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Fiction
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TURNING FOR HOME Barney Norris
Publica on: January 2018
Format/extent: Hbk, 320pp
Material: May 2017
Op on publishers: Dumont (Germany); Le Seuil (France); Algoritam (Croa a)
The second novel by cri cally acclaimed author Barney Norris tackles family rela onships and coming to terms with the past
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 ‐ 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 ‐ and neither, for quite different reasons, does his granddaughter Kate. Robert is determined that this will be the final 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 cri cally acclaimed debut Five Rivers Met on a Wooded Plain, this is a compelling, emo onal story of family, human frailty, and the marks that love leaves on us.
Reviews for Five Rivers Met on a Wooded Plain
‘Norris writes beau fully, unearthing extraordinary depths in the everyday...a memorable writer, mature beyond his years’ ‐ Sunday Times
'One of our most exci ng young writers' ‐ The Times
Barney Norris is the founder of the theatre company Up In Arms, and has won an award for Most Promising Playwright for his play Visitors. 3
HOW I LOSE YOU Kate McNaughton
Publica on: January 2018
Format/extent: Hbk, 304 pp
Rights sold: Les escales (France)
Beau fully wri en and announcing a bold new literary talent, How I Lose You, offers a tender and heart‐breaking perspec ve on the ques on of how much we can ever really know the person we love
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 thirty‐one, a brilliant doctor with no health issues. They were supposed to grow old together.
In the a ermath, once the endless cups of tea and visits from family and friends have begun to thin out, Eva’s life begins to fracture. In a emp ng 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 finds is like nothing she could ever have expected.
How I Lose You is 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.
Kate McNaughton was born and raised in Paris to English parents. She read English at Cambridge and filmmaking at the European Film College in Denmark. She currently works as a documentary filmmaker and translator and lives in Berlin.
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THE THINGS WE THOUGHT WE KNEW Mahsuda Snaith
Publica on: June 2017
Format/extent: Hbk, 304 pp
Rights sold: Piper (Germany); Garzan (Italy)
A moving, insigh ul novel with an underlying mystery, for fans of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves and Elizabeth is Missing
Ravine Roy has been lying in a bed in a council flat for the last ten years. And she doesn't plan on going anywhere any me soon.
Badly burnt at the age of eight, she was le in chronic pain that won’t ease. And at the same me, her best friend le her and her world fell apart.
As she reaches her eighteenth birthday Ravine’s eccentric mother decides it’s me for her to leave the flat 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.
Seduc ve, heart‐breaking and charming, The Things We Thought We Knew is a warm, clever novel about the things we remember and the things we wish we could forget.
Mahsuda Snaith is a writer of novels, short stories and plays, and is the winner of the SI Leeds Literary Prize 2014, Bristol Short Story Prize 2014 as well as a finalist for the Mslexia Novel Compe on 2013. Mahsuda leads crea ve wri ng workshops at De Mon ort University and was picked as one of The Observer’s New Faces for 2017.
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WHAT ALICE KNEW T.A. Cotterell
Publica on: May 2017
Format/extent: Pbk, 480 pp
Rights sold: Euromedia (Czech); Goldmann (Germany); Amber (Poland)
An addic ve debut for fans of tense, thought‐provoking novels such as Liane Moriarty’s The Husband’s Secret and Clare Macintosh’s I Let You Go
Alice is a portrait painter obsessed with capturing the ‘truth’ of her si ers. She has always trusted her ins ncts and she knows that she married a good man. But when a woman dies following a party her husband a ended things don’t add up. In a weak moment Alice promises to support her husband and cover up suspicious details regarding his whereabouts at the night of the murder. But as the net closes in, Alice unravels psychologically and her capacity to keep her husband’s secret – and liberty – falls into doubt.
What consequences will it have on her rela onship with her children, and what happens if they find out one day? Will it mark their lives in the same way that Alice’s own mother’s lies marked hers? What would you do?
T.A. Co erell read History of Art at Cambridge University. He worked in the City before leaving to become a freelance writer. He has wri en for The Telegraph, The Spectator and assorted magazines and is now a writer and editor at the research house, Redburn. He is married with three children and lives in Bristol.
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SILENCE UNDER A STONE Norma McMaster
Publica on: February 2018
Format/extent: Tpbk, 240 pp
An achingly beau ful novel about family, faith and the pain of an irreconcilable heart.
‘I eke out my days here with care; spend them carefully, one at a me, like pennies in this one li le room where all the straggles and strays of my life are gathered up neat as a ball of wool; the eighty‐three years of them drawn taut to a single hard knot that weighs me down like a stone.’
From her bed in a Dublin nursing home, Harriet Campbell reflects on the me, 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 Congrega on. 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. Li le does Harriet realise that, as James grows up, she will be forced to choose between faith and family.
