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Jonty Claypole

JONTY CLAYPOLE is Director of BBC Arts, Chairman of the arts centre HOME in Manchester, and was listed in
the Bookseller's Top 100 Most Influential People 2020.

Books by Jonty Claypole

Words Fail Us

Jonty Claypole

A lifelong stutterer dismantles the cult of fluency and champions the creative powers of inarticulacy

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In the beginning was the Word. Now there’s PowerPoint.

It's used for weddings, warfare and webinars, for literature, lessons and law. And, of course, to tell everyone that Q4 is going to be a lot more challenging than Q3. But how much do you really know about the most successful piece of software in history – who invented it, why it is banned in US courtrooms and how can you effectively command a room at the press of a clicker?

#EverythingIKnowAboutLifeILearnedFromPowerPoint by Russell Davies and designed by Stefanie Posavec is a stylish and humorous book about the software we love to hate. Built out of PowerPoint and full of visual puns, this is the perfect book for the techie in your life.

Out 11th November. Find the pre-order link in our bio.

#PowerPointIsLife #EverythingIKnowAboutLifeILearnedFromPowerPoint #PowerPointBook #GiftBook #HumourBook #TechBook #Bookstagram #BooksOfIG

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This Black History Month, we’re showcasing a selection of our brilliant books by black authors – important and enlightening reads for this month and beyond.

Lauded by Zadie Smith as ‘inspiring and essential’, #TheLiesThatBind by Kwame Antony Appiah is a revealing exploration of how the collective identities that shape our world are riddled with contradiction, challenging our assumptions about how identity works.

#TheSumOfUs – a New York Times bestseller – by Heather McGee reflects upon the heartbreaking yet liberating truth of what racism has cost us all. McGhee marshals overwhelming economic evidence, and a profound well of empathy, to reveal the surprising truth: even racists lose out under white supremacy.

From the author of #BlackAndBritish comes #CultOfProgress, a major rethinking of global relations throughout time. In this beautifully illustrated book, historian David Olusoga shows how incredible art – both looted and created – is key to understanding our histories.

#BlackHistoryMonth #BooksByBlackAuthors #BlackHistoryMonthReading #BlackAuthors #BHM2021 #KwameAntonyAppiah #HeatherMcGee #DavidOlusoga

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Are you an Alan Bennett fan?

#TwoBesides – now out in paperback – comprises two new monologues for Bennett’s landmark Talking Heads series, described by Bennett himself as that of two ‘ordinary women whom life takes by surprise’. In An Ordinary Woman, a mother suffers the inevitable consequences when she makes life intolerable for herself and her family by falling for her own flesh and blood; and The Shrine introduces us to Lorna, the bereft partner of a dedicated biker with a surprising private life.

Link to buy in bio!

#AlanBennett #TalkingHeads #TwoBesides #TheHistoryBoys #TheUncommonReader #TheLadyInTheVan #Monologues #Bookstagram #BooksOfIG

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The natural world is full of mysteries, whether the masses of twigs that look like abandoned nests, fuzzy red balls on roses, stranded ponds on hilltops, or even the shaded ways we walk along.

Join the inimitable John Wright, one of Britain's best-known naturalists and author of the bestselling The Forager's Calendar, who introduces us to the natural (and unnatural) mysteries of the countryside in his new, beautifully colour-illustrated book. This is the ideal way to embrace autumn - forget hygge and get outside!

Soon you'll be able to identify Witch's Broom, Robin's Pincushion, Dew ponds and Hollow-Ways, and also their histories, how they come to be, and where to find them. From the enormous to the truly tiny he illuminates the oddities that pepper our countryside and the pleasure of spotting and understanding them.

Beautifully illustrated, practical and entertaining, this is a grown-up Eye Spy for anyone who has wondered what is that? or simply longs to get outside again.

Out today!

#johnwright #aspottersguidetocountrysidemysteries #countryside #rambling #countrysidemysteries #nonfiction #bookgift

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‘A sweeping, absorbing history, deeply researched, of that extraordinary and enduring phenomenon: the library’ – Richard Ovenden

On Thursday, we publish #TheLibrary: A Fragile History by Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen. In this stunning tome Pettegree and der Weduwen recount the extraordinary history of the library, from Alexandria to the age of Google. Along the way, they introduce us to the antiquarians and philanthropists who shaped the world's greatest collections, trace the rise and fall of fashions and tastes, and reveal the high crimes and misdemeanours committed in pursuit of rare and valuable manuscripts.

Beautifully illustrated with a stunning plate section and marbled endpapers, this book is the perfect gift for the bibliophile in your life!

With huge thanks to the incredible @her_dark_materials for these stunning photos!

#TheLibrary #AFragileHistory #Library #LibraryDesign #BookLover #Bibliophile #NonFiction #Bookstagram #BooksofIG

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Wondering which non-fiction read to reach for next? Pick up your paperback copy of @ella_alshamahi’s gripping history of the handshake, from its very beginnings (longer ago than you may think…) to its recent near-extinction.

Let’s shake on it? 🤝

#thehandshake #socialhistory #historybook #ellaalshamahi

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