Costa Book Awards by Allecto AS

Middle England: Winner of the Costa Novel Award 2019 Jonathan Coe (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

04 Jul 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 432pp h198mm x w129mm x s26mm 300g ISBN13: 9780241983683 ISBN13: 978-0-241-98368-3 ISBN10: 0241983681 EAN: 9780241983683 x Description: WINNER OF THE THE COSTA NOVEL AWARD 2019 'The book everyone is talking about' The Times 'A comedy for our times' Guardian __________________ The country is changing and, up and down the land, cracks are appearing - within families and between generations. In the Midlands Benjamin Trotter tries to help his aged father navigate a Britain that seems to have forgotten he exists, while in London his friend Doug doesn't understand why his teenage daughter is eternally enraged. Meanwhile, newlyweds Sophie and Ian can find nothing to agree on except the fact that their marriage is on the rocks . . . __________________ 'Coe's back with a bang. Middle England is the novel about Brexit we need' Daily Telegraph 'A pertinent, entertaining study of a nation in crisis' Financial Times, Books of the Year 'Very funny. Coe - a writer of uncommon decency - reminds us that the way out of this mess is through moderation, through compromise, through that age-old English ability to laugh at ourselves' Observer _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Confessions of Frannie Langton: The Costa Book Awards First Novel Winner 2019 Sara Collins (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

01 Aug 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 384pp h198mm x w129mm x s23mm 309g ISBN13: 9780241984017 ISBN13: 978-0-241-98401-7 ISBN10: 0241984017 EAN: 9780241984017 x Description: 'Deep-diving and elegant . . . Wide Sargasso Sea meets Beloved meets Alias Grace' Margaret Atwood THE 'DAZZLINGLY ORIGINAL' DEBUT NOVEL BY A NEW LITERARY STAR SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BOOK AWARDS FIRST NOVEL PRIZE 2019 WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE MONTH 'They say I must be put to death for what happened to Madame, and they want me to confess. But how can I confess what I don't believe I've done?' 1826, and all of London is in a frenzy. Crowds gather at the gates of the Old Bailey to watch as Frannie Langton, maid to Mr and Mrs Benham, goes on trial for their murder. The testimonies against her are damning - slave, whore, seductress. And they may be the truth. But they are not the whole truth. For the first time Frannie must tell her story. It begins with a girl learning to read on a plantation in Jamaica, and it ends in a grand house in London, where a beautiful woman waits to be freed.

But through her fevered confessions, one burning question haunts Frannie Langton: could she have murdered the only person she ever loved? A beautiful and haunting tale about one woman's fight to tell her story, The Confessions of Frannie Langton leads you through laudanum-laced dressing rooms and dark-as-night back alleys, into the enthralling heart of Georgian London. 'A dazzling page-turner' Emma Donoghue 'A star in the making' Sunday Times 'Gothic fiction made brand new' Stef Penney 'Stunning' Guardian 'Spectacular' Natasha Pulley 'Dazzlingly original' The Times 'A heroine for our times' Elizabeth Day _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Volunteer: The True Story of the Resistance Hero who Infiltrated Auschwitz - The Costa Biography Award Winner 2019 Jack Fairweather (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

W H Allen

Publisher:

Ebury Publishing

Pub Date:

26 Mar 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 528pp h234mm x w153mm x s38mm 631g ISBN13: 9780753545171 ISBN13: 978-0-7535-4517-1 ISBN10: 0753545179 EAN: 9780753545171 x Description: 'Totally gripping'-- Simon Sebag Montefiore Would you sacrifice yourself to save thousands of others? This is untold story of one of the greatest heroes of the Second World War. In the Summer of 1940, after the Nazi occupation of Poland, an underground operative called Witold Pilecki accepted a mission to uncover the fate of thousands of people being interned at a new concentration camp on the border of the Reich. His mission was to report on Nazi crimes and raise a secret army to stage an uprising. The name of the detention centre -- Auschwitz. It was only after arriving at the camp that he started to discover the Nazi's terrifying designs. Over the next two and half years, Witold forged an underground army that smuggled evidence of Nazi atrocities to the West, culminating in the mass murder of over a million Jews. His reports from the camp were to shape the Allies response to the Holocaust - yet his story was all but forgotten for decades. This is the first major account of his amazing journey, drawing on exclusive family papers and recently declassified files as well as unpublished accounts from the camp's fighters to show how he saved hundreds of thousands of lives. The result is a enthralling story of resistance and heroism against the most horrific circumstances, and one man's attempt to change the course of history. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Volunteer: The True Story of the Resistance Hero who Infiltrated Auschwitz - The Costa Biography Award Winner 2019 Jack Fairweather (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

W H Allen

Publisher:

Ebury Publishing

Pub Date:

09 Jan 2020

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 528pp h198mm x w126mm x s31mm 354g ISBN13: 9780753545188 ISBN13: 978-0-7535-4518-8 ISBN10: 0753545187 EAN: 9780753545188 x Description: 'Totally gripping'-- Simon Sebag Montefiore 'Pilecki is perhaps one of the greatest unsung heroes of the second world war ... this insightful book is likely to be the definitive version of this extraordinary life' -- Economist

Would you sacrifice yourself to save thousands of others?

In the Summer of 1940, after the Nazi occupation of Poland, an underground operative called Witold Pilecki accepted a mission to uncover the fate of thousands of people being interned at a new concentration camp on the border of the Reich. His mission was to report on Nazi crimes and raise a secret army to stage an uprising. The name of the detention centre -- Auschwitz. It was only after arriving at the camp that he started to discover the Nazi's terrifying plans. Over the next two and half years, Witold forged an underground army that smuggled evidence of Nazi atrocities out of Auschwitz. His reports from the camp were to shape the Allies response to the Holocaust - yet his story was all but forgotten for decades. This is the first major account to draw on unpublished family papers, newly released archival documents and exclusive interviews with surviving resistance fighters to show how he brought the fight to the Nazis at the heart of their evil designs. The result is an enthralling story of resistance and heroism against the most horrific circumstances, and one man's attempt to change the course of history. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Fleche Mary Jean Chan (Author) Series:

Edition:

Main

Imprint:

Faber & Faber

Publisher:

Faber & Faber

Pub Date:

04 Jul 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 88pp h203mm x w157mm x s7mm 145g ISBN13: 9780571348046 ISBN13: 978-0-571-34804-6 ISBN10: 0571348041 EAN: 9780571348046 x Description: WINNER OF THE COSTA POETRY AWARD POETRY BOOK SOCIETY RECOMMENDATION Fleche (the French word for 'arrow') is an offensive technique commonly used in fencing, a sport of Mary Jean Chan's young adult years, when she competed locally and internationally for her home city, Hong Kong. This cross-linguistic pun presents the queer, non-white body as both vulnerable ('flesh') and weaponised ('fleche'), and evokes the difficulties of reconciling one's need for safety alongside the desire to shed one's protective armour in order to fully embrace the world. Central to the collection is the figure of the poet's mother, whose fragmented memories of political turmoil in twentieth-century China are sensitively

threaded through the book in an eight-part poetic sequence, combined with recollections from Chan's childhood. As complex themes of multilingualism, queerness, psychoanalysis and cultural history emerge, so too does a richly imagined personal, maternal and national biography. The result is a series of poems that feel urgent and true, dazzling and devastating by turns. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Asha & the Spirit Bird Jasbinder Bilan (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Chicken House Ltd

Publisher:

Chicken House Ltd

Pub Date:

07 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 288pp h205mm x w142mm x s20mm 210g ISBN13: 9781911490197 ISBN13: 978-1-911490-19-7 ISBN10: 1911490192 EAN: 9781911490197 x Description: WINNER OF THE COSTA CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD 2019 Asha lives in the foothills of the Himalayas. Money is tight and she misses her papa who works in the city. When he suddenly stops sending his wages, a ruthless moneylender ransacks their home andher mother talks of leaving.