Wri en in startling beau ful prose, Silence Under a Stone is an in mate, deeply moving human story, where some mes the price of an unyielding faith is too great to bear. Norma MacMaster studied 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. 7
ALL WE SHALL KNOW Donal Ryan
Publica on: September 2016
Format/extent: Hbk, 224 pp
Rights sold: Kniha Zlin (Czech); Jensen & Dal‐ gaard (Danish); Kopernik (Dutch); Albin Michel (French); Diogenes Verlag (German); Penguin Books (US)
‘[As] All We Shall Know progresses, we watch with growing fascina on as he expands, not only his emo onal range, but also his social sphere. The book builds on those earlier works to establish Ryan beyond dispute as one of the finest writers working in Ireland today’ ‐ The Guardian
‘Mar n Toppy is the son of a famous Traveller and the father of my unborn child. He’s seventeen, I'm thirty‐three. I was his teacher. I’d have killed myself by now if I was brave enough. I don’t think it would hurt the baby. His li le heart would stop with mine. He wouldn't feel himself leaving one world of darkness for another, his spirit untangling itself from me.’
Melody Shee is alone and in trouble. Her husband doesn't take her news too well. She doesn't want to tell her father yet because he’s a good man and this could break him. She’s trying to stay in the moment, but the future is looming – larger by the day – while the past won’t let her go.
Donal Ryan’s new novel is breath‐taking, vivid, moving and redemp ve.
Donal Ryan’s novels 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 Ellio Prize.
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A BORDER STATION / MARRIED QUARTERS Shane Connaughton
Publica on: April / May 2017
Format/extent: Pbk, 192pp / Hbk, 336 pp
Material: January 2017
‘This is experience finely and skilfully dis lled’ – Irish Times
‘Well‐wri en and engrossing’ – Sunday Independent
Shane Connaughton’s debut novel A Border Sta on was widely acclaimed when first published by Penguin in 1989 and Transworld Ireland is delighted to be publishing a re‐issue, followed by a sequel, Married Quarters. The books tell the beau ful story of a local sergeant's son coming of age in an isolated police sta on on the Irish border, the last resort of eccentric, down‐and‐out officers from across the country.
In Married Quarters, the officers’ lives play out like theatre—all of them the le overs from other more important sta ons 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 A Border Sta on le off, Married Quarters is brilliant, funny and beau fully observed, and marks the return of Shane Connaughton, one of Ireland’s most cherished writers.
Shane Connaughton is an acclaimed novelist, screenwriter and actor. His screenplay for My Le Foot was shortlisted for an Academy Award; the film won two ac ng Oscars. His novel A Border Sta on was a bestseller when first published in 1989. 9
NOTHING ON EARTH Conor O’Callaghan
Publica on: May 2016
Format/extent: Tpk, 176 pp
Rights sold: Jensen & Dalgaard (Danish)
‘This one will stay with you like your shadow, as hard to shake off and as impossible to pin down’ ‐ The Guardian
‘As fine as it is frightening’ ‐ John Banville
A frightened girl bangs on a door. A man answers. It is the ho est summer in living memory, in a country that sounds like Ireland: post‐boom, in ruins, depopulated. The girl has words scrawled in blue on her burned flesh.
The girl tells the man about her mother, her mother’s iden cal twin, her father, and their strange shared life in the show‐house of an unfinished 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. Beau ful and terrifying, his disturbing tes mony reaches toward those frayed edges of reality where we glimpse something nobody will ever explain.
Conor O’Callaghan is a cri cally acclaimed poet and has been shortlisted and won prizes for his wri ng. He currently works both as a senior lecturer and as a tutor on a Masters programme in crea ve wri ng. This is his first novel.
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FOR THE WINNER Emily Hauser
Publica on: June 2017
Format/extent: Hbk, 320 pp
Rights sold: Goldmann (Germany); Pegasus (US)
For the Winner is the second novel in the enthralling Golden Apple Trilogy. A wonderful retelling of the legend of Atalanta, the princess who fought alongside the warrior heroes of Greece on the greatest adventure of their age
When the king of Pagasae le 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 fight, 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.
Emily Hauser studied Classics at Cambridge and then went to Harvard as a Fulbright Scholar. She is currently at Yale doing a PhD in Classics. For the Most Beau ful ‐ the first book in the Golden Apple trilogy ‐ is her debut novel.
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THE CORONER’S DAUGHTER Andrew Hughes
Publica on: February 2017
Format/extent: Hbk, 320 pp
Rights sold: Pegasus (US)
A cunningly plo ed and beau fully wri en historical crime novel to stand alongside the novels of Andrew Taylor, and Kate Mosse
‘Good old‐fashioned storytelling that will keep readers turning the pages as the shadows begin to fall’ ‐ Irish Times
Dublin, 1816. A young nursemaid murders her new‐born in the home of the Neshams, a prominent family in a radical Chris an sect called the Brethren. Rumours swirl about the iden ty of the child’s father, but before an inquest can be held, the maid is found dead a er 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 cri cal mind. Now she must push against the restric ons society places on a girl her age to pursue an increasingly dangerous inves ga on.
Abigail leads us through dissec on rooms and hospital wards, austere churches and graceful salons, while always shadowed by a pi less sociopath, whom she believes has killed twice already, and will no doubt kill again.
Andrew Hughes was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and is the author of The Convic ons of John Delahunt.
