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THE ORION PUBLISHING GROUP RIGHTS GUIDE 2017

CONTENTS

Fiction 1

Gollancz Science Fiction & Fantasy 30

Non-Fiction 61

Illustrated Non-Fiction 107 Orion Rights Department Contact Details GENERAL ENQUIRIES Tel: + 44(0)20 3122 6444 www.orionbooks.co.uk [email protected]

US RIGHTS Susan Howe – Group Rights, Audio and Digital Director Direct line: +44(0)20 3122 6905 [email protected]

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Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Estonian, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Romanian, Russian and Turkish language rights Richard King – Rights Manager Direct line: +44(0)20 3122 6886 [email protected]

Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian & Swedish language rights Hannah Goodman – Rights Executive Direct line: +44(0)20 3122 6823 [email protected]

TV AND FILM RIGHTS Susan Howe – Group Rights, Audio and Digital Director Richard King – Rights Manager Direct line: +44(0)20 3122 6886 [email protected] = Film/TV rights controlled by Orion HIGHLIGHTS

The Lost ...... 6

I, Witness ...... 8

My Little Eye ...... 9

Hot Mess ...... 20

The After-Wife ...... 27

One Way ...... 50

The Ember Blade ...... 60

Syria’s Secret Library ...... 76

Being John Lennon ...... 80

See Ya Later ...... 91

16:8 Fast Fit Plan ...... 110

Superstar Cats ...... 131

Superstar Dogs ...... 131 Fiction 2 Fiction | Crime & Thrillers ISABEL ASHDOWN

sabel Ashdown is the author of four novels and winner of the IMail on Sunday Novel Competition. Her debut Glasshopper was published and named as one of the best books of the year by the Observer and the London Evening Standard.

Little Sister

A dark exploration of the relationship between sisters and the secret history that binds them. Perfect for fans of The Ice Twins.

All she ever wanted was her sister’s forgiveness...

A missing child. A broken mother. A sister who doesn’t remember a thing.

After sixteen years apart sisters Jessica and Emily are reunited. With the past now behind them, the warmth they once shared quickly returns and before long Jess has moved into Emily’s comfortable island home. Life couldn’t be better. But when baby Daisy disappears while in Jess’s care, the perfect life Emily has so carefully built starts to fall apart.

Was Emily right to trust her sister after everything that happened before?

‘Little Sister had me gripped from start to finish’ Louise Candlish, author of The Swimming Pool

‘Addictive and brimming with dark surprises’ Juliet West, author of The Faithful

haron Bolton (previously S. J. Bolton) is the critically acclaimed Sauthor of some of the most bone-chilling crime books ever written. She has been shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger for Crime Novel of the Year and the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. In 2014 she won the CWA Dagger in the Library for her whole body of work.

The Craftsman

Award-winning writer Sharon Bolton joins Orion with her most gripping, suspenseful and chilling novel yet, tapping unnervingly well into our primal fear of being buried alive…

August, 1999 On the hottest day of the year, Detective Inspector Florence Lovelady returns to her hometown to attend the funeral of Larry Glassbrook, the murderer she convicted thirty years earlier. A master carpenter and funeral director, he killed his victims by imprisoning them, alive, in the caskets he made.

June, 1969 13 year old Patsy Wood has been missing for two days, the third teenager to disappear in as many months. A clay effigy of Patsy is found in a coffin, tied with her hair. Newly qualified WPC Florence Lovelady is struck by a report from a group of school children who claim to have heard a voice calling for help. A voice from a grave.

August, 1999 As she tries to lay her ghosts to rest, DI Lovelady is drawn to Glassbrook’s old house, in the shadow of the Pendle Hills, where she once stayed with the family as a lodger. She is chilled by the discovery of an effigy. Is the killer still at large? And is she now in terrible danger?

Trapeze | April 2018 | 304pp | Ms due October 2018 Rights: US Translation: The Ampersand Agency 4 Fiction | Crime & Thrillers MASON CROSS

ason Cross was born in Glasgow and studied English at Mthe University of Stirling. He published his first novel The Killing Season, the start of a bestselling thriller series, in 2014 to great critical acclaim. Since then the series has gone on to sell over 125,000 copies and the second title The Samaritan was selected for the Richard and Judy Book Club. masoncrossbooks.blogspot.com @MasonCrossBooks

Don’t Look for Me

Mason Cross returns with his gripping new thriller – perfect for fans of David Baldacci, Linwood Barclay and Mark Billingham.

It was a simple instruction, and for six years Carter Blake has kept his word. He hasn’t looked for the woman he once loved and lost. But now her life is in danger and Blake is forced to break that promise.

Trenton Gage is a hitman with a talent for finding people – dead or alive. His latest job is to track down a woman who’s on the run, harbouring a secret many would kill for. It turns out Blake and Gage are after the same person – but who will get to her first?

