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Fiction
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FROM A LOW AND QUIET SEA Donal Ryan
PublicaƟon: March 2018
Format/extent: Hbk, 224 pp
OpƟon publishers: Kniha Zlin (Czech); Jensen & Dalgaard (Danish); Kopernik (Dutch); Albin Michel (French); Diogenes Verlag (German); Penguin Books (US)
TheeagerlyanƟcipatednewnovelfromawardͲwinningliterarysensaƟon, DonalRyan
Set across Syria and Ireland, FromaLowandQuietSea is Donal’s most ambiƟous, sweeping story yet Ͳ a drama of the interwoven lives of three men, each searching for something they have lost.
Farouk has protected his wife and daughter as best he can from the war that has torn Syria apart. But if they Ňee, they will lose all they have known of home, all for an intangible dream of refuge in some faraway land across the sea.
For Lampy, that faraway land is home, but he wishes it wasn’t. He has the city girl for a bit of fun, but she’s not Chloe, and Chloe took his heart away when she leŌ him.
John’s heart has always beaten to the thrill of manipulaƟng people. But it was never enough. And now it’s cold Ͳ so very cold Ͳ and that heart is slowing down, and he’s not sure if God will listen to his pleas for forgiveness.
Three men, searching for some version of home, their lives moving inexorably towards a reckoning that will draw them all together.
DonalRyan’snovels have all published to major acclaim. He has won the Guardian First Book Award, the EU Prize for Literature, and Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards and has been longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the Desmond EllioƩ Prize. 2
Praise for Donal Ryan All We Shall Know *** Shortlisted for Novel of the Year at the Irish Book Awards 2016 ‘An extraordinary portrait of adultery, loneliness and betrayal . . . One of the finest writers working in Ireland today . . . worthy of Greek drama ...... in the great tradition of tragic fiction, his lonely adulteress coming to grief in the same shadowy spaces as Emma Bovary or Anna Karenina’ - The Guardian
‘In a word, this book is stunning’ - The Bookseller
‘A consummate artist . . . The denouement offers a satisfying element of redemption . . . a great writer whose steady maturation proceeds apace’ - The Sunday Times
‘A gem of a novel. With a sure sense of place, and a convincing portrayal of life lived at the edgy margins, it vividly plots the landscape of the heart en route to a gripping and ultimately redemptive finale’ - Daily Mail
A Slanting of the Sun *** Winner of the Short Story of the Year at the Irish Book Awards 2015
‘Donal Ryan is among the great contemporary chroniclers of grief, loss and bewilderment. . . those voices are brought to life with precision, resonance and particularity of cadence.’ - The Independent
‘Donal Ryan is a heartbreaker, his quicksilver prose laced with . . . wistful rhythms’ - Daily Mail
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TURNING FOR HOME Barney Norris
PublicaƟon: January 2018 Format/extent: Hbk, 320 pp
OpƟon publishers: Dumont (German); Le Seuil (French); Algoritam (Croat)
ThesecondnovelbycriƟcallyacclaimedauthorBarneyNorristacklesfamily relaƟonshipsandcomingtotermswiththepast
Isn’tthelifeofanypersonmadeupofthetellingoftwotales,aŌerall?...The wholeworldmakesmoresenseifyourememberthateveryonehastwolives,the reallifeandthedream,bothstoriesonlyatape’sbreadthapartfromeachother, impossiblydivided,indivisiblyclose. Once a year, every year, Robert's family come together at a rambling old house in the country to celebrate his birthday. Aunts, uncles, grandchildren, distant cousins Ͳ it is a milestone in their lives and has been for decades. But this year Robert doesn't want to be reminded of what has happened since they last met Ͳ and neither, for quite diīerent reasons, does his granddaughter Kate. Robert is determined that this will be the Įnal party. But for both him and Kate, it may also become the most important gathering of all.
As lyrical and true to life as Norris's criƟcally acclaimed debut FiveRiversMetonaWoodedPlain, this is a compelling, emoƟonal story of family, human frailty, and the marks that love leaves on us.
BarneyNorrisis an acclaimed playwright and novelist. His debut novel, FiveRiversMetonaWoodedPlain was shortlisted for Debut of the Year 2017 at the BriƟsh Book Awards and the RSL Ondaatje Prize. 4
Praise for
FIVE RIVERS MET ON A WOODED PLAIN
British Book Awards Debut of the Year 2017 shortlist *** RSL Ondaatje prize shortlist *** Waterstones Book of the Month
‘Remember the name Barney Norris. He’s a new writer in his twenties, but already outstanding’ - The Times
‘deeply affecting…..a tolerant and insightful debut’ - The Guardian
‘Norris writes beautifully, unearthing extraordinary depths in the everyday...a memorable writer, mature beyond his years’ - The Sunday Times
‘Barney has the real novelist’s ability to inhabit different characters, and to make the texture of life tangible and compelling. It’s the real stuff’ Michael Frayn
‘Barney Norris is a rare and precious talent...a writer-chronicler to be cherished’ - The Evening Standard
‘Barney Norris’ first novel has the deep emotional power and accuracy of his admired plays, and more’ - David Hare
‘Outstanding...a moving, strangely uplifting novel that grapples with the coarse substance of everyday existence and poetically celebrates its passage. Superb.’ - The Mail on Sunday
‘Norris has a gift for tapping in to ordinary lives and finding the extraordinary in them...emotional, compelling and thought-provoking’ - The Daily Mail
‘Remarkable...makes you thrill to be alive’ - The Financial Times
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SILENCE UNDER A STONE Norma McMaster
PublicaƟon: February 2018
Format/extent: Tpbk, 240 pp
AnachinglybeauƟfulnovelaboutfamily,faithandthepainofanirreconcilable heart ‘Iekeoutmydaysherewithcare;spendthemcarefully,oneataƟme,like penniesinthisoneliƩleroomwhereallthestragglesandstraysofmylifeare gatheredupneatasaballofwool;theeightyͲthreeyearsofthemdrawntautto asinglehardknotthatweighsmedownlikeastone.’ From her bed in a Dublin nursing home, Harriet Campbell reŇects on the Ɵme, long ago, when the second greatest joy in her life was her newborn son James; only her God had a greater claim to her love.
It is the 1920s in the shadowlands south of the border. Harriet and her husband Thomas are respected members of their strict Presbyterian CongregaƟon. But this is a changing Ireland, where the sway of the Roman Catholic Church is at its height, and the community is becoming increasingly isolated. LiƩle does Harriet realise that, as James grows up, she will be forced to choose between faith and family.
WriƩen in startling beauƟful prose, SilenceUnderaStone is an inƟmate, deeply moving human story, where someƟmes the price of an unyielding faith is too great to bear. NormaMacMasterstudied in Derry, Dublin, Belfast and Montreal. She was a secondary school teacher and counsellor in Ireland and Canada, and is an ordained minister in the Church of Ireland. 6
A BORDER STATION / MARRIED QUARTERS Shane Connaughton
PublicaƟon: April / May 2017
Format/extent: Pbk, 240 pp / Tpbk, 336 pp
‘ThisisexperienceĮnelyandskilfullydisƟlled’– IrishTimes ‘WellͲwriƩenandengrossing’– SundayIndependent
Shane Connaughton’s debut novel ABorderStaƟonwas widely acclaimed when Įrst published by Penguin in 1989 and Transworld Ireland is delighted to be publishing a reͲissue, followed by a sequel, MarriedQuarters.The books tell the beauƟful story of a local sergeant's son coming of age in an isolated police staƟon on the Irish border, the last resort of eccentric, downͲandͲout oĸcers from across the country.