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INCENDIUM A D Swanston
Publica on: February 2017
Format/extent: Hbk, 400 pp
Treason and terror in Elizabethan England. A tense historical thriller, for fans of CJ Sansom
Summer 1572. England is vulnerable. Plague, fear and violence are in the air and religious unrest seethes just beneath the surface. To Christopher Radcliff and his employer, the Earl of Leicester, the prospects for peace are grave. Working as Leicester’s chief spy, Christopher must fight the threats of rebellion at home and invasion from abroad.
But his own life is far from orderly. His affair with Katherine Allington, the widow of an ex‐colleague, is turbulent and the cut‐throat world of court poli cs leaves no room for indiscre ons.
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 con nent are being trained to foment revolt in England. When the next plot is sprung, Christopher Radcliff needs to be one step ahead.
Andrew Swanston studied Law at Cambridge university and has held various posi ons in the book trade, including being a director of Waterstones, before turning to full‐ me wri ng.
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GLORY OF ROME Douglas Jackson
Publica on: August 2017
Format/extent: Hbk, 400 pp
Op ons: Pro Book (Bulgarian); Karakter (Dutch); New‐ ton & Compton (Italian); Artemis (Turkish)
For fans of Simon Scarrow and Ben Kane, Glory of Rome is the 8th novel in the Roman series about the hero Gaius Valerius Verrens
77AD. Gaius Valerius Verrens is an honoured member of Emperor Vespasian’s inner circle, but the enmity between him and Vespasian’s son Domi an means that, even in Rome, danger is never far away. Meanwhile, in the outer reaches of the Empire, in Britannia, trouble is brewing.
The governor, Gnaeus Julius Agricola is preparing to march his legions north and Valerius is Agricola’s chief legal adviser and deputy governor. It's the opportunity he seeks to move his wife and son out of reach of Domi an’s wrath.
But Britannia is where Valerius cut his military teeth and whe ed his sword ‐ and he will soon discover that the ghosts of his past are never far away and are more dangerous perhaps than Domi an.
Douglas Jackson is a journalist by profession and the author of nine Roman novels.
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THE FINDING OF MARTHA LOST Caroline Wallace
Publica on: March 2016
Format/extent: Hbk, 320pp
Rights sold: Jota (Czech); Karakter (Dutch); Rowohlt (German); Garzan (Italian); Pascal (Polish); Rocco (Portuguese/ Brazil)
Amélie meets Hugo in this charming, quirky novel ‐ with several mysteries to be solved, a cast of dis nc ve characters and a very warm heart
‘This magical book had me bewitched within a few paragraphs. Martha is an irresis ble character, who brings light and laughter into the lives of every person she meets ‐ and will do to yours too!’ Essen als Magazine
Martha is lost. She arrived at Lime Street sta on in Liverpool as a baby abandoned in a suitcase, and was adopted by the woman who runs the lost property office ‐ a woman who unfortunately turns out to be not that nice.
In her custody, Martha becomes a kind of Cinderella ‐ convinced by ‘Mother’ that if she ever sets foot outside, the whole sta on will crumble. So the sta on, 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 me every day, and the man with the suitcase that might belong to the Beatles – un l one day, le ers start to arrive, from someone claiming to know who Martha really is and who her parents are.
Martha has an almost magical talent for reuni ng lost objects with their owners, but can she solve the mystery of where she came from herself?
Caroline Wallace has an MA in Crea ve Wri ng and lives near Liverpool with her husband and children.
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IRON GODS Andrew Bannister
Publica on: May 2017
Format/extent: Hbk, 320 pp
Rights sold: Piper (German)
‘Balancing bursts of ac on with expansive world‐building, immersive prose and sharp dialogue, Bannister has wri en a colourful debut that conjures up the same kind of gnarly, lurid weirdness that made Iain M. Banks’ SF epics so memorable’ ‐ 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 is awoken. Ancient technology is beginning to s r ‐ so old that its use is long forgo en, its workings the stuff 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 influence, the des of power in the Spin are beginning to change.
Andrew Bannister studied 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
Publica on: June 2016
Format/extent: Hbk, 354pp
Op ons: Arhont (Bulgarian); Talpress (Czech); Delta Vision (Hungarian); Bertrand (Portuguese/ Brazil); Nemira (Romanian); Exmo (Russian); RH Mondadori (Spanish)
Rights sold: Karisto (Finnish); L’atalante (French); Goldmann (German); Proszynski (Polish); Ithaki (Turkish); Varrak (Estonian)
Completed by the authors some eighteen months before Terry Pratche 's un mely death, The Long Cosmos is the grand climax of the Long Earth series
2070‐71. Nearly six decades a er Step Day and in the Long Earth, the new Next post‐human society con nues to evolve.
For Joshua Valienté it is me to take one last solo journey into the High Meggers: an adventure that turns into a disaster. Alone and facing death, his only hope of salva on lies with a group of trolls. But as Joshua confronts his mortality, the Long Earth receives a signal from the stars. A signal that is picked up by radio astronomers but also in more abstract ways – by the trolls and by the Great Traversers. Its message is simple: JOIN US.