‘My kind of book’ Lee Child

‘One of the most interesting ‘loner’ heroes to have arrived in recent years . . . Told with pace and vigour by a writer who seems to have a natural aptitude for thrillers, it is not to be missed’ Daily Mail

Also by Mason Cross: The Killing Season (2014); The Samaritan (2015); The Time To Kill (2016)

5 5 , which , which The Devil The Devil Sunday Sunday City of Lies (2012); (2005); The Anniversary Man (2015) A Quiet Belief in Angels A Quiet Belief (2008); A Quiet Vendetta A Dark and Broken Heart (2004); Mockingbird Songs (2011); @rjellory (2014), Ghostheart A Simple Act of Violence : Dutch: De Fontein | French: Sonatine Bad Signs (2003); (2007); A.M. Heath . J. Ellory is the critically acclaimed author of eleven previous author of eleven previous the critically acclaimed . J. Ellory is the bestselling novels including : China/Taiwan: Big Apple | Japan: EAJ | Korea: EYA | Turkey: Anatolialit (2010); RJ ELLORY R was a Richard & Judy Book Club selection and won the Nouvel Nouvel selection and won the & Judy Book Club was a Richard Prize. Observateur Crime Fiction www.rjellory.com Orion | September 2017 | 368pp | Ms available Rights: Translation Agents US rights: Option Publishers Carnival of Shadows Candlemoth America (2013); of A Quiet Belief in Angels Saints of New York Ellory is one of the crime genre’s most critically acclaimed stars.Ellory is one of the crime genre’s most critically the glitz, glamour and gangster focusing on This novel is a change for Ellory, 50s. underworld of Hollywood in the 30s, 40s and Also by RJ Ellory: in the top flight of crime writing’ ‘Ellory’s distinctive voice confirms his place Telegraph • • 1940s Hollywood lies a world of corruption and organised crime in which, before long, and organised crime in which, before long, 1940s Hollywood lies a world of corruption feelings for each other grow, Lucia is Nicky becomes entangled. As Lucia and Danny’s the man she loves. torn between her loyalty to her brother and Lucia Mariani has ambitions to become an actress, while her brother, Nicky, wants actress, while her brother, Nicky, wants Lucia Mariani has ambitions to become an what the cost. Irish born Danny McCabe is to make something of himself – no matter out-run his past. beneath the glitzy façade of fleeing from a terrible crime, desperate to exposes the dark heart loyalty, love, corruption and lies, which A gripping tale of family Hollywood. behind the glamourous façade of 20th-century Kings and the River (2006); (2009); 6 Fiction | Crime & Thrillers MARI HANNAH

ari Hannah is the award-winning author of the Kate MDaniels crime fiction series. Her former career as a Probation Officer informs her writing, and she has won the Northern Writers’ Award, the Polari First Book Prize, and was shortlisted for the Dagger in the Library Award in 2014. Mari is also a scriptwriter with a number of projects under her belt, and a series currently in development with Stephen Fry’s film and TV production company Sprout Pictures.

The Lost

The gripping first novel in the exciting new Charlton and Oliver series by award- winning author, Mari Hannah.

Alex should never have agreed to the spur-of-the-moment holiday with her sister. Seven days felt like a year without James, her ten-year-old son. This was the first time they had been apart since he was born and her husband had convinced her it was a good idea.

It was a bad idea.

James has gone missing.

As local CID officers, David Stone and Frankie Oliver have been assigned to their first case together. Thankfully this is short-lived as James is soon found alive and well.

It’s when James’ babysitter is found dead that the real case begins...

Orion | March 2018 |304pp | Ms due January 2018 Rights: World

7 Fiction | Crime & Thrillers MARGARET KIRK

argaret Morton Kirk is a Highland Scot and a graduate Mof Glasgow University. She is the winner of the Good Housekeeping Novel Competition 2016. Find her on Twitter @HighlandWriter.

Shadow Man

Two brutal killings rock Inverness, and bring ex-Met Detective Inspector Lukas Mahler the biggest challenge of his career.

Police informant Kevin Ramsay’s murder looks like a gangland-style execution. But what could he have stumbled into that was dangerous enough to get him violently killed?

The body of the queen of daytime TV, Morven Murray is discovered by her sister, Anna, on the eve of her wedding day. But does Anna know more about the murder than she’s letting on?

Mahler has only a couple of weeks to solve both cases while dealing with his mother’s fragile mental health, as well as his estranged sister. But caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse, is ex-Met DI Lukas Mahler hunting one killer, or two?

Orion | November 2017 | 368pp | Ms available Rights: World 8 Fiction | Crime & Thrillers NJ MACKAY

J Mackay is a fresh new voice in crime fiction, and I, Witness is Nher debut novel.

I, Witness

The gripping first novel in the exciting new Maddison Attallee series.

Clare Reynolds has just been released from a six-year prison sentence for manslaughter.

