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03 Dear Booksellers 16 Non-Fiction Highlights 30 Children’s Fiction Highlights / The Secret Life of Books 17 Inspiring Non-Fiction 31 Aziza’s Secret Fairy Door 04 IBW 2021 / Land of Lost Things 18 Key Summer Paperbacks 06 POS 32 MCB Preschool / Campbell 20 How to Save a Life 07 Circus of Wonders / The Ophelia Girls 33 LEGO / The World of Elizabeth Macneal is back to dazzle us Dinosaur Roar! 21 Yours Cheerfully 08 Joe’s Family Food / Making It Emmy and Bunty are back! 34 Saving Sorya / Food from Joe Wicks and a memoir Children’s Non-Fiction from Jay Blades, from The Repair Shop 22 Picture Book Round-up Including a stunning graphic novel from Trang Nguyen and Jeet Zdung 09 Marcus Rashford 23 The Woolly Bear Caterpillar A marvellous minibeast tale An inspiring, positive and practical 35 Science Fiction and Fantasy guide for teens 24 What Strange Paradise 36 Fiction in Translation 10 The Swallows’ Flight / Sixteen Horses 37 Non-Fiction Hardbacks The sequel to The Skylarks’ War arrives 25 Emily Noble’s Disgrace 11 Wild Child / Heaven 38 Non-Fiction PB Round-up A unique book from Dara McAnulty 26 Macmillan Collector’s Library 39 Fiction Round-up 12 Picture Book Highlights 27 Through the Looking-Glass 13 New Paperbacks Chris Riddell’s illustrated edition from Julia Donaldson 28 Noah’s Gold

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2 SUMMER 2021 | PINBOARD Prices and publication dates within are subject to change Dear Booksellers, We’re so thrilled that bookshops are opening their doors again Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Yuval Zommer, as well and wanted to say a big thank you for all your support for as The Swallows’ Flight, the eagerly-anticipated follow-up to Pan Mac books during lockdown! We’re very excited for the Hilary McKay’s Costa Award-winning The Skylarks’ War. summer ahead, and can’t wait for you to see what’s in store. We also have a stunning Indie Exclusive edition of Elizabeth We have lots of proofs and POS available to read and request! Macneal’s Circus of Wonders, with a beautiful patterned Social assets are available to download from our trade website, sprayed edge and exclusive endpapers, and are thrilled to be and we can also provide bespoke tweet cards and digital table publishing Yours Cheerfully by AJ Pearce, the sequel to the headers or posters, so get in touch if you need anything. much-loved Dear Mrs Bird. Greg Buchanan’s Sixteen Horses is If you don’t follow us on Twitter already, our handle is gearing up to be the crime debut of the year and will blow you @PanMacPinboard, and we have a regular email newsletter away with its haunting suspense. In non-fiction, we can’t wait you can subscribe to by emailing [email protected]. to share the memoir from Jay Blades, star of the hit BBC One show The Repair Shop. We also have Too Many Reasons to Our big highlights for the summer include You Are A Live, the heartbreaking memoir from rugby league legend Rob Champion by this issue’s cover star Marcus Rashford. Burrow, and a brand new family cookbook from Joe Wicks. Then, because one inspiring young person just wasn’t enough, we also have the beautiful Wild Child by Dara McAnulty, Finally, be sure to check out our plans and promotions for author of Diary of a Young Naturalist. Elsewhere for young IBW, including the Macmillan Collector’s Library’s 5th readers, we’re also publishing the long-awaited Indie Exclusive birthday celebrations. edition (with a free print!) of The Woolly Bear Caterpillar by The team at Pan Macmillan

DISCOVER THE SECRET LIFE OF BOOKS With Pan Mac’s Publishing Mentorship Programme Are you a bookseller who would like to know more about the publishing industry? If so, why not apply to join our mentorship programme?

Learn how we decide which books to publish and how editors turn a manuscript into a finished book. Understand the processes behind cover design and book production. Find out how an author gets on TV or into the broadsheets, and how a book ad gets into a train station. Discover how books are sold into retailers and wholesalers, how the supply chain works, and much more! The programme will take 1-2 hours of your time each week, and will take place remotely, attending meetings and making contacts within Pan Macmillan. At the end of the mentorship, you will have an insight into the publishing process from acquisition through to delivery to bookshops and beyond. We actively encourage Black, Asian and other ethnically diverse people and disabled applicants to apply and value the positive impact that difference has on our business. WANT TO FIND OUT MORE? Drop us a line at [email protected] with the subject line ‘Secret Life of Books’ to find out how to apply, or just scan the QR code to the left to learn more. Applications close 14th May 2021.

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INDEPENDENT BOOKSHOP WEEK We have a great selection of offers, giveaways and POS as well as a range of authors available for virtual events during IBW 2021.

MACMILLAN COLLECTOR’S LIBRARY 5TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS

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This summer, Macmillan Collector’s Library turns five. To celebrate, we’ve got lots of brilliant offers and POS for you and your customers including a FREE Ten Best Parties in Literature booklet to give away during IBW. We also have a FREE luxury Macmillan Collector’s Library tote bag available to giveaway to customers who buy any two MCL books from participating bookshops. Ts & Cs apply, please contact your local sales representative for more details.

THE BOOKSHOP CAT VIRTUAL EVENTS & STOCK SIGNINGS © Cindy Wume 2021 © Cindy Wume

Perfect for IBW and beyond, The Bookshop Cat is a We have a number of authors available for virtual events heartwarming tale about a treasured local bookshop, during IBW and over the coming months, please ask your the extraordinary power of reading, and a beloved local rep for a full list. bookselling cat, by exceptional new talent Cindy Wume. We would particularly like to highlight Yours Cheerfully by AJ We know that book recommendations are really helpful, so Pearce and Julia Chapman’s Dales Detective series, as both we’re offering special ‘The Bookshop Cat recommends’ shelf authors will be doing events during the week. talkers for you and your customers to add their suggestions on to, as well as mini standees, activity sheets and posters.

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EXTRA DISCOUNT ON PAN MAC FAVOURITES FOR IBW

We thought it would be helpful to compile a list of bestselling Pan Macmillan titles and some of our favourites that you might have missed during lockdowns. We’ve included the three titles on the IBW Awards shortlist – Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart, Summerwater by Sarah Moss and The Hospital Dog by Julia Donaldson and Sara Ogilvie. Some of our reps’ top picks are also listed below!

Extra discount will be offered on any orders of these titles, and we have Buy One Get One Half Price stickers available. To see a full list of the books included in the promotion, and to order stock, please contact your local sales representative.

LILY KING JANE HEALEY STEVEN PRICE WRITERS THE ANIMALS LAMPEDUSA & LOVERS AT LOCKWOOD MANOR A novel about art The funny, moving and life, of loss Winner of the and transfixing story and survival set HWA Debut of Casey, a young in an achingly Crown Award 2020 writer who has lost evocative sun- her direction in life. drenched Sicily.

Chosen by Kate Bullows Chosen by Gillian MacKay Chosen by Richard Baker

TED CHIANG SARAH BUTLER CAT WELDON EXHALATION JACK & BET HOW TO BE A HERO A collection of A story of unlikely stunningly original, friendship and a The first in a humane, and tender look at a hilarious and fast- celebrated short lifelong struggle paced trilogy about stories from the to find a place to how to be brave. author of Arrival. call home.

Chosen by Andrew Belshaw Chosen by Keren Western Chosen by Kate Bullows

MORAG HOOD BEN MANLEY AND SPAGHETTI HUNTERS EMMA CHICHESTER CLARK THE MISADVENTURES An hilarious picture book OF FREDERICK following a duck in search The Sunday Times Children’s of spaghetti. Book of the Year. A gloriously Chosen by Gillian MacKay illustrated picture book. Chosen by Toby Watson

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We can’t wait to share all our new summer POS material with you! Below is a small selection of the items available, please do let us know if you’d like anything for your store. Titles with POS on offer are marked with a roundel throughout the issue.

Whetstone believes you haven’t really made it until you’re Someone the Something. Give yourself a terrifying new Viking name to strike fear into the hearts of your enemies. MCB first letter of your name: POS Key Arne or Astrid Nora or Njal THIS BOOKMARK Bodil or Bjorn Orm or Olga BELONGS TO: Canute or Crag Peg or Potar Dagfin or Dagmar Queil or Qual Estrid or Erik Ragnar or Revna Frieda or Finn Sven or Signe Gunnar or Godrun Tove or Torben Harald or Hilda Unn or Ulf Ivar or Ingrid Vidar or Vigdis Jorunn or Jarl Werda or Welk Why not use the Viking name Kari or Knud Xannar or Xelhild generator on the other side? Liv or Leif Yetta or Yorik Marta or Magnus Zara or Zeb

month you were born: january Ferret or Sword february Raven or Shield 1. The Hospital Dog march Boar or Kneecap april Horse or Finger may Wolf or Spear june Snake or Axe july Fox or Big Toe august Frog or Nose september Eagle or Skull 2. Land of Lost Things october Bear or Tonsil november Flower or Knuckle december Dragon or Arrow

day you were born: 1 • 11 • 21 • 31 Biter or Hugger / How to be a Hero 2 • 12 • 21 Throttler or Tickler 3 • 13 • 23 Wrestler or Teaser 4 • 14 • 24 Squisher or Trainer 5 • 15 • 25 Grabber or Snuggler 6 • 16 • 26 Flinger or Tamer 7 • 17 • 27 Eater or Dancer 8 • 18 • 28 Stamper or Carrier 3. Hilary McKay 9 • 19 • 29 Mincer or Kisser 10 • 20 • 30 Stretcher or Cuddler 4. The Teeny Weeny Genie 5. MCL Scotland Titles 6. Circus of Wonders 7. Yours Cheerfully 1 2

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6 SUMMER 2021 | PINBOARD CIRCUS OF WONDERS | ELIZABETH MACNEAL CIRCUS OF WONDERS Elizabeth Macneal 9781529002539 | HB | £14.99 | 13.05.21 | Picador

We know you absolutely loved Elizabeth Macneal’s dazzling debut The Doll Factory – thank you for such gorgeous window and shop displays! Thankfully you won’t have to wait long to get your hands on Elizabeth’s new book, Circus of Wonders. Here’s Elizabeth herself with a letter about the book and how she came to write it, but what we can tell you is that you’re getting a dazzling Indie Exclusive edition with beautiful endpapers and stunning sprayed edges. We’ll also have beautiful POS materials available to help you create window displays to rival those for The Doll Factory.

‘Dark, tender, evocative, compelling’ Laura Shepherd-Robinson ‘An absolute triumph’ Stacey Halls

Dear Bookseller, a travelling showman. She is catapulted into a world of fame and money – figurines are cast in her image, crowds rush to I can’t believe it’s almost two years since The Doll Factory watch her soar, newspapers scribble stories about her. came out. I am so very grateful to every bookseller and bookshop who supported it – whether that was handselling, But what happens when her fame threatens to eclipse that of window displays (these still astonish me when I think back the showman? To Jasper Jupiter, facts are irrelevant, and show over them!), or running events (what fun they were). I hope and illusion are what matter. But this is Nell’s life, and soon all that circumstances will mean I’m able to visit as many of your of the outlandish stories that are spun about her begin to make bookshops as possible to say thank you. her uneasy. I have always been fascinated by the circus – the illusion, the In a way, I suppose, Circus of Wonders is a book about tawdry glamour, the idea of an itinerant life, and above all the storytelling. Who gets to tell whose story and how they tell it. wonder. The more I read about the Victorian circus, the more It’s also about creativity and ownership, and beauty and power, obsessed I became. This was the century of spectacle, when and success and crashing failure. I found researching this the circus exploded, when great menageries toured small book to be endlessly fascinating, and I hope that you too enjoy country towns, when tightrope walkers plunged to their deaths, getting lost in this world. when little people and bearded women became rich and Thank you so much again, famous. It was a world which exploited and empowered, where physical difference became a booming industry. Elizabeth Macneal But the question that lingered – as I read about countless performers, about still-famous personages like Joseph Merrick, dubbed ‘The Elephant Man’ – is the one that always Social assets are drives me to write. How would it have felt? It was then that available on our I began writing about Nell, a young girl with birthmarks trade website to use speckling her skin, who is sold by her father to Jasper Jupiter, in advertising this exclusive edition!