From her den in the mango tree, Asha makes a pact with her best friend, Jeevan, to find her father and make things right. But the journey is dangerous: they must cross the world's highest mountains and face hunger, tiredness - even snow leopards.

And yet, Asha has the unshakeable sense that the spirit bird of her grandmother - her nanijee - will be watching over her. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Confession with Blue Horses Sophie Hardach (Author) Series:

Edition:

UK Airports ed

Imprint:

Head of Zeus

Publisher:

Head of Zeus

Pub Date:

13 Jun 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 352pp h228mm x w145mm ISBN13: 9781788548779 ISBN13: 978-1-78854-877-9 ISBN10: 1788548779 EAN: 9781788548779 x Description: Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award 2019. Tobi and Ella's childhood in East Berlin is shrouded in mystery. Now adults living in London, their past is full of unanswered questions. Both remember their family's daring and terrifying attempt to escape, which ended in tragedy; but the fall-out from that single event remains elusive. Where did their parents disappear to, and why? What happened to Heiko, their little brother? And was there ever a painting of three blue horses? In contemporary Germany, Aaron works for the archive, making his way through old files, piecing together the tragic history of thousands of families. But one file in particular catches his eye; and soon unravelling the secrets at its heart becomes an obsession. When Ella is left a stash of notebooks by her mother, and she and Tobi embark on a search that will take them back to Berlin, her fate clashes with Aaron's, and together they piece together the details of Ella's past... and a family destroyed. Devastating and beautifully written, funny and life-affirming, Confession with Blue Horses explores intimate family life and its strength in the most

difficult of circumstances. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Confession with Blue Horses: Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award 2019 Sophie Hardach (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Head of Zeus

Publisher:

Head of Zeus

Pub Date:

19 Dec 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 352pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781788548786 ISBN13: 978-1-78854-878-6 ISBN10: 1788548787 EAN: 9781788548786 x Description: Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award 2019. Tobi and Ella's childhood in East Berlin is shrouded in mystery. Now adults living in London, their past is full of unanswered questions. Both remember their family's daring and terrifying attempt to escape, which ended in tragedy; but the fall-out from that single event remains elusive. Where did their parents disappear to, and why? What happened to Heiko, their little brother? And was there ever a painting of three blue horses? In contemporary Germany, Aaron works for the archive, making his way through old files, piecing together the tragic history of thousands of families. But one file in particular catches his eye; and soon unravelling the secrets at its heart becomes an obsession. When Ella is left a stash of notebooks by her mother, and she and Tobi embark on a search that will take them back to Berlin, her fate clashes with Aaron's, and together they piece together the details of Ella's past... and a family destroyed. Devastating and beautifully written, funny and life-affirming, Confession with Blue Horses explores intimate family life and its strength in the most difficult of circumstances. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Starling Days: Shortlisted for the 2019 Costa Novel Award Rowan Hisayo Buchanan (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Sceptre

Publisher:

Hodder & Stoughton

Pub Date:

11 Jul 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback (Text (eye-readable)) 304pp h220mm x w142mm x s34mm 406g ISBN13: 9781473638372 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-3837-2 ISBN10: 1473638372 EAN: 9781473638372 x Description: SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA NOVEL AWARD 'An exquisite rendering of love, sadness, and misunderstanding . . . I want to share this book with everyone I know.' The Paris Review 'A poetic, hypnotic exploration of mental health' Stylist 'Buchanan is a novelist of talent and grace' Scotland on Sunday Mina is staring over the edge of the George Washington Bridge when a patrol car drives up. She tries to convince the officers she's not about to jump but they don't believe her. Her husband, Oscar is called to pick her up. Oscar hopes that leaving New York for a few months will give Mina the space to heal. They travel to London, to an apartment wall-papered with indigoeyed birds, to Oscars oldest friends, to a canal and blooming flower market. Mina, a classicist, searches for solutions to her failing mental health using mythological women. But she finds a beam of light in a living woman. Friendship and attraction blossom until Oscar and Mina's complicated love is tested.

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Starling Days: Shortlisted for the 2019 Costa Novel Award Rowan Hisayo Buchanan (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Sceptre

Publisher:

Hodder & Stoughton

Pub Date:

09 Jul 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) (Text (eye-readable)) 304pp h212mm x w134mm x s26mm 300g ISBN13: 9781473638389 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-3838-9 ISBN10: 1473638380 EAN: 9781473638389 x Description: SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA NOVEL AWARD 'A singular novel from the poetic and painterly mind of Rowan Hisayo Buchanan.' Sharlene Teo, author of Ponti 'An exquisite rendering of love, sadness, and misunderstanding . . . I want to share this book with everyone I know.' The Paris Review 'A quiet triumph - tenderly and disarmingly exploring the responsibility of love, loneliness, what it is to feel lost' Sophie Mackintosh, author of The Water Cure Mina is staring over the edge of the George Washington Bridge when a patrol car drives up. She tries to convince the officers she's not about to jump but they don't believe her. Her husband, Oscar is called to pick her up. Oscar hopes that leaving New York for a few months will give Mina the space to heal. They travel to London, to an apartment wall-papered with indigoeyed birds, to Oscars oldest friends, to a canal and blooming flower market. Mina, a classicist, searches for solutions to her failing mental health using mythological women. But she finds a beam of light in a living woman. Friendship and attraction blossom until Oscar and Mina's complicated love is tested. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Starling Days: Shortlisted for the 2019 Costa Novel Award Rowan Hisayo Buchanan (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Sceptre

Publisher:

Hodder & Stoughton

Pub Date:

12 May 2020

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback (Text (eye-readable)) 304pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781473638396 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-3839-6 ISBN10: 1473638399 EAN: 9781473638396 x Description: 'A singular novel from the poetic and painterly mind of Rowan Hisayo Buchanan.' Sharlene Teo, author of Ponti 'An exquisite rendering of love, sadness, and misunderstanding . . . I want to share this book with everyone I know.' The Paris Review 'A quiet triumph - tenderly and disarmingly exploring the responsibility of love, loneliness, what it is to feel lost' Sophie Mackintosh, author of The Water Cure Mina is staring over the edge of the George Washington Bridge when a patrol car drives up. She tries to convince the officers she's not about to jump but they don't believe her. Her husband, Oscar is called to pick her up. Oscar hopes that leaving New York for a few months will give Mina the space to heal. They travel to London, to an apartment wall-papered with indigoeyed birds, to Oscars oldest friends, to a canal and blooming flower market. Mina, a classicist, searches for solutions to her failing mental health using mythological women. But she finds a beam of light in a living woman. Friendship and attraction blossom until Oscar and Mina's complicated love is tested.

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Shadowplay Joseph O'Connor (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Vintage

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

07 May 2020

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 256pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784709150 ISBN13: 978-1-78470-915-0 ISBN10: 1784709158 EAN: 9781784709150 x Description: **Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award 2019** WINNER OF THE IRISH POST EASON NOVEL OF THE YEAR 'A hugely entertaining book about the grand scope of friendship and love, it is also, movingly - at times, astonishingly - a story of transience, loss and true loyalty' Guardian 1878: The Lyceum Theatre, London. Three extraordinary people begin their life together, a life that will be full of drama, transformation, passionate and painful devotion to art and to one another. Henry Irving, the Chief, is the volcanic leading man and impresario; Ellen Terry is the most lauded and desired actress of her generation, outspoken and generous of heart; and ever following along behind them in the shadows is the unremarkable theatre manager, Bram Stoker.

Fresh from life in Dublin as a clerk, Bram may seem the least colourful of the trio but he is wrestling with dark demons in a new city, in a new marriage, and with his own literary aspirations. As he walks the London streets at night, streets haunted by the Ripper and the gossip which swirls around his friend Oscar Wilde, he finds new inspiration. But the Chief is determined that nothing will get in the way of his manager's devotion to the Lyceum and to himself. And both men are enchanted by the beauty and boldness of the elusive Ellen. This exceptional novel explores the complexities of love that stands dangerously outside social convention, the restlessness of creativity, and the experiences that led to Dracula, the most iconic supernatural tale of all time.