In MarriedQuarters, the oĸcers’ lives play out like theatre—all of them the leŌovers from other more important staƟons in more important towns, and each with their own lessons for the sergeant's son, now on the cusp of manhood. Taking up where his acclaimed ABorderStaƟonleŌ oī, MarriedQuartersis brilliant, funny and beauƟfully observed, and marks the return of Shane Connaughton, one of Ireland’s most cherished writers.
ShaneConnaughtonis an acclaimed novelist, screenwriter and actor. His screenplay for My LeŌ Foot was shortlisted for an Academy Award and the Įlm won two Oscars. His novel A BorderStaƟonwas a bestseller when Įrst published in 1989.
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SLOW MOTION GHOSTS Jeff Noon
PublicaƟon: June 2018 Format/extent: Hbk, 384 pp
Material: November 2017
AdarkandlabyrinthinethrillerfromaboldnewvoiceincrimeĮcƟon
It is 1981, London is bruised by austerity, social unrest and racial tension, and the police are at war. Anger has erupted in the Brixton Riots and is Įnding expression in protest, anarchy and punk. For DetecƟve Inspector Hobbes, the baƩle lines are being redrawn within his own ranks as right and wrong are clouded by prejudice.
Into this mess comes a murder. A promising young singer has been maimed and killed and the arƟstry of the crime is disturbing. On the hunt for the killer, Hobbes begins an invesƟgaƟon that will lead him deep into a subculture hidden beneath the everyday. A cult of personality that hides from the problems of the city and escapes to a world of its own, a world that is at once seducƟve and devastaƟng. How far will Hobbes have to go to learn the truth? And how many more must die before he does?
Bringing the trademark imaginaƟon of his acclaimed early novels, Jeī Noon has delivered a police procedural with a diīerence Ͳ an intricate, twisƟng crime novel that pulls you in and doesn’t let go.
JeīNoonis the author of six acclaimed novels, Vurt, Pollen, AutomatedAlice, NymphomaƟon, NeedleintheGroove and FallingOutofCars, as well as two collecƟons of short ĮcƟons, and is also the crime ĮcƟon reviewer for The Spectator. He lives in Brighton. 8
WHAT ALICE KNEW T.A. Cotterell
PublicaƟon: May 2017 Format/extent: Pbk, 384 pp
Rights sold: Euromedia (Czech); Goldmann (German); Amber (Polish)
AnaddicƟvedebutforfansoftense,thoughtͲprovokingnovelssuchasLiane Moriarty’sTheHusband’sSecretandClareMacintosh’sILetYouGo
Alice is a portrait painter, obsessed with capturing the ‘truth’ of her siƩers. She has always trusted her insƟncts and knows that she married a good man.
UnƟl her husband doesn’t come home one night, and ends up in a young woman’s Ňat. A young woman whose murder is now all over the news. Alice knows she isn’t married to a murderer, but the police will see it diīerently. The facts are stacked against him and every minute of delay is a sign of guilt. So she covers for him. And the lying begins. But one lie inevitably leads to another.
As the secret grows, Alice must choose between her family and her integrity. What would you do?
‘You’llwanttotalkaboutittoanyonewhowilllisten.Animpressivedebut’ Ͳ Shari Lapena, author of TheCoupleNextDoor
‘Anintriguing,wellͲconstructedanddramaƟcdebut’ TimesLiterarySupplement
T.A.CoƩerellread History of Art at Cambridge University. He worked in the City before leaving to become a freelance writer. He has wriƩen for TheTelegraph, TheSpectatorand assorted magazines and is now a writer and editor at the research house, Redburn. He is married with three children and lives in Bristol. 9
THE THINGS WE THOUGHT WE KNEW Mahsuda Snaith
PublicaƟon: June 2017 Format/extent: Hbk, 304 pp
Rights sold: Piper (German); GarzanƟ (Italian)
‘Abrilliant,heartbreakingdebutthatperfectlycapturesthedelirioushighs andbruisinglowsofintoxicaƟngfriendship’Ͳ SylistMagazine ‘AnoriginalandaīecƟngcomingͲofͲagenovel’Ͳ TheObserver
Ravine Roy has been lying in a bed in a council Ňat for the last ten years. And she doesn't plan on going anywhere anyƟme soon. Badly burnt at the age of eight, she was leŌ in chronic pain that won’t ease. And at the same Ɵme, her best friend leŌ her and her world fell apart.
As she reaches her eighteenth birthday Ravine’s eccentric mother decides it’s Ɵme for her to leave the Ňat and move on. But Ravine has memories she’s been trying to forget and when suddenly her past and present collide, is forced to make a decision: to stay in the safety of her bed or step out into the Big World Outside.
SeducƟve, heartͲbreaking and charming, TheThingsWeThoughtWeKnewis a warm, clever novel about the things we remember and the things we wish we could forget.
MahsudaSnaithis a writer of novels, short stories and plays, and is the winner of the SILeedsLiteraryPrize2014,BristolShortStoryPrize2014 as well as a Įnalist for the MslexiaNovelCompeƟƟon2013. Mahsuda leads creaƟve wriƟng workshops at De Monƞort University and was picked as one of The Observer’sNew Faces of FicƟon for 2017. 10
HOW I LOSE YOU Kate McNaughton
PublicaƟon: March 2018 Format/extent: Hbk, 400 pp
Rights sold: Les escales (French)
BeauƟfullywriƩenandannouncingaboldnewliterarytalent,HowILose You,oīersatenderandheartͲbreakingperspecƟveonthequesƟonofhow muchwecaneverreallyknowthepersonwelove
When Eva wakes up one morning to discover that her husband has died in his sleep, she is overwhelmed: with anger, with disbelief, with fear. For Adam was only thirtyͲone, a brilliant doctor with no health issues. They were supposed to grow old together.
In the aŌermath, once the endless cups of tea and visits from family and friends have begun to thin out, Eva’s life begins to fracture. In aƩempƟng to confront the agony of her loss, Eva starts to uncover the story of her marriage, delving into those parts of her husband’s life to which she never before had access. What she Įnds is like nothing she could ever have expected.
HowILoseYouis a novel about loss and love, about the irreducibility of otherness and about breaking points: those moments when everything changes from one second to the next and how we deal with the consequences.
KateMcNaughtonwas born and raised in Paris to English parents. She read English at Cambridge and Įlmmaking at the European Film College in Denmark. She currently works as a documentary Įlmmaker and translator and lives in Berlin.
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NOTHING ON EARTH Conor O’Callaghan
PublicaƟon: May 2016
Format/extent: Tpbk, 176 pp
Rights sold: Jensen & Dalgaard (Danish)
‘Thisonewillstaywithyoulikeyourshadow,ashardtoshakeoīandas impossibletopindown’Ͳ TheGuardian ‘AsĮneasitisfrightening’Ͳ John Banville
AhaunƟng,enigmaƟcdebutnovelfromanexciƟngnewvoiceinIrishliterary ĮcƟon A frightened girl bangs on a door. A man answers. It is the hoƩest summer in living memory, in a country that sounds like Ireland: postͲboom, in ruins, depopulated. The girl has words scrawled in blue on her burned Ňesh.