The super‐smart Next realise that the Message contains instruc ons on how to develop an immense ar ficial intelligence but to build it they have to seek help from the industrious worlds of mankind. Bit by bit, byte by byte, they assemble a computer the size of a con nent – a device that will alter the Long Earth’s place within the cosmos and reveal the ul mate, life‐affirming goal of those who sent the Message.
Terry Pratche was the acclaimed creator of the global bestselling Discworld series. He was the winner of mul ple prizes. He died in March 2015.
Stephen Baxter is one of the UK's most acclaimed writers of science fic on and a mul ‐award winner.
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DEADHOUSE LANDING Ian C Esslemont
Publica on: August 2017
Format/extent: 500 pp
Rights sold: Hunter Books (Brazil); Talpress (Czech); Tor Books (US)(US)
The second chapter in Ian C. Esslemont's epic fantasy sequence returns to that troubled con nent's turbulent early history.
A er the disappointments of Li Heng, Dancer and Kellanved wash up on a small insignificant 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 fled a civil war on their own home island. The plan, however, soon goes awry as Kellanved develops a strange and dangerous fascina on 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 ques on 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, finds himself being blamed for a plague which leads him to a crisis of faith ‐ and searching for answers.
During all this, war with the neighbouring island of Nap threatens, recruited allies wonder at Kellanved’s sanity, and powerful en es take more of an interest in the li le mage from Dal Hon. Dancer faces a hard choice: should he give up on his partnership?
Ian C Esslemont is the author of eight fantasy novels and co‐ created the Malazan series with Steven Erikson. He has worked as an archaeologist and also has a crea ve wri ng degree.
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THE FALL OF LIGHT Steven Erikson
Publica on: April 2016
Format/extent: Hbk, 760 pp
Rights sold: Bard (Bulgarian); Hunter Books (Brazil); Talpress (Czech); Tor Books (US)
Op ons: Ediciones B (Spain)
The interna onal bestselling author of The Malazan Book of the Fallen con nues his new fantasy sequence, The Kharkanas Trilogy, with a new novel of war and betrayal, dark sorcery and ancient gods
It is a bi er winter and civil war now ravages Kurald Galain, as Urusander’s Legion prepares to march upon the city of Kharkanas. The rebels’ only opposi on lies sca ered, bere of a leader since Anomander’s departure. Ruling in his brother’s stead, Silchas Ruin seeks to muster their allies, but is fast running out of me.
The officers and leaders of Urusander’s Legion are plo ng to cast aside the Consort, Draconus, and place Vatha Urusander on the throne at the side of the Living Goddess, Mother Dark. But this union will be far more than poli cal, as a cult is rising that will oppose Mother Dark and her Children.
Beneath the chaos of such events, an unconstrained magic now bleeds into the world. Following its scent, en es 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 – alas, his choice of poten al allies is suspect. In the name of order, he seeks its greatest avowed enemy…
Steven Erikson's debut novel, Gardens of the Moon, 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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THE SHOEMAKER AND HIS DAUGHTER Conor O’Clery
Publica on: April 2018
Format/extent: Tpbk, 304pp
Material available: November 2017
A remarkable family memoir about life in Soviet and Russia.
In the Soviet Union in 1962, shoemaker Stanislav Suvorov is imprisoned for five years. His crime? Selling a car for profit. 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.
The Shoemaker and His Daughter takes in sixty years of Soviet and Russian history through the prism of one ordinary family. The Suvorovs – Stanislav, his wife Marie a, and their daughters Zhanna and Larisa – lived a rela vely comfortable life in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, un l the social shame of Stanislav’s prison term forced them to leave. Circumstances took them to the sub‐zero city of Krasnoyarsk in Siberia, where there were so many prisons that, it was said, ‘it is be er to live opposite a prison than opposite your own home’.
The Suvorovs were first‐hand witnesses to the convulsive changes that saw the collapse of the Soviet empire in the late twen eth century and the rise of Pu n’s Russia. Along the way they experienced murder, economic mayhem and KGB harassment.
Conor O’Clery holds a unique perspec ve on the last years of the Soviet Union, having opened the first foreign bureau in Moscow for The Irish Times in 1987. He was subsequently foreign correspondent in Washington, Beijing and New York and has twice won Irish Journalist of the Year. 21
HAPPY Derren Brown
Publica on: September 2016
Format/extent: Hbk, 448 pp
Rights sold: Planeta (Spain)
‘Brown takes philosophy back to its truest task: that of helping us to live and die well. His book is deeply informa ve, moving, wise and full of love. It sets out to change lives ‐ and it will’ ‐ Alain De Bo on
‘Brilliant. Really brilliant and just crammed with wisdom and insight. It will genuinely make a difference to me and the way I think about myself. I'm going to recommend it to everyone I know’ ‐ Stephen Fry
Across the millennia, philosophers have thought long and hard about happiness, and come up with a mul tude of different defini ons and ideas for how we might live a happier life. Here, Derren explores the history of happiness from classical mes un l today, when the self‐help industry has a empted 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.
Fascina ng, entertaining and revelatory, this is a book for anyone who has ever wondered if there must be more to life.