SHORTLISTED FOR TWO AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDS _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Shadowplay Joseph O'Connor (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Harvill Secker

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

06 Jun 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 320pp h240mm x w162mm x s31mm 536g ISBN13: 9781787300842 ISBN13: 978-1-78730-084-2 ISBN10: 1787300846 EAN: 9781787300842 x Description: Discover the thrilling life of Bram Stoker, the man who created Dracula 1878: The Lyceum Theatre, London. Three extraordinary people begin their life together, a life that will be full of drama, transformation, passionate and painful devotion to art and to one another. Henry Irving, the Chief, is the volcanic leading man and impresario; Ellen Terry is the most lauded and desired actress of her generation, outspoken and generous of heart; and ever following along behind them in the shadows is the unremarkable theatre manager, Bram Stoker. Fresh from life in Dublin as a clerk, Bram may seem the least colourful of the trio but he is wrestling with dark demons in a new city, in a new marriage, and with his own literary aspirations. As he walks the London streets at night, streets haunted by the Ripper and the gossip which swirls around his friend Oscar Wilde, he finds new inspiration. But the Chief is determined that nothing will get in the way of his manager's devotion to the Lyceum and to

himself. And both men are enchanted by the beauty and boldness of the elusive Ellen. This exceptional novel explores the complexities of love that stands dangerously outside social convention, the restlessness of creativity, and the experiences that led to Dracula, the most iconic supernatural tale of all time. **Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award 2019** **Winner of the Irish Post Easons Novel of the Year** 'A hugely entertaining book about the grand scope of friendship and love, it is also, movingly - at times, astonishingly - a story of transience, loss and true loyalty' Guardian _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Shadowplay Joseph O'Connor (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Vintage Digital

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

06 Jun 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Electronic book text (Text (eye-readable)) E-publication format version - EPUB 2.0.1 EPUB 2.0.1 320pp Has DRM protection. ISBN13: 9781473560017 ISBN13: 978-1-4735-6001-7 ISBN10: 1473560012 EAN: 9781473560017 x Description: Discover the thrilling life of Bram Stoker, the man who created Dracula 1878: The Lyceum Theatre, London. Three extraordinary people begin their life together, a life that will be full of drama, transformation, passionate and painful devotion to art and to one another. Henry Irving, the Chief, is the volcanic leading man and impresario; Ellen Terry is the most lauded and desired actress of her generation, outspoken and generous of heart; and ever following along behind them in the shadows is the unremarkable theatre manager, Bram Stoker. Fresh from life in Dublin as a clerk, Bram may seem the least colourful of the trio but he is wrestling with dark demons in a new city, in a new marriage, and with his own literary aspirations. As he walks the London streets at night, streets haunted by the Ripper and the gossip which swirls around his friend Oscar Wilde, he finds new inspiration. But the Chief is determined that nothing will get in the way of his manager's devotion to the Lyceum and to himself. And both men are enchanted by the beauty and boldness of the elusive Ellen. This exceptional novel explores the complexities of love that stands dangerously outside social convention, the restlessness of creativity, and the experiences that led to Dracula, the most iconic supernatural tale of all time. **Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award 2019** **Winner of the Irish Post Easons Novel of the Year** 'A hugely entertaining book about the grand scope of friendship and love, it is also, movingly - at times, astonishingly - a story of transience, loss and true loyalty' Guardian _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Shadowplay Joseph O'Connor (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Harvill Secker

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

04 Jun 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 320pp h234mm x w153mm x s24mm 390g ISBN13: 9781787300859 ISBN13: 978-1-78730-085-9 ISBN10: 1787300854 EAN: 9781787300859

x Description: Discover the thrilling life of Bram Stoker, the man who created Dracula 1878: The Lyceum Theatre, London. Three extraordinary people begin their life together, a life that will be full of drama, transformation, passionate and painful devotion to art and to one another. Henry Irving, the Chief, is the volcanic leading man and impresario; Ellen Terry is the most lauded and desired actress of her generation, outspoken and generous of heart; and ever following along behind them in the shadows is the unremarkable theatre manager, Bram Stoker. Fresh from life in Dublin as a clerk, Bram may seem the least colourful of the trio but he is wrestling with dark demons in a new city, in a new marriage, and with his own literary aspirations. As he walks the London streets at night, streets haunted by the Ripper and the gossip which swirls around his friend Oscar Wilde, he finds new inspiration. But the Chief is determined that nothing will get in the way of his manager's devotion to the Lyceum and to himself. And both men are enchanted by the beauty and boldness of the elusive Ellen. This exceptional novel explores the complexities of love that stands dangerously outside social convention, the restlessness of creativity, and the experiences that led to Dracula, the most iconic supernatural tale of all time. **Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award 2019** **Winner of the Irish Post Easons Novel of the Year** 'A hugely entertaining book about the grand scope of friendship and love, it is also, movingly - at times, astonishingly - a story of transience, loss and true loyalty' Guardian _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Diary of a Somebody Brian Bilston (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Picador

Publisher:

Pan Macmillan

Pub Date:

11 Jun 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 384pp h241mm x w162mm x s40mm 656g ISBN13: 9781529005547 ISBN13: 978-1-5290-0554-7 ISBN10: 152900554X EAN: 9781529005547 x Description: Shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award, 2019. 'Glorious. I will be astonished if I read a more original, more inventive or funnier novel this year.' - Adam Kay, author of This Is Going to Hurt Part tender love story, part murder mystery, part hilarious description of a wasted life, and interspersed with some of the funniest poems about the mundane and the profound, Diary of a Somebody is a stunningly original novel from Twitter sensation, Brian Bilston. It's January 1st and Brian Bilston is convinced that this year, his New Year's resolution will change his life. Every day for a year, he will write a poem. It's quite simple. Brian's life certainly needs improving. His ex-wife has taken up with a new man, he seems to constantly disappoint his long-suffering son, and at work he is drowning in a sea of spreadsheets and management jargon. So poetry will be his salvation. But there is an obstacle in the form of Toby Salt, his arch nemesis at Poetry Club and rival suitor to Liz, Brian's new poetic inspiration. When Toby goes missing, just after the announcement of the publication of his first collection, This Bridge No Hands Shall Cleave, Brian becomes the number one suspect. If he is to regain his reputation and to have a chance of winning Liz, he must find out what has happened to Toby before it is too late. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Diary of a Somebody Brian Bilston (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Picador

Publisher:

Pan Macmillan

Pub Date:

11 Jun 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 384pp h234mm x w153mm x s31mm 534g ISBN13: 9781529005554 ISBN13: 978-1-5290-0555-4 ISBN10: 1529005558 EAN: 9781529005554 x Description: Brian Bilston has decided to write a poem every day for a year while he tries to repair his ever-desperate life. His ex-wife has taken up with a new man, a marketing guru and motivational speaker who seems to be disturbingly influencing his son, Dylan. Meanwhile Dylan's football team keeps being beaten 0-11, as he stands disconsolately on the wing waiting vainly to receive the ball. At work Brian is drowning in a sea of spreadsheets and is becoming increasingly confused by the complexities of modern communication and management jargon. So poetry will be his salvation. But can Brian's poetry save him from Toby Salt, his arch nemesis in the Poetry Group and potential rival suitor to Brian's new poetic inspiration, Liz? Worst of all Toby has announced that boutique artisan publishing house Shooting from the Hip will be publishing his first collection, titled This Bridge No Hands Shall Cleft, in the autumn. And when he goes missing Brian is inevitably the number one suspect. Part tender love story, part murder mystery, part coruscating description of a wasted life, and interspersed with some of the funniest poems about the mundane and the profound, Diary of a Somebody is the most original novel you will read this year. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Diary of a Somebody Brian Bilston (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Picador