PINBOARD | SUMMER 2021 7 JOE’S FAMILY FOOD / MAKING IT JOE’S FAMILY FOOD 9781529016314 | HB | £20.00 | 10.06.21 | Bluebird

Since first being published by Bluebird in 2015, Joe Wicks has transformed from The Body Coach into a multimillion- copy bestselling author, bona fide national treasure, and most importantly, family man. As a proud dad to two kids, Joe understands the realities of life as a busy parent. So Joe’s Family Food, publishing this June, is designed to do the hard work for you, meaning cooking and sharing nutritious food can become a social, fun activity for your family. Whether it’s Mexican chicken burgers with avocado smash and sweetcorn salsa, or broccoli and pancetta carbonara, there’s something for absolutely everyone in the 100 recipes collected here. The man who kept the nation moving during lockdown, Joe has now sold more than three million books in the UK alone. He has more than four million followers on social media, and all his books have been number one non-fiction bestsellers!

Pan Mac Team Pick NOT FINAL COVER Keren Western ‘Who better than Joe Wicks to not only keep your family fit but feed them as well with these amazing family recipes?’

MAKING IT 9781529059199 | HB | £16.99 | 13.05.21 | Bluebird

‘There are many ways to make it, and I took the long way around. For a while, I was very broken, but for the last 30 years I have mostly been trying to help people make or repair things. It might be furniture, it could be a relationship: it might even be themselves’ Jay Blades

BBC One’s The Repair Shop has saved lockdown for many of us (roughly six million of us per episode, in fact), not least because we all got to fall completely in love with Jay Blades. Making It is his story, from his childhood growing up sheltered and innocent on a council estate in Hackney, to his adolescence when he struggled with dyslexia and was introduced to violent racism at secondary school, to being brutalized by police as a teen, to finally finding success against all the odds. Written with empathy and vulnerability, Making It questions the boundaries society places on male vulnerability, and Jay shows how letting himself be nurtured helped him flourish into the person he is today. An expert at giving a second life to cherished items, he speaks about how his role as a restorer mirrors his own life – if something’s broken, you can always find a way to put it back together.

8 SUMMER 2021 | PINBOARD YOU ARE A CHAMPION | MARCUS RASHFORD THE BOOK YOUNG PEOPLE NEED, FROM A CHAMPION THEY LOVE YOU ARE A CHAMPION Marcus Rashford 9781529068177 | TPB | £9.99 | 27.05.21 | MCB

In June 2020, Marcus Rashford successfully lobbied the UK government to U-turn its policy on free school meals, ensuring access to food supplies for 1.3 million children during the Covid-19 pandemic. He was appointed an MBE by the Queen in October 2020, and in February 2021 was named in TIME Magazine’s Next 100. He is now recognised worldwide for his journey both on and off the pitch – but how did an average boy from Wythenshawe, South Manchester become not only an international footballer but also one of the leading activist voices in the UK? NOT FINAL INSIDE SPREADS It’s full of practical advice, with top tips from performance psychologist Kate Warriner, plus amazing illustrations and In this inspiring, positive and practical guide for children infographics to make the book super engaging for readers of aged 10+, Marcus shares stories from his own journey and all ages. Marcus is incredibly engaged with this project, and gives children the tools they need to reach their full potential committed to getting this book into the hands of children using growth mindset, perseverance and new ways of thinking. everywhere, with your help. We’ll have a range of incredible With chapters including ‘Find Your Confidence,’ ‘Navigating POS to support publication, including posters, bookmarks, Adversity’ and ‘Use Your Voice,’ this is a book to show children and a life-size standee of Marcus, so please get in touch to that their possibilities really can be endless. request any of these items for your shop! Written with journalist Carl Anka, You Are A Champion is In Summer 2021, we will also be launching the Marcus the empowering and life-changing first children’s book from Rashford Book Club, a ‘reader recommends’ programme Marcus Rashford MBE, showing kids how to be the best featuring two books per year, one in the summer, and one in versions of themselves, and achieve their dreams. the autumn.

Pan Mac Team Pick ‘Believe in you and success will happen. Trust me. Richard Baker Live the dream’ ‘Marcus Rashford is the most important, and Marcus Rashford necessary, male footballer in the country right now. Like the man: inspirational and thoughtful’

PINBOARD | SUMMER 2021 9 THE SWALLOWS’ FLIGHT | HILARY MCKAY THE SWALLOWS’ FLIGHT Hilary McKay

9781529033335 | HB | £12.99 | 27.05.21 | MCB

A story of four ordinary lives brought together by extraordinary circumstances, Hilary McKay’s stunning companion novel to the Costa Award-winning The Skylarks’ War features the next generation of characters as they move from childhood to the threshold of adulthood amid the chaos and conflict of the Second World War. This is a sweeping middle grade saga for readers of any age who enjoyed Elizabeth Jane Howard’s Cazalet Chronicles and Goodnight Mr Tom.

Lucky for you, we have a lovely extract from the first chapter of the book just below! If you want to continue reading, let us know and we can send you a proof or link to NetGalley.

‘A triumph. The beautiful clarity of [Hilary McKay’s] storytelling is masterful and she deserves every prize going’ Philip Pullman

On the fourteenth day after Erik found them, his three ‘Nutter,’ said Hans, catching Erik in a casual headlock. swallows flew from his open window, straight from his hand ‘Nutter yourself,’ said Erik, wriggling out backwards and into a bird-filled apricot evening sky, joining dozens of others dumping Hans flat on the floor. circling the roofs and eaves and skyways of the city. Never, ever ‘I wouldn’t be surprised if they did taste like pretzels and had Erik known such illuminated joy, such a lift of bliss that it lobsters,’ said Hans, thinking about it, stretched out on his felt as if he could have flown with them. back. ‘Perhaps you’re not so crazy after all. Perhaps one day ‘Well,’ said Hans, who had come to say goodbye to Cumulus you will be head keeper at Berlin Zoo.’ and the others. ‘That’s three more birds in the sky.’ ‘Perhaps,’ said Erik, hopefully, once more gazing out of ‘Yes,’ agreed Erik, hanging out of the window to watch. the window. ‘Do you know, Hans, those little birds will go to ‘Imagine being a swallow. Racing about like that!’ Africa.’ ‘You’d have to eat flies, though,’ pointed out Hans. ‘What do ‘Oh, here you go again!’ said Hans. ‘Africa! I was wrong, you you think they taste like? really are a nut . . . Hey! Erik!’ ‘Pretzels and lobsters,’ said Erik, so matter-of-factly that Erik’s brown curly head was suddenly nodding. He wobbled Hans started shouting and flinging his arms about and where he stood, leaning against the comfortable wooden exclaiming, ‘Erik? You didn’t! Hey, tell me you didn’t! You window frame. Only four hours sleep for two weeks and three can’t have! Are you crazy? Are you joking?’ Then he stopped insatiable babies all day, and now night was coming in over the jumping about and came up close to look into Erik’s face. ‘You rooftops. Hans leaped and grabbed him just before he toppled are joking,’ he said. ‘Aren’t you?’ out of the open window. ‘Yes.’ ‘Thank you, Hans,’ said Erik.

Hans pushed his shoulder affectionately. Erik pushed him Extract from The Swallows’ Flight by Hilary McKay back. They both, at the same moment, realized how much Published 2021 by Macmillan Children’s Books they liked each other. Hans remembered how Erik had leaned Pan Mac Team Pick over the bridge and leaned over the bridge and leaned over the Toby Watson bridge, and said, ‘Oh, dear,’ and vanished with hardly a splash. ‘The brilliant follow up to the wonderful Erik remembered how quickly Hans had pulled off his jacket Costa Costa Children’s Book Award winner to wrap him up when they fished him out again. The Skylarks’ War. I loved reading it so much’

10 SUMMER 2021 | PINBOARD WILD CHILD | DARA MCANULTY

DIPPERS have a third, transparent eyelid that they can close so they can see under water. They use their wings to force themselves downwards so they don’t get carried away with the flow in the river. They have special flaps that cover the nostrils and stop water flooding into the bird’s nose.

They are so adapted for river life that their blood can hold extra oxygen, allowing them to hold their breath for thirty seconds.

The metamorphosis of the FROG is one of the most magical but also most accessible acts of transformation in nature. The cycle starts with an egg in which a black bead begins to grow. When the TADPOLE bursts out it eats the frogspawn it was hatched in and begins to eat the algae and plants in a pond. It gets hungrier and hungrier until it starts to eat insects. It grows bigger and bigger and gets legs. Finally, it loses its gills and can hold their breath for up to eight whole uses its lungs instead. Journeying beyond the pond and RIVER OTTERS minutes, which is longer than their cousins the sea otters, who can becoming an adult frog. only hold it for five. Otters have dense, waterproof fur that keeps them warm, even in icy water. The sea otter has the densest fur of any animal – with up to 125,000 hairs per square centimetre. CADDISFLY LARVAE are the master camouflage artists of the water bed, covering their little bodies with tiny The fastest otter in the world is theGIANT RIVER OTTER, pebbles, sticks and grains of sand. You can identify caddisfly which lives in the Amazon and can grow up to 2m long from its wet larvae by the material they choose to go undercover with but nose to the tip of its tail. some are naked! Caddisfly larvae grow into beautiful adults with wings that look like stained glass windows.

KINGFISHERS use their expert eyesight to be able to judge exactly where fish are under the DRAGONFLIES have nearly 360-degree vision with a small blind spot directly behind water. They have a sleek body and long beak,

the head. Dragonflies are great survivors and which helps when they dive. The long beak is

amongst Earth’s most ancient flying insects. Some also essential to catch their slippery prey. Once

of their fossils date from 300 million years ago: long they have caught a fish, they bring it up to a

before the dinosaurs. The largest dragonflies have branch. The kingfisher bashes the fish to stun it wingspans of 19cm, but their oldest relatives had before eating – nobody wants to eat a wriggling fish. wingspans of up to 75cm.

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Go out into the woods or on the heath and collect feathers, flowers and leaves.

YOU WILL NEED: 1 Remember to be respectful and loving of our natural , Anything you can find out in nature, like feathers COLLECTIVE NOUNS 2 world and not take too much. flowers and leaves, Make sure that when you Use glue or string to attach them to your stick. pick flowers there are lots of them left and that they are not rare or protected 3 Put your journey stick in a place you can see it to remind you of your journeys. Some string or glue 4 A stick

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A COLLECTIVE NOUN names a group of things, and those that name groups of birds are wonderful. Here are a few of my favourites. © Dara McAnulty and Barry Falls 2021 and Barry Falls © Dara McAnulty

Dara pauses to tell the reader about each habitat and provides WILD CHILD fantastic facts about the native birds, animals and plants to Dara McAnulty, illus. Barry Falls be found there – including wrens, blackbirds, butterflies, tadpoles, bluebells, bees, hen harriers, otters, dandelions, oak 9781529045321 | HB | £14.99 | 08.07.21 | MCB trees and many more. This book contains activities relating to each chapter, with a focus on children who don’t live in the Dara McAnulty is a Northern Irish writer, naturalist and countryside. In a year where we’ve all wished we could spend campaigner for the environment, and the youngest ever more time outdoors, Dara is here to lead us all by the hand as winner of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds we rediscover our world. medal for his conservation campaign efforts. Dara’s Diary of a Young Naturalist won the 2020 Wainwright Prize As an added bonus, we’ve got a special Indie Exclusive edition for Nature Writing, was longlisted for the Baillie Gifford of Wild Child to offer you that’s signed and numbered and Prize, and shortlisted for the 2020 BAMB Readers’ Awards. includes a pull-out spotter’s guide poster. Just get in touch In a new creative partnership with illustrator Barry Falls, with your local sales rep to order copies for your shop! author/illustrator of It’s Your World Now, Dara hopes to teach readers about protecting the environment and reconnecting with nature. Wild Child is a beautiful gift book with stunning illustrations Pan Mac Team Pick and collages throughout. It is divided into five sections: Kate Bullows looking out of the window, venturing out into the garden, ‘Wild Child is a stunning book. Take a nature walking in the woods, investigating heathland and wandering walk with Dara McAnulty and learn how everyone young and old can be a conservationist!’ on the river bank.

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THE BOOKSHOP CAT THREE LITTLE VIKINGS 9781529041279 9781509889839

© Cindy Wume 2021 © Cindy Wume PB | £7.99 | 27.05.21 | MCB © Bethan Woollvin 2021 © Bethan Woollvin PB | £7.99 | 22.07.21 | Two Hoots The Bookshop Cat loves his job at the Children’s Bookshop, Three brave little Viking girls save the day in this bold where he spends his time reading, purring and recommending adventure for little rebels, by the creator of the New York Times his favourite books! A heartwarming tale about a treasured Best Illustrated Book Little Red and I Can Catch a Monster, local bookshop, the extraordinary power of reading, and Bethan Woollvin. A funny feminist story all about cooperation, a beloved bookselling cat, by exceptional new talent bravery, and getting your voice heard! Cindy Wume.