The girl tells the man about her mother, her mother’s idenƟcal twin, her father, and their strange shared life in the showͲhouse of an unĮnished development on the outskirts of a desolate town.
What does the town remember about the twins? Where has everybody gone? When nobody remains to tell the story of the girl's family, the man repeats it to a world that doubts his every word. BeauƟful and terrifying, his disturbing tesƟmony reaches toward those frayed edges of reality where we glimpse something nobody will ever explain. ConorO’Callaghanis a criƟcally acclaimed poet and has been shortlisted and won prizes for his wriƟng. He currently works both as a senior lecturer and as a tutor on a Masters programme in creaƟve wriƟng. This is his Įrst novel.
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THE FINDING OF MARTHA LOST Caroline Wallace
PublicaƟon: March 2016 Format/extent: Hbk, 320 pp
Rights sold: Jota (Czech); Karakter (Dutch); Rowohlt (German); GarzanƟ (Italian); Pascal (Polish); Rocco (Brazil)
AméliemeetsHugointhischarming,quirkynovelͲwithseveralmysteriesto besolved,acastofdisƟncƟvecharactersandaverywarmheart ‘Thismagicalbookhadmebewitchedwithinafewparagraphs.Marthaisan irresisƟblecharacter,whobringslightandlaughterintothelivesofevery personshemeetsͲandwilldotoyourstoo!’EssenƟalsMagazine Martha is lost. She arrived at Lime Street staƟon in Liverpool as a baby abandoned in a suitcase, and was adopted by the woman who runs the lost property oĸce Ͳ a woman who unfortunately turns out to be not that nice.
In her custody, Martha becomes a kind of Cinderella Ͳ convinced by ‘Mother’ that if she ever sets foot outside, the whole staƟon will crumble. So the staƟon, and the eccentric characters who pass through it, are her whole world – glamorous Elizabeth who owns the café next to lost property; the roman soldier who eats his sandwich under the clock at the same Ɵme every day, and the man with the suitcase that might belong to the Beatles – unƟl one day, leƩers start to arrive, from someone claiming to know who Martha really is and who her parents are.
Martha has an almost magical talent for reuniƟng lost objects with their owners, but can she solve the mystery of where she came from herself?
CarolineWallacehas an MA in CreaƟve WriƟng and lives near Liverpool with her husband and children.
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FOR THE WINNER Emily Hauser
PublicaƟon: June 2017
Format/extent: Hbk, 368 pp
Rights sold: Goldmann (German); Pegasus (US)
FortheWinneristhesecondnovelintheenthrallingGoldenAppleTrilogy.A wonderfulretellingofthelegendofAtalanta,theprincesswhofought alongsidethewarriorheroesofGreeceonthegreatestadventureoftheirage
When the king of Pagasae leŌ his infant daughter on the slopes of a mountain to die, he believed he would never see her again. But Atalanta, against the will of the gods and the dictates of the Fates, survived – and went on to bring to life one of the greatest legends of all of ancient Greece...
Teaching herself to hunt and Įght, Atalanta is determined to prove her worth to her father and, disguising herself as a man, she wins a place on the greatest voyage of that heroic age: the journey of Jason and the Argonauts to the very ends of the known world in search of the legendary Golden Fleece. But Atalanta is discovered, and abandoned in the mythical land of Colchis, where she is forced to make a choice that will determine her place in history – and change her life forever.
EmilyHauserstudied Classics at Cambridge and then went to Harvard as a Fulbright Scholar. She is currently at Yale doing a PhD in Classics. FortheMostBeauƟfulͲ the Įrst book in the Golden Apple trilogy Ͳ is her debut novel.
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THE CORONER’S DAUGHTER Andrew Hughes
PublicaƟon: February 2017 Format/extent: Hbk, 336 pp
Rights sold: Pegasus (US)
AcunninglyploƩedandbeauƟfullywriƩenhistoricalcrimenoveltostand alongsidethenovelsofAndrewTaylor,andKateMosse ‘GoodoldͲfashionedstorytellingthatwillkeepreadersturningthepagesas theshadowsbegintofall’Ͳ IrishTimes
Dublin, 1816. A young nursemaid murders her newͲborn in the home of the Neshams, a prominent family in a radical ChrisƟan sect called the Brethren. Rumours swirl about the idenƟty of the child’s father, but before an inquest can be held, the maid is found dead aŌer an apparent suicide. When Abigail Lawless, the daughter of the coroner, by chance discovers a message from the maid’s seducer, she sets out to discover the truth.
An only child, Abigail has been raised amid the books and instruments of her father’s grim profession, and he in turn indulges her curious and criƟcal mind. Now she must push against the restricƟons society places on a girl her age to pursue an increasingly dangerous invesƟgaƟon.
Abigail leads us through dissecƟon rooms and hospital wards, austere churches and graceful salons, while always shadowed by a piƟless sociopath, whom she believes has killed twice already, and will no doubt kill again.
AndrewHugheswas educated at Trinity College, Dublin and is the author of TheConvicƟonsofJohnDelahunt.
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INCENDIUM A D Swanston
PublicaƟon: February 2017
Format/extent: Hbk, 416 pp
TreasonandterrorinElizabethanEngland.Atensehistoricalthriller,forfans ofCJSansom
Summer 1572. England is vulnerable. Plague, fear and violence are in the air and religious unrest seethes just beneath the surface. To Christopher Radcliī and his employer, the Earl of Leicester, the prospects for peace are grave. Working as Leicester’s chief spy, Christopher must Įght the threats of rebellion at home and invasion from abroad.
But his own life is far from orderly. His aīair with Katherine Allington, the widow of an exͲcolleague, is turbulent and the cutͲthroat world of court poliƟcs leaves no room for indiscreƟons.
When the Queen’s own cousin, the Duke of Norfolk, is found guilty of a plot to kill and depose her, it is a sign of just how deep the dissent goes. And the threat of Catholic rebellion is not just from within. The Spanish are poised to invade, and Jesuit priests from the conƟnent are being trained to foment revolt in England. When the next plot is sprung, Christopher Radcliī needs to be one step ahead.
AndrewSwanstonstudied Law at Cambridge university and hasheld various posiƟons in the book trade, including being a director of Waterstones, before turning to fullͲƟme wriƟng.
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GLORY OF ROME Douglas Jackson
PublicaƟon: August 2017
Format/extent: Hbk, 464 pp
OpƟons: Pro Book (Bulgarian); Karakter (Dutch); NewͲ ton & Compton (Italian); Artemis (Turkish)
ForfansofSimonScarrowandBenKane,GloryofRomeisthe8thnovelin theRomanseriesabouttheheroGaiusValeriusVerrens 77AD. Gaius Valerius Verrens is an honoured member of Emperor Vespasian’s inner circle, but the enmity between him and Vespasian’s son DomiƟan means that, even in Rome, danger is never far away. Meanwhile, in the outer reaches of the Empire, in Britannia, trouble is brewing.
But Britannia is where Valerius cut his military teeth and wheƩed his sword Ͳ and he will soon discover that the ghosts of his past are always waiƟng for him and are more dangerous perhaps than the enemies at hand.
