This preview highlights titles to be published in October


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never-before-seen lyrics, diaries and letters. The diaries alone amount to “one of the most insightful life chronicles any musical artist has ever left behind”, I’m told. Co-author Guibert is Buckley’s mother, and this is published to mark the 25th anniversary of the release of “Grace”.


Harry Potter Theatrical Productions Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: The Journey Behind the Scenes of the Award-Winning Stage Production Little Brown, 31st, HB, £35, 9780751576108 Official behind-the-scenes book of the award- winning play “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”. Includes insightful interviews, sketches, notes and lots of photographs, many of them candid backstage shots. A beau- tiful gift for Harry Potter fans and theatre-lovers alike, says Little, Brown.


shadowy corners of the dark-hearted TV series.” Introduced by Matt Allen.


9781788401487 Fabulous photographic biography, including many unseen images by the celebrated photographer who worked with Elton John for many years. From intimate backstage shots to huge stadium concerts, we are promised the very best from his archive.


Chelsea Monroe-Cassel Overwatch: The Official Cookbook Titan, 1st, HB, £24.99, 9781789090666 Based on Blizzard Entertainment’s game Overwatch, this contains more than 100 recipes inspired by the game’s diverse heroes, who hail from all corners of the universe.


Steven Knight By Order of the Peaky Blinders: The Official Companion to the Hit TV Series Michael O’Mara, 17th, HB, £20, 9781789291650 This official companion to the hit TV series “Peaky Blinders” is packed full of unseen images, behind- the-scenes stories and interviews with the cast and creators of the show. “Will take fans to the


Biography & memoirs Lenny Henry


Who Am I, Again? Faber, 3rd, HB, £20, 9780571342594


One to Watch


In 1975, a gangly black 16-year-old from Dudley appeared on TV for the first time. So began Lenny Henry’s transformation from apprentice


factory worker to one of the country’s best-loved comedians. In his first memoir, he tells the story of his early years as one of seven children born to parents recently arrived from Jamaica, his rise to fame, and dealing with constant racism, which led him to ask: “Am I good enough? Is this what they want? Who am I, again?” With playlists, recipes, comic strips and tips for aspiring comedians, it contains all the energy of Henry’s stand-up routines, I’m told.


Kerry & Kurtan Mucklowe This is This Country: The REAL S*** That Goes Down in Our Village. It Aint’s Just Fetes and Duck Races, You Know Trapeze, 3rd, HB, £16.99, 9781409191117 “Hilarious” spoof tie-in to the two-time Bafta- winning BBC1 comedy “This Country”, which documents the day-to- day lives of young cousins Kerry and Lee “Kurtan” Mucklowe, who live in a small village in the Cotswolds. Published to coincide with series three, which will air in a prime- time slot on BBC1 for the first time. “As brilliantly observed as the show itself and a must-have for fans.”


Terry O’Neill Elton John by Terry O’Neill: The Definitive Portrait Cassel, 3rd, HB, £30,


entire saga. Published ahead of the release of Star Wars 9, “The Rise of Skywalker”, in December.


Matthew Reinhart The World of Warcraft Pop-Up Book Titan, 15th, HB, £49.99, 9781789092561 Reinhart’s second creation this month brings the well-loved locations of Warcraft eye-poppingly to life, from the classic faction hubs of Ogrimmar and Stormwind, to the battle-scarred lands of Lordaeron and Teldrassil.


Paul Reese The Ox: The Last of the Great Rock Stars: The Authorised Biography of The Who’s John Entwhistle Constable, 10th, HB, £20, 9781472129383 With the full co-operation of the Entwhistle family and The Who’s manage- ment, Rees shines a light on the “swagger, joie de vivre and boundless consumption” that char- acterised the life of The Who bassist.


Matthew Reinhart, Kevin M Wilson (illus) Star Wars: The Ultimate Pop-Up Galaxy Bantam Press, 10th, HB. £50, 9781787632929 Reinhart, a master of pop-up book engineering, takes us into hyperspace and on a 3D journey through the Star Wars saga with this terrific- looking book. Presented in a 360-degree format that enables the action to be viewed from all sides, the book also opens up to form a diorama of the


Graham Sharpe Vinyl Countdown Oldcastle, 24th, PB, £14.99, 9780857303141 In a blend of memoir, travel, music and social history, the former William Hill head of PR reflects on how his desire to acquire vinyl records led to him visit record shops all over the world. His long-term project is to visit every second-hand record shop in the UK and beyond.


Marvel universe through more than 120 specially curated essays in such subject areas as Cosmic Forces, War & Peace, and Alternate Realities.


Food & drink


Vicky Bennison Pasta Grannies: The Official Cookbook: The Secrets of Italy’s Best Home Cooks Hardie Grant, 17th, HB, £20, 9781784882884 Inspired by the popular YouTube channel of the same name, which has over 350,000 subscribers, a collection of 80 time- perfected Italian recipes from people who have spent a lifetime cooking for love, not a living: Italian grandmothers.


Peter Coucquyt, Bernard Lahousse & Johan Langenbick The Art and Science of Food-Pairing Mitchell Beazley, 31st, HB, £30, 9781784722906 This comprehensive and fascinating directory explains why certain food combinations work so well together (strawber- ries and chocolate, for example) and opens up a world of more unusual but delicious pairings (strawberries and parme- san, for example) that will “transform the way we eat”. Includes more than 1,000 ingredients, with the 10 best pairings for each.


Karen Dale Amaze-Balls: Sweet and Savoury Recipes for the Ultimate Bite-Sized Snacks Summersdale, 10th, PB, £7.99, 9781787830257 From plum and poppy seed dumplings to cheese and mustard arancini and moringa flower fritters, recipes for ball-shaped foods both sweet and savoury to keep hunger pangs at bay.


Stephen Wiacek (ed) The Marvel Book: Expand Your Knowledge of a Vast Comics Universe DK, 3rd, HB, £17.99, 9780241357651 In celebration of the 80th anniversary of Marvel Comics, this richly illustrated book explores the concepts, characters, events and all the complexity of the


Current affairs


Jodi Kantor & Megan Twohey She Said: How Two Reporters Broke the Story


That Changed the Rules About Sex and Power Bloomsbury, 1st, HB, £20, 9781526603302


One to Watch


On 5th October 2017, the New York Times published a seismic article by Kantor and Twohey. It was their exposé of Hollywood mogul Harvey


Weinstein and his long history of sexual harass- ment and assault, and it would win them a Pulitzer- Prize. This is their “thrilling”, hitherto untold account of the investigation that lay behind it, and of the legal threats and pressures they were up against as they picked their way through details of secret payouts and non-disclosure agreements, and interviewed many of Weinstein’s famous victims. “A page-turning classic to match Woodward and Bernstein’s All The President’s Men,” says Bloomsbury.


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Monisha Bharadwaj Indian in 7 Kyle Books, 17th, PB, £17.99, 9780857837172 We often think of Indian cooking as complicated but using easy-to-source ingredients available from most supermarkets, this useful and enticing book is full of recipes that can be pulled together any night of the week, with seven ingredients or fewer.


Matt Garczynski This is a Book for People Who Love Hot Sauce Trapeze, 10th, HB, £9.99, 9781409194583 From sriracha to Tabasco, this “funny, feisty” stock- ing filler for the hot sauce lover in your life includes illustrated profiles of more than two dozen varieties of hot sauce, along with fiery facts and saucy asides.


Jeff Gordinier Hungry: Eating, Road- Tripping and Risking It All


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