THE PET: CAUTIONARY TALES FOR CHILDREN AND GROWN-UPS I AM DOG 9781509895311 9781529012767 © Catherine Emmett and David Tazzyman 2021 © Catherine Emmett and David Tazzyman PB | £6.99 | 13.05.21 | MCB Bently and Chris Chatterton 2021 © Peter PB | £6.99 | 05.08.21 | MCB

A laugh-out-loud cautionary tale (for children and grown- I am Dog. Dog is me. I like walkies. I like tree. ups) about the perils of always getting what you want, written I like rolls in foxy pong. Foxy pong is nice and strong. by Catherine Emmett and illustrated by David Tazzyman, Written by Roald Dahl Funny Prize-winning author Peter bestselling illustrator of the Mr Gum series and You Can’t Take Bently, and charmingly illustrated by the bestselling Chris an Elephant on a Bus. Chatterton, I Am Dog is a fresh and funny rhyming look at the day in the life of an adorable mutt.

12 SUMMER 2021 | PINBOARD THE HOSPITAL DOG / THE TEENY WEENY GENIE

Julia Donaldson was the no. 1 bestselling author of 2020 in The Bookseller’s Top Authors Chart. Her brilliantly crafted stories never fail to delight and we’re sure that these two paperback releases will prove very popular! THE HOSPITAL DOG 9781509868322 | PB | £6.99 | 27.05.21 | MCB

Here is a dog, a Dalmatian called Dot, Is she quite ordinary? NO, SHE’S NOT! From the creators of the number one bestselling picture book The Detective Dog comes another captivating story by Julia Donaldson, perfectly complemented by Sara Ogilvie’s characterful and rich artwork. The Hospital Dog was a Top 10 bestseller in hardback and The Detective Dog was the winner of the Children’s Books Are My Bag Readers’ Award in 2017.

Dot gets a hat and makes friends with a bear.

She calms down a doctor; she cheers up a mummy.

Dot gets a hatShe and plays makes with friends a ball withand shea bear. rides in a chair. She calms down a doctor; she cheers up a mummy. © Julia Donaldson and Sara Ogilvie 2020 © Julia On one of the beds, there’s a deaf boy called Joe. She lets little Tyler play Tickle Dot’s Tummy. Rose helps her dog make the sign for “hello”.

She plays with a ball and she rides in a chair.

She lets little Tyler play Tickle Dot’s Tummy.

THE TEENY WEENY GENIE 9781509843596 | PB | £7.99 | 05.08.21 | MCB

A brilliantly entertaining ‘be-careful-what-you-wish-for’ tale that’s full of farmyard fun – from the bestselling Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Anna Currey in her charming, classic style.

“This farm is a lot of work,” said the farmer. “I wish I had a wife to help me.” “Hello, husband!” she said. “I’m Mrs Macdonald.”

The genie puffed himself up and said, “ABC and XYZ, It was a very loud tractor – Cauliflower cheese and chocolate spread.”

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The farm was very noisy too. k quack! He rubbed his tummy Quac and patted his head, and a After a quick cuddle and a tractor ride, woman appeared. She was Old Macdonald asked, “What’s in that suitcase?” carrying a large suitcase. “All my clothes,” said Mrs Macdonald. “I wish I had some baa! wood and a saw and a drill and a hammer and nails. Baa Then I could build a wardrobe to keep them in.”

. . . a bright red tractor appeared.

“Thank you! Let’s go for a ride round the farm!” The genie said Old Macdonald, ! moo blocked so they did. oo M his ears. © Julia Donaldson and Anna Currey 2020 © Julia

PINBOARD | SUMMER 2021 13 FICTION HARDBACKS

We’ve got new titles from some of our biggest brands, and thrillers that will have you on the edge of your seat!

The six D’Aplièse sisters A former foster child with a have each been on their dark secret she is desperate own incredible journey to to keep, all Nell wants is to discover their heritage, but find a place she can belong. they still have one question So when a job comes up at left unanswered: who and Starling Villas, home to the where is the seventh sister? enigmatic Robin Wilder, she The search to find the seizes the opportunity with missing sister will take them both hands. But her new across the globe – from New employer lives by a set of Zealand to Canada, England, rigid rules and Nell soon sees France and Ireland – uniting that he is hiding secrets of them all in their mission to his own . . . complete their family at last. Rebecca meets The Eagerly awaited by fans, this Handmaid’s Tale in is the seventh instalment in Theakston Crime Novel THE MISSING SISTER FRAGILE 9781509840175 Lucinda Riley’s multimillion- 9781529029444 of the Year Winner HB | £20.00 selling epic series, HB | £14.99 Sarah Hilary’s standalone 27.05.21 | Macmillan the Seven Sisters. 10.06.21 | Macmillan psychological thriller.

‘The Seven Sisters series is heart-wrenching, uplifting ‘Sarah Hilary has always known how to chill her readers and utterly enthralling’ – Fragile dials the chill factor up to eleven’ Lucy Foley Val McDermid

The arrival of Roy Grace, as Rhona MacLeod returns played by John Simm, on in the 16th novel in Lin ITV this March has had the Anderson’s forensic crime Detective Superintendent’s series. After a fierce storm many fans clamouring for hits Scotland, a mysterious more. Luckily, they won’t cargo ship is swept ashore in have to wait long, as Peter the Orkney Isles. Boarding James is back with Left You the vessel uncovers three Dead, the 17th novel in bodies, recently deceased the series. in violent circumstances. Forensic scientist Dr Rhona On a perfectly normal MacLeod’s study of the Sunday afternoon, Eden crime scene suggests that Paternoster disappears a sinister game was being without trace, and her played on board, but who husband Niall is arrested were the hunters? And who is on suspicion of her murder. LEFT YOU DEAD THE KILLING TIDE being hunted? 9781529004243 When Roy Grace is called in 9781529033687 HB | £20.00 to investigate, he realizes that HB | £16.99 ‘One of Scotland’s 13.05.21 | Macmillan nothing is quite as it seems in 22.07.21 | Macmillan national treasures’ his most mysterious case yet. Stuart MacBride

14 SUMMER 2021 | PINBOARD FICTION HARDBACKS

Two debuts meet two established talents in this collection of some of our favourite new fiction titles.

In these 11 stories, desire From Keith Ridgway, and yearning animate the acclaimed author of women’s lives – from the Hawthorn & Child, A Shock brink of adulthood, to the is an unsparing and slippery, labyrinthine path between 20 but thrilling and memorable and 30, to middle age. With novel from the fringes of powerful observation and urban life in London. For mordant humour, New Yorker readers of Muriel Spark, editor Clare Sestanovich Penelope Fitzgerald and opens up worlds where Nicola Barker, Keith intimate and uncomfortable Ridgway counts Zadie Smith truths lie hidden in plain and Ian Rankin among his sight. fans, and is a sure prize contender. This is a collection pulsing with subtle drama, rich ‘Dramatizes how patterns with unforgettable scenes OBJECTS OF DESIRE A SHOCK form and then disperse, 9781529053555 and alive with moments of 9781529064797 how stories are made and HB | £14.99 recognition – a spellbinding, HB | £16.99 relationships created’ 22.07.21 | Picador brilliant debut. 24.06.21 | Picador Colm Tóibín

‘Clare Sestanovich is stylish and skilled, an astute ‘A Shock is a perfect, living circle of beauty and chronicler of contemporary life’ mystery, clearsighted and compassionate’ Brandon Taylor, Booker Prize-shortlisted author of Real Life David Hayden

As an aging artist flees Annie is single, unemployed scandal, he discovers a and a bit stuck when community of other outcasts her beloved father dies on a small island, who unexpectedly. On a whim, cannot afford to lose the she decides to take his ashes little they have left. But on a tour of the 31 sea areas the island is owned by a that make up the shipping ruthless businessman and art forecast that her father collector, whose enforced loved to listen to. Searching rent increase threatens to for the perfect place to say destroy the lives they are goodbye, she starts to wonder trying to rebuild. Written if it might be time to rethink with visual lyricism and some of the relationships in driven clarity, this incendiary her life – but is it too late for story about gentrification second chances? and resistance builds to an Sue Teddern’s debut, Annie THE PAINTER’S FRIEND unforgettable climax. It is an ANNIE STANLEY, ALL AT SEA 9781529030921 9781529025033 Stanley, All at Sea is proof urgent novel for our unjust HB | £16.99 HB | £16.99 that it’s often the most times from Howard Cunnell, 08.07.21 | Picador 08.07.21 | Mantle difficult moments in life that the acclaimed author of show us what really matters. Fathers and Sons.

PINBOARD | SUMMER 2021 15 NON-FICTION HIGHLIGHTS

EMPIRE OF PAIN SENTIENT 9781529062489 | HB 9781529030778 | HB £20.00 | 13.05.21 | Picador £20.00 | 10.06.21 | Picador

The Sackler name adorns The harlequin mantis the walls of many storied shrimp can throw a punch institutions – Harvard; that can fracture aquarium the Metropolitan Museum walls and has the ability to of Art; Oxford University; see a vast range of colours. the Louvre. The great grey owl can hear 20 decibels lower than the They are one of the richest human ear. families in the world, known for their lavish donations. In Sentient, we also meet The source of the family the four-eyed spookfish and fortune was vague, however, until it was uncovered that its dark vision; the vampire bat and its remarkable powers the Sacklers were responsible for making and marketing of touch; the bloodhound and its hundreds of millions of Oxycontin, the painkiller responsible for an international scent receptors, as well as the bar-tailed godwit, the common epidemic of drug addiction which has killed nearly half a octopus, giant peacocks, cheetahs and golden orb-weaving million people. spiders. Each of these extraordinary creatures illustrates the sensory powers that lie dormant within us. In this captivating In this masterpiece of narrative reporting and writing, Orwell book, Jackie Higgins explores this evolutionary heritage and, Prize-winner Patrick Radden Keefe exhaustively documents in doing so, enables us to subconsciously engage with the the jaw-dropping reality. John Carreyrou’s Bad Blood meets world in ways we never knew were possible. HBO’s Succession, Empire of Pain is an unputdownable parable of 21st century greed.

W-3 GOING WITH 9781529035872 | HB £14.99 | 24.06.21 | Picador THE BOYS 9781509882939 | HB £20.00 | 27.05.21 | Picador W-3 is a small psychiatric ward in a large university Judith Mackrell tells the story hospital, a world of pills of how six bold and resolute and passes dispensed by an women became front-line all-powerful staff, of veteran war correspondents during patients with grab-bags the Second World War. of tricks, of disheveled, moment-to-moment Martha Gellhorn came to existence. war journalism to save the world; Virginia Cowles In 1968, Bette Howland was wanted to see the world; a 31-year-old single mother struggling to support her family Lee Miller wanted, arguably, to save herself. Sigrid Schulz, as a part-time librarian, and labouring day and night at her Clare Hollingworth and Helen Kirkpatrick, reporting for typewriter to be a writer. One afternoon, while staying at her daily newspapers, were required to write about the war in a friend Saul Bellow’s apartment, she swallowed a bottle of pills. more briskly factual style. But they were no less determined to W-3 is both an extraordinary portrait of the community of uncover the truth. Ward 3, and a record of a defining moment in a writer’s life. Drawing on the women’s own writings, Mackrell seamlessly This beautiful edition features an original introduction weaves their stories into the larger narrative of the war, with all by Yiyun Li, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Where its horrors, that would haunt them until the end of their lives. Reasons End.

16 SUMMER 2021 | PINBOARD INSPIRING NON-FICTION

Told that he was too small From the cutting edge, to play rugby league, Rob where therapy meets Burrow went on, against neuroscience, world- all logic, to have one of renowned author, the most decorated careers psychotherapist and educator in English rugby league’s Steve Biddulph shows us modern history. Then, at 37, how to reach into the deep he was diagnosed with motor feelings beneath our feelings, neurone disease. and how doing so can guide us to a more awake and free Too Many Reasons to Live way of living every minute of isn’t just a rugby league our lives. book, or just a book for sports fans. This is an extraordinary Using real life examples story of love and friendship, from therapy sessions, Fully of infinite kindness and Human demonstrates how boundless courage – a book we can learn to trust the TOO MANY FULLY HUMAN REASONS TO LIVE for anyone fighting their own 9781509884759 ‘gut reaction’ and be more 9781529073249 | HB battles, and a reminder that TPB | £14.99 in touch with our feelings, £20.00 | 19.08.21 | Macmillan no one goes through it alone. 27.05.21 | Bluebird values and thoughts.

To celebrate Rob and his message, we’ve got a numbered Steve is the Sunday Times bestselling author of Raising Boys, Indie Exclusive edition of Too Many Reasons to Live to offer The Secret of Happy Children and 10 Things Girls Need Most, you, with a sprayed edge in a No. 7 design and exclusive extra and his books have sold over 3.5 million copies worldwide. content including Rob’s list of caps.