PraiseforDouglasJackson: ‘Superb...IwasgrippedfromstarttoĮnish’ͲBen Kane
‘SuperblywriƩenandpackedwithhistoricaldetailandacƟon’ͲSundayExpress
DouglasJacksonis a journalist by profession and the author of nine Roman historical novels.
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IRON GODS Andrew Bannister
PublicaƟon: May 2017
Format/extent: Hbk, 320 pp
Rights sold: Piper (German); Tor Books (US)
‘BalancingburstsofacƟonwithexpansiveworldͲbuilding,immersiveprose andsharpdialogue,BannisterhaswriƩenacolourfuldebutthatconjuresup thesamekindofgnarly,luridweirdnessthatmadeIainM.Banks’SFepicsso memorable’Ͳ SFX
For thousands of years Belbis and his people have devoted their lives to the Iron Gods whose lights bejewel their night sky. Now one of those lights has gone out.
In the depths of space, a beacon wakes. Ancient technology is beginning to sƟr Ͳ so old that its use is long forgoƩen, its workings the stuī of legend. A green star has appeared in the cosmos and with it, a grave warning for the future of the Spin.
For Seldyan and her band of escaped slaves, this is their chance to explore the worlds that have been always beyond their reach. Hijacking one of the most powerful ships in the Spin, they set a course for the errant star. While under its lurid inŇuence, the Ɵdes of power in the Spin are beginning to change.
AndrewBannisterstudied Geology at Imperial College and went to work in the North Sea before becoming an Environmental Consultant.
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THE LONG COSMOS Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter
PublicaƟon: June 2016
Format/extent: Hbk, 400 pp
OpƟons: Arhont (Bulgarian); Talpress (Czech); Delta Vision (Hungarian); Bertrand (Brazil); Nemira (Romanian); Exmo (Russian); RH Mondadori (Spanish)
Rights sold: Karisto (Finnish); L’atalante (French); Goldmann (German); Proszynski (Polish); Ithaki (Turkish); Varrak (Estonian)
CompletedbytheauthorssomeeighteenmonthsbeforeTerryPratcheƩ's unƟmelydeath,TheLongCosmosisthegrandclimaxoftheLongEarthseries 2070Ͳ71. Nearly six decades aŌer Step Day and in the Long Earth, the new Next postͲhuman society conƟnues to evolve.
For Joshua Valienté it is Ɵme to take one last solo journey into the High Meggers: an adventure that turns into a disaster. But as Joshua confronts his mortality, the Long Earth receives a signal from the stars. Its message is simple: JOIN US.
Bit by bit, byte by byte, the superͲsmart Next assemble a computer the size of a conƟnent – a device that will alter the Long Earth’s place within the cosmos and reveal the ulƟmate, lifeͲaĸrming goal of those who sent the Message.
TerryPratcheƩwas the acclaimed creator of the global bestselling Discworld series. He was the winner of mulƟple prizes. He died in March 2015. StephenBaxteris one of the UK's most acclaimed writers of science ĮcƟon and a mulƟ Ͳaward winner.
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DEADHOUSE LANDING Ian C Esslemont
PublicaƟon: November 2017
Format/extent: Hbk, 400 pp
Rights sold: Hunter Books (Brazil); Talpress (Czech); Tor Books (US)
ThesecondchapterinIanC.Esslemont'sepicfantasysequencereturnsto thattroubledconƟnent'sturbulentearlyhistory
AŌer the disappointments of Li Heng, Dancer and Kellanved wash up on a small insigniĮcant island named Malaz. Immediately, of course, Kellanved plans to take it over. To do so they join forces with a small band of Napans who have Ňed a civil war on their own home island. The plan, however, soon goes awry as Kellanved develops a strange and dangerous fascinaƟon for a mysterious ancient structure found on the island.
The chaos in the region extends to the metaphysical planes also as a young priest of D'rek starts to quesƟon the rot at the heart of the worship of the god of decay. And back in Li Heng, Dassem, now the proclaimed Sword of Hood, Įnds himself being blamed for a plague which leads him to a crisis of faith Ͳ and searching for answers.
During all this, war with the neighbouring island of Nap threatens, recruited allies wonder at Kellanved’s sanity, and powerful enƟƟes take more of an interest in the liƩle mage from Dal Hon. Dancer faces a hard choice: should he give up on his partnership?
IanCEsslemontis the author of eight fantasy novels and coͲ created the Malazan series with Steven Erikson. He has worked as an archaeologist and also has a creaƟve wriƟng degree. 20
FALL OF LIGHT Steven Erikson
PublicaƟon: April 2016
Format/extent: Hbk, 864 pp
Rights sold: Bard (Bulgarian); Hunter Books (Brazil); Talpress (Czech); Tor Books (US)
OpƟons: Ediciones B (Spain)
TheinternaƟonalbestsellingauthorofTheMalazanBookoftheFallen conƟnueshisnewfantasysequence,TheKharkanasTrilogy,withanew novelofwarandbetrayal,darksorceryandancientgods
It is a biƩer winter and civil war now ravages Kurald Galain, as Urusander’s Legion prepares to march upon the city of Kharkanas.
The rebels’ only opposiƟon lies scaƩered, bereŌ of a leader. Ruling in his brother’s stead, Silchas Ruin seeks to muster their allies, but is fast running out of Ɵme.
Beneath the chaos of such events, an unconstrained magic now bleeds into the world. Following its scent, enƟƟes both new and ancient are gathering, eager to feed. Comprehending this terrible risk, a dying K’rul sets out in the company of a lone guardian to bring order to this newborn sorcery – but his choice of potenƟal allies is suspect. In the name of order, he seeks its greatest avowed enemy… StevenErikson'sdebut novel, GardensoftheMoon, was shortlisted for the World Fantasy Award and introduced fantasy readers to his epic sequence, ‘The Malazan Book of the Fallen’, which has been hailed as a masterpiece.
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OUR PLANET Alastair Fothergill and Keith Scholey
PublicaƟon: April 2019
Format/extent: Hbk, 320
Material available: Sample spreads
Rights sold: Ten Speed Press (US)
Holding cover
FromtheproducersofPlanetEarth,OurPlanetisthecompanionbookto whatwillbethelargest,mostexpensive,mostambiƟousandmost importantTVwildlifeseriesevermade With breathͲtaking photography and unparalleled insight, OurPlanetfocuses on the seven key habitats on Earth: Freshwater, Deserts & Grasslands, Forests, Jungles, Frozen Worlds, Coastal Seas and the Deep Oceans and shows the crucial part each must play in preserving the diversity of life.
Across this incredible scope of nature, we see that every habitat, every place and every species is part of one interconnected whole, an astonishing diversity that is vital in maintaining the health of our world. This is both the planet’s biggest strength and its greatest weakness.
With unrivalled producƟon and markeƟng budgets, the Neƞlix series will be aiming to reach 1billionviewers, double the audience of Planet Earth. It will be accompanied by an IMAX feature Įlm and worldwide live events, as well as a soundtrack featuring globally bestselling arƟsts.
AlastairFothergillis the awardͲwinning producer of BBC wildlife series Life in the Freezer, Planet Earth, Frozen Planet, The Blue Planet and The Hunt. He has also directed four feature Įlms for Disney and is the author of four books.