Private Investigator Maddison Attallee remembers the case well – she was the first officer on the scene when Clare was found holding the knife that killed her best friend, Naomi Andrews.

It was the case that had it all; drugs, a wealthy party lifestyle and at its heart two beautiful young women.

Against her family’s wishes, Clare has come to ask the PI to clear her name. Maddison doesn’t believe her client is innocent but takes the case because she needs the money. But soon things don’t seem to add up and Maddison is desperate to get to the bottom of what happened that night all those years ago.

Orion | March 2018 |352pp | Ms due September 2017 Rights: World 9 Fiction | Crime & Thrillers STEPHANIE MARLAND

tephanie Marland is an alumni of the MA in Creative SWriting (Crime Fiction) at City University London, and an avid reader of all things crime fiction, blogging about books at www.crimethrillergirl.com.

My Little Eye

A rocket-paced thriller for fans of Mark Billingham and Luther. Can a group of true crime addicts take on a struggling police force to catch a serial killer?

Clementine Starke was dead for three thousand and six seconds. The accident that claimed her father has left her feeling empty, her contact with others limited to watching true crime fans on social media as she studies their online behaviour for her PhD.

When members of social networking site True Crime London decide to take matters into their own hands and investigate the serial killer dubbed “The Lover”, Clementine decides it’s time for her to join in. Determined to integrate herself into the group, Clementine takes increasingly greater risks to find new information; breaking into the crime scene, stealing evidence and stalking the lead investigator – Detective Inspector Dominic Bell.

As Starke and Bell get closer to cracking the case neither of them realise they’re being watched. The killer is closer to them than they think, and he has his next victim – Clementine – firmly in his sights.

Trapeze | January 2018 | 304pp | Ms available Rights: World excluding Germany 10 Fiction | Crime & Thrillers STEVE MOSBY

teve Mosby is the author of six previous thrillers including SThe 50/50 Killer, which won him critical acclaim and massive translation deals across Europe. He has won the CWA Dagger ‘in the Library’ award, given for not just one novel but a whole body of works, and Black Flowers was shortlisted for the Theakston’s Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year, as well as being optioned for television. www.leftroom.co.uk @stevemosby

You Can Run

A gripping psychological thriller from the author of The Nightmare Place and I Know Who Did It.

When a car crashes into a garage on an ordinary street, the attending officer is shocked to look inside the damaged building and discover a woman imprisoned within. As the remains of several other victims are found in the attached house, police believe they have finally identified the Red River Killer – a man who has been abducting women for nearly twenty years and taunting the police with notes about his crimes. But now the main suspect, John Blythe, is on the run.

As the manhunt for Blythe intensifies, DI Will Turner finds himself fighting to stay involved in the investigation. The Red River killings hold a personal significance to him and he must be the one to find the killer, although he’s determined to keep this from his fellow officers at all costs.

‘Steve Mosby has become one of a handful of writers who make me excited about crime fiction.’ Val McDermid

Also by Steve Mosby: The Third Person (2003); The Cutting Crew (2004); The 50/50 Killer (2007); Cry For Help (2008); Still Bleeding (2009); Black Flowers (2010); Dark Room (2012); The Nightmare Place (2014); I Know Who Did It (2015)

arah Naughton’s children’s debut novel, The Hanged Man SRises, was shortlisted for the 2013 Costa award and her second children’s thriller, The Blood List, was published in 2014. Trapeze snapped her up for her adult fiction and Tattletale is her brilliant debut.

Tattletale

For fans of Disclaimer and I Let You Go, Tattletale is the debut psychological thriller you can’t miss.

Once upon a time, there was a little girl who believed in fairytales.

Now she is out to get your happy ending.

One day changes Jody’s life forever. She has shut herself down, haunted by her memories and unable to trust anyone. But then she meets Abe, the perfect stranger next door, and suddenly life seems full of possibility and hope.

One day changes Mags’s life forever. After years of estrangement from her family, Mags receives a shocking phone call. Her brother Abe is in hospital and no-one knows what happened to him. She meets his fiancé Jody, and gradually pieces together the ruins of the life she left behind. But the pieces don’t quite seem to fit . . .

‘A gripping thriller. Delivers suspense, twists and sharp writing.’ Lisa Jewell, author of I Found You

‘It’s one of the best debuts I’ve read. It deserves to be MASSIVE.’ Julia Crouch

.B. Shaw is the pen-name of New York Times bestselling Mwriter Tilly Bagshawe. A mother at 17, Tilly won a place at Cambridge University and took her baby daughter with her. She went on to enjoy a successful career in the City before becoming a writer, contributing regularly to the Sunday Times, Daily Mail, and Evening Standard, before turning her hand to novels. Tilly’s first book, Adored, was a smash hit on both sides of the Atlantic, and she now divides her time between the UK and America, writing her own books and the new series of Sidney Sheldon novels. www.tillybagshawe.com

Portrait of a Murder: The Mill

Book one in the Iris Grey series

A fresh cosy-crime series, perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, the British Library Crime Classics series and Midsomer Murders.