We all know what an apple During the day, Christina pie is made of: flour and worked with toddlers apples and butter. They are with significant delays in made of fats and cholesterol language development and and proteins. They, in turn, used Augmentative and are made of molecules Alternative Communication of carbon, nitrogen and (AAC) devices to help them oxygen and other chemical communicate. At night, elements. But what are they she wondered: If dogs can made of? Harry Cliff sets out understand words we say to in pursuit of answers to these them, shouldn’t they be able bigger questions. to say words to us? Can dogs use AAC to communicate This is a brilliantly accessible with humans? introduction to today’s physics by young academic Part memoir and part how-to and educator Harry Cliff. guide, How Stella Learned to HOW TO MAKE AN APPLE HOW STELLA LEARNED PIE FROM SCRATCH Cliff teaches at the University TO TALK Talk chronicles the journey 9781529026191 | HB of Cambridge and is a 9781529053876 | HB Christina and her dog Stella £20.00 | 05.08.21 | Macmillan research fellow at CERN. £16.99 | 24.06.21 | Bluebird have taken together.

Perfect for fans of Brian Cox, this is a transfixing deep-dive This book also reveals the techniques Christina used to teach into the history of physics and chemistry that brought us to Stella, broken down into simple stages and actionable steps our present understanding – and misunderstandings – any dog owner can use to start communicating with their pets. of the world.

PINBOARD | SUMMER 2021 17 KEY SUMMER PAPERBACKS

You might have missed these heavy hitters when they published in hardback over lockdown. Luckily, they’re coming out in paperback just in time for summer, ready for any suitcase or picnic basket!

THE MERCIES 9781529075076 | PB | £8.99 | 08.07.21 | Picador Winter, 1617. The sea around the remote Norwegian island of Vardø is thrown into a reckless storm and the men of the island, out fishing, perish in an instant. 18 months later, Absalom Cornet is summoned from Scotland to bring the women of the island to heel. In her new home, his young wife Ursa finds something she has never seen before: independent women. But Absalom sees only a place flooded with a terrible evil, one he must root out at all costs . . . For readers of Circe and The Handmaid’s Tale, Kiran Millwood Hargrave’s The Mercies is a story about how suspicion can twist its way through a community, and about a love as dangerous as it is powerful.

SUMMERWATER 9781529035476 | PB | £8.99 | 24.06.21 | Picador On the longest day of summer, 12 people sit cooped up with their families in a faded Scottish cabin park. The endless rain leaves them with little to do but watch the other residents. One particular family, a mother and daughter without the right clothes or the right manners, starts to draw attention. Who are they? Where are they from? Should they be here at all? As darkness finally falls, something is unravelling . . . From the acclaimed author of Ghost Wall, Summerwater is a searing exploration of our capacity for both kinship and cruelty in these divided times. ‘Sharp, searching, thoroughly imagined’ Hilary Mantel

THE EVENING AND THE MORNING 9781447278801 | PB | £9.99 | 05.08.21 | Pan It is 997 CE, the end of the Dark Ages. The king’s grip on the country is fragile and chaos reigns. A young boat builder dreams of a better future after a Viking raid shatters the life he hoped for. A Norman noblewoman follows her husband to a new land, and a monk at Shiring Abbey dreams of creating a centre of learning admired throughout Europe. With England at the dawn of the Middle Ages, their fates will intertwine in an epic tale of ambition, rivalry, love and hate. 30 years ago we published The Pillars of the Earth, and now in this masterful prequel international bestseller Ken Follett takes us on a journey into a rich past, which ends where Pillars begins.

THE PULL OF THE STARS 9781529046199 | PB | £8.99 | 29.04.21 | Picador Dublin, 1918. Over three days in the darkness and intensity of a tiny maternity ward, three women change other’s lives as they struggle to bring new life into a fearful world ravaged by war, and watch as their patients succumb to a deadly disease. And yet with tireless tenderness and humanity, carers and mothers alike somehow do their impossible work, discovering that human connection and love are possible even in the hardest of times. Emma Donoghue is the bestselling author of Room and The Wonder, and The Pull of the Stars has already been a Top 10 Sunday Times bestseller in hardback.

18 SUMMER 2021 | PINBOARD KEY SUMMER PAPERBACKS

FAKE LAW 9781529009989 | PB | £9.99 | 27.05.21 | Picador Could the courts really order the death of your innocent baby? Was there an illegal immigrant who couldn’t be deported because he had a pet cat? Are unelected judges truly enemies of the people? In a word: no. Thankfully, the Secret Barrister is back to debunk the lies and reveal the stupidity, malice and incompetence behind some of the biggest legal stories of our times. Alarming, enraging and scathingly funny, Fake Law is a vital defence against the abuse of our law, our rights and our democracy in an age of lies.

PANDORA’S JAR 9781509873142 | PB | £9.99 | 13.05.21 | Picador Taking Pandora and her jar (the box came later) as the starting point, classicist and broadcaster Natalie Haynes puts women at the centre of the Greek myths. After millennia of gods and men, be they Zeus or Agamemnon, Paris or Odysseus, Oedipus or Jason, here are the stories of Hera, Athena and Artemis, and of Medea, Phaedra, Clytemnestra, Jocasta, Eurydice and Penelope. Natalie Haynes is the author of A Thousand Ships, which was shortlisted for the 2020 Women’s Prize for Fiction. ‘Funny, sharp explications of what these sometimes not-very-nice women were up to, and how they sometimes made idiots of . . . but read on!’ Margaret Atwood

THE HARPY 9781529010237 | PB | £8.99 | 13.05.21 | Picador Told in dazzling, musical prose, The Harpy by Megan Hunter is a dark, staggering fairy tale, at once mythical and otherworldly and fiercely contemporary. For readers of Oyinkan Braithwaite, Ottessa Moshfegh and Sophie Mackintosh, this is a novel of love, marriage and its failures, of power and revenge, of metamorphosis and renewal. ‘The Harpy is brilliant . . . A deeply unsettling, excellent read’ Daisy Johnson, author of Everything Under

BLACK AND BRITISH 9781529065602 | PB | £12.99 | 10.06.21 | Picador A new edition of David Olusoga’s vital re-examination of British history, fully revised and updated, that features a new chapter encompassing the Windrush scandal and the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020 – events that put Black British history at the centre of urgent national debate. Unflinching, confronting taboos, and revealing hitherto unknown scandals, Black and British shows how the lives of black and white Britons have been entwined for centuries. ‘[A] comprehensive and important history of black Britain . . . Written with a wonderful clarity of style and with great force and passion’ Kwasi Kwarteng, Sunday Times

PINBOARD | SUMMER 2021 19 HOW TO SAVE A LIFE / THE OPHELIA GIRLS HOW TO SAVE A LIFE Eva Carter 9781529038644 | HB | £14.99 | 27.05.21 | Mantle

Sometimes saving a life is only the start of the story . . . It’s nearly midnight on the eve of the millennium when 18-year-old Joel’s heart stops. A school friend, Kerry, performs CPR for almost 20 exhausting minutes, ultimately saving Joel’s life, while her best friend Tim freezes, unable to help. That moment of life and death changes the course of all three lives over the next two decades: each time Kerry, Joel and Tim believe they’ve found love, discovered their vocation, or simply moved on, their lives collide again. Because bravery isn’t just about life or death decisions; it’s also about how to keep on living afterwards. Inspired by debut author Eva Carter’s experience performing CPR on (and saving the life of) her husband when his heart stopped in bed one night, How to Save a Life is perfect for fans of Miss You by Kate Eberlen and The Man Who Didn’t Call by Rosie Walsh.

‘A love story that doesn’t shy away from the mess and complexity of real life’ Beth O’Leary, author of The Flatshare and The Switch

THE OPHELIA GIRLS Jane Healey 9781529014853 | HB | £16.99 | 22.07.21 | Mantle

A mother’s secret past collides with her daughter’s present in this intoxicating novel from Jane Healey, the author of The Animals at Lockwood Manor, which won the HWA Debut Crown 2020. Exploring themes of art and myth, as well as LGBTQ+ issues, this is for readers of Kate Morton and Elizabeth Macneal, as well as The Virgin Suicides, My Dark Vanessa, and Expectation. In the summer of 1973, teenage Ruth and her four friends are obsessed with pre-Raphaelite paintings. They spend the scorching summer days in the river by Ruth’s grand family home, pretending to be the drowning Ophelia, but by the end of the summer, real tragedy has found them. 24 years later, Ruth is a wife and mother of three children, and moves her family into her childhood home following the death of her father. It’s just the five of them until Stuart, a handsome photographer and old friend of her parents, comes to stay. And there’s something about Stuart that makes Ruth’s sick daughter Maeve feel more alive than all of her life-saving treatments put together . . . Set between two fateful summers, The Ophelia Girls is a visceral, heady exploration of illicit desire, infatuation, and the perils and power of being a young woman.

20 SUMMER 2021 | PINBOARD YOURS CHEERFULLY | AJ PEARCE YOURS CHEERFULLY AJ Pearce

9781509853946 | HB | £14.99 | 24.06.21 | Picador

Introducing the long-awaited follow-up to AJ Pearce’s bestselling novel Dear Mrs Bird, featuring the same cast of characters that stole our hearts. Yours Cheerfully is an inspirational, funny and uplifting story of courage at the height of World War II, a celebration of friendship, and a testament to the strength of women and the importance of lifting each other up, even in the most challenging times. Read on for a sneak peek in this extract!

Pan Mac Team Pick Gillian MacKay ‘Touching, funny and a real celebration of women’s friendship, particularly in the most challenging of times. Wonderful!’

He leant forward, his hands on the ‘Mr Stratton,’ she said. ‘Woman Today and I had the distinct impression she table, and seemed to look at each of us will of course do everything we possibly knew exactly how to both make her in turn. He may not have been Winston can to support the Government, but may point and get her way in any possible Churchill, but Mr Stratton certainly I ask how long you expect our readers situation. I decided this was a skill I very knew how to make a speech. to wait before they are actually given a much needed to learn. ‘In summary, ladies and gentlemen,’ position? We receive letters daily from Mr Stratton again handed over to he said, finally. ‘Your hour is here.’ women who have volunteered for the Mr Boe who stood up, only to have to The hairs on the back of my neck Services or factory work but say they sit down almost immediately when Mr were standing up. haven’t heard back in months.’ Stratton interrupted again, which gave Until today I had thought we had One or two eyebrows shot up at that, the impression they were on some sort of been doing our best. Woman’s Friend but I leant forward. It was exactly what seesaw. I watched but could hardly take was full of tips and advice for our Kath and I had been saying earlier in anything more in. readers on all manner of challenges the week. When I had woken up this morning, the war had thrown at them. We had Mr Stratton didn’t turn a hair. I had been anxious about not even even been congratulating ourselves on ‘I shall let Mr Boe answer that,’ being let into the building. Now, here recent successes. he said. I was at the Ministry of Information, But this was different. It was a direct Mr Boe stood briefly to say something sitting alongside journalists and editors, call from the Government to help convoluted about the Employment meeting women who effortlessly held recruit women to the war effort – to Exchanges doing their best in very their own in a room full of big-wigs, and inspire them, he said. I had always difficult times, at which point Mr more than anything, being told that the hoped to be a journalist, but I had never Stratton interrupted to suggest somewhat Government needed our help. dreamt it would involve being part of a coldly that perhaps Mrs Edwards’ It was the clearest of calls to arms. campaign like this. magazine could highlight the need for The Government needs you. Your As Mr Stratton began to go into more more careers advisors. hour is here. detail, I was already fully signed up to Mrs Edwards smiled graciously. ‘We Woman’s Friend had been asked to the call. will, of course,’ she said. ‘Then perhaps step up to help the war effort. After a few more minutes, he asked the bottle neck will pass.’ It was time for me to do so as well. for questions. Several people put up Mr Stratton said that was enough their hands and made eager enquiries, questions for now. then, after the most enthusiastic had Having made her point and clearly Extract from calmed down, Mrs Edwards raised an had the last word, Mrs Edwards Yours Cheerfully by AJ Pearce elegant hand. continued to smile beatifically at him, Published 2021 by Picador

PINBOARD | SUMMER 2021 21 PICTURE BOOK ROUND-UP

We were very excited! We were going to They make me stay with Aunt Amelia. We had never been to her house before, cry and we were going all by ourselves! AND Ea SCR AND SHOUT

© Timothy Knapman and Joe Berger 2021 © Timothy ! © Rebecca Cobb 2021

SOMETIMES I AM FURIOUS AUNT AMELIA’S HOUSE 9781509848577 | HB | £12.99 | 24.06.21 | MCB 9781447250548 | HB | £6.99 | 13.05.21 | MCB A hilarious and reassuring story about how tough it can be From Rebecca Cobb, illustrator of The Everywhere Bear, being – and having – a toddler, from bestselling duo Timothy comes the warm and witty sequel to Aunt Amelia. Knapman and Joe Berger. A relatable book about emotions Rebecca was shortlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway and how to handle them – after all, there’s nothing that a deep Medal 2013. breath, a happy song and a good cuddle can’t sort out!