KeithScholeyhas a PhD in zoology from Bristol University and is coͲfounder of Silverback Films with Alastair Fothergill. He has had a long career working on factual television series with the BBC, Disney, Discovery and others. 23
CAGED BIRD Katy Morgan-Davies
PublicaƟon: May 2018
Format/extent: Hbk, 288 pp
Material available: November 2017
TheextraordinarymemoirofKatyMorganͲDavies,whowasheldincapƟvity forthreedecadesbyanabusiveLondoncult Born into an abusive cult in South London in 1983, Katy MorganͲDavies spent the Įrst thirty years of her life in a cruel and distorƟng capƟvity, unƟl in 2013 she bravely engineered her escape.
Raised as a ‘project’ by her Maoist father, the cult’s leader Aravinan Balakrishnan, Katy grew up in a suburban house where love and compassion were replaced with unquesƟoning devoƟon to the cult’s mission. She could not leave the house alone and was made to fear for her life and the lives of others if she rebelled.
Throughout Katy’s capƟvity it was her love of reading Ͳ snatched wherever possible Ͳ that gave her hope and helped her to learn the truth of her oppression. And in her own wriƟng, she found a voice that was otherwise denied to her. Told in her own words for the Įrst Ɵme, this is a unique and capƟvaƟng story of the triumph of hope.
KatyMorganͲDavisnow aƩends college, studying English and Maths. Every day, she relishes her freedom. Katy is working on her memoir with Kate Moore, an experienced and criƟcally acclaimed ghostwriter.
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THE SHOEMAKER AND HIS DAUGHTER Conor O’Clery
PublicaƟon: May 2018
Format/extent: Hbk, 320 pp
Material available: November 2017
AremarkablefamilymemoiraboutlifeinSovietRussia In the Soviet Union in 1962, shoemaker Stanislav Suvorov is imprisoned for Įve years. His crime? Selling a car for proĮt. Thirty years later, his daughter Zhanna helps unravel the very laws that sent her father to prison. In the new Russia, yesterday’s crime is today’s opportunity.
TheShoemakerandHisDaughter takes in sixty years of Soviet and Russian history through the prism of one ordinary family. The Suvorovs – Stanislav, his wife MarieƩa, and their daughters Zhanna and Larisa – lived a relaƟvely comfortable life in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, unƟl the social shame of Stanislav’s prison term forced them to leave. Circumstances took them to the subͲzero city of Krasnoyarsk in Siberia, where there were so many prisons that, it was said, ‘it is beƩer to live opposite a prison than opposite your own home’.
The Suvorovs were ĮrstͲhand witnesses to the convulsive changes that saw the collapse of the Soviet empire in the late twenƟeth century and the rise of PuƟn’s Russia. Along the way they experienced murder, economic mayhem and KGB harassment.
ConorO’Cleryholds a unique perspecƟve on the last years of the Soviet Union, having opened the Įrst foreign bureau in Moscow for TheIrishTimesin 1987. He was subsequently foreign correspondent in Washington, Beijing and New York and has twice won Irish Journalist of the Year. 25
HAPPY Derren Brown
PublicaƟon: September 2016
Format/extent: Hbk, 448 pp
Rights sold: Planeta (Spanish), Media Litera (Romanian)
ASundayTimestoptenbestsellingguidetolivingahappierlife ‘Browntakesphilosophybacktoitstruesttask:thatofhelpingustoliveand diewell.HisbookisdeeplyinformaƟve,moving,wiseandfulloflove.Itsets outtochangelivesͲanditwill’ͲAlain De BoƩon
‘Brilliant.Reallybrilliantandjustcrammedwithwisdomandinsight.Itwill genuinelymakeadiīerencetomeandthewayIthinkaboutmyself.I'm goingtorecommendittoeveryoneIknow’Ͳ Stephen Fry
Across the millennia, philosophers have thought long and hard about happiness, and come up with a mulƟtude of diīerent deĮniƟons and ideas for how we might live a happier life. Here, Derren explores the history of happiness from classical Ɵmes unƟl today, when the selfͲhelp industry has aƩempted to claim happiness as its own. His aim is to reclaim happiness for us all, and enable us to appreciate the really good things in life for what they are.
FascinaƟng, entertaining and revelatory, this is a book for anyone who has ever wondered if there must be more to life.
DerrenBrownbegan his UK television career in 2000 with a series of specials called Mind Control and has since become synonymous with the art of psychological manipulaƟon. He is the author of three previous books: the bestselling TricksoftheMind, ConfessionsofaConjurorand a book of his caricatures, Portraits. 26
THE HAPPIEST KIDS IN THE WORLD Rina Mae Acosta & Michele Hutchison
PublicaƟon: January 2017
Format/extent: Hbk, 320 pp
Rights sold: People’s Oriental (Simp. Chinese); Heliopolis (Complex Chinese); Nijgh & Van Ditmar (Dutch); Siltala (Finnish); Rizzoli (Italian); Nikkei (Japanese); Wisdom House (Korean); Swiat Zsiaski (Polish); Humanitas (Romanian); Sindbad (Russian); Evro (Serbian); Sandclock (Thai); The Experiment (US)
InthespiritofFrenchChildrenDon’tThrowFood,thisisabooktoappealto frazzledmothersandfatherswhoarekeentohearhowchildͲrearingisdone elsewhere
‘Clearandconcise,withplentyofanecdotesfromfamilylifetoillustratethe argument,thisisoneofthemostconvincingparenƟngbookstocomeacross mydeskinthelastyear’Ͳ SundayTimes
‘Considering2016wastheyearBritsembracedthecosyDanishconceptof hygge,then2017maybetheyearinwhichweƟreofcandlesandadoptthe rougherandreadierDutchversion:gezelligheid…Entertaining…Iwouldsay allparentsshouldreadthisbook’ Ͳ DailyMail
In a recent UNICEF study of child wellͲbeing, Dutch children came out on top as the happiest allͲround. Rina Mae Acosta and Michele Hutchison, both married to Dutchmen and bringing up their kids in Holland, examine the unique environment that enables the Dutch to turn out such contented, wellͲ adjusted and healthy babies, children and teens.
MicheleHutchisonis a freelance editor, translator and blogger based in Amsterdam. RinaMaeAcostais an American freelance writer and blogger who lives near Utrecht in the Netherlands.
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BLACK HOLES: The Reith Lectures Stephen Hawking
PublicaƟon: April 2016
Format/extent: Pbk, 64 pp
Rights sold: Bard (Bulgarian); Intrinseca (Brazil); Hunan Science (Chinese); Argo (Czech); Prometheus (Dutch); WSOY (Finnish); Flammarion (French); Akkord (Hungarian); Rowohlt (Germany); Katoptro (Greek); Rizzoli (Italian); Hayakawa (Japanese); East Asia (S KoͲ rea); Zysk (Polish); Humanitas (Romanian); AST (Russia); CriƟca (Spanish); Alfa Basim (Turkish); BallanƟne (US) Tre Publishing (Vietnamese);
StephenHawking'sBBCReithLecturesonblackholesannotatedbyBBC ScienceEditorDavidShukmanandillustratedthroughout
ItissaidthatfactissomeƟmesstrangerthanĮcƟon,andnowhereisthat moretruethaninthecaseofblackholes.Blackholesarestrangerthan anythingdreamedupbyscienceĮcƟonwriters.