The Mill introduces readers to portrait painter and amateur sleuth Iris Grey. Set in an old converted water mill in Hampshire, the first Iris Grey mystery centres around The Mill’s owners, the Wetherby family. Iris has been commissioned to paint a portrait of Dominic Wetherby, a celebrated author, and finds herself drawn into a world of village gossip, romantic intrigue, buried secrets and a murder.

Trapeze | November 2017 | 304pp | MS available Rights: US Translation: Janklow & Nesbit 13 Fiction | Women’s TERRI FLEMING

erri Fleming spent several happy years in advertising before Tturning her hand to writing. She was born in Australia, but has lived in the UK for over thirty years. Perception is her debut novel.

Perception

A lively, entertaining sequel to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, following the fates of the unmarried Bennet sisters, studious Mary and fun-loving kitty.

Opening several years after the events of Pride and Prejudice, Mary and Kitty are still at Longbourn and Mrs Bennet’s hopes of finding an eligible bachelor in Meryton are dwindling. Mary, busy with her books, has no interest in finding a husband. But when Mr Montagu, the handsome son of a local family, returns home after years of study, Mary discovers in him a kindred spirit. Against all her better judgement, Mary finds herself falling for Mr Montagu, but his socially ambitious mother has other ideas . . .

• July 2017 is the 200th aniversary of Jane Austen’s death.

onya Lalli grew up in Canada and now works as a journalist Sin London. She was inspired to write her debut novel by the strong Indian women in her life, including her real-life Nani – who thankfully is yet to play matchmaker. Visit her website www.sonyalalli.com or follow her on Twitter and Instagram @saskinthecity

The Arrangement

A comic tale of one girl’s attempts to break free from cultural expectations and her matchmaker grandmother – Bend it Like Beckham meets Bridget Jones’s Diary.

Raised by her grandmother ‘Nani’, Raina is 29 and unmarried. According to their very tight-knit Indian community, she’s also selfishly crushing Nani’s dream of a traditional Indian wedding for her.

However, Nani is fighting back by ambushing Raina with blind dates so that, like her friends, Raina too can choose a nice Indian man and have a nice Indian wedding. But Raina doesn’t want to date Indian men, she wants to date and marry one specific Indian man, Dev. He’s not so much the one who got away but rather the one who’s never around but won’t go away. Heartbroken by Dev’s inability to commit or leave her alone, Raina wants to believe Dev will one day see the light. Waiting for that day, Raina is desperate to avoid the arrangement Nani is making for her and in a moment of panic lets Nani believe that the reason why she doesn’t want to get married is because she’s gay.

Horrified by the lie she’s told, Raina is torn between the relief of escaping the pressure of getting married and the guilt at seeing her beloved grandmother ostracised by bigoted elements of the community.

Sonya is a fresh, new voice in commercial women’s fiction and will appeal to women in their twenties and thirties looking for a new perspective.

arine Lambert is a photographer and novelist. Her first novel, KL’immeuble des Femmes Qui Ont Renoncé aux Hommes, sold more than 100,000 copies in France.

Now Let’s Dance

For fans of The Elegance of the Hedgehog and The One Hundred Year Old Man, a heart-warming tale of two unlikely lovers rediscovering their joie de vivre.

Marguerite had been living a comfortable but dull existence in a suburban town with her straitlaced lawyer husband. When he dies, she realises that life has passed her by.

Marcel had been in a loving relationship with Nora since they left Algeria sixty years before. Now that he has lost her, he has lost his way.

Marguerite and Marcel live in two very different worlds – one rich, one poor. They never should have met. And yet their paths cross at a retreat, and a connection forms... But will they manage to overcome the disapproval of their friends and families, as well as their own misgivings? Or have they left it too late to really follow their hearts’ desires?

Weidenfeld & Nicolson | September 2017 | 288pp | MS available Rights: US Translation: JC Lattes 16 Fiction | Women’s MAUREEN LEE

aureen Lee is the queen of saga writing. Women of all ages Mare inescapably drawn to her wonderful, unputdownable novels. Each one is packed full of drama, sorrow, friendship and romance. Her books are now selling in excess of 100,000 copies in paperback and her last two novels appeared on the Sunday Times’ bestseller lists. www.maureenlee.co.uk

Violet’s Children

A powerful, heart-warming new novel from the author of The Seven Streets of Liverpool and The Kelly Sisters.

Beginning in 1950s Liverpool, Violet’s Children is a warm and nostalgic story of a young woman who must adopt her sister’s children after tragedy strikes.

