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Week seven! - Wednesday, February 22, 2012

We’re delighted to report that Before I Go to Sleep is still at number one in the UK’s Sunday Times bestseller list! This week will be its seventh at the top of the charts!

Discovering the Novelist Within – with Helen Dunmore - Thursday, February 9, 2012

S J Watson will be doing a Guardian Masterclass with the brilliant Helen Dunmore on the 25th and 26th of February. Take a look and sign up here.

Crimezone ‘Best Debut’ Award - Thursday, February 9, 2012

Fantastic news! In the Netherlands, Before I Go to Sleep has won the Crimezone ‘Best Debut’ award! Details here.

Number one again! - Thursday, February 9, 2012

Before I Go to Sleep will spend another week at the top of the UK Sunday Times bestseller list – its fifth! The only other writers to have achieved this unbroken run at the top of the chart in the last two years have been Jamie Oliver and David Nicholls (One Day)!

Fourth week at Number One! - Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Thanks to a sale of 21,732 copies last week S J Watson’s Before I Go to Sleep remains at the top of the official UK chart for a fourth consecutive week. According to The Bookseller, the novel has now sold 98,519 copies in the UK this year, outselling the next bestselling début novel, Stieg Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by two copies to one.

S J Watson in Denmark! - Tuesday, January 31, 2012