Publisher:

Pan Macmillan

Pub Date:

09 Jan 2020

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 288pp h196mm x w130mm x s27mm 284g ISBN13: 9781529005561 ISBN13: 978-1-5290-0556-1 ISBN10: 1529005566 EAN: 9781529005561 x Description: Shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award 2019 'Nobody must find out about this unique gem, because I'm giving it to EVERYONE, and I want to appear clever and discerning.' Dawn French It's January 1st and Brian Bilston's life needs to change. His ex-wife has taken up with a new man, a motivational speaker and marketing guru to boot; he seems to constantly disappoint his long-suffering son; and at work he is drowning in a sea of spreadsheets and management jargon. Brian resolution is to write a poem every day; poetry will be his salvation. But there is an obstacle to his happiness in the form of Toby Salt, his arch nemesis in the Poetry Group and rival suitor to Liz, Brian's new poetic inspiration. When Toby goes missing, Brian is the number one suspect. Part tender love story, part murder mystery, part coruscating description of a wasted life, and interspersed with some of the funniest poems about the mundane and the profound, Diary of a Somebody is a unique, original and hilarious novel. 'Glorious. I will be astonished if I read a more original, more inventive or funnier novel this year.' Adam Kay, author of This is Going to Hurt _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Queenie Candice Carty-Williams (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Trapeze

Publisher:

Orion Publishing Co

Pub Date:

11 Apr 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback (Text (eye-readable)) 400pp h226mm x w160mm x s40mm 580g ISBN13: 9781409180050 ISBN13: 978-1-4091-8005-0 ISBN10: 1409180050 EAN: 9781409180050 x Description: THE NUMBER TWO SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Hilarious, compelling, painful, enlightening, honest. I loved it.' - Dolly Alderton 'Brilliant, timely, funny, heartbreaking' - Jojo Moyes 'A vital, often very funny novel' - The Sunday Times 'Inspirational, funny and wise' - Kit de Waal 'Perfect for anyone who loves Fleabag' - Mail on Sunday Queenie Jenkins can't cut a break. Well, apart from the one from her long term boyfriend, Tom. That's definitely just a break though. Definitely not a break up. Then there's her boss who doesn't seem to see her and her Caribbean family who don't seem to listen (if it's not Jesus or water rates, they're not interested). She's trying to fit in two worlds that don't really understand her. It's no wonder she's struggling. She was named to be queen of everything. So why is she finding it so hard to rule her own life? A darkly comic and bitingly subversive take on life, love, race and family, QUEENIE will have you nodding in recognition, crying in solidarity, and rooting for this unforgettable character every step of the way. Perfect for fans of Dolly Alderton, Elizabeth Day, Sally Rooney and Diana Evans, and anyone who loved Fleabag. ******** Praise for QUEENIE: 'I was engrossed and loved Queenie - her humour, her pain, her politics, her friends, her family.' - Diana Evans 'Candice gives so generously with her joy, pain and humour, that we cannot help but become fully immersed in the life of Queenie - a beautiful and compelling book.' - Afua Hirsch *This book has been printed with three different colour cover designs. We are unable to accept requests for a specific cover. The different covers will be assigned to orders at random* _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Queenie Candice Carty-Williams (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Trapeze

Publisher:

Orion Publishing Co

Pub Date:

09 Apr 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) (Text (eye-readable)) 400pp h232mm x w152mm x s32mm 500g ISBN13: 9781409180067 ISBN13: 978-1-4091-8006-7 ISBN10: 1409180069 EAN: 9781409180067 x Description: 'Hilarious, compelling, painful, enlightening, honest. I loved it' - Dolly Alderton 'Brilliant, timely, funny, heartbreaking' - Jojo Moyes

'Inspirational, funny and wise' - Kit de Waal Queenie Jenkins can't cut a break. Well, apart from one from her long term boyfriend, Tom. That's definitely just a break though. Definitely not a break up. Stuck between a boss who doesn't seem to see her, a family who don't seem to listen (if it's not Jesus or water rates, they're not interested), and trying to fit in two worlds that don't really understand her, it's no wonder she's struggling. She was named to be queen of everything. So why is she finding it so hard to rule her own life? Perfect for fans of Dolly Alderton, Sally Rooney and Diana Evans, and anyone who loved Fleabag and Dear White People. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Queenie Candice Carty-Williams (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Trapeze

Publisher:

Orion Publishing Co

Pub Date:

06 Feb 2020

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback (Text (eye-readable)) 400pp h196mm x w128mm x s30mm 280g ISBN13: 9781409180074 ISBN13: 978-1-4091-8007-4 ISBN10: 1409180077 EAN: 9781409180074 x Description: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD'Hilarious, compelling, painful, enlightening, honest. I loved it' - Dolly Alderton 'Brilliant, timely, funny, heartbreaking' - Jojo Moyes 'A deliciously funny, characterful, topical and thrilling novel for our times' - Bernardine Evaristo, WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE Meet Queenie. She just can't cut a break. Well, apart from one from her long term boyfriend, Tom. That's just a break though. Definitely not a break up. Stuck between a boss who doesn't seem to see her, a family who don't seem to listen (if it's not Jesus or water rates, they're not interested), and trying to fit in two worlds that don't really understand her, it's no wonder she's struggling. She was named to be queen of everything. So why is she finding it so hard to rule her own life? A darkly comic and bitingly subversive take on life, love, race and family, Queenie will have you nodding in recognition, crying in solidarity and rooting for this unforgettable character every step of the way. Perfect for fans of Dolly Alderton, Sally Rooney, Diana Evans and Phoebe Waller-Bridge. ****** SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR SHORTLISTED FOR FOYLES BOOK OF THE YEAR BLACKWELL'S DEBUT NOVEL OF THE YEAR NAMED ONE OF THE TIMES, GUARDIAN, SUNDAY TIMES, DAILY MAIL AND EVENING STANDARD'S BEST BOOKS OF 2019 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Other Half of Augusta Hope Joanna Glen (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

The Borough Press

Publisher:

HarperCollins Publishers

Pub Date:

13 Jun 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 384pp h227mm x w159mm x s35mm 550g ISBN13: 9780008314156 ISBN13: 978-0-00-831415-6 ISBN10: 0008314152 EAN: 9780008314156 x Description: This is a story for anyone who has ever felt like they don't belong.

'A therapeutic dose of high-strength emotion' GUARDIAN

'It's going to be all over every book club in Britain before you can say Burundi'THE TIMES 'I really enjoyed this book ... full of the reality of hope and despair in everyone's lives' MIRANDA HART 'This gem of a novel entertains and moves in equal measure' DAILY MAIL 'Keep the tissues close' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING

Augusta Hope has never felt like she fits in.

At six, she's memorising the dictionary. At seven, she's correcting her teachers. At eight, she spins the globe and picks her favourite country on the sound of its name: Burundi. And now that she's an adult, Augusta has no interest in the goings-on of the small town where she lives with her parents and her beloved twin sister, Julia.

When an unspeakable tragedy upends everything in Augusta's life, she's propelled headfirst into the unknown. She's determined to find where she belongs - but what if her true home, and heart, are half a world away?

'A beautifully written debut novel with unforgettable characters and an irresistible message of redemption and belonging' RED magazine 'Heartening and hopeful' JESS KIDD, author of Things in Jars 'Mesmerizingly beautiful' SARAH HAYWOOD, author of The Cactus 'An extraordinary masterpiece' ANSTEY HARRIS, author of The Truths and Triumphs of Grace Atherton 'Gutsy, endearing and entertaining' DEBORAH ORR 'Absolutely brilliant' GAVIN EXTENCE, author of The Universe Versus Alex Wood _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Other Half of Augusta Hope Joanna Glen (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

The Borough Press

Publisher:

HarperCollins Publishers

Pub Date:

13 Jun 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Unsewn / adhesive bound 384pp h221mm x w153mm x s29mm 440g ISBN13: 9780008314163 ISBN13: 978-0-00-831416-3 ISBN10: 0008314160 EAN: 9780008314163

x Description: This is a story for anyone who has ever felt like they don't belong.