Derren Brown began his UK television career in 2000 with a series of specials called Mind Control and has since become synonymous with the art of psychological manipula on. He is the author of three previous books: the bestselling Tricks of the Mind, Confessions of a Conjuror and a book of his caricatures, Portraits.
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BLACK HOLES: The Reith Lectures Stephen Hawking
Publica on: 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); Katropo (Greek); Rizzoli (Italian); Hayakawa (Japan); East Asia (S Korea); Zysk (Polish); Humanitas (Romanian); AST (Russia); Cri ca (Spanish); Alfa Basim (Turkish); Tre Publishing (Vietnamese); Ballan ne (US)
Stephen Hawking's BBC Reith Lectures on black holes annotated by BBC Science Editor David Shukman and with illustra ons throughout
“It is said that fact is some mes stranger than fic on, and nowhere is that more true than in the case of black holes. Black holes are stranger than anything dreamed up by science fic on writers.”
In 2016 Professor Stephen Hawking delivered the BBC Reith Lectures on a subject that has fascinated him for decades – black holes.
In these flagship lectures the legendary physicist argues that if we could only understand black holes and how they challenge the very nature of space and me, we could unlock the secrets of the universe.
Stephen Hawking held the post of Lucasian Professor of Mathema cs and Theore cal Physics at Cambridge, the chair held by Isaac Newton in 1663, for thirty years and is now director of Research for the Centre for Theore cal Cosmology at the University of Cambridge. He is regarded as one of the most brilliant theore cal physicists since Einstein. His books include the bestselling A Brief History of Time, Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays, and The Universe in a Nutshell.
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POCKET UNIVERSE APP Stephen Hawking
Publica on: September 2015
Format: App, IOS only
All the colour and the beauty of the universe is now at your finger ps in this new app, authorised by Professor Stephen Hawking
Whether you have always meant to read it, or just want its wisdom always to hand, Stephen Hawking’s ground‐breaking Brief History of Time is now made more accessible than ever. By exploring three of Stephen Hawking’s greatest discoveries – the No Boundary Complex, Singularity Theorems and Hawking Radia on, this app helps you to navigate and learn the science like never before.
Beau fully 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 narra ves, take side journeys, and share content using a link to Twi er ‐ all the while char ng your progress through the chapters and topics.
With stunning design, simple naviga on and new illustra ons, this app explains everything you want to know about the universe.
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YOUNG HITLER Paul Ham
Publica on: August 2017
Format/extent: Hbk, 384 pp
Material: March 2017
A biography of Hitler’s early life and how he was shaped by the First World War
Young Hitler was a nobody without any academic ambi ons and few friends. He was stubborn and strong‐willed, 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 poli cal career? How far did his war experience wrench an already disturbed mind in the direc on of a violent programme of revenge, culmina ng in mass murder? In this biography Paul Ham provides some very compelling answers.
Reviews for previous work:
‘A vivid, comprehensive and quietly furious account’ ‐ Ben Macintyre
‘Ham has wri en of these events with great power and assiduous research. Surely this is now the defini ve account of the Sandakan death marches’ ‐ Sydney Morning Herald
Paul Ham is a former Sunday Times correspondent, and has a Master’s degree in Economic History. He is the acclaimed author of 1914: The Year the World Ended, Sandakan and Hiroshima Nagasaki.
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AL BRITANNIA James Fergusson
Publica on: Hbk, June 2017
Format/extent: 320 pp
In this ground‐breaking book, James Fergusson travels the length of Britain to explore its o en misunderstood Muslim communi es, and to experience life throughout our increasingly diverse society.
Over the last ten years the Islamic popula on in the UK has doubled. A societal shi of this size and speed has inevitably brought controversy, with the influence on tradi ons, schools, courts and the collec ve iden ty becoming ever more present. As well as painful, because in the eyes of many, Islam has a problem: the extremist views of a ny minority which increasingly distort percep ons and fuel division.
The danger of this extremist threat is that many are star ng to lose faith in the cultural diversity that has glued our na on together for so long. Our tolerance of others, so o en cited as a fundamental Bri sh value is at risk.
In his search to answer important ques ons about Britain’s future, Fergusson finds a cauldron of tolerance and intolerance, kindness and ugliness, fear and friendship, and ul mately shines a light on the reality of life in Britain today.
James Fergusson is a freelance journalist and foreign correspondent who has wri en for many publica ons including the Independent, The Times, and The Economist. A regular television and radio commentator on Africa and the Middle East, he is the author of four previous books including the award‐ winning A Million Bullets.
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URBAN OUTLAW Magnus Walker
Publica on: June 2017
Format/extent: Hardback, 300 pp
Material: delivery October 2016
The inspira onal memoir of a self‐made business man
Magnus Walker is one of life’s originals. A true maverick. Serial entrepreneur, TV presenter, mo va onal speaker and one of the world’s most prolific Porsche collectors, the dreadlocked, ta ooed hoarder of individual crea vity is a very modern incarna on of success.
Walker le school with just two O levels. Now, 30 years and three successful businesses later, by following his ins ncts, rejec ng conven on and pursuing his passions Magnus has succeeded against all the odds.