In 2016 Professor Stephen Hawking delivered the BBC Reith Lectures on a subject that has fascinated him for decades – black holes.
In these Ňagship lectures the legendary physicist argues that if we could only understand black holes and how they challenge the very nature of space and Ɵme, we could unlock the secrets of the universe.
StephenHawkingheld the post of Lucasian Professor of MathemaƟcs and TheoreƟcal Physics at Cambridge, the chair held by Isaac Newton in 1663, for thirty years and is now director of Research for the Centre for TheoreƟcal Cosmology at the University of Cambridge. He is regarded as one of the most brilliant theoreƟcal physicists since Einstein. His books include the bestselling ABriefHistoryofTime,BlackHolesandBabyUniversesandOtherEssays,and TheUniverseinaNutshell.
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POCKET UNIVERSE APP Stephen Hawking
PublicaƟon: September 2015
Format: App, IOS only
AllthecolourandthebeautyoftheuniverseisnowatyourĮngerƟpsinthis newapp,authorisedbyProfessorStephenHawking
Whether you have always meant to read it, or just want its wisdom always to hand, Stephen Hawking’s groundͲbreaking BriefHistoryofTimeis now made more accessible than ever. By exploring three of Stephen Hawking’s greatest discoveries – the No Boundary Complex, Singularity Theorems and Hawking RadiaƟon, this app helps you to navigate and learn the science like never before.
BeauƟfully designed, the app is illustrated throughout, with glossary links to remind you of terms and ideas, and Deep Dive content if you want to immerse yourself in more detail.
The user can choose to jump between narraƟves, take side journeys, and share content using a link to TwiƩer Ͳ all the while charƟng your progress through the chapters and topics.
With stunning design, simple navigaƟon and new illustraƟons, this app explains everything you want to know about the universe.
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YOUNG HITLER Paul Ham
PublicaƟon: November 2017
Format/extent: Hbk, 320 pp
Rights sold: Penguin Random House Australia (ANZ); ObjeƟva (Brazil); Pegasus (US)
AninsighƞulnewbiographyofHitler’searlylifeandhowhewasshapedby theFirstWorldWar Young Hitler was a nobody without any academic ambiƟons and few friends. He was stubborn and strongͲwilled, considered eccentric and lacking in social skills. No one would have marked him out as a future leader of Germany, conqueror of Europe and exterminator of the Jews.
So what social circumstances turned Hitler into what he became? How did Hitler use his war record to further his poliƟcal career? How far did his war experience wrench an already disturbed mind in the direcƟon of a violent programme of revenge, culminaƟng in mass murder? In this biography Paul Ham provides some very compelling answers.
Reviews for previous work: ‘Avivid,comprehensiveandquietlyfuriousaccount’Ͳ Ben Macintyre
‘HamhaswriƩenoftheseeventswithgreatpowerandassiduousresearch. SurelythisisnowthedeĮniƟveaccountoftheSandakandeathmarches’ ͲSydneyMorningHerald
PaulHamis a former SundayTimescorrespondent, and has a Master’s degree in Economic History. He is the acclaimed author of 1914:TheYeartheWorld Ended,Sandakanand HiroshimaNagasaki.
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AMAZONS John Man PublicaƟon: June 2017
Format/Extent: Hbk, 320 pp
Rights sold: Pegasus (US)
AgroundͲbreakinghistoryoftherealwarriorwomenofCentralAsia ‘Tremendouslyentertaining’ͲTheTimes From Wonder Woman to Arya Stark, the legacy of Amazon women is as alive today as ever. The Amazons of ancient myth were Įerce, hardͲĮghƟng, horseͲ riding female warriors. Equal to men in baƩle, legend depicts them as beauƟful, deadly and the anƟthesis of the patriarchal world.
For centuries these powerful, sexually dominant barbarian women were believed to be the fantasƟcal invenƟon of Greek mythology. UnƟl now.
Drawing on decades of research and a series of recent archaeological discoveries, John Man travels to the grasslands of Central Asia, from the edge of the ancient Greek world to the borderlands of China, to discover the truth about the legendary women of the Eurasian steppes.
In this deeply researched, sweeping historical epic, John Man redeĮnes our understanding of The Amazons and their culture and restores them to their righƞul posiƟon as one of the most feared and revered armies the world has ever known.
‘OnecouldnotwishforabeƩerstoryͲtelleroranalyst’ͲSimon Sebag MonƟĮore
JohnManis a historian and travel writer with a special interest in Mongolia. He is the author of the bestselling GenghisKhanand Aƫla and has been translated into 20 languages.
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THE SECRET FOOTBALLER: WHAT GOES ON TOUR
PublicaƟon: May 2017
Format/Extent: Tpbk, 352 pp
ThemostsensaƟonalexposétodateofthereallivesofPremierLeaguestars bythebestsellingSecretFootballer
Since his Įrst book was published in 2012, The Secret Footballer has been able to take the reader behind the scenes of footballers' lives like no other player has been able, or will ever be able, to do. Anonymity has been a potent weapon in revealing the real world of football stars, and Įve years on, he has now penned the work that all his fellow professionals have been urging him to do from the start, TheSecretFootballer:WhatGoesonTour. And it isn't going to stay on tour any more.
From Marbella and Ibiza to Dubai and Las Vegas, The Secret Footballer lays bare the worst, most embarrassing and most hilarious excesses of these Įt and mostly Įckle young men whose millionͲpound salaries, to use his own words, 'open up a host of recreaƟonal opportuniƟes'. Fuelled by rampaging desires for sex, drugs, booze and rock'n'roll, these footballers think up ever more extreme ways of splashing the cash, and needless to say, it doesn't always end well.
TheSecretFootballeris the author of IAmTheSecretFootballer, Talesfrom TheSecretFootballer,TheSecretFootballer'sGuidetotheModernGame,The SecretFootballer:AccessAllAreasandTheSecretFootballer:HowtoWin.
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URBAN OUTLAW Magnus Walker
PublicaƟon: June 2017
Format/extent: Hbk, 272 pp
Rights sold: Delius Klasing (German)
TheinspiraƟonalmemoirofanextraordinaryselfͲmadebusinessman ‘Anundergroundhero’Ͳ Top Gear Magnus Walker is one of life’s originals. A true maverick. Serial entrepreneur, TV presenter, moƟvaƟonal speaker and one of the world’s most proliĮc Porsche collectors, the dreadlocked, taƩooed hoarder of individual creaƟvity is a very modern incarnaƟon of success.
Walker leŌ school with just two O levels. Now, 30 years and three successful businesses later, by following his insƟncts, rejecƟng convenƟon and pursuing his passions Magnus has succeeded against all the odds.
Here, for the Įrst Ɵme, is the full story of his journey from a Northern steel town to the bright lights of Hollywood, from a boy with liƩle hope to an anƟͲ establishment hero. Along the way we’ll witness his potent combinaƟon of creaƟvity and hard graŌ, discover his moƟvaƟons and ambiƟons, and come to understand his philosophy and the keys to his success.
MarƟnRoachis a number 1 bestͲselling ghostͲwriter and author with three Number 1 books and more than a dozen other bestsellers to his name, including the global smash hit autobiography of One DirecƟonand Nigel Mansell’s StayingOnTrack,which was announced as one of the ‘Top 50 Sports Books of AllͲTime’.