• With over 20 novels to date, Maureen Lee’s powerful stories and compelling narrative have made her the Queen of the Saga. • All of Maureen’s recent titles have been Sunday Times bestsellers in both hardback and paperback. • Maureen Lee won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award for Dancing in the Dark. • Maureen Lee has written two Quick Reads for World Book Day.

‘Another powerful saga from a fine writer.’ Evening Telegraph

Also by Maureen Lee: Queen of the Mersey (2004); The September Girls (2005); The Old House on the Corner (2005); Kitty and her Sisters (2006); The Leaving of Liverpool (2007); Mother of Pearl (2008); Nothing Lasts Forever (2009); Martha’s Journey (2010); Au Revoir Liverpool (2011); After the War is Over (2012); Flora and Grace (2013); The Seven Streets of Liverpool (2014); The Kelly Sisters (2015)

eraldine is a well-loved Irish author based in Scotland, with Gover ten titles published.

Music Across the Mersey

A heartwarming saga of growing up in the 1940s and 1950s from Irish storyteller Geraldine O’Neill.

When a brother and sister are left orphaned by a tragic accident in 1930s Dublin, one is sent to Liverpool while the other is raised in Dublin. Spanning countries and decades this is a warm read perfect for fans of Maureen Lee and Lyn Andrews.

Also by Geraldine O’Neill: Tara Flynn (2003); Tara’s Fortune (2004); The Grace Girls (2005); The Flowers of Ballygrace (2006); Tara’s Destiny (2007); Cara Gayle (2008)

Orion | September 2017 | 320pp | Ms due June 2017 Rights: World 18 Fiction | Women’s NICKY PELLEGRINO

icky Pellegrino is of Italian origin and lives in New Zealand Nwhere she works on a leading women’s magazine. Her debut novel Delicious received wonderful reviews: ‘Full bodied as a rich Italian red, it is a page turner combining the missed chances of Captain Corelli’s Mandolin with the foodie pleasures of Chocolat. A warming read for a winter’s night’ Eve magazine. Her novels have been translated into thirteen languages. www.nickypellegrino.com @nickypellegrino

A Year at Hotel Gondola

A woman swaps her far-flung travels for her biggest adventure yet – a relationship. Perfect for fans of warm contemporary women’s fiction from Jo Thomas and Adriana Trigiani.

Janetta has never wanted to live a small, everyday sort of life. She’s an adventurer, a food writer who travels the world visiting far-flung places and eating unusual things. Now she is about to embark on her biggest adventure yet - a relationship. She has fallen in love with an Italian man and is moving to live with him in Venice where she will help him run his small guesthouse Hotel Gondola. Janetta has lined up a book deal and will write about the first year of her new adventure, the food she eats, the recipes she collects, the people she meets, the man she doesn’t really know all that well but is going to make a life with.

Still as Janetta ought to know by now, the whole point of adventures is they never go exactly the way you expect them to.

Also by Nicky Pellegrino: Delicious (2005); Summer at the Villa Rosa (2007); The Italian Wedding (2009); Recipe for Life (2010); The Villa Girls (2011); When in Rome (2012); The Food of Love Cookery School (2013); One Summer in Venice (2015)

ane Sanderson has worked as a producer for the BBC and is J the author of three novels published by Little, Brown.

This Much Is True

A story of family, friendship and long-held secrets, perfect for fans of Dawn French and Jojo Moyes – and for anyone who loved Elizabeth is Missing.

Annie Doyle leads a very quiet life. She cleans the house, runs errands and visits her ailing husband, Vince. The highlight of her week is Wednesday, the day she walks her gorgeous Golden Retriever, Finn, with two local dog-owners.

But what nobody knows, is that for years Annie has held a terrible secret close to her heart . . .

When Vince takes a turn for the worse, the family gather under one roof, and Annie fears her secret will soon be revealed. As she struggles to keep things together, Annie realises opening her heart to friendship – and love – might be the only way to make it through.

ucy Vine is a freelance journalist based in London, who regularly L writes and edits for the likes of Grazia, Heat, Cosmo, Stylist and Marie Claire.

Hot Mess

A fresh and funny coming-of-age tale with a single-girl heroine that readers of Caitlin Moran and Lena Dunham will love.

Hot Mess [n.] - someone who is often in a state of disarray, while remaining attractive in spite of their flaws, and repeatedly finds themselves in uncomfortable predicaments.

Ellie Knight is just like you. Her life isn’t turning out the way she thought it would. Some people might say she’s a hot mess but then who really has their s**t together before they’re thirty?

Maybe Ellie isn’t following the *official life plan* but perfect is overrated. For fans of Fleabag and Girls, this is a coming-of-age story with a single-girl heroine that everyone will relate to – a modern Carrie Bradshaw meets Bridget Jones.

atherine Webb’s spell-binding novels have sold over half a Kmillion copies in the UK, where she is a Sunday Times Top 10 bestseller, but this is dwarfed by the success of her German publisher Diana Verlag who have sold double that. She is now a fully-fledged international bestseller and her novels have been translated in twenty-seven languages. f/KatherineWebbAuthor @KWebbAuthor

The Hiding Places

Dark secrets burst forth one humid summer in 1922 in the latest enthralling historical novel from bestselling writer Katherine Webb.

