JK Rowling's Harry Potter continues to drive profits at Bloomsbury

Anthony Bourdain’s Kitchen Confidential also helps boost publisher’s profits by 13%

A surge in sales of Anthony Bourdain’s Kitchen Confidential and growing demand for the perennial favourite Harry Potter has helped to fuel a rise in first-half profits and revenue for the book publisher Bloomsbury.

The death in June of the 61-year-old TV chef and writer Bourdain resulted in a jump in sales of his no-holds-barred insider’s take on the New York restaurant business that catapulted him to fame when it was published in 2000.

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