“It’s actually quite nice feeling little,” Mini and Hardly walked along, said Hardly at last. thinking quietly for a while.

“Little Owl?” roared Arlo. “I slept�!Hurray�” “Well done,” came a tired voice from above, “but now you’ve woken ME up�”

“I’m sorry,” said Arlo. “Shall “Yes it is,” Mini agreed. I sing your song to you?” “And it’s quite nice being looked Owl nodded her tired head, after. We’ll be big soon enough and Arlo began to sing. !” © Catherine Rayner 2021 © Catherine Rayner 2020

MINI AND HARDLY AND THE BIG ADVENTURE ARLO THE LION WHO COULDN’T SLEEP 9781509804221 | HB | £12.99 | 19.08.21 | MCB 9781509804214 | PB | £7.99 | 19.08.21 | MCB Mini is small, and Hardly is smaller – and neither of them Also from Catherine Rayner is the paperback release of are happy about it. Being grown-up would be so much better! Arlo The Lion Who Couldn’t Sleep. Arlo just can’t drop off, They could eat what they want, stay up all night, and go on no matter what he tries. . . But then he meets Owl. Perhaps adventures. Why wait . . . ? A gorgeous picture book from his new friend can help. Shortlisted for the CILIP Kate award winner Catherine Rayner. Greenaway Medal 2021!

My sister Maria would know what to do. She said we could put on a protest!

Mum didn’t seem to mind . . .

. . . but I decided it might be a good idea to go out exploring after all. © Lydia Corry 2021 © Lydia © Jake Alexander 2021

MOONCAT AND ME WE WANT OUR BOOKS 9781529048681 | HB | £12.99 | 24.06.21 | Two Hoots 9781529049022 | HB | £12.99 | 10.06.21 | Two Hoots A fresh, contemporary story about a young girl’s anxiety at A defiant, moving and joyful picture book about the power of moving to a busy city and starting a new school, and the protest and the importance of books from debut author and power of her imaginary friend to boost her confidence. This illustrator, Jake Alexander, winner of the Creative Conscience is author/illustrator Lydia Corry’s debut picture book; the Gold Medal and the winner of the Macmillan Prize 2019. daughter of author Sally Gardner.

22 SUMMER 2021 | PINBOARD THE WOOLLY BEAR CATERPILLAR | JULIA DONALDSON AND YUVAL ZOMMER THE WOOLLY BEAR CATERPILLAR Julia Donaldson and Yuval Zommer 9781529012187 | HB | £12.99 | 24.06.21 | MCB

A marvellous minibeast tale from bestselling Julia Donaldson and award-winning Yuval Zommer. On a search for dandelions, the plain and humble woolly bear caterpillar wonders what sort of moth she will become. The other caterpillars don’t just look extraordinary – they’re extraordinarily boastful too. But sometimes pride comes before a fall . . . A beautifully illustrated picture book story from an exciting new collaborative partnership, The Woolly Bear Caterpillar is based on real garden creatures and includes a bonus minibook. Yuval Zommer has won and been shortlisted for numerous awards including the UKLA Book Awards, The English Association’s Nonfiction Award, and the Made For Mums Award. He is the author and illustrator of the ‘Big Book of . . .’ series (Thames and Hudson) which has been translated into 25 languages. © Julia Donaldson and Yuval Zommer 2021 Donaldson and Yuval © Julia SPREAD 12

The three moths flew round the garden.

“Let’s see if Woolly Bear has hatched out yet,” said Sycamore. SPREAD 1 “Good idea – at least she’ll look There was once a woolly bear caterpillar. She lived duller than us,” said Vapourer. in a garden and she loved eating dandelion leaves.

Moths are amazing! There are hundreds of different types of all shapes, sizes and colours. Brilliant Bodies The main parts of a moth: Antennae: Two ‘feelers’ that Eyes: Two compound moths use to ‘smell’ their eyes containing way to flowers and partners. The main parts of a caterpillar:Setae: Sensitive hairs thousands of lenses. that caterpillars use to Forewing and Hindwing: sense touch. Moths have four wings Mandibles: Powerful covered in tiny scales. jaws used for chomping The shape and colour of on leaves. these scales create the Proboscis: A long pattern on the wings. drinking straw used to suck sugary nectar from flowers. When the moth DID YOU KNOW? Prolegs: As well as their Legs: The caterpillar isn’t using it, it can The feathery antennae of has six legs – the same six legs, caterpillars have be coiled up like a Legs: Like all insects, as the adult moth. stumpy prolegs to grip hosepipe! moths have six legs. moths can be so sensitive onto plants and climb. DID YOU KNOW? they can detect the Humans have perfumes (pheromones) of

Spiracles: Holes which allow around 700 muscles another moth from the caterpillar to breathe. Stemmata: Twelve small powering their bodies several miles away! eyes that can see light and dark. – caterpillars can have up to 4,000! The MothMost moths fly at night and rest during the day. Like caterpillars, they have found clever ways to Life Cycleavoid being eaten by hungryEggs birds. are laid on or near the plant that the caterpillars will eat. But when a caterpillar A caterpillar is basically a stomach with legs. All caterpillars have the same body parts, but they can It eats and eats and eats until it becomes so fat Some can flash their colourfulhatches, hindwings its first to meal startle will theiroften attacker. be its own Others shell! have still look very different from one another. They are the A moth’s four-stage that its skin starts feeling tight. Then it grows a perfect snack for a bird, so each type has evolved its own patterns on their wings that look like big scary eyes. Some have camouflage journey, from egg to new comfy skin and sheds its old one. way to avoid being on the menu! patterns on their wings that blend in with the bark of a tree. caterpillar to pupaOthers to have made themselves look like things a bird wouldn’t DID YOU KNOW? Some use colours and patterns to blend into the adult, is one of wantthe to eat – such as wasps or bird poo! To avoid predators background. Others disguise themselves to look most amazing stories 4 some caterpillars can just like twigs! Some have long tickly hairs, in nature. The shell a caterpillar spin a silk thread and and some store toxins from the plants that hatches out of is surprisingly -jump off bungee they eat to make themselves poisonous. Caterpillars are fussy nutritious with lots DID YOU KNOW? a tree! eaters and will only eat of protein. Different species spend certain types of plant. different lengths of time at 3 So eggs need to hatch at the four stages of their life a time when plenty of cycle. Some adult moths live the hungry caterpillars’ for just a few days while favourite plants are others live for available. many months.

DID YOU KNOW? Some adult moths do not need to eat! They survive on the energy they stored up as caterpillars.

The adult moth bursts out from the pupal case, pumps fluid into its wings to expand them and When the caterpillar is finally full of food it is time takes to the air. Moths meet, mate and lay eggs to pupate. It finds a safe place and forms a hard case and their life cycle starts again. around itself. Inside this pupal case the caterpillar 5 transforms in a process called ‘metamorphosis’. 6

PINBOARD | SUMMER 2021 23 WHAT STRANGE PARADISE / SIXTEEN HORSES WHAT STRANGE PARADISE Omar El Akkad 9781529069471 | HB | £14.99 | 19.08.21 | Picador A beautifully written, unrelentingly dramatic and profoundly moving novel that brings the global refugee crisis down to the level of a child’s eyes, from Omar El Akkad, the widely acclaimed author of American War. More bodies have washed up on the shores of a small island. Another over-filled, ill-equipped, dilapidated ship has sunk under the weight of its passengers: Syrians, Ethiopians, Egyptians, Lebanese, Palestinians, all of them desperate to escape untenable lives in their homelands. Only one person has survived: nine-year-old Amir, a Syrian boy who has the good fortune to fall into the hands of Vänna, a teenage girl determined to do whatever it takes to save him. For readers of Exit West and The Underground Railroad, this is the story of our collective moment in this time: of empathy and indifference, of hope and despair – and of the way each of those things can blind us to reality, or

NOT FINAL COVER guide us to a better one.

‘Dares to unite us on the shore of shared human ‘I read this in one sitting, my heart experience, and redefines hope in the face of despair’ pounding the whole way’ Lidia Yuknavitch, author of The Chronology of Water Gish Jen, author of The Resistors

SIXTEEN HORSES Greg Buchanan 9781529027167 | HB | £16.99 | 29.04.21 | Mantle

The Book of the Fair at London Book Fair 2019, Sixteen Horses announces the arrival of a major new talent in debut author Greg Buchanan. For anyone who enjoyed the BBC’s Top of the Lake, or Jane Harper’s The Dry, this shocking and enthralling thriller will have you bolted to the edge of your seat. Near a dying English seaside town, local police detective Alec Nichols discovers 16 horses’ heads on a farm, each buried with a single eye facing the low winter sun. After forensic veterinarian Cooper Allen travels to the scene, the investigators soon uncover evidence of a chain of crimes in the community – disappearances, arson and mutilations – all culminating in the reveal of something deadly lurking in the ground itself. In the dark days that follow, the town slips into panic and paranoia. Everything is not as it seems. Anyone could be a suspect. And as Cooper finds herself unable to leave town, Alec is stalked by an unseen threat. The two investigators race to uncover the truth behind these frightening and insidious mysteries – no matter the cost.

‘Unlike anything else you’ll read this year, Sixteen ‘Utterly brilliant. Poetry and cinema at once. If this isn’t Horses is a deeply disconcerting ride. Irresistible’ one of the biggest titles of 2021 I’ll eat my hat’ Val McDermid C. J. Cooke

24 SUMMER 2021 | PINBOARD EMILY NOBLE’S DISGRACE / HEAVEN EMILY NOBLE’S DISGRACE Mary Paulson-Ellis 9781529036176 | HB | £16.99 | 19.08.21 | Mantle

The case is unexceptional, that is what I know. A house full of stuff left behind by a dead woman, abandoned at the last . . . Emily Noble’s Disgrace is the moving and heartfelt third novel from Mary Paulson-Ellis, the bestselling author of The Other Mrs Walker. When trauma cleaner Essie Pound makes a gruesome discovery in the derelict Edinburgh boarding house she is sent to clean, it brings her into contact with a young policewoman, Emily Noble, who has her own reasons to solve the case. As the two women embark on a journey into the heart of a forgotten family, the investigation prompts fragmented memories of their own traumatic histories – something Emily has spent a lifetime attempting to bury, and Essie a lifetime trying to lay bare.

‘A richly rewarding, gripping page-turner’ Val McDermid on The Inheritance of Solomon Farthing

‘Intriguing and atmospheric’ Guardian on The Other Mrs Walker

HEAVEN Mieko Kawakami 9781509898244 | TPB | £14.99 | 10.06.21 | Picador Last year, we were thrilled to welcome Mieko Kawakami to the Picador list. Her first novel to be translated into English, Breasts and Eggs, received widespread acclaim from the likes of Haruki Murakami, Naoise Dolan and Yoko Ogawa. June sees its paperback publication alongside the release of Heaven, her second novel to be translated into English. Hailed as a bold foray into new literary territory, Heaven is told in the voice of a 14-year-old student subjected to relentless torment for having a lazy eye. Instead of resisting, the boy suffers in complete resignation. The only person who understands what he is going through is a female classmate who suffers similar treatment at the hands of her tormentors. Kawakami’s simple yet profound new work stands as a dazzling testament to her literary talent. Here, she asks us to question the fate of the meek in a society that favours the strong, and the lengths that even children will go in their learned cruelty.

‘I can never forget the sense of pure astonishment I felt when I first read [Breasts and Eggs]’ Haruki Murakami on Breasts and Eggs BREASTS AND EGGS 9781529074413 | PB | £9.99 10.06.21 | Picador

PINBOARD | SUMMER 2021 25 MACMILLAN COLLECTOR’S LIBRARY MCL GOES TO SCOTLAND

Look out for these three new Scottish additions to the Macmillan Collector’s Library, complete with tartan endpapers and introductions by prominent Scottish artists and writers.