Wiltshire, 1922. Fifteen-year-old Pudding Cartwright has begun the career she always wanted, as ‘girl groom’ to the Hadleigh family’s horses at Manor Farm. Irene Hadleigh is struggling to adjust to her new life in sleepy Slaughterford, having married Alistair to escape a scandal in London. At a loss to occupy herself, Irene sets about restyling Manor Farm, and during the work the chance finding of a strange object, hidden away in the house for years, will change everything. When somebody close to both of them is murdered, Pudding and Irene are thrown together to seek out the identity of the killer in their midst, unaware of just how deep the roots of the crime lie. During a hot, humid summer of grief, betrayal, and misapprehensions, they will uncover truths neither of them could ever have foreseen.

‘Webb brings her world to life with skill and passion’ Santa Montefiore

Also by Katherine Webb: The Legacy (2010); The Unseen (2011); A Half Forgotten Song (2012); The Misbegotten (2013); The Night Falling (2014); The English Girl (2016)

ate Williams is an author, social historian, constitutional Kand royal expert, broadcaster and novelist. She is a master of both fiction and non-fiction. ‘Williams has a gift for showing how great movements in history affect the lives of people caught up in them’ Kate Saunders, The Times Facebook /Kate-Williams @KateW_author

The Storms of War: Book 1 First in a historical series perfect for fans of Atonement, Birdsong and Downton Abbey. In the idyllic early summer of 1914, life is good for the de Witt family. But the onslaught of war changes everything and soon the de Witts find themselves sidelined and in danger of losing everything they hold dear. As youngest daughter Celia struggles to make sense of the changing world around her, she lies about her age to join the war effort and finds herself embroiled in a complex plot that puts her and those she loves in danger.

The Edge of the Fall : Book 2 In the aftermath of the Great War, the de Witt family are struggling to piece together the shattered fragments of their lives.

Rudolf and his wife Verena, still reeling from the loss of their second son, don’t know how to function in the post-war world. Stoneythorpe Hall has become an empty shell with no servants to ensure its upkeep. Celia, still desperate to spread her wings and see more of the world, moves to London and embraces life and love in the Roaring Twenties.

Book 3 In 1939, the world is on the verge of turmoil with the approaching storm of the Second World War. The fragile peace of the de Witt’s world is threatened once again as the fascinating story of the de Witt family draws to its dramatic conclusion.

Also by Kate Williams: England’s Mistress (Hutchinson, 2006); Becoming Queen (Hutchinson, 2008); The Pleasures of Men (Penguin, 2012); Young Elizabeth (Weidenfeld & Nicolson); The Storms of War (Orion, 2014); The Edge of the Fall (2015)

Orion | January 2018 | 364pp | MS available July 2017 Rights: Translation Agents: China/Taiwan: Big Apple Rights Sold: Italian: Baldini Castoldi US Rights: Pegasus Canadian Rights: Harper Collins 23 Fiction | General DAVID M BARNETT

avid Barnett is a journalist and author of the critically Dacclaimed Gideon Smith series of Victorian fantasies. Following a career working on regional newspapers, he is now a freelance journalist and teaches journalism at Leeds Trinity University. He writes for the Daily Mail, Guardian and The Pool.

Calling Major Tom

Calling Major Tom is a heart-warming and ultimately life-affirming story of a man who has given up on the world... but discovers in the most unlikely way that it might not have given up on him.

Meet Thomas. Yesterday, he was the grumpiest man on the planet. Today, he is Britain’s unlikeliest astronaut. He is all alone on a one way mission and couldn’t be happier about it. But beneath his cranky exterior lies a story and a sadness. So when the man the media have dubbed Major Tom accidentally calls the wrong number and is put through to the dysfunctional yet loveable Ormerod family, what begins is a heart- warming and comical tale of unexpected friendship.

Calling Major Tom is a funny, moving, uplifting tale of friendship and community that will leave you with a spring in your step. A Man Called Ove meets The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, by way of It’s A Wonderful Life.

‘Calling Major Tom is blooming marvellous! Original, moving and mercilessly funny, this is an unashamedly feel-good story.’ Miranda Dickinson, author of Searching for a Silver Lining

hristian Cameron is one of Orion’s most accomplished and Cprolific writers of historical fiction. As a seasoned re-enactor, he totally immerses himself in the world he writes about in order to recreate the historical setting of his novels accurately and completely.

The Green Count

A historical tale of plots, intrigue, and murder, from one of the finest genre writers in the world.