'A therapeutic dose of high-strength emotion' GUARDIAN

Augusta Hope has never felt like she fits in.

The Other Half of Augusta Hope Joanna Glen (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

The Borough Press

Publisher:

HarperCollins Publishers

Pub Date:

26 Dec 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Unsewn / adhesive bound 384pp h198mm x w129mm x s24mm 270g ISBN13: 9780008314194 ISBN13: 978-0-00-831419-4 ISBN10: 0008314195 EAN: 9780008314194 x Description: This is a story for anyone who has ever felt like they don't belong.

'A therapeutic dose of high-strength emotion' GUARDIAN

Augusta Hope has never felt like she fits in.

On Chapel Sands: My mother and other missing persons Laura Cumming (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Vintage

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

02 Apr 2020

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 320pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784708634 ISBN13: 978-1-78470-863-4 ISBN10: 1784708631 EAN: 9781784708634 x Description: **THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER** **SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD** 'A modern masterpiece' Guardian Uncovering the mystery of her mother's disappearance as a child: Laura Cumming, prize-winning author and art critic, takes a closer look at her family story. In the autumn of 1929, a small child was kidnapped from a Lincolnshire beach. Five agonising days went by before she was found in a nearby village. The child remembered nothing of these events and nobody ever spoke of them at home. It was another fifty years before she even learned of the kidnap. The girl became an artist and had a daughter, art writer Laura Cumming. Cumming grew up enthralled by her mother's strange tales of life in a seaside hamlet of the 1930s, and of the secrets and lies perpetuated by a whole community. So many puzzles remained to be solved. Cumming began with a few criss-crossing lives in this fraction of English coast - the postman, the grocer, the elusive baker - but soon her search spread right out across the globe as she discovered just how many lives were affected by what happened that day on the beach - including her own. On Chapel Sands is a book of mystery and memoir. Two narratives run through it: the mother's childhood tale; and Cumming's own pursuit of the truth. Humble objects light up the story: a pie dish, a carved box, an old Vick's jar. Letters, tickets, recipe books, even the particular slant of a copperplate hand give vital clues. And pictures of all kinds, from paintings to photographs, open up like doors to the truth. Above all, Cumming discovers how to look more closely at the family album - with its curious gaps and missing persons - finding crucial answers, captured in plain sight at the click of a shutter.

'A moving, many-sided human story of great depth and tenderness, and a revelation of how art enriches life' Sunday Times **Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction** _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

On Chapel Sands: My mother and other missing persons Laura Cumming (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Chatto & Windus

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

04 Jul 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 320pp h213mm x w153mm x s31mm 518g ISBN13: 9781784742478 ISBN13: 978-1-78474-247-8 ISBN10: 1784742473 EAN: 9781784742478 x Description: **Shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award 2019** **SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER** 'A modern masterpiece' Guardian Uncovering the mystery of her mother's disappearance as a child: Laura Cumming, prize-winning author and art critic, takes a closer look at her family story. In the autumn of 1929, a small child was kidnapped from a Lincolnshire beach. Five agonising days went by before she was found in a nearby village. The child remembered nothing of these events and nobody ever spoke of them at home. It was another fifty years before she even learned of the kidnap. The girl became an artist and had a daughter, art writer Laura Cumming. Cumming grew up enthralled by her mother's strange tales of life in a seaside hamlet of the 1930s, and of the secrets and lies perpetuated by a whole community. So many puzzles remained to be solved. Cumming began with a few criss-crossing lives in this fraction of English coast - the postman, the grocer, the elusive baker - but soon her search spread right out across the globe as she discovered just how many lives were affected by what happened that day on the beach - including her own. On Chapel Sands is a book of mystery and memoir. Two narratives run through it: the mother's childhood tale; and Cumming's own pursuit of the truth. Humble objects light up the story: a pie dish, a carved box, an old Vick's jar. Letters, tickets, recipe books, even the particular slant of a copperplate hand give vital clues. And pictures of all kinds, from paintings to photographs, open up like doors to the truth. Above all, Cumming discovers how to look more closely at the family album - with its curious gaps and missing persons - finding crucial answers, captured in plain sight at the click of a shutter. 'A moving, many-sided human story of great depth and tenderness, and a revelation of how art enriches life' Sunday Times ** A SUNDAY TIMES, NEW STATESMAN, DAILY TELEGRAPH, THE TIMES, METRO & EVENING STANDARD BOOK OF THE YEAR** _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

In Extremis: The Life of War Correspondent Marie Colvin Lindsey Hilsum (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Vintage

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

25 Jul 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 416pp h198mm x w129mm x s26mm 311g ISBN13: 9781784703950 ISBN13: 978-1-78470-395-0 ISBN10: 1784703958 EAN: 9781784703950

x Description: The gripping life story of the great war correspondent Marie Colvin told by one of her closest friends SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD WINNER OF THE JAMES TAIT BLACK AWARD Marie Colvin was glamorous, hard-drinking, braver than the boys, with a troubled and rackety personal life. She reported from the most dangerous places in the world and her anecdotes about encounters with figures like Colonel Gaddafi and Yasser Arafat were incomparable. She was much admired, and as famous for her wild parties as for the extraordinary lengths to which she went to tell the story. Fellow foreign correspondent Lindsey Hilsum draws on unpublished diaries and interviews with friends, family and colleagues to produce a story of one of the most daring and inspirational women of our times. A Sunday Times Book of the Year 'A stunningly good biography' WILLIAM BOYD _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

In Extremis: The Life of War Correspondent Marie Colvin Lindsey Hilsum (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Chatto & Windus

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

01 Nov 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 416pp h240mm x w162mm x s38mm 681g ISBN13: 9781784740931 ISBN13: 978-1-78474-093-1 ISBN10: 1784740934 EAN: 9781784740931 x Description: ** BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK ** ** A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR ** **Marie Colvin is the subject of a major biopic starring Rosamund Pike** 'A stunningly good biography' WILLIAM BOYD Marie Colvin was glamorous, hard-drinking, braver than the boys, with a troubled and rackety personal life. She reported from the most dangerous places in the world, going in further and staying longer than anyone else. Like her hero, the legendary reporter Martha Gellhorn, she sought to bear witness to the horrifying truths of war, to write `the first draft of history' and to shine a light on the suffering of ordinary people. Marie covered the major conflicts of our time: Israel and Palestine, Chechnya, East Timor, Sri Lanka - where she was hit by a grenade and lost sight in her left eye, resulting in her trademark eye-patch - Iraq and Afghanistan. Her anecdotes about encounters with dictators and presidents - including Colonel Gaddafi and Yasser Arafat, whom she knew well - were incomparable. She was much admired, and as famous for her wild parties as for the extraordinary lengths to which she went to tell the story, including being smuggled into Syria where she was killed in 2012. Written by fellow foreign correspondent Lindsey Hilsum, this is the story of the most daring war reporter of her time. Drawing on unpublished diaries and interviews with Marie's friends, family and colleagues, Hilsum conjures a fiercely compassionate, complex woman who was driven to an extraordinary life and tragic death. In Extremis is the story of our turbulent age, and the life of a woman who defied convention. *Marie Colvin is remembered in two films: Under the Wire, a drama-doc about Marie's last trip to Syria, and A Private War, a feature film about her life, starring Rosamund Pike* _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Making of Poetry: Coleridge, the Wordsworths and Their Year of Marvels Adam Nicolson (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

William Collins

Publisher:

HarperCollins Publishers

Pub Date:

30 May 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 336pp h240mm x w159mm x s40mm 710g ISBN13: 9780008126476 ISBN13: 978-0-00-812647-6 ISBN10: 000812647X EAN: 9780008126476 x Description: SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2019

Wordsworth and Coleridge as you've never seen them before in this new book by Adam Nicolson, brimming with poetry, art and nature writing. Proof that poetry can change the world.