Here, for the first me, is the full story of his journey from a Northern steel town to the bright lights of Hollywood, from a boy with li le hope to an an ‐ establishment hero. Along the way we’ll witness his potent combina on of crea vity and hard gra , discover his mo va ons and ambi ons, and come to understand his philosophy and the keys to his success.
Mar n Roach is a number 1 best‐selling ghost‐writer 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 Direc on and Nigel Mansell’s Staying On Track, which was announced as one of the ‘Top 50 Sports Books of All‐Time’.
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THE AMAZONS John Man
Publica on: June 2017
Format/Extent: Hbk, 320 pp
Material: March 2017
A ground‐breaking history of the real warrior women of Central Asia
From Wonder Woman to Arya Stark, the legacy of Amazon women is as alive today as ever. The Amazons of ancient myth were fierce, hard‐figh ng, horse‐ riding female warriors. Equal to men in ba le, legend depicts them as beau ful, deadly and the an thesis of the patriarchal world.
For centuries these powerful, sexually dominant barbarian women were believed to be the fantas cal inven on of Greek mythology. Un l 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 redefines our understanding of The Amazons and their culture and restores them to their righ ul posi on as one of the most feared and revered armies the world has ever known.
John Man is a historian and travel writer with a special interest in Mongolia. He is the author of the bestselling Genghis Khan and A la and has been translated into 20 languages.
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THE SECRET FOOTBALLER WHAT GOES ON TOUR
Publica on: May 2017
Format/Extent: Hbk, 256 pp
The most sensa onal exposé to date of the real lives of Premier League stars by the bestselling Secret Footballer
Since his first 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 five years on, he has now penned the work that all his fellow professionals have been urging him to do from the start, The Secret Footballer: What Goes on Tour. 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 fit and mostly fickle young men whose million‐pound salaries, to use his own words, 'open up a host of recrea onal opportuni es'. 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.
The Secret Footballer is the author of I Am The Secret Footballer, Tales from The Secret Footballer, The Secret Footballer's Guide to the Modern Game, The Secret Footballer: Access All Areas and The Secret Footballer: How to Win.
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THE HAPPIEST KIDS IN THE WORLD Rina Mae Acosta & Michele Hutchison
Publica on: January 2017
Format/extent: Hbk, 320 pp
Rights sold: People’s Oriental (Chinese); Nijgh & Van Ditmar (Dutch); Siltala (Finnish); Rizzoli (Italian); Wis‐ dom House (Korean); Sindbad (Russian); The Experiment (US)
In the spirit of French Children Don’t Throw Food, this is a book to appeal to frazzled mothers and fathers who are keen to hear how child‐rearing is done elsewhere
‘Clear and concise, with plenty of anecdotes from family life to illustrate the argument, this is one of the most convincing paren ng books to come across my desk in the last year’ ‐ Sunday Times
‘Considering 2016 was the year Brits embraced the cosy Danish concept of hygge, then 2017 may be the year in which we re of candles and adopt the rougher and readier Dutch version: gezelligheid… Entertaining… I would say all parents should read this book’ ‐ Daily Mail
In a recent UNICEF study of child well‐being, Dutch children came out on top as the happiest all‐round. 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, well‐ adjusted and healthy babies, children and teens.
Michele Hutchison is a freelance editor, translator and blogger based in Amsterdam. Rina Mae Acosta is an American freelance writer and blogger who lives near Utrecht in the Netherlands.
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STAY GOLDEN Lucky Blue Smith
Publica on: October 2016
Format/extent: Hbk, 240 pp
Rights sold: Random House (US)
Wi y, charming, and totally honest, this is a must‐have for Lucky Blue Smith fans everywhere
‘The man of the moment ... the reigning hear hrob of social media’ ‐ Vogue
‘The Rolling Stones, the Beatles and Jus n Bieber rolled into one’ ‐ The New York Times
Scouted at the age of ten, signed to an interna onal modelling agency by twelve, and now considered the most in‐demand male model at only eighteen, with 2.6 million Instagram followers to boot, Lucky Blue Smith is #lucky.
With a unique collec on 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 inspira ons and his passions, and reflects on the daily pressures of being a teenager in the modern world.
Gran ng his fans an unprecedented level of access, Lucky reveals all – from his style influences to his rela onships, from his family to his fans, from music, modelling and movies to fond memories of his childhood and an in mate look into his crazy life on the road. Along the way he shares the various lessons he’s learned, and offers refreshing advice on how to be happy, healthy and confident in your own skin. Lucky Blue Smith is an American model, actor, musician and social media superstar. 31
SAM & CHESTER Jo Bailey
Publica on: August 2016
Format/extent: Hbk, pp 288
Rights sold: Goldmann (German)
The heart‐warming story of how a teacup‐sized ginger pig helped to rescue a boy from his au sm, and of a mother's fight to win back her son
When Sam Bailey‐Merri was just two years old, almost overnight he lost the ability to communicate or func on. His mother, Jo, was at a loss as to what to do as she saw her son grow increasingly isolated and begin to suffer from uncontrollable fits. Eventually, Sam was diagnosed with au sm.
