in Barbados to become West Indies Captain and receive a knighthood. Yet his life was not without drama and controversy.

The Ultimate Football Heroes 2026 yearbook is out today by Matt Oldfield. Look back at an incredible year of sports action. Experience the greatest moments in the 2024-2025 season.

Happy Publication Day to Matt Oldfield with 365 Amazing True Football Stories: One for every day! The latest book in the award-winning Unbelievable Football series for children.

Happy Publication Day to Matt Oldfield and Seth Burkett with Kane v Bellingham the next book in the Football GOAT series out today. Choose the Greatest Footballer of all time in this interactive gift book full of facts and stories for children

Happy Publication Day to James Briggs with From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads: A Bowie Odyssey @iconbooks Follow James’ journey cycling across Europe following the lyrics and music of the greatest artist of the 20th century.

Congratulations to Geraint Thomas with According to G: The Autobiography published today. This is the story of his epic journey from The streets of suburban Cardiff to the Champs-Elysees in Paris, from the mountains of the alps to the cobbles of Northern Europe.

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Happy Publication Day to Scyld Berry and 500 Declared: The Joys of Covering 500 Cricket Tests. Legendary cricket writer Scyld Berry celebrates his reporting of 500 test matches in this unique portrait of English cricket culture.

Happy Paperback Publication Day to Ned Palmer and A Cheesemonger’s Tour de France. Ned wends his way around the country’s regions, meeting cheesemonger’s who carry the torch for France’s oldest and most treasured traditions.

Happy Publication Day to Eben Etzebeth and Unlocked. From humble beginnings in Goodwood, Cape Town to his place within the South African squad. Eben is the most capped player in South African history. A must-read memoir for 2025!

Happy Publication Day to Andrew Turvil and Blood, Sweat and Asparagus Spears: The Story of the 1990s. In 1990, Britain was mocked for its bland cuisine but by 2000 the country was on its way to being one of the world’s most exciting culinary hotspots.

Congratulations to Guillem Balague with Rise of the Villans: Inside Unai Emery’s Aston Villa Revolution published today! With exclusive interviews and behind-the-scenes accounts, it reveals how Unai Emery has transformed the club.

Happy Publication Day to Ben Youngs with Beyond the Line: My Life in Rugby. A deeply intimate memoir of England’s most capped player of all-time for the men’s national team.

Happy Publication Day to George North and No Other Place. Recently retired from the international game, he is the 3rd most capped player in Welsh history with 121 test appearances, the youngest player ever to reach 100 caps and the second highest try scorer with 47 caps!

Happy Publication Day to Tom Palmer and The Fear. Kian has to face his fears of footballing failure in order to support a friend in this action-packed sports story.

Happy Publication Day to Maurice Hamilton with Formula 1 Cars. Get the inside story on the teams, the designers, famous drivers and the memorable races they were involved in, plus the amazing tracks they raced on.

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Happy Publication Day to Grant Bage and The Unseen Sir Alf: A Different Kind of Hero. Out today by @PitchPublishing It tears up the traditional narrative of Sir Alf Ramsey’s life and career and changes everything we thought we knew about England’s 1966 World Cup winning-manager

Happy Publication Day to Mark Hodgkinson and Being Carlos Alcaraz: The Man Behind the Smile.

Happy Publication Day to Jonathan Wilson and The Power and the Glory: A New History of the World Cup.

Congratulations to Tom Palmer with Liverpool’s Greatest Moments being published today in the Ultimate Football Heroes Generations series. For children aged 7-9 years

Happy Publication Day to Tom Palmer and War Dog: A stunningly illustrated picture book celebrating one dog’s incredible story of resilience. For children aged 4-8 years.

Happy Paperback Publication Day to Oleksandr Zinchenko and Believe - The Autobiography. The remarkable story of the footballer who battled against the odds to achieve his dreams - only to see his country having to fight to survive, after the shocking invasion of Ukraine.

On the La Liga news that Barcelona-Villarreal could take place in Miami, the updated paperback of my book 'States of Play' has a lot of detail on this, and the push by commercial actors for a 'globalised' game - which was why the Club World Cup was so big geni.us/StatesOfPlay

Happy Publication Day to Kerry Evans with Stronger Than You Think. Giving a unique insider perspective on Wrexham’s star-studded takeover and how Kerry’s indomitable spirit enabled her to overcome the odds stacked firmly against her. Co-written by Katie Wyatt.

‘Being Carlos Alcaraz’ by Mark Hodgkinson will be published in the US on August 19th and in the UK on September 4th.

Cassell has acquired Felix White’s “beautifully written” take on the meaning of football, Whatever Will Be, Will Be: A Matter of Life and Football. It will be published in October 2025 👇 #BookSky

If you loved watching England's women win the Euros, why not lose yourself in a book about #football ? @faberchildrens.bsky.social @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social @barringtonstoke.bsky.social More reading inspo here 👇 readforgood.org/reading-jour...

My new history of the World Cup. "Breathtaking. Wilson's eye for detail and his elegant writing brings the World Cup to life like no other book on the topic I have ever read" ― Elis James Order now Amazon www.amazon.co.uk/Secret-Histo... Bookshop.org uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

International Bestseller and Winner of the Football Book of the Year Award - States of Play: How Sportswashing Took Over Football by Miguel Delaney is out today in paperback.

Happy Publication Day to Simon Wilde and Chasing Jessop: The Mystery of England Cricket’s Oldest Record Forensically reconstructing one of England’s most famous matches to establish what really happened when Gilbert Jessop set the record for the fastest test century for England.

Happy Publication Day to Karen Dobres and Pitch Invasion: My Story as a feminist on a Football Club Board. Karen shares her journey on becoming a Director at Lewes FC - the first football club in the world to pay its women and men players equally.

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Remarkable pre-order news. Order The Power and the Glory, my forthcoming book on the World Cup, from Waterstones before the end of the month and get 25% - 25%! - off. www.waterstones.com/book/the-pow...

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