Famagusta, November 1365. After the bloody trials of Alexandria, Sir William Gold is readying for a pilgrimage to Jerusalem to ease the burden on his soul. He hopes, too, that the Holy City might allow his relationship with Emelye, cousin of the Green Count of Savoy, to develop.

But the Roman Emperor of Constantinople has been taken hostage by an unknown enemy, and the Green Count is vital to the rescue effort. It is up to Sir William to secure his support, but he soon finds that his past, and his relationship with Emelye, might have repercussions he had not foreseen...

Suddenly caught up in the middle of a murder plot, Sir William must hold true to his chivalric principles, and to his knights, if he is to save the Emperor and survive to tell the tale.

Also by Christian Cameron: Tyrant series (2008–2013); The Long War series (2010–2015); God of War (2012); The Chivalry Series (2013–15)

Orion | July 2017 | 448pp | Ms available Rights: World Agents: China/Taiwan: Big Apple Fiction | General 25 25 , sold over , sold over , comes a heart- (2015) , his first novel, won several won several , his first novel, The List of My Desires The First Thing You See The List Of My Desires (2013), L’Ecrivain de la Famille L’Ecrivain de Editions JC Lattes

List of My Desires orn in Valenciennes in 1960, Gregoire Delacourt works in in Delacourt works in 1960, Gregoire orn in Valenciennes advertising. GRÉGOIRE DELACOURT DELACOURT GRÉGOIRE B Rive Pagnol and the Prix the Prix Marcel awards, including novel, Gauche. His breakthrough Delacourt’s native France, remaining in half a million copies in in months after publication and was sold the Top Ten for eighteen 27 territories. www.gregoiredelacourt.com Weidenfeld & Nicolson | December 2016 | 320pp Rights: US Translation: Happiness Saw Only Also by Gregoire Delacourt: deep into his own heart and the hearts of others, as he is forced to question what a life is as he is forced to question what a life is deep into his own heart and the hearts of others, really worth. Antoine thrives in his work for an insurance company. But soon Natalie drifts away from company. But soon Natalie drifts away from Antoine thrives in his work for an insurance his job when he lets his heart overrule his him, beginning an affair, and Antoine loses unspeakable. Antoine’s journey to come head. Driven to despair, he does something will take him across seas and continents, to terms with the terrible thing he has done tenderness he shares with his surviving sister. his dreams. They have two children and Then Antoine meets Natalie, the woman of Antoine’s parents fell in love at first sight. But they quickly realised that true love means But they quickly realised that true love means Antoine’s parents fell in love at first sight. and with three small children, Antoine’s more than furtive glances. Married too young, his sister dies, leaving him with only the withdrawn mother abandons the family when Book Club choice From the author of Waterstones story about the value of a life. breaking, heart-warming, hugely redemptive We 26 Fiction | General JULIAN FELLOWES

ulian Fellowes is an award winning actor, writer, director and Jproducer, and as creator of Downton Abbey, the winner of three Emmy awards. His new bestseller Belgravia has been sold in 24 countries.

Julian Fellowes’s Belgravia

The brand new bestseller from Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes, set in 1840s London.

Julian Fellowes’ Belgravia is the story of a secret – a secret that unravels behind the porticoed doors of London’s grandest postcode. Set in the 1840s when the upper echelons of society began to rub shoulders with the emerging industrial nouveau riche, Belgravia is peopled by a rich cast of characters. But the story begins on the eve of the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. At the Duchess of Richmond’s now legendary ball, one family’s life will change for ever. . .

“Simply a wonderful read. Fellowes is as witty as ever . . . a modern classic that will fill any Downton-shaped hole” Daily Express

Also by Julian Fellowes: Snobs (2005); Past Imperfect (2008)

ass Hunter is the pen name of Rosie Fiore, whose novels Cinclude After Isabella, What She Left, Babies in Waiting and Wonder Women.

The After-Wife

A high-concept reading group novel about human and virtual relationships, for fans of The Time Traveller’s Wife, The Summer of Impossible Things and Happiness for Humans.

Rachel Prosper is a high-flying robotics scientist who has created a humanoid android. When she dies suddenly, her husband and daughter take the robot, which looks just like Rachel, into their home as part of an experiment. The After Wife is the story of a family ripped apart by grief, who are given a second chance to reconnect with the woman they loved and lost.

The After Wife will make you laugh, make you cry and make you think, and explores how it is our imperfections that make us human. It will be a Trapeze superlead for Summer 2018.

Trapeze | January 2018 | 304pp | Ms due April 2017 Rights: World 28 Fiction | General MICHELLE PAVER

ichelle Paver is the author of the internationally bestselling MChronicles of Ancient Darkness series for children. Dark Matter was her first adult novel, published to great acclaim in 2010: ‘This powerful ghost story is anchored so securely in reality that the supernatural element seems entirely credible – and is all the more unsettling. ... The skilled narration further enchances the chilling reality of Jack’s life-changing experiences. Totally brilliant.’ Observer

Thin Air

The chilling new ghost story from the author of the global bestseller Dark Matter.