It is the most famous year in English poetry. Out of it came The Ancient Mariner and 'Kubla Khan', as well as Coleridge's unmatched hymns to friendship and fatherhood, Wordsworth's revolutionary verses in Lyrical Ballads and the greatness of 'Tintern Abbey', his paean to the unity of soul and cosmos, love and understanding.

Bestselling and award-winning writer Adam Nicolson tells the story, almost day by day, of the year in the late 1790s that Coleridge, Wordsworth, his sister Dorothy and an ever-shifting cast of friends, dependants and acolytes spent together in the Quantock Hills in Somerset.

To a degree never shown before, The Making of Poetry explores the idea that these poems came from this place, and that only by experiencing the physical circumstances of the year, in all weathers and all seasons, at night and at dawn, in sunlit reverie and moonlit walks, can the genesis of the poetry start to be understood.

What emerges is a portrait of these great figures as young people, troubled, ambitious, dreaming of a vision of wholeness, knowing they had greatness in them but still in urgent search of the paths towards it.

The poetry they made was not from settled conclusions but from the adventure on which they were all embarked, seeing what they wrote as a way of stripping away all the dead matter, exfoliating consciousness, penetrating its depths. Poetry for them was not an ornament for civilisation but a challenge to it, a means of remaking the world. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Making of Poetry: Coleridge, the Wordsworths and Their Year of Marvels Adam Nicolson (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

William Collins

Publisher:

HarperCollins Publishers

Pub Date:

06 Feb 2020

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Unsewn / adhesive bound 336pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780008126490 ISBN13: 978-0-00-812649-0 ISBN10: 0008126496 EAN: 9780008126490 x

Description: SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2019

'This is a book of wonders' Sunday Times

'Spellbinding and intelligent' Financial Times

'Extraordinary and engrossing' Spectator

It was the most extraordinary year. In a book brimming with poetry and nature writing, biography and adventure, Adam Nicolson walks in the footsteps of Coleridge, Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy during the months in the late 1790s they spent together in the Quantock Hills.

Out of it came The Ancient Mariner, 'Kubla Khan', Lyrical Ballads and 'Tintern Abbey'; Coleridge's unmatched hymns to friendship and fatherhood; Wordsworth's revolutionary verses and paeans to the unity of soul and cosmos, love and understanding. In short, a poetry that sought to remake the world. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Surge Jay Bernard (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Chatto & Windus

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

20 Jun 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 80pp h216mm x w135mm x s6mm 90g Trade paperback (UK) ISBN13: 9781784742614 ISBN13: 978-1-78474-261-4 ISBN10: 1784742619 EAN: 9781784742614 x Description: *Shortlisted for the Costa Poetry Award 2019* *Shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize 2019* *Shortlisted for Forward Prize for Best First Collection 2019* *Winner of the Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry* Jay Bernard's extraordinary debut is a fearlessly original exploration of the black British archive: an enquiry into the New Cross Fire of 1981, a house fire at a birthday party in south London in which thirteen young black people were killed. Dubbed the 'New Cross Massacre', the fire was initially believed to be a racist attack, and the indifference with which the tragedy was met by the state triggered a new era of race relations in Britain. Tracing a line from New Cross to the 'towers of blood' of the Grenfell fire, this urgent collection speaks with, in and of the voices of the past, brought back by the incantation of dancehall rhythms and the music of Jamaican patois, to form a living presence in the absence of justice. A ground-breaking work of excavation, memory and activism - both political and personal, witness and documentary - Surge shines a much-needed light on an unacknowledged chapter in British history, one that powerfully resonates in our present moment. 'Reading Jay Bernard's Surge is like tapping into an energy source that reveals, in a blasting combination of excavation and incantation, a surfacing

understanding that connects the landscapes of the New Cross fire and the Grenfell Tower fire...and delivers these revelations with a strength and a gravity and a communal force of voice that shakes every inhumane system' Ali Smith, Newstatesman 'Politically and lyrically compelling' Raymond Antrobus, Observer, 'The Best Books of 2019 - Picked by the Year's Best Writers' 'A range of poetic forms bring energy to this reappraisal of race, nation and embodiement' Sandeep Parmar, Guardian Season's Reading: Poetry **A NEW STATESMAN, GUARDIAN & DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR** _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Mizzy Paul Farley (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Picador

Publisher:

Pan Macmillan

Pub Date:

17 Oct 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 80pp h206mm x w161mm x s21mm 268g ISBN13: 9781529009798 ISBN13: 978-1-5290-0979-8 ISBN10: 1529009790 EAN: 9781529009798 x Description: Paul Farley is now widely recognized as one of the leading English poets writing today. As usual it is impossible to summarize in terms of theme, as his interests are too various: there's an air of 'the innocence of childhood' being viewed through the corrective lens of worldly middle age, though, and also of mid-life, its creeping self-consciousness and decrepitude, and the distortions of perception that attend it; confusing encounters with tech, modernity and its accelerated rate of change; satirical excursions critiquing the way business and digital communications have debased language. Farley is also interested as ever in the peripheral and marginal and no-man's-lands - the lives of others, and their strange occupations; the birds and unsung-by-the-pocket-guides fauna and flora you miss. The Mizzy encapsulates one of poetry's most capacious and eclectic imaginations. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Mizzy Paul Farley (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Picador

Publisher:

Pan Macmillan

Pub Date:

17 Oct 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 80pp h197mm x w153mm x s9mm 132g ISBN13: 9781529009804 ISBN13: 978-1-5290-0980-4 ISBN10: 1529009804 EAN: 9781529009804 x Description: Paul Farley is now widely recognized as one of the leading English poets writing today. As usual it is impossible to summarise in terms of theme, as his interests are too various: there's an air of 'the innocence of childhood' being viewed through the corrective lens of worldly middle age, though, and also of mid-life, its creeping self-consciousness and decrepitude, and the distortions of perception that attend it; confusing encounters with tech, modernity and its accelerated rate of change; satirical excursions critiquing the way business and digital communications have debased language. Farley is also interested as ever in the peripheral and marginal and no-man's lands - the lives of others, and their strange occupations; the birds and unsung-by-the-pocket-guides fauna and flora you miss. 'Selfie with Sea Monsters' encapsulate one of poetry's most capacious and eclectic imaginations. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Reckless Paper Birds John McCullough (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penned in the Margins

Publisher:

Penned in the Margins

Pub Date:

15 May 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback ISBN13: 9781908058638 ISBN13: 978-1-908058-63-8 ISBN10: 1908058633 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Crossfire Malorie Blackman (Author) Series:

Noughts and Crosses

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

08 Aug 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 432pp h198mm x w129mm x s26mm 298g ISBN13: 9780241388440 ISBN13: 978-0-241-38844-0 ISBN10: 0241388449 EAN: 9780241388440 x Description: Nominated for the Costa Children's Book Award 'The Noughts & Crosses series are still my favourite books of all time and showed me just how amazing story-telling could be' STORMZY 'Malorie's Noughts & Crosses series is the first time I saw myself in a book . . . they were pacey, exciting, rich. What Malorie Blackman has always done so brilliantly is put the minority front and centre, both in society and politics.' CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS 'The most original book I've ever read' BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH 'Malorie Blackman is absolutely amazing ... [Noughts & Crosses] really spoke to me, especially as a woman of dual heritage.' ZAWE ASHTON 'Crossfire is searing, political and furious. Malorie's world building is sublime and the way the Noughts & Crosses series holds a mirror up to society is unrivalled' JUNO DAWSON _____ Years have passed since the love between Sephy - a Cross - and Callum - a Nought - destroyed their world and changed their families and society forever. Society appears to be very different now. For the first time ever, a Nought Prime Minister - Tobey Durbridge - is in power. Race and class don't divide people anymore. But things are never really that easy. Because Tobey's just been framed for murder, and the only way to free himself is to turn to his oldest friend - Callie-Rose. Their families divisions run deep, and when two young people are kidnapped, their lives and everything they've fought for are put in the firing line. And when you're playing a game as dangerous as this one, it won't be long before someone gets caught in the crossfire... Crossfire is the long-awaited new novel in legendary author Malorie Blackman's ground-breaking Noughts & Crosses series. 'Rich in moral and social issues, it is devastating about racial attitudes' THE SUNDAY TIMES, CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE WEEK 'It chillingly echoes the tempestuous taste of the world today while offering the intensity of a thriller' I NEWSPAPER _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