Firstly, the heart-warming story of Scotland’s most famous dog, the ever faithful Greyfriars Bobby, with an introduction from Mary Paulson-Ellis, bestselling author of The Other Mrs Walker. Inspired by true events, Greyfriars Bobby is the deeply touching story of an inseparable bond and a wonderful evocation of Edinburgh in the late 19th century. Inspired by real events, Kidnapped is a swashbuckling adventure of bizarre encounters, political assassination and wild carousings with Robert Louis Stevenson’s unique counterpoint of low morals and high comedy threaded GREYFRIARS KIDNAPPED MY HEART’S IN throughout. This new edition includes an introduction by BOBBY 9781529048728 THE HIGHLANDS Louise Welsh, as well as black and white illustrations. 9781529048766 HB | £10.99 9781529048742 HB | £9.99 HB | £10.99 Our trio of Scottish titles concludes with My Heart’s in the ALL PUBLISHING 13.05.21 Highlands, a glorious celebration of poetry and verse by the FROM MACMILLAN COLLECTOR’S LIBRARY greatest classic Scottish poets, introduced by the acclaimed poet John Glenday. ASK YOUR REP FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT POS AVAILABLE FOR MCL, INCLUDING OUR 5TH ANNIVERSARY

BACK COVER OFFERSFRONT DURING COVER IBW Tartan endpaper design below is featured in MCL’s new Scotland titles, listed above right

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MORE NEW TITLES FROM MCL In June we are excited to be adding works by Katherine Mansfield and Charlotte Perkins Gilman to the list.

Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s progressive views on feminism and mental health are powerfully showcased in her two most famous stories. The Yellow Wallpaper skilfully charts one woman’s struggle with depression whilst Herland is an entertaining imagining of an all-female utopia. This edition is introduced by journalist and author Lucy Mangan. PRELUDE & THE YELLOW WALL- OTHER STORIES PAPER & HERLAND Radical, witty and inventive, Katherine Mansfield is one of the 20th century’s most 9781529045604 9781529042320 accomplished short story writers. Selected and introduced by Professor Meg Jensen, HB | £10.99 | 24.06.21 HB | £10.99 | 24.06.21 the dazzling stories in Prelude & Other Stories showcase Mansfield’s remarkable ability to delve deep into human psychology.

26 SUMMER 2021 | PINBOARD THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS Illustrated by Chris Riddell, written by Lewis Carroll

9781529007503 | HB | £25.00 | 24.06.21 | MCB

2021 marks the 150th anniversary of Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, and we are absolutely thrilled to be publishing a new edition illustrated by Chris Riddell.

Last year we published a beautiful reimagining of Curious Alice’s second adventure takes her through the Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, illustrated by Riddell, and this looking-glass to a place even stranger than the Wonderland companion title is perfectly designed to sit alongside it. of her first adventure. Caught up in the great looking-glass Both are absolutely stunning full-colour illustrated hardbacks chess game, she sets off across the chequerboard landscape with foiled jackets, head and tail bands and ribbon markers to become a queen on the final square. But it isn’t as easy as and make perfect gifts to be treasured. she expects . . . In Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, readers will not only The cultural importance of Alice is continuing to grow and rediscover characters such as the curious, quick-witted Alice, we’re excited that the V&A’s landmark exhibition Alice: the charming White Rabbit, the formidable Queen of Hearts, Curiouser and Curiouser is due to open as we write this (fingers the Mad Hatter and the grinning Cheshire Cat, but will find crossed!), featuring material from our archives as well as fresh and wonderful creations of these characters by a true original artwork by Chris Riddell. We will have beautiful POS master of his art; images that will live in our hearts and minds available for in-store celebrations including cardboard standees for generations to come. and wrapping paper (while stocks last).

‘Illustrating the most iconic children’s books ever written has been daunting and exhilarating and I hope I have conveyed just a measure of my childhood love for these great books’ Chris Riddell

LOOKING-GLASS HOUSE

“Oh, you wicked wicked little thing!” cried Alice, catching up the kitten, and giving it a little kiss to make it understand that it was in disgrace. “Really, Dinah ought to have taught you better manners! You , Dinah, you know you ought!” she added, looking ought reproachfully at the old cat, and speaking in as cross a voice as she could manage—and then she scrambled back into the arm-chair, taking the kitten and the worsted with her, and began winding up the ball again. But she didn’t get on very fast, as she was talking all the time, sometimes to the kitten, and sometimes to herself. Kitty sat very demurely on her knee, pretending to watch the progress of the winding, and now and then putting out one paw and gently touching the ball, as if it would be glad to help if it might. “Do you know what to-morrow is, Kitty?” Alice began. “You’d have guessed if you’d been up in the window with me— only Dinah was making you tidy, so you couldn’t. I was watching the boys getting in sticks for the bonfire—and it wants plenty of sticks, Kitty! Only it got so cold, and it snowed so, they had to leave off. Never mind, Kitty, we’ll go and see the bonfire to-morrow.” Here Alice wound two or three turns of the worsted round the kitten’s neck, just to see how it would look: this led to a scramble, in which the ball rolled down upon the floor, and yards and yards of it got unwound again.

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I T WAS THE White Rabbit, trotting slowly back again, and looking anxiously about as it went, as if it had lost something; and she heard it muttering to itself, “The Duchess! The Duchess! Oh my dear paws! Oh my fur and whiskers! She’ll get me executed, as sure as ferrets are ferrets! Where I can have dropped them, I wonder!” Alice guessed in a moment that it was looking for the fan and the pair of white kid-gloves, and she very goodnaturedly began hunting about for them, but they were nowhere to be seen–everything seemed to have changed since her swim in the pool; and the great hall, with the glass table and the little door, had vanished completely. Very soon the Rabbit noticed Alice, as she went hunting about, and called out to her, in an angry tone, “Why, Mary Ann, what you doing out here? Run home this moment, and fetch me a arepair of gloves and a fan! Quick, now!” And Alice was so much frightened that she ran off at once in the direction it pointed to, without trying to explain the mistake that it had made. “He took me for his housemaid,” she said to herself as she ran. “How surprised he’ll be when he finds out who I am! But I’d better take him his fan and gloves–that is, if I can find them.” As she said this, she came upon a neat little house, on the door

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ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND Illustrations © Chris Riddell 2020, 2021 9781529002461 | HB £25.00 | Out Now | MCB

PINBOARD | SUMMER 2021 27 NOAH’S GOLD | FRANK COTTRELL-BOYCE NOAH’S GOLD Frank Cottrell-Boyce, illus. Steven Lenton

9781529048261 | HB | £12.99 | 13.05.21 | MCB

Noah’s Gold is the fabulous new novel for readers aged 9+ from the bestselling, multi-award-winning author of Millions, Frank Cottrell-Boyce, featuring stunning illustrations throughout in black and white by Steven Lenton. Frank has won the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize and the Carnegie Medal, and been shortlisted for the Whitbread Children’s Fiction and the Roald Dahl Funny Prize. 11-year-old Noah sneaks along on his big sister’s geography field trip, but everything goes wrong and six kids end up alone, and marooned on an uninhabited island. They’re hungry, their phones don’t work and Noah has broken the internet. There’s no way of contacting home . . . What a disaster! This is a funny, warm, escapist, mystery adventure for fans of Katharine Rundell and David Baddiel. We’re really excited to be sharing this new adventure with you – and so is Frank Cottrell-Boyce, who has a message for you all below!

Pan Mac Team Pick ‘Brilliantly entertaining and thought-provoking . . . Andrew Belshaw I am in total awe’ ‘Set during a school trip to an isolated island, what David Walliams could possibly go wrong?! Another gem from the Carnegie Winning Bard of Crosby’

Dear Reader, I loved but which the lockdown had excluded me. Islands, A writer begins a book, it’s the reader who completes it. wild cooking, magnificent basking sharks, maps, friends, adventure, inedible rabbits and over-friendly gannets. So first of all, thank you, because that is even truer than usual of Noah’s Gold. While I was writing this book, I was also Stories happen on islands. But they’re often stories about giving creative writing classes for children on Instagram. The people who can’t cope without the advantages of civilisation idea was not so much to make them better writers as to make so end up eating each other. But if this last year has told us them happier people. This was during lockdown when a lot anything it’s that children are resilient and resourceful. When of children were struggling with anxiety and boredom and things get tough people are more likely to volunteer to do each I thought writing might cheer them up. One of the things I other’s shopping than to eat each other. I wanted to celebrate suggested was that they set their stories somewhere they’d like that. to be, doing something they’d like to be doing. As I said it, In your face Lord of the Flies. one of the children said, “Are you doing that?” and I realised I haven’t had this much fun writing something in years. I wasn’t. I really hope the feeling communicates itself to you. That’s the moment this book lit up for me. The question was Wishing you gold at all your rainbows’ ends, like a lighthouse showing me the way out of the harbour and onto the high seas. I loaded this book with a cargo of things Frank Cottrell-Boyce

28 SUMMER 2021 | PINBOARD RAINBOW ROWELL / YOUNG ADULT

ANY WAY THE WIND BLOWS 9781529039900 | PB | £12.99 | 06.07.21 | MCB

The moment you’ve all been waiting for is finally here. We’re truly thrilled to be publishing Any Way the Wind Blows, Rainbow Rowell’s eagerly anticipated finale to the Simon Snow series! This conclusion is guaranteed to leave readers satisfied – it tells secrets and answers questions and lays ghosts to rest. Rainbow is the number one bestselling author of Fangirl and Eleanor & Park. In Carry On, Simon Snow and his friends realized that everything they thought they understood about the world might be wrong. And in Wayward Son, they wondered whether everything they understood about themselves might be wrong. Now, in Any Way the Wind Blows, Simon and Baz and Penelope and Agatha have to decide how to move forward. We follow the gang back to Watford in England, and back to their families for their longest and most emotionally wrenching adventure yet. And don’t worry – Simon and Baz’s love story continues in this epic finale!

‘Thrilling and sexy, funny and shocking, deeply moving and very, very magical. Trust me, you have never, ever seen a wizard school like this’

NOT FINAL COVER Lev Grossman, author of The Magicians

THE WOODS TOKYO ARE ALWAYS EVER AFTER WATCHING 9781509899999 9781509860326 PB | £7.99 HB | £7.99 27.05.21 | MCB 05.08.21 | MCB

Tokyo Ever After is a hilarious and heartfelt Own Voices novel Two girls go backpacking in the woods. by Emiko Jean that follows an American girl, Izumi Tanaka, Things go very wrong. who has lived an uneventful 17 years in her small, mostly And then, their paths collide with a serial killer . . . white, northern California town. But then she discovers a Stephanie Perkins returns with another blood-chilling clue to her previously unknown father’s identity . . . and he’s contemporary horror novel, the perfect companion to her New none other than the Crown Prince of Japan. Which means York Times bestseller There’s Someone Inside Your House, soon outspoken, irreverent, can-burp-the-alphabet Izzy is literally a to be a Netflix original film debuting in 2021. princess. Full of breathtaking action and twists you’ll never see coming, The Princess Diaries meets Crazy Rich Asians in this easy- this is a masterpiece of the horror genre perfect for readers of going YA romance novel with a Japanese setting. Could you This Lie Will Kill You and Two Can Keep a Secret. imagine waking up to find out you’re a princess? We’re totally not jealous . . .

PINBOARD | SUMMER 2021 29 CHILDREN’S FICTION HIGHLIGHTS 50 WAYS TO SCORE A GOAL AND OTHER EARLY MORNING FOOTBALL POEMS GOALKEEPING ROUTINE Brian Bilston Wake up. Yawn. Stretch your arms ten times 9781529058048 (as high as they will go). PB | £7.99 Get out of bed with a sideways roll. 27.05.21 | MCB Practise catching your pillow. Remember it’s Sunday. A must for football fans of all ages, Return to bed with a single leap. 50 Ways to Score a Goal and Other Command your area at all times. Football Poems is a hilarious poetry Dive under the covers. collection, showcasing a genuine love Go back to sleep. of the beautiful game, from bestselling Two hours later, repeat: poet, Costa Prize-shortlisted novelist, being careful not to spill your bedside glass of water unofficial Poet Laureate of Twitter, and or you might spoil

footy fan Brian Bilston. your clean sheet. to Score a Goal © Brian Bilston 2021 Early Morning Goalkeeping Routine , from 50 Ways NOT FINAL COVER NOT FINAL COVER

MY BIG MOUTH WAVE RIDERS LIGHTNING FALLS THE ORPHANS OF JOURNEY TO 9781529010978 9781509874248 9781529037876 ST. HALIBUT’S: THE RIVER SEA PB | £6.99 | 08.07.21 | MCB PB | £7.99 | 10.06.21 | MCB PB | £7.99 | 19.08.21 | MCB PAMELA’S REVENGE 9781529066197 9781529013399 PB | £7.99 | 13.05.21 | MCB When Dad leaves, 12-year-olds Jess and Coraline meets His PB | £6.99 | 19.08.21 | MCB 10-year-old Jay has Jude live a dream life Dark Materials. A gorgeous 20th Accidental fires, questions. No one can on a yacht with their A ghost must help a anniversary edition of villainous grown- give Jay the answers he guardian, Captain boy to stop the power Eva Ibbotson’s classic ups and a mission needs, so he decides Gabe Carter. But seeping out of the adventure, featuring to rescue a very to make up his own when Gabe vanishes world and confront a beautiful cover with grumpy goat – don’t stories, setting off one night after an herself in this spooky orange foil and an miss the hilarious a chain reaction. argument with a standalone adventure introduction by award- second Orphans of St My Big Mouth is the stranger, the twins from ‘the rising star winning author Emma Halibut’s adventure first middle grade are left alone, facing of children’s fantasy’ Carroll. Journey to from Sophie Wills, novel from Steven an incoming storm (Telegraph), Amy the River Sea was the illustrated by Camden, AKA and an unknown Wilson. Amy is the winner of the Smarties the million-copy spoken word artist enemy. Wave Riders Branford Boase Award- Gold Medal, and was bestselling artist Polarbear, featuring is an exciting and longlisted author of also shortlisted for the David Tazzyman. brilliant illustrations compelling tale from A Girl Called Owl, Carnegie Medal and throughout by Chanté bestselling author also nominated for the the Whitbread Award Timothy. Lauren St John. Carnegie Medal. (now the Costa).