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THE CURIOUS BIRD LOVER’S HANDBOOK Niall Edworthy
PublicaƟon: March 2017
Format/extent: Pbk, 224 pp
Rights sold: Perigee (US)
Adelighƞulcompanionforanyonewhohaseverlookedatthebirdsswooping aboveandwondered…‘How?’or‘Why?’
You don't have to be a dedicated birdwatcher to be a bird lover. Millions of us love the sight and sound of them. And yet most of us know very liƩle about their remarkable behaviour, incredible diversity and the story of their evoluƟon.
How do migraƟng birds know where to go? Are birds really descended from dinosaurs? How do birds have sex?
This handbook sets about answering every interesƟng quesƟon there is to ask about birds. There are over 10,000 species in the world, including over 500 in Britain, some rare and endangered, some bizarre and beauƟful, others common and familiar. As this capƟvaƟng and oŌen humorous handbook reveals, all of them are fascinaƟng.
The hardback ediƟon Ɵtled "Bald Coot and Screaming Loon" was published in 2009. This paperback ediƟon has been updated and includes a new foreword from the author.
NiallEdworthyhas wriƩen over a dozen books covering a wide range of subjects from military history, biography and outdoor survival to general humour and sport. Niall lives with his family in Sussex.
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SAM & CHESTER Jo Bailey
PublicaƟon: August 2016
Format/extent: Hbk, 336 pp
Rights sold: Goldmann (German)
TheheartͲwarmingstoryofhowateacupͲsizedgingerpighelpedtorescuea boyfromhisauƟsm,andofamother'sĮghttowinbackherson ‘Heartbreaking’Ͳ TheTelegraph ‘ArealͲlifemiracle’Ͳ DailyExpress
When Sam BaileyͲMerriƩ was just two years old, almost overnight he lost the ability to communicate or funcƟon. His mother, Jo, was at a loss as to what to do as she saw her son grow increasingly isolated and begin to suīer from uncontrollable Įts. Eventually, Sam was diagnosed with auƟsm.
Sam's condiƟon conƟnued to worsen and, just when Jo had all but given up hope of being able to help him, the family went on a day trip to a nearby miniature pig farm. Sam immediately bonded with a Ɵny ginger piglet called Chester, who stood sad and alone, apart from the rest of the liƩer. The connecƟon between the boy and the animal was immediate and their unusual friendship blossomed from the moment the family brought Chester home. For the Įrst Ɵme in Įve years, Jo saw her son laugh.
While Sam's conĮdence grew, Chester grew in a diīerent way: the micro pig that was supposed to become the size of a Cocker Spaniel in fact ballooned to three Ɵmes that size Ͳ with hilarious consequences for the family! Chester has turned Sam's life around. He now has the ability to communicate his feelings, make friends and is caring and kind towards others.
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THE HURLEY-MAKER’S SON Patrick Deeley
PublicaƟon: April 2016
Format/extent: Hbk, 256 pp
An enchanƟng, beauƟfully wriƩen account of family, love, loss and the unstoppablemarchofƟme ‘A courageous and hearƞelt work, a lament and an act of recuperaƟon, decepƟvelyartlessandengaginglyplainspoken’ͲIrishTimes TheHurleyͲMaker’sSonopens with the death of the author’s father in 1978, before moving back in Ɵme to a childhood in rural East Galway. Deeley’s life unfolds as a series of memories; from the intricate workings of the Ɵmber workshop run by his father to the slow taking apart and physical burial of an old tractor; from his mother’s steady work on an old singer sewing machine to his father’s verƟginous quickstep on the roof of their house. There are many wonderful descripƟons of the natural world and delighƞul cameos of characters and incidents from a notͲsoͲlongͲago country childhood. In a style reminiscent of John McGahern’s Memoir, Deeley’s beauƟfully paced prose captures the rhythms, struggles and rough edges of a rural life that was already dying even as he grew.
PatrickDeeleyis an established poet and his work has appeared in leading literary journals in Ireland, UK, USA, Canada and Australia. Approximately ĮŌy anthologies both in Ireland and abroad have featured his poems, which also have been broadcast widely on radio and television and published in translaƟon in French, Italian, Dutch, Ukranian, Spanish and Moldovan.
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THE JANUARY MAN Christopher Somerville
PublicaƟon: January 2017
Format/extent: Hbk, 384 pp
FromTheTimes'muchͲlovedwalkingcolumnist,alyricalrecordofayear walkingtheBriƟshIsleswhileexploringthenatureofhisrelaƟonshipwithhis father
InJanuary2006,amonthortwoaŌermyfatherdied,IthoughtIsawhimagain –amomentaryimpressionofanoldman,aliƩlestooped,seƫngoīforawalk inhischaracterisƟcfawncorduroysandshabbyquiltedjacket.AŌerteenage riŌsitwaswalkingthatbroughtuscloserasfatherandson;andthis‘ghost’of Dadhasbeenwalkingatmyelbowsincehisdeath,asIhaveruminatedonhis greatloveofwalking,hisprodigiousneedtodoit–andhowandwhyIwalk myself.
TheJanuaryManis the story of a year of walks that was inspired by a song, Dave Goulder’s ‘The January Man’. Month by month, season by season and region by region, Christopher Somerville walks the BriƟsh Isles, following routes that conƟnually bring his father to mind. As he travels the country – from the winter Ňoodlands of the River Severn to the lambing pastures of Nidderdale, the towering seabird cliīs on the Shetland Isle of Foula in June and the ancient oaks of Sherwood Forest in autumn – he describes the history, wildlife, landscapes and people he encounters, down back lanes and old paths, in rain and fair weather.
ChristopherSomervilleis the walking correspondent of TheTimes. He is the author of thirtyͲsix books and has many TV and radio appearances to his name.
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STAY GOLDEN Lucky Blue Smith
PublicaƟon: October 2016
Format/extent: Hbk, 240 pp
Rights sold: Random House (US)
WiƩy,charming,andtotallyhonest,thisisamustͲhaveforLuckyBlueSmith fanseverywhere ‘Themanofthemoment...thereigninghearƩhrobofsocialmedia’ͲVogue ‘TheRollingStones,theBeatlesandJusƟnBieberrolledintoone’ͲTheNew YorkTimes Scouted at the age of ten, signed to an internaƟonal modelling agency by twelve, and now considered the world’s most inͲdemand male model at only eighteen, with 2.6 million Instagram followers to boot, Lucky Blue Smith is #lucky.
With a unique collecƟon of personal photographs, this book will take you into the heart of Lucky’s universe, and will put you right beside him as he shares stories about his life, his inspiraƟons and his passions, and reŇects on the daily pressures of being a teenager in the modern world.