In the Shadow of Heroes Nicholas Bowling (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Chicken House Ltd

Publisher:

Chicken House Ltd

Pub Date:

02 May 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 384pp h203mm x w141mm x s26mm 270g ISBN13: 9781911077688 ISBN13: 978-1-911077-68-8 ISBN10: 1911077686 EAN: 9781911077688 x Description: SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD 2019 Fourteen-year-old Cadmus has been scholar Tullus's slave since he was a baby - his master is the only family he knows. But when Tullus disappears and a taciturn slave called Tog - daughter of a British chieftain - arrives with a secret message, Cadmus's life is turned upside down. The pair follow a trail that leads to Emperor Nero himself, and his crazed determination to possess the Golden Fleece of Greek mythology. This quest will push Cadmus to the edge of the Roman Empire - and reveal unexpected truths about his past ... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Furious Thing Jenny Downham (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

David Fickling Books

Publisher:

David Fickling Books

Pub Date:

03 Oct 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 378pp h208mm x w135mm ISBN13: 9781788450980 ISBN13: 978-1-78845-098-0 ISBN10: 1788450981 x Description: Anger was something to believe in when the world let her down. FURIOUS THING roars with justifiable anger at an unfair world, as one girl fights to claim back the spaces that belong to her and battles to be heard . . . Lexi's angry. And it's getting worse. If only she could stop losing her temper and behave herself, her step-father would accept her, her mum would love her like she used to and her step-brother would declare his crushing desire to spend the rest of his life with her. She wants these things so badly she determines to swallow her anger and make her family proud. But pushing fury down doesn't make it disappear. Instead, it simmers below the surface waiting to erupt. There'll be fireworks when it does. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Furious Thing Jenny Downham (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

David Fickling Books

Publisher:

David Fickling Books

Pub Date:

04 Jun 2020

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback ISBN13: 9781788451260 ISBN13: 978-1-78845-126-0 ISBN10: 1788451260 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Cut Out Girl: A Story of War and Family, Lost and Found: The Costa Book of the Year 2018 Bart van Es (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

10 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 288pp h198mm x w129mm x s18mm 233g ISBN13: 9780241978726 ISBN13: 978-0-241-97872-6 ISBN10: 0241978726 EAN: 9780241978726 x Description: WINNER OF THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018 WINNER OF THE SLIGHTLY FOXED BEST FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZE 2018 A SUNDAY TIMES PAPERBACK OF THE YEAR 2019 'A masterpiece of history and memoir' Evening Standard 'Superb. This is a necessary book - painful, harrowing, tragic, but also uplifting' The Times __________________________________________________ Little Lien wasn't taken from her Jewish parents in the Hague - she was given away in the hope that she might be saved. Hidden and raised by a foster family in the provinces during the Nazi occupation, she survived the war only to find that her real parents had not. Much later, she fell out with her foster family, and Bart van Es - the grandson of Lien's foster parents - knew he needed to find out why. His account of tracing Lien and telling her story is a searing exploration of two lives and two families. It is a story about love and misunderstanding and about the ways that our most painful experiences - so crucial in defining us - can also be redefined. ___________________________________________________ 'Luminous, elegant, haunting - I read it straight through' Philippe Sands, author of East West Street 'Deeply moving. Writes with an almost Sebaldian simplicity and understatement' Guardian 'Sensational and gripping . . . shedding light on some of the most urgent issues of our time' Judges of the Costa Book of the Year 2018 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Normal People Sally Rooney (Author) Series:

Edition:

Main

Imprint:

Faber & Faber

Publisher:

Faber & Faber

Pub Date:

02 May 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 288pp h198mm x w129mm x s17mm 229g ISBN13: 9780571334650 ISBN13: 978-0-571-33465-0 ISBN10: 0571334652 EAN: 9780571334650 x Description: THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES AND TOP FIVE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A BBC ONE DRAMA ADAPTATION CURRENTLY IN PRODUCTION WINNER OF THE COSTA NOVEL AWARD 2018 WINNER OF THE AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDS NOVEL OF THE YEAR WINNER OF NOVEL OF THE YEAR AND BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS WINNER OF THE SPECSAVERS NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS INTERNATIONAL AUTHOR OF THE YEAR LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018 LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2019

Connell and Marianne grow up in the same small town in the west of Ireland, but the similarities end there. In school, Connell is popular and well-liked, while Marianne is a loner. But when the two strike up a conversation - awkward but electrifying - something life-changing begins. Normal People is a story of mutual fascination, friendship and love. It takes us from that first conversation to the years beyond, in the company of two people who try to stay apart but find they can't. 'The literary phenomenon of the decade.' - Guardian SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR AWARD 2019 SHORTLISTED FOR THE RSL ENCORE PRIZE 2019 LONGLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE 2019 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle: The Sunday Times Bestseller and Winner of the Costa First Novel Award Stuart Turton (Author) Series:

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Raven Books

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Pub Date:

01 Oct 2018

Publishing Status:

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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 528pp h198mm x w129mm 371g ISBN13: 9781408889510 ISBN13: 978-1-4088-8951-0 ISBN10: 140888951X EAN: 9781408889510 x Description: THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER

WINNER OF THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD WINNER OF THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG NOVEL AWARD A WATERSTONES THRILLER OF THE MONTH SHORTLISTED FOR THE SPECSAVERS NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS DEBUT OF THE YEAR LONGLISTED FOR THE THEAKSTON OLD PECULIER CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR

Gosford Park meets Groundhog Day by way of Agatha Christie and Black Mirror - the most inventive story you'll read this year Tonight, Evelyn Hardcastle will be killed ... Again It is meant to be a celebration but it ends in tragedy. As fireworks explode overhead, Evelyn Hardcastle, the young and beautiful daughter of the house, is killed. But Evelyn will not die just once. Until Aiden - one of the guests summoned to Blackheath for the party - can solve her murder, the day will repeat itself, over and over again. Every time ending with the fateful pistol shot. The only way to break this cycle is to identify the killer. But each time the day begins again, Aiden wakes in the body of a different guest. And someone is determined to prevent him ever escaping Blackheath... SELECTED AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE GUARDIAN, I PAPER, FINANCIAL TIMES AND DAILY TELEGRAPH

The Devil and the Dark Water is coming in Autumn 2020, available to pre-order now. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle: The Sunday Times Bestseller and Winner of the Costa First Novel Award Stuart Turton (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Raven Books

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Pub Date:

08 Feb 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 528pp h234mm x w153mm 915g 1 x double-spread illustrated floorplan (used as endpapers) ISBN13: 9781408889565 ISBN13: 978-1-4088-8956-5 ISBN10: 1408889560 EAN: 9781408889565 x Description: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD WINNER OF THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG NOVEL AWARD 2018 SHORTLISTED FOR THE SPECSAVERS NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS 2018

