Ok so here are the books featured in the Richard and Judy Book Club 2009. Most of them are not available as yet in paperback, some are, and most are definitely available in hardcover, but basically they will all be available in paperback shortly since that’s what the book club features. Off the [...]

Richard and Judy have unveiled their Book Club reads of 2009, all but guaranteeing commercial success for 10 authors – including the wife of shadow chancellor George Osborne.  (hmmm more wives of famous people chosen again)
A list of the books follows as well as the announcement from The Telegraph [...]

I’m a little late with this and for that I apologise.  The usual Christmas mayhem is to blame plus some health issues and other stuff and as usual I am stretched way too thin.
This month we are reading the following books in the Book Group, complete with lovely and informative Hosts, so come along and [...]

Ok, this is not a site about TV shows, nor is it a site about Richard and Judy, but I do have an interest in the show where it concerns books and the book club, so I have been monitoring the ratings.
Here’s the latest:
Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan’s new chatshow on digital channel Watch has [...]

The latest newsletter is now available. Inside this month’s newsletter are the details of the three books we are discussing this month with the Paranormal Social Club:

Information about the November and December groups can be found in the newsletter and on the forum and we are also starting a new strand to the book [...]

Synopsis
Mr Ali decides to open a marriage bureau that will cater for a wide range of Indian clients from all walks of life and, encouraged by the indomitable Mrs Ali, he has the good sense to appoint a local girl, Aruna, as his very able assistant.
Under Mr Ali’s and Aruna’s imaginative care the marriage bureau [...]

This is a fantastic list.  I currently own 40 of these excellent titles.  Enjoy!
1998

3.5.98 Birdsong – Sebastian Faulks
7.6.98 Beloved – Toni Morrison
5.7.98 Fatherland – Robert Harris
2.8.98 Captain Corelli’s Mandolin – Louis de Bernières
6.9.98 Wild Swans – Jung Chang
4.10.98 Angela’s Ashes – Frank McCourt
1.11.98 [...]

Well as reported earlier, Richard and Judy are switching channels from Channel 4 to a UKTV channel, but the latest is, that they are switching as from October! This from the Guardian, read on…
Three debut novelists will be hoping for a major sales boost after they were picked for a new series of Richard [...]

The inaugural title from new Random House imprint Windmill has been brought forward from its February release date to be one of the first three titles selected for the Richard & Judy/Daily Mail New Writers Book Club. Richard & Judy’s new series “Richard & Judy’s New Position” will launch on 7th October with new UKTV [...]

From the bookseller:
When talking of “the Richard & Judy effect” on book sales, one must be very careful to include the caveats. Admittedly, running the sales of the 82 books to date that have been included in the 10 “Richard & Judy” (R&J hereafter) clubs to date through Nielsen BookScan’s online database generates some impressive [...]