GranƟng his fans an unprecedented level of access, Lucky reveals all – from his style inŇuences to his relaƟonships, from his family to his fans, from music, modelling and movies to fond memories of his childhood and an inƟmate look into his crazy life on the road. Along the way he shares the various lessons he’s learned, and oīers refreshing advice on how to be happy, healthy and conĮdent in your own skin. LuckyBlueSmithis an American model, actor, musician and social media superstar. 38
YES, INDEED Ben Elton
PublicaƟon: September 2018
Format/extent: Hbk, 364 pp
ThelifestoryofBenElton,thecreatoroftheinternaƟonallyacclaimed Blackadder,andoneofBritain'smostversaƟleandthoughtͲprovoking entertainers
Yes,Indeedcharts, for the Įrst Ɵme, Ben Elton’s stellar career in the world of BriƟsh comedy. From growing up in Caƞord, drama school at the age of 16 and the Įrst faltering steps on the stage of the Comedy Store to Friday Night Live, The Young Ones, Blackadder, We Will Rock You and a career as a bestselling novelist (among other things), Ben has never taken the easy path to success.
Packed with incident, humour and heartache, his autobiography tells the whole story and in so doing shines a light on the EighƟes, the decade when AlternaƟve Comedy truly came of age.
BenEltonhas wriƩen some of television's most popular and incisive comedy, including The Young Ones and Blackadder and is the author of fourteen major bestsellers, including Stark,Popcorn,Inconceivable,DeadFamousand High Society. He is married with three children and lives in Western Australia.
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A SPACE TRAVELLER’S GUIDE TO THE SOLAR SYSTEM Mark Thompson
PublicaƟon: April 2015
Format/extent: Hbk, 272 pp
Rights sold: Chijin Shokan (Japan); Dogus Yayin Grubu (Turkey); Pegasus (US)
AnenchanƟngandwildlyentertainingtouroftheSolarSystem ‘Yourpersonalstartrek.InthisinfecƟouslylivelyandinformaƟvebook... everyaspectofthisvirtualjourneyismeƟculouslyplanned.Thompsonisa naturalcommunicatorandonecomesawaywithaprofoundsenseofthe wondersofspace’ͲMailonSunday ‘MarkisawonderfulpromoterofAstronomy.He'stremendously knowledgeableaboutthegeographyofthenightsky,guidingthe experiencedamateurandcompletenovicewithequalskillandpassion’Ͳ Professor Brian Cox Have you ever dreamt of being an astronaut, travelling through the universe on your very own space mission?
On this epic voyage of discovery, astronomer Mark Thompson takes you on that journey. From how to prepare for takeͲoī and the experience of leaving Earth’s atmosphere, to the reality of living in the conĮnes of a spaceship and the strange sensaƟon of weightlessness, this is an adventure like no other.
MarkThompsonis one of the presenters on the BBC two award winning show Stargazing Live and the resident astronomer on ITV’s The Alan Titchmarsh Show.
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THE INCOMPLETE SHAKESPEARE John Crace & John Sutherland
PublicaƟon: April / October 2016 Format/extent: Hbk, 96 pp
BrilliantlyfunnycondensaƟonsofShakespeare’smostfamousplays, accompaniedbyexpertnotes
To celebrate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, we are publishing a series of his most famous works, condensed into loving parodies of a few thousand words with invaluable footnotes from John Sutherland. Funny, wiƩy and incredibly clever, these digests are a joy for those who know their Shakespeare, perfect for the theatreͲgoer needing a quick recap, or simply for pure amusement.
JohnCraceis the Guardian's parliamentary sketch writer and author of the ‘Digested Read’ columns. He is the author of INeverPromisedyouaRose Garden:AshortguidetomodernpoliƟcs,thecoaliƟonandthegeneralelecƟon and also BabyAlarm:ANeuroƟc’sGuidetoFatherhood among other works.
JohnSutherlandis Lord Northcliīe Professor Emeritus of Modern English Literature at University College London. He writes regularly for the Guardian and is the author of many books including TheLongman CompaniontoVictorianFicƟon, biographies of ScoƩ and Spender, and TheBoy WhoLovedBooks, a memoir.
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DRY Clare Liardet
PublicaƟon: October 2017
Format/extent: Hbk, 144 pp
AbeauƟfulnonͲalcoholiccocktailbookforlosingthealcohol,withoutlosing thepunch
Why should skipping alcohol mean boring drinks? This book is full of the very best cocktails – the most delicious Ňavours, the most disƟncƟve combinaƟons and the most adventurous recipes. And they are all made with nonͲalcoholic ingredients, from exciƟng new mixers to rich, fragrant syrups and spirits. Most can be created with ingredients found in your kitchen or garden, and all promise an exciƟng new way to drink dry.
These are imaginaƟve, grownͲup, nonͲalcoholic alternaƟves for the designated driver, teetotaller, or those who are pregnant, trying dry January, losing weight or just cuƫng back.
Whether you’re planning a Friday night in with friends, a lazy Sunday lunch or a barbecue in the summer sun, you can Įnd your dry drinks here.
ClareLiardethas worked in the food world for many years, and now runs the The Talbot Inn in Somerset, which was voted best hotel in the UK by the SundayTimes.
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BRING THE OUTSIDE IN Val Bradley
PublicaƟon: October 2016
Format/extent: Hbk, 64 pp
Anelegant,inspiraƟonalguidetoindoorgardeningfullofstylish photographyandessenƟalstepͲbyͲstepƟpsforaddinggreenerytoyour home ‘Everythingyouneedtoknowaboutkeepingplantsinyourhouse...lovely pictures,Ɵps,tricks...Iloveit’ͲZoe Sugg, aka Zoella ‘Lotsofideasandsoundadvice’ͲTheSundayTimes Love plants, but short on outdoor space? Or feeling inspired by striking terrariums and succulent gardens? Keen to create a unique home brimming with greenery? Then this is the book for you.
With stunning photography and expert stepͲbyͲstep Ɵps, BringTheOutsideIn reveals everything you need to know to help your plants thrive, from dramaƟc statement foliage and miniature citrus trees to tableͲtop terrariums and hanging planters. With chapters on orchids, cacƟ, herb gardens and chilli plants, your home will be Ňourishing in no Ɵme.
ValBradleyisa trained horƟculturist with a love of plants and a belief that everyone should grow more of them. She has published over ĮŌy books and is the gardening correspondent at TheSun. She is on TwiƩer (@ValGardening) where her goal is to show that nurturing plants is simple and achievable.
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THE LIVING WELL WITH CANCER COOKBOOK Fran Warde and Catherine Zabilowicz
PublicaƟon: June 2016
Format/extent: Tpbk, 288 pp
Rights sold: Droemer (Germany)
AbookofsalubriousrecipesandexpertnutriƟonaladviceforthose undergoingcancertreatment
Today many nutriƟonists believe that certain foods can help to boost or maintain a person’s strength during cancer treatment and enable a beƩer, more posiƟve recovery. This book aims to demonstrate how simple steps and following the right nutriƟonal advice can make a diīerence to those undergoing treatment.
There are diīerent recipes for diīerent stages of treatment, informaƟon on the importance of good gut health, and advice to help remove anxieƟes about weight loss and weight gain, loss of appeƟte and the changes in how food tastes. There are also secƟons on cooking for one; cooking for children; cooking for the Įrst Ɵme, and case studies focusing on the beneĮts of eaƟng well.
FranWarde'scareer has been fuelled by a passion for food. Trained as a chef, she worked at the Café Royal, on an Australian prawn trawler, ran her own cookery school and then moved into food styling and food wriƟng.
CatherineZabilowiczis a Senior NutriƟonal Therapist with experience from a range of nutriƟon advice roles from private consultancy to public health, and a special interest in cancer.
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