A brilliantly original high concept murder mystery from a fantastic new talent: Gosford Park meets Inception, by way of Agatha Christie and Black Mirror One of Stylist Magazine's 20 Must-Read Books of 2018 One of Harper's Bazaar's 10 Must-Read Books of 2018 One of Marie Claire, Australia's 10 Books You Absolutely Have to Read in 2018 'Somebody's going to be murdered at the ball tonight. It won't appear to be a murder and so the murderer won't be caught. Rectify that injustice and I'll show you the way out.' It is meant to be a celebration but it ends in tragedy. As fireworks explode overhead, Evelyn Hardcastle, the young and beautiful daughter of the house, is killed. But Evelyn will not die just once. Until Aiden - one of the guests summoned to Blackheath for the party - can solve her murder, the day will repeat itself, over and over again. Every time ending with the fateful pistol shot. The only way to break this cycle is to identify the killer. But each time the day begins again, Aiden wakes in the body of a different guest. And someone is determined to prevent him ever escaping Blackheath... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Assurances J. O. Morgan (Author) Series:

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Imprint:

Jonathan Cape Ltd

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

07 Jun 2018

Publishing Status:

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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 64pp h197mm x w130mm x s6mm 80g ISBN13: 9781787330856 ISBN13: 978-1-78733-085-6 ISBN10: 1787330850 EAN: 9781787330856 x Description: **WINNER OF THE COSTA POETRY AWARD 2018** **SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2018 FORWARD PRIZE FOR BEST COLLECTION** A war-poem both historic and frighteningly topical, Assurances begins in the 1950s during a period of vigilance and dread in the middle of the Cold War: the long stand-off between nuclear powers, where the only defence was the threat of mutually assured destruction. Using a mix of versed and unversed passages, Morgan places moments of calm reflection alongside the tensions inherent in guarding against such a

permanent threat. A work of variations and possibilities, we hear the thoughts of those involved who are trying to understand and justify their roles. We examine the lives of civilians who are not aware of the impending danger, as well as those who are. We listen to the whirring minds of machines; to the voice of the bomb itself. We spy on enemy agents: always there, always somewhere close at hand. Assurances is an intimate, dramatic work for many voices: lyrical, anxious, fragmentary and terrifying; a poem about the nuclear stalemate, the deterrent that is still in place today: how it works and how it might fail, and what will vanish if it does. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Skylarks' War Hilary McKay (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Macmillan Children's Books

Publisher:

Pan Macmillan

Pub Date:

26 Sep 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 320pp h196mm x w130mm x s25mm 302g None ISBN13: 9781509894963 ISBN13: 978-1-5098-9496-3 ISBN10: 1509894969 EAN: 9781509894963 x Description: Winner of the Costa Children's Book Award 2018. The Skylarks' War is a beautiful story following the loves and losses of a family growing up against the harsh backdrop of World War One, from the award-winning Hilary McKay. Clarry and her older brother Peter live for their summers in Cornwall, staying with their grandparents and running free with their charismatic cousin, Rupert. But normal life resumes each September - boarding school for Peter and Rupert, and a boring life for Clarry at home with her absent father, as the shadow of a terrible war looms ever closer. When Rupert goes off to fight at the front, Clarry feels their skylark summers are finally slipping away from them. Can their family survive this fearful war? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Pieces of Me: Shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award 2018 Natalie Hart (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Legend Press Ltd

Publisher:

Legend Press Ltd

Pub Date:

04 Oct 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 352pp h1980mm x w1290mm 40g ISBN13: 9781787198036 ISBN13: 978-1-78719-803-6 ISBN10: 1787198030 EAN: 9781787198036 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Orphan Monster Spy Matt Killeen (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Usborne Publishing Ltd

Publisher:

Usborne Publishing Ltd

Pub Date:

08 Mar 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 400pp h198mm x w130mm ISBN13: 9781474942386 ISBN13: 978-1-4749-4238-6 ISBN10: 1474942385

x Description: Sarah has played many roles - but now she faces her most challenging of all. Because there's only one way for a Jewish orphan spy to survive at a school for the Nazi elite. And that's to become a monster like them. They think she is just a little girl. But she is the weapon they never saw coming... with a mission to destroy them all. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Moonrise Sarah Crossan (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Bloomsbury YA

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Pub Date:

12 Jul 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 400pp h198mm x w129mm 325g ISBN13: 9781408867815 ISBN13: 978-1-4088-6781-5 ISBN10: 1408867818 EAN: 9781408867815 x Description: SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD 2017 SHORTLISTED FOR THE YA BOOK PRIZE 2018 SHORTLISTED FOR THE CBI BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2018 SHORTLISTED FOR THE CLiPPA AWARD 2018 LONGLISTED FOR THE CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL 2019 'Devastating ... Any reader with a heart will weep buckets' Sunday Times Book of the Week They think I hurt someone. But I didn't. You hear? Cos people are gonna be telling you all kinds of lies. I need you to know the truth. Joe hasn't seen his brother for ten years, and it's for the most brutal of reasons. Ed is on death row. But now Ed's execution date has been set, and Joe is determined to spend those last weeks with him, no matter what other people think ... From one-time winner and two-time Carnegie Medal shortlisted author Sarah Crossan, this poignant, stirring, huge-hearted novel asks big questions. What value do you place on life? What can you forgive? And just how do you say goodbye? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Overhaul Kathleen Jamie (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Picador

Publisher:

Pan Macmillan

Pub Date:

26 Sep 2012

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 64pp h197mm x w130mm x s5mm 83g ISBN13: 9781447202042 ISBN13: 978-1-4472-0204-2 ISBN10: 144720204X EAN: 9781447202042 x Description: The Overhaul is Kathleen Jamie's first collection since the award-winning The Tree House, and it broadens her poetic range considerably. The Overhaul continues Jamie's lyric enquiry into the aspects of the world our rushing lives elide, and even threaten. Whether she is addressing birds or rivers, or the need to accept loss, or sometimes, the desire to escape our own lives, her work is earthy and rigorous, her language at once elemental and tender. As an essayist, she has frequently queried our human presence in the world with the question `How are we to live?' Here, this is answered more personally than ever. The Overhaul is a mid-life book of repair, restitution, and ultimately hope - of the wisest and most worldly kind.

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Days Without End Sebastian Barry (Author) Series:

Edition:

Main

Imprint:

Faber & Faber

Publisher:

Faber & Faber

Pub Date:

06 Feb 2017

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 320pp h198mm x w129mm x s19mm 253g ISBN13: 9780571277049 ISBN13: 978-0-571-27704-9 ISBN10: 0571277047 EAN: 9780571277049 x Description: Winner of the 2016 Costa Book of the Year Winner of the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2017 Winner of the Independent Bookshop Week Book Award 2017 Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2017 'Pitch perfect, the outstanding novel of the Year.' Observer After signing up for the US army in the 1850s, aged barely seventeen, Thomas McNulty and his brother-in-arms, John Cole, fight in the Indian Wars and the Civil War. Having both fled terrible hardships, their days are now vivid and filled with wonder, despite the horrors they both see and are complicit in. Then when a young Indian girl crosses their path, the possibility of lasting happiness seems within reach, if only they can survive. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Days Without End Sebastian Barry (Author) Series:

Edition:

Open Market - Airside ed

Imprint:

Faber & Faber

Publisher:

Faber & Faber

Pub Date:

06 Feb 2017

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback A-format paperback 320pp h177mm x w111mm x s20mm 169g ISBN13: 9780571277025 ISBN13: 978-0-571-27702-5 ISBN10: 0571277020 EAN: 9780571277025 x Description: WINNER OF 2016 COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Pitch-perfect, the outstanding novel of the year so far.' Robert McCrum, Observer 'More wrenching and beautiful than anything I've read in a long time.' Aravind Adiga, Guardian Books of the Year After signing up for the US army in the 1850s, barely seventeen, Thomas McNulty and his brother-in-arms, John Cole, fight in the Indian Wars and the Civil War. Having both fled terrible hardships, their days are now vivid and filled with wonder, despite the horrors they both see and are complicit in. But when a young Indian girl crosses their path, Thomas and John must decide on the best way of life for them all in the face of dangerous odds. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________