Sam's condi on con nued 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 ny ginger piglet called Chester, who stood sad and alone, apart from the rest of the li er. The connec on between the boy and the animal was immediate and their unusual friendship blossomed from the moment the family brought Chester home. The ny pig refused to leave Sam's side ‐ it was as if he knew that Sam needed a friend. And, for the first me in five years, Jo saw her son laugh.
While Sam's confidence grew, Chester grew in a different way: the micro pig that was supposed to become the size of a Cocker Spaniel in fact ballooned to three mes that size ‐ 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 JANUARY MAN Christopher Somerville
Publica on: January 2017
Format/extent: Hbk 302 pp
From The Times' much‐loved walking columnist, a lyrical record of a year walking the Bri sh Isles while exploring the nature of his rela onship with his father
‘In January 2006, a month or two a er my father died, I thought I saw him again – a momentary impression of an old man, a li le stooped, se ng off for a walk in his characteris c fawn corduroys and shabby quilted jacket. A er teenage ri s it was walking that brought us closer as father and son; and this ‘ghost’ of Dad has been walking at my elbow since his death, as I have ruminated on his great love of walking, his prodigious need to do it – and how and why I walk myself.’
The January Man is 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 Bri sh Isles, following routes that con nually bring his father to mind. As he travels the country – from the winter floodlands of the River Severn to the lambing pastures of Nidderdale, the towering seabird cliffs 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.
Christopher Somerville is the walking correspondent of The Times. He is the author of thirty‐six books and has many TV and radio appearances to his name.
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THE CURIOUS BIRD LOVER’S HANDBOOK Niall Edworthy
Publica on: March 2017
Format/extent: Pbk, 224 pp
Rights sold: Perigee (US)
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 li le about their remarkable behaviour, incredible diversity and the story of their evolu on.
How do migra ng birds know where to go? Are birds really descended from dinosaurs? How do birds have sex?
This handbook sets about answering every interes ng ques on 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 beau ful, others common and familiar. As this cap va ng and o en humorous handbook reveals, all of them are fascina ng.
The hardback edi on tled "Bald Coot and Screaming Loon" was published in 2009. This paperback edi on has been updated and includes a new foreword from the author.
Niall Edworthy has wri en 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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THE HURLEY-MAKER’S SON Patrick Deeley
Publica on: April 2016
Format/extent: Hbk, 256 pp
An enchan ng, beau fully wri en account of family, love, loss and the unstoppable march of me
‘A courageous and hear elt work, a lament and an act of recupera on, decep vely artless and engagingly plainspoken’ ‐ Irish Times
The Hurley‐Maker’s Son opens with the death of the author’s father in 1978, before moving back in me to a childhood in rural East Galway. Deeley’s life unfolds as a series of memories; from the intricate workings of the mber 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 ver ginous quickstep on the roof of their house. There are many wonderful descrip ons of the natural world and deligh ul cameos of characters and incidents from a not‐so‐long‐ago country childhood. In a style reminiscent of John McGahern’s Memoir, Deeley’s beau fully paced prose captures the rhythms, struggles and rough edges of a rural life that was already dying even as he grew.
Patrick Deeley is an established poet and his work has appeared in leading literary journals in Ireland, UK, USA, Canada and Australia. Approximately fi y anthologies both in Ireland and abroad have featured his poems, which also have been broadcast widely on radio and television and published in transla on in French, Italian, Dutch, Ukranian, Spanish and Moldovan.
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YES, INDEED Ben Elton
Publica on: September 2017
Format/extent: Hbk, 364 pp
The life story of Ben Elton, the creator of the interna onally acclaimed Black Adder, and one of Britain's most versa le and thought‐provoking entertainers
Yes, Indeed charts, for the first me, Ben Elton’s stellar career in the world of Bri sh comedy. From growing up in Ca ord, drama school at the age of 16 and the first 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 Eigh es, the decade when Alterna ve Comedy truly came of age.
Ben Elton has wri en 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, Dead Famous and High Society. He is married with three children and lives in Western Australia.
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AFRICA SOLO Mark Beaumont
Publica on: May 2016
Format/extent: Tpbk, 320 pp
The story of an astonishing, world record‐breaking adventure from Cairo to Cape Town by the bestselling author of The Man Who Cycled the World
In the spring of 2015, Mark Beaumont set out from the bustling heart of Cairo on his latest world record a empt ‐ solo, the length of Africa, intending to ride to Cape Town in under 50 days. Seven years since he smashed the world record for cycling round the world, this would be his toughest trip yet. And he would set a new mark that would simply break the limits of endurance.
Despite illness, mechanical faults, a empted robbery and stone‐throwing children, as well as dehydra on in the deserts and unprecedented levels of exhaus on, Mark completed the journey in just 41 days, 10 hours and 22 minutes, a er cycling 6,762 miles, spending 439 hours in the saddle and climbing 190,355 feet through 8 countries.