30 SUMMER 2021 | PINBOARD AZIZA’S SECRET FAIRY DOOR / LAND OF LOST THINGS

On Aziza’s birthday, she receives a mysterious kit to build and paint her own fairy door . . . The instructions say to put it on a tree, but her flat doesn’t have a garden, so Aziza puts it by her pot plant instead. That night, there’s a mysterious knocking sound from the fairy door . . . Soon Aziza is stepping across the door’s threshold into an enchanted toyshop in a magical world, where new friends and adventures await! We’re thrilled to be letting you know about Aziza’s Secret Fairy Door, the first title in a new, young magical adventure series from debut author Lola Morayo, inspired by fairies from South African mythology, and West African and Persian folktales. It’s gorgeously illustrated in black and white throughout by Cory Reid – check out these spreads to see for yourself! We have stickers and activity sheets available, just get in touch to order yours!

AZIZA’S SECRET FAIRY DOOR © Lola Morayo and Cory Reid 2021 © Lola Morayo and Cory Reid 9781529063851 | PB | £6.99 | 10.06.21 | MCB

Following on from How to be a Hero, which we wrote to you about in the last issue, Land of Lost Things sees unlikely hero Whetstone and trainee Valkyrie Lotta on a quest to find Whetstone’s long-lost father. When Loki the trickster god sends his monstrous children after them, and Lotta loses her magic shield and her powers, things go from bad to worse. Can Lotta and Whetstone survive a sea-serpent attack, a gigantic wolf who likes his tummy tickled and a very lonely queen of the dead, to keep the quest on track? This hilarious series is all about how to be a friend, what it means to be a hero and just how confusing the Norse Gods really are, perfect for readers of How to Train Your Dragon and Who Let the Gods Out? We have POS packs to support the series that include bookmarks, posters and maps of Midgard – simply send us an email to get one for your shop!

Whetstone believes you haven’t really made it until you’re Someone the Something. Give yourself a terrifying new Viking name to strike fear into the hearts of your enemies.

first letter of your name: Arne or Astrid Nora or Njal THIS BOOKMARK Bodil or Bjorn Orm or Olga BELONGS TO: Canute or Crag Peg or Potar Dagfin or Dagmar Queil or Qual Estrid or Erik Ragnar or Revna Frieda or Finn Sven or Signe Gunnar or Godrun Tove or Torben Harald or Hilda Unn or Ulf Ivar or Ingrid Vidar or Vigdis Jorunn or Jarl Werda or Welk Why not use the Viking name Kari or Knud Xannar or Xelhild generator on the other side? Liv or Leif Yetta or Yorik Marta or Magnus Zara or Zeb

month you were born: january Ferret or Sword february Raven or Shield march Boar or Kneecap april Horse or Finger may Wolf or Spear june Snake or Axe july Fox or Big Toe august Frog or Nose september Eagle or Skull october Bear or Tonsil november Flower or Knuckle december Dragon or Arrow

day you were born: 1 • 11 • 21 • 31 Biter or Hugger 2 • 12 • 21 Throttler or Tickler 3 • 13 • 23 Wrestler or Teaser 4 • 14 • 24 Squisher or Trainer 5 • 15 • 25 Grabber or Snuggler 6 • 16 • 26 Flinger or Tamer 7 • 17 • 27 Eater or Dancer HOW TO BE A HERO: 8 • 18 • 28 Stamper or Carrier 9 • 19 • 29 Mincer or Kisser LAND OF LOST THINGS 10 • 20 • 30 Stretcher or Cuddler and Katie Kear 2021 © Cat Weldon 9781529045055 | PB | £6.99 | 08.07.21 | MCB

PINBOARD | SUMMER 2021 31 MCB PRESCHOOL / CAMPBELL

FROG GOES ON HOLIDAY 9781529060621 | PB | £7.99 | 10.06.21 | MCB Preschool

RUMBLE TUMBLE 9781529051469 | PB | £7.99 | 10.06.21 | MCB Preschool

This summer we have two new books coming in our preschool range from MCB, bridging the gap between board books and picture books.

© Carly Gledhill 2021 Frog goes on Holiday by Carly Gledhill is a peep-through adventure following a frog who wants to see the world! With die-cut holes, shaped pages and a surprise gatefold ending, this novelty format makes for an interactive and playful reading experience. Rumble Tumble by Astro Cat series illustrator Ben Newman is a brilliantly funny story, full of noisy words, about a hungry bear and a very bumpy journey down a hill. Turn the special

Superstars cut-away pages and enjoy the rhythmic, onomatopoeic words When im a Nurse Axel Scheffler © Ben Newman 2021 in this joyfullyKatie the boisterous Kitten story that is perfect for reading aloud. Illustrations by Steph Hinton 2021 © Axel Scheffler 2006, 2021

WHEN I’M A NURSE KATIE THE KITTEN 9781529062342 | BB | £5.99 | 13.05.21 | Campbell 9781529053050 | BB | £6.99 | 08.07.21 | Campbell An introduction for toddlers to the work that nurses do, part Joining Lizzy the Lamb, Freddy the Frog and Pip the Puppy is of Campbell’s new Superstars series all about key workers and Katie the Kitten – a popular backlist title from the illustrator of other careers. Little ones will love exploring the engaging The Gruffalo, Axel Scheffler – in a bestselling novelty format scenes with the push, pull and slide mechanisms. for the first time. Follow Katie as she pounces, snoozes and

My Little Green World Butterfly meows all night long!

BUTTERFLY SPIDER 9781529058727 9781529058710 BB | £6.99 | 10.06.21 | Campbell BB | £6.99 | 10.06.21 | Campbell

We’ve got two new additions to the My Little Green World series, following on from Honeybee and Ladybird earlier this year: Butterfly

My Little Green World

Illustrations by Teresa Bellón 2021 Illustrations by Teresa Spider and Spider. These environmentally-themed board books for preschoolers are made sustainably with FSC paper and printed with soya inks. With fun rhyming stories, spinning mechanisms and stunning illustrations from Teresa Bellón, this series teaches little ones to love the natural world around us. At the back of each book you’ll find simple facts and activities that are great for encouraging discussions

Illustrations by Teresa Bellón 2021 Illustrations by Teresa about nature.

32 SUMMER 2021 | PINBOARD LEGO / THE WORLD OF DINOSAUR ROAR!

Did you know that children around the world spend 5 billion hours playing with LEGO bricks every year? We couldn’t be more excited to be launching a new LEGO BUILDING SITE: partnership with LEGO, starting with two themed push, pull A PUSH, PULL AND SLIDE BOOK and slide books based on classic toddler favourites: LEGO 9781529048384 | BB | £6.99 | Building Site and LEGO Fire Station.

NOT FINAL COVER 05.08.21 | MCB Toddlers can push and pull the tabs to open fire station doors, make a helicopter take off, or operate a crane and digger and then use a sliding scene-changing mechanism to drive off in the fire engine or see what they have built. Each story has been specially designed with exclusive artwork from the LEGO design studio and features the LEGO logo. LEGO FIRE STATION: A PUSH, PULL AND SLIDE BOOK The format is based on our Busy Books series and we’re sure 9781529048360 | BB | £6.99 | that this combination of LEGO and fun mechanisms will be

NOT FINAL COVER 05.08.21 | MCB a sure winner with preschoolers!

Four brand new titles are publishing in the collectable The World of Dinosaur Roar series this year alongside reissues of the first four titles: Dinosaur Roar!, Dinosaur Munch!, Dinosaur Stomp! and Dinosaur Boo! We will be partnering with the Natural History Museum for supporting activities over the summer, including woodland activity trails, and there will be a Dinosaur Roar costume and crafting activities available for events (when circumstances allow). Inspired by the classic picture book Dinosaur Roar! by Paul Stickland and Henrietta Stickland, this colourful series introduces a cast of authentic dinosaur characters to very young children and is approved by Dr Paul Barrett of the Natural History Museum in London. Each book also contains a pronunciation guide as well as a spread of simple dinosaur facts, making the perfect gift for young dinosaur fans! New titles for 2021 in the collection include Dinosaur Flap! The Oviraptor, Dinosaur Snap! The Spinosaurus, Dinosaur Whizz! The Coelophysis and Dinosaur Whack! The Stegosaurus.

ALL PUBLISHING AS BOARD BOOKS FROM MCB, PRICED £6.99

DINOSAUR FLAP! DINOSAUR MUNCH! 9781509850341 | 13.05.21 9781529051568 | 13.05.21 DINOSAUR SNAP! DINOSAUR ROAR! 9781509843466 | 13.05.21 9781529051810 | 13.05.21 DINOSAUR WHIZZ! DINOSAUR STOMP! 9781509835683 | 08.07.21 9781529051827 | 08.07.21 DINOSAUR WHACK! DINOSAUR BOO! 9781509835676 | 08.07.21 9781529051575 | 08.07.21

PINBOARD | SUMMER 2021 33 SAVING SORYA / CHILDREN’S NON-FICTION

Saving Sorya: Chang and the Sun Bear is a heart-tugging graphic novel-style book based on the true story of how the Vietnamese author, Trang Nguyen, became a conservationist. At the age of eight the book’s protagonist, Chang, witnesses a sun bear being tortured to extract its bile for use in traditional Asian medicine. That night, she makes a promise to protect Vietnam’s animals and decides to become a conservationist. We follow the story of how Chang succeeds against the odds,

sorya has also grown up and also the story of Sorya the sun bear as Chang releases her

she can use her claws to break into the wild. the coconut! that’s her sorya was such a shy bear before, and constantly being bullied favourite fruit! by the bigger bears. but now she has learnt to stand up for herself, to protect her own food and sleeping nest!

but there are many more things to The book is evocatively illustrated by Jeet Zdung, who learn before she can live independently © Trang Nguyen and Jeet Zdung © Trang in the forest fuses traditional Vietnamese art with manga. It is a heart- tugging, Own Voice animal story with a strong female lead, SAVING SORYA: CHANG AND THE SUN BEAR sprinkled with non-fiction content on the flora and fauna of 9780753446591 | HB | £14.99 | 05.08.21 | MCB the rainforest.

The Age of Dinosaurs is a must-have for any young dinosaur enthusiast. Readers can join modern-day dinosaur hunter Dr Steve Brusatte and discover the mind-blowing truth behind the real prehistoric story. The Age of Dinosaurs is the junior edition of the hugely popular The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, which was a Sunday Times bestseller and The Times Science Book of the Year. Armed with cutting edge technology, Brusatte pieces together the complete story of how the dinosaurs ruled the earth for 150 million years. Full of information about their incredible true adventures, Brusatte introduces readers to the world of dinosaurs through information presented in a fun and engaging way – with accessible text accompanied by infographics and pictures.

THE AGE OF DINOSAURS 9781529017410 | PB | £7.99 | 13.05.21 | MCB

Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Boy is an accessible book for children to learn about systemic racism and racist behavior, inspired by Emmanuel Acho’s viral video series Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man, which has been viewed over 16 million times on YouTube. For the awkward questions white and other non-Black parents don’t know how to answer, this book will help support communication on dismantling racism for younger readers. Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Boy creates a safe, judgment-free space for curious children to voice questions they’ve long been afraid to ask. How can I have white privilege if I’m not wealthy? Why can Black people say certain words and I can’t? And many, many more.

UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATIONS WITH A BLACK BOY 9781529067736 | PB | £7.99 | 13.05.21 | MCB

34 SUMMER 2021 | PINBOARD SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY

BLACK WATER SISTER RABBITS SHE WHO BECAME THE SUN SHARDS OF EARTH 9781447299998 | HB 9781529016932 | HB 9781529043389 | HB 9781529051889 | HB £14.99 | 10.06.21 | Macmillan £16.99 | 10.06.21 | Macmillan £16.99 | 22.07.21 | Mantle £18.99 | 27.05.21 | Tor

A fresh, fun standalone An electrifying, compulsive A glorious tale of love, loss, The first book in a brand novel set in Malaysia, full read by Terry Miles based on betrayal and triumph, set in new, ‘must-read’ space opera of quirky characters, ghosts, the hit podcast from Public Mongol-occupied China, trilogy from the Arthur C. gangsters and local gods, Radio Alliance. ‘Rabbits’ is from debut author Shelley Clarke Award-winning Adrian by Hugo Award-winning a dangerous underground Parker-Chan. Zhu journeys Tchaikovsky. Humanity has author Zen Cho. Broke game, and rumours tell of from life as a peasant girl fought a war that could have and homesick, Jess Teoh incredible rewards for its to war and the heights of extinguished it, and for fifty is roped into helping her elusive winners – K is about to power in this re-imagining years, space has been silent. dead grandmother on a find out how high the stakes of the traditional Chinese But now the enemy is back, supernatural quest for justice, really are . . . is he ready to tale about Zhu Yuanzhang, but is someone else forcing whether she wants to or not. play? This speculative thriller the rebel who expelled the their hand? is perfect for fans of Black Mongols and became the ‘A sheer delight from Mirror and Ready Player One. founding Emperor of the beginning to end’ Ming Dynasty. Samantha Shannon

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Content of ‘Signal from Space’ leaked 16 minutes ago | Technology

Controversial whistle-blower and free-speech activist Edward White has defended posting the complete raw content of the so-called ‘Signal from Space’ on the ‘Information Wants To Be Free’ website. Journalists, select pressure group leaders and celebrities funnelled into a press reception where he was due to discuss the latest in a long list of disclosures by live link from the secret location where he has been in self- imposed exile for the last two and a half years. Seated behind a makeshift table in a crumpled suit, his face lit from below by his laptop like some B-movie villain, he has certainly had time to become accustomed to the attention. “I was just trying to open up a debate,” he begins, with barely hidden weariness. In this he has definitely succeeded. On the one hand, advocates of open government have been very quick to point out that NASA and the UKSA are both publicly funded institutions, and as such its discoveries are very much public property. “The secrecy that surrounds new discoveries has a lot to do with indentured men at the top of their profession, jealously guarding information that could lead to major new discoveries and the awards and publicity that accompany them. This is how tenure is assured in what is an increasingly competitive academic job market,” he claims. In this he has some high-profile support. “Our tax dollars funded this survey,” Congressman Richard Baille has stated, “and the information is also ours. It belongs to the people.” The astronomical community has been quick to counter such statements. ? “The signal is an unprocessed raw data stream. We have nothing as yet to release other than a meaningless but statistically significant repeating signal,” stated Daniel Novák, a UKSA representative. “When the first Apollo astronauts came back from the Moon, NASA observed a strict decontamination procedure. 21 days in a converted Airstream trailer. We do exactly the same when sending rovers to Mars – the last thing we want to do is discover Martian life, only to find that it piggybacked a ride from Earth.” ! Critics have been quick to point out that the signal is not a biological vector, and thus poses no contamination danger, but there have been voices in the establishment that have not been so clear-cut on this matter and have been sounding warnings about NASA’s so-called social responsibility. “That responsibility stretches to the content of this message, should it have any,” Novák reasons. “Given that the source of this signal may be a technologically advanced civilisation, the message could contain information that, if it fell into the wrong hands, could prove to be very dangerous.” Baille has dismissed this out of hand. “Any advanced civilisation should have left the tribalism typical of the current state of human affairs far behind. We cannot judge them by our own shortcomings. They will probably be aware

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project xx modernism sf story copychecking runthrough Jan 10 2020.indd 39 17/06/2020 12:59 THE BLACK LOCOMOTIVE XX 9781529074420 | HB | £16.99 | 05.08.21 | Picador 9781529020588 | PB | £14.99 | 19.08.21 | Picador A brilliantly original novel of literary science fiction from A unique and extraordinary novel of alien first contact, Rian Hughes, the acclaimed author of XX. Featuring and how humanity copes in the aftermath. Wrapping illustrations throughout, The Black Locomotive weaves stories within stories, Rian Hughes’ XX unleashes the full steam trains, the history and architecture of London, and narrative potential of graphic design. Drawing on Dada, a mysterious alien artefact below the city into a work of punk and the modernist movements of the 20th century, stunning inventiveness. it asks us who we think we are – and where we may be headed next.

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CATCH THE THE MELTING RABBIT 9781509838684 9781529039603 HB | £14.99 HB | £14.99 13.05.21 | Picador 27.05.21 | Picador

A reckoning with adolescent Winner of the 2020 cruelty and the scars it leaves European Prize for Literature

Eva was one of three children born in her small Flemish A moving story about loss, forgetting and female friendship, town in 1988, alongside two boys, Laurens and Pim. But as that follows two women on a road trip across Bosnia towards a teenagers, driven by their newly found desires, the three begin brother lost in the Balkan War. Confronted with the limits of a game that will have serious and violent consequences for memory, they are forced to reconsider what they thought they them all. 13 years later, Eva is returning to her village. She understood, their friendship and the experiences they shared, has a large block of ice in her car boot and she’s ready to settle but also the social and religious lines that separated them, the score. and brought them vastly different lives. Part thriller, part coming-of-age novel, international bestseller ‘Smart, energetic, passionate . . . a major talent’ The Melting is an extraordinary and unsettling debut from Aleksandar Hemon Lize Spit.

LAST SUMMER IN THE CITY 9781529042269 MAGMA HB | £14.99 9781529045543 19.08.21 | Picador HB | £14.99 08.07.21 | Picador

On the eve of his 30th birthday, 20-year-old Lilja is in love . . . NOT FINAL COVER Leo meets Arianna . . .

All night they drive the city, talking and talking. They eat Lilja becomes smitten with an older, handsome university brioche for breakfast, drink through the dawn, drive to the sea student who reads Latin, quotes philosophy and cooks and back. A whirlwind beginning. This is the story of the year balanced, vegetarian meals. In no time, she moves into Leo fell in love and lost everything. his cramped flat. Seduced by the newfound intimacy of a shared bed and showers, and fuelled by the desire to please Intense, witty and devastating, Gianfranco Calligarich’s Last her partner, she doesn’t realise when his quiet and pervasive Summer in the City is a forgotten classic of Italian literature, manipulations start to unravel her. For readers of My Dark set in Rome in the late 1960s. Translated into English for Vanessa and Peach, Thora Hjörleifsdóttir explores the the first time, this edition also features an introduction darkest corners of relationships, exposing the commonplace by longtime fan André Aciman, author of Call Me By undercurrents of violence that often go undetected. Your Name.

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DAY OF THE ASSASSINS CRYING IN H MART LIFE’S EDGE NOTES FROM 9781529030136 | HB 9781529033779 | HB 9781529069419 | HB YOUR THERAPIST £25.00 | 27.05.21 | Picador £16.99 | 05.08.21 | Picador £20.00 | 19.08.21 | Picador 9781529073966 | HB £16.99 | 10.06.21 | Bluebird A forensic insight into From acclaimed indie Baillie Gifford Prize political assassinations from rockstar Japanese Breakfast shortlistee and acclaimed Bite-size words of wisdom the late 19th century to comes an unflinching and New York Times science that cover everything from present day, exploring the powerful memoir about writer Carl Zimmer boundaries and relationships violence that combines growing up mixed-race, investigates the most to how to take good care human drama, questions of losing her Korean mother, fundamental of questions: of yourself, based on the political morality and the and forging her own identity. what is life? What does it popular Instagram account sheer randomness of events. mean to be alive? @notesfromyourtherapist. NOT FINAL COVER

THINK LIKE A THE UTOPIANS MY AMY RAGS TO RICKY BREADWINNER 9781529023077 | HB 9781529042153 | HB 9781529008418 | HB 9781529053920 | HB £25.00 | 10.06.21 | Picador £18.99 | 10.06.21 | Macmillan £18.99 | 05.08.21 | Macmillan £16.99 | 10.06.21 | Bluebird The absorbing story of six A moving, intimate look at A gritty, funny and ultimately A new kind of manifesto for utopian communities across the life of Amy Winehouse inspirational coming of the working woman, with the world that sprang up in by her best friend. From stage age story from EastEnders practical tips on building the aftermath of the First school through to Amy’s rise star Sid Owen. This is the wealth as well as inspiration World War, from brilliant to stardom, this is the real timeless tale of Sid’s struggle for harnessing the freedom of debut historian Anna Neima. story of her life, publishing to defy the hand that fate a breadwinning mindset. 10 years after her death. dealt him.

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DEAR READER PALACE OF PALMS NO FIXED ABODE THE GOSPEL OF THE EELS 9781509891559 | PB 9781529004885 | PB 9781529023756 | PB 9781529030709 | PB £9.99 | 05.08.21 | Picador £9.99 | 10.06.21 | Picador £9.99 | 24.06.21 | Picador £9.99 | 13.05.21 | Picador

A moving, funny and joyous Daringly innovative when From Maeve McClenaghan Winner of the Richard memoir by Sunday Times it opened in 1848, the Palm comes a groundbreaking Jefferies Society and White bestselling author Cathy House in Kew Gardens book exploring homelessness Horse Book Shop Literary Rentzenbrink, exploring remains one of the most in Britain today, filled with Prize. Both a meditation how books can change beautiful glass buildings in heartbreaking stories of on the world’s most elusive your life, packed with the world – this is the story of struggle, survival and the life fish and a reflection on recommendations from one its creation, from acclaimed on our streets too many of us the human condition from reader to another. historian Kate Teltscher. choose not to see. Patrick Svensson.

UNSHAKEABLE DREAM HORSE INTENTIONAL INTEGRITY THE RUNNING BOOK 9781529034332 | PB 9781509886043 | PB 9781529048841 | PB 9781529042382 | PB £9.99 | 13.05.21 | Pan £8.99 | 05.08.21 | Pan £10.99 | 27.05.21 | Pan £8.99 | 24.06.21 | Picador

Told with breathless The moving true story of In the tradition of Radical From the author of The Cow exhilaration, this is the an ordinary Welsh woman Candor, respected Silicon Book, the Irish Non-Fiction incredible story of Shane and a racehorse who defied Valley expert Robert Chesnut Book of the Year at the 2018 ‘Shakey’ Byrne, the most the odds to become a shows that in an age of ultra- Irish Book Awards, comes successful motorcycle racer champion. A film adaptation transparency, companies that a book about the joys of in the history of the British is forthcoming from Channel do not think seriously about running, life, and the history Superbike Championship. 4, starring Toni Collette. integrity are destined to fail. and landscape of Ireland.

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THE LIGHT YEARS MARKING TIME CONFUSION CASTING OFF ALL CHANGE 9781529049442 9781529049435 9781529049459 9781529049428 9781529049466

All publishing in PB | £9.99 | 10.06.21 | Pan

We are extremely pleased to be reissuing the Cazalet Chronicles, the bestselling family saga by Elizabeth Jane Howard, with gorgeous new cover looks exclusively designed by artist Luke Edward Hall.

Elegantly constructed and told with exceptional grace, These novels have been a lockdown favourite for readers, the Cazalet Chronicles is a drama series about a family including the Duchess of Cornwall, and they were even transformed by World War II. The series starts in 1937 as featured on BBC Radio 4’s Thought of the Day. A new TV the storm clouds of war begin to gather, and then follows series is in development with the BBC, following the success the Cazalet family through two decades of life, death, and of their previous BBC radio and TV series in the early 2000s. everything in between.

‘She is one of those novelists who shows, through her work, what the novel is for . . . She helps us to do the necessary thing – open our eyes and our hearts’ Hilary Mantel

BLUE IN THE HIDING THE SIN EATER CHICAGO PLACE 9781529019070 9781529035858 9781529040425 PB | £8.99 PB | £9.99 PB | £8.99 08.07.21 24.06.21 19.08.21 Pan Picador Pan

A dystopian-meets-historical novel set in The bittersweet, sharply observed stories A gripping new thriller from Jenny a thinly-disguised 16th century England. in Blue in Chicago introduce British Quintana, the author of The Missing Megan Campisi’s novel is a wonderfully readers to Bette Howland, a forgotten Girl. This is an enthralling mystery rich story of treason and treachery, and great of 20th century American fiction. about young women, buried secrets and of a young girl sentenced to silence.. Bette Howland mysteriously disappeared long-forgotten crimes, incorporating Perfect for fans of The Binding. from public life after winning a two timelines, for fans of Louise MacArthur Genius Grant – this is a Candlish, Jane Harper, Kate Hamer and ‘A dark and thrilling page-turner’ significant rediscovery of her work that Rosamund Lupton. Emma Donoghue we can’t wait to share.

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