From the obvious dangers of Egypt, Sudan and Kenya, over the unpaved, muddy, mountainous roads of Ethiopia, through the beau ful grasslands of Tanzania and Zambia, to riding at night in Botswana in the company of elephants and giraffes, Mark brings Africa to life in all its complex glory, friendship and curiosity, while inspiring us all to ques on the bounds of what is possible.
Mark Beaumont was born in 1983 and grew up in the foothills of the Sco sh Highlands. When he was twelve, he cycled across Scotland from Dundee to Oban, then a few years later, completed the 1,000 mile solo ride across Britain from John O'Groats to Land's End. He’s barely stopped since then. Visit his website at www.markbeaumontonline.com
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A SPACE TRAVELLER’S GUIDE TO THE SOLAR SYSTEM Mark Thompson
Publica on: March 2015
Format/extent: Hbk, 272 pp
Rights sold: Chijn Shokan (Japan); Dogus Yayin Grubu (Turkey); Pegasus (US)
An enchan ng and wildly entertaining tour of the Solar System
‘Your personal star trek. In this infec ously lively and informa ve book ... every aspect of this virtual journey is me culously planned. Thompson is a natural communicator and one comes away with a profound sense of the wonders of space’ ‐ Mail on Sunday
‘Mark is a wonderful promoter of Astronomy. He's tremendously knowledgeable about the geography of the night sky, guiding the experienced amateur and complete novice with equal skill and passion’ 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 take‐off and the experience of leaving Earth’s atmosphere, to the reality of living in the confines of a spaceship and the strange sensa on of weightlessness, this is an adventure like no other.
Mark Thompson is 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
Publica on: April / October 2016
Format/extent: Hbk, 96 pp
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, wi y and incredibly clever, these digests are a joy for those who know their Shakespeare, perfect for the theatre‐goer needing a quick recap, or simply for pure amusement.
John Crace is the Guardian's parliamentary sketch writer and author of the ‘Digested Read’ columns. He is the author of I Never Promised you a Rose Garden: A short guide to modern poli cs, the coali on and the general elec on and also Baby Alarm: A Neuro c’s Guide to Fatherhood among other works.
John Sutherland is Lord Northcliffe Professor Emeritus of Modern English Literature at University College London. He writes regularly for the Guardian and is the author of many books including The Longman Companion to Victorian Fic on, biographies of Sco and Spender, and The Boy Who Loved Books, a memoir.
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BRING THE OUTSIDE IN Val Bradley
Publica on: October 2016
Format/extent: Hbk, 64 pp
An elegant, inspira onal guide to indoor gardening full of stylish photography and essen al step‐by‐step ps for adding greenery to your home
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 step‐by‐step ps, Bring The Outside In reveals everything you need to know to help your plants thrive, from drama c statement foliage and miniature citrus trees to table‐top terrariums and hanging planters. With chapters on orchids, cac , herb gardens and chilli plants, your home will be flourishing in no me.
Val Bradley is a trained hor culturist with a love of plants and a belief that everyone should grow more of them. She has published over fi y books and is the gardening correspondent at The Sun. She is on Twi er (@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
Publica on: March 2016
Format/extent: Tpbk, 256 pp
Rights sold: Droemer (Germany)
A book of salubrious recipes and expert nutri onal advice for those undergoing cancer treatment
Today many nutri onists believe that certain foods can help to boost or maintain a person’s strength during cancer treatment and enable a be er, more posi ve recovery. This book aims to demonstrate how simple steps and following the right nutri onal advice can make a difference to those undergoing treatment.
There are different recipes for different stages of treatment, informa on on the importance of good gut health, and advice to help remove anxie es about weight loss and weight gain, loss of appe te and the changes in how food tastes. There are also sec ons on cooking for one; cooking for children; cooking for the first me, and case studies focusing on the benefits of ea ng well.
Fran Warde's career 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 wri ng.
Catherine Zabilowicz is a Senior Nutri onal Therapist with experience from a range of nutri on advice roles from private consultancy to public health, and a special interest in cancer.
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CARNEVAL Harry Eastwood
Publica on: September 2016
Format/extent: Tpbk, 256 pp
One cook’s quest to uncover the secrets of sizzlingly grilled and silkily slow‐ cooked meat
In her new book Harry Eastwood shares over 100 delicious and iconic meaty recipes, as well as some serious meaty wisdom.
The product of twelve years of mulling, research and passionate foray into her specialised subject, Harry’s meat quest has taken her from the neon‐lit alleyways of Smithfield Market, via the Australian outback, to larders up and down the Sco sh highlands. Harry started the journey as a vegetarian and ended it a butcher so you could say her feelings have come full circle. She's never lost her sensi vity towards the animals, though, and that's the rub and the reason she wanted to learn butchery: if you eat meat, you need to do it right.
With recipes for Baby Back Ribs, Beef Cheeks Bourguignon and Beer Can Chicken, Harry Eastwood can show you how.
Harry Eastwood is the author of three cookery books: Red Velvet & Chocolate Heartache, The Skinny French Kitchen and A Salad for All Seasons. Famous for her original, imagina ve and unusual approach to lowering the calories and introducing colour and goodness into our favourite dishes, Harry's focus is the crea on of easy and reliable recipes that work each and every me.
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