The Himalayas, 1935.

Kangchenjunga. Third-highest peak on earth. Greatest killer of them all.

Five Englishmen set off from Darjeeling, determined to conquer the sacred summit. But courage can only take them so far – and the mountain is not their only foe.

As the wind dies, the dread grows. Mountain sickness. The horrors of extreme altitude. A past that will not stay buried.

And sometimes, the truth does not set you free.

‘A wonderfully atmospheric and hugely enjoyable ghost story’ Anthony Horowitz

Also by Michelle Paver: Dark Matter (2010)

ritta Röstlund has lived in Paris for fifteen years. She is a Bfreelance journalist covering everything from the Paris Fashion Week to French politics.

Waiting For Monsieur Bellivier

For fans of The Little Paris Bookshop and The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair, a tale of two mysteries, set in the shadow of Montmartre.

‘Are you waiting for Monsieur Bellivier, madame?’ Helena Folasadu should of course say no. She doesn’t know the man talking to her, she doesn’t know Monsieur Bellivier, and she certainly isn’t waiting for him. But, bored of life, and sparked by a whim, she says yes. The go-between leads her to a deserted floor in an office building and offers her a large sum of money to sit at a computer and forward emails to Monsieur Bellivier. The emails turn out to be in code, and the bouquets Helena is handed every evening entangle her in an even greater mystery.

Mancebo, a Tunisian shopkeeper, lives a quiet and ordered life, manning his grocery shop on a street leading to the Sacré-Cœur. But one day he is approached by a woman asking whether he will spy on her boyfriend, who lives in the apartment across the street. To his surprise, Mancebo agrees. As he begins to focus on the man, his own life comes into focus, and he starts to suspect that his wife and cousin are leading secret lives. Helena and Mancebo don’t know it yet, but their missions will overlap in the most surprising ways.

Weidenfeld & Nicolson | August 2017 | 320pp | Ms available Rights: US Translation: Norstedts Agency Gollancz Science Fiction & Fantasy

31 (2016) (2016) Whispers Under Whispers Under (2011); The Hanging Tree (2014); bestseller. This hugely popular series series This hugely popular bestseller. Moon Over Soho

(2011); Sunday Times Sunday Times Chinese Complex: Cite | Czech: Argo | Hungarian: GABO | Foxglove Summer China/Taiwan: Grayhawk | Japan: EAJ | Korea: Imprima | Turkey: China/Taiwan: Grayhawk | Japan: EAJ | Korea: Imprima (2013); en Aaronovitch’s highly-acclaimed, urban fantasy series urban fantasy series highly-acclaimed, en Aaronovitch’s Every over 500,000 copies. Peter Grant has sold featuring PC Rivers of London BEN AARONOVITCH B a title has been crime and genre fans alike. Ben has written is perfect for both the Doctor Who, been a bookseller, and for many TV series including he now writes full time. Option publishers: Japanese: Hayakawa | Polish: MAG | Spanish: Atico de los Libros Gollancz | September 2017 | 192pp | Ms due July 2017 Rights: World (US, French, German: Zeno Agency) Agents: Anatolialit Station Broken Homes (2012); Furthest The first ever Peter Grant novella, this is a fantastic London-based mystery. The first ever Peter Grant novella, this is a Also by Ben Aaronovitch: Ground leads to a ghost-hunting expedition, which in turn puts Peter and his trusty teenage in turn puts Peter and his trusty teenage leads to a ghost-hunting expedition, which . . . sidekick Abigail on the track of a kidnapper There’s something going bump on the Metropolitan line. So when commuters start line. So when commuters start There’s something going bump on the Metropolitan the track – encounters which they forget reporting encounters with ghosts up and down a call to investigate. And the initial interview entirely within minutes – Peter Grant gets with commuting novella continues this bestselling series A stunning PC Peter Grant mystery! ghosts, a kidnapping, and a superb new London The Science Fiction & Fantasy

32 Red Red (2011); Before They Are Hanged The Heroes (2006); (2009);

(2012); Trouble (2007); Country parents before them. Also by Joe Abercrombie: First Law Trilogy: As powerful and compelling as ever, this new trilogy picks up the action with the trilogy picks up the action with the As powerful and compelling as ever, this new – Dogman, Jezal and Glokta among children of some of his most iconic characters in politics, war and danger as their them – all of whom find themselves as embroiled a superb new to the bestselling First Law universe with Joe Abercrombie returns trilogy. The Science Fiction & Fantasy

33 French: Bragelonne | German: Heyne China/Taiwan: Big Apple | Japan: Japan Uni | Korea: Imprima an Abnett is Black Library’s bestselling author. He has also also author. He has Black Library’s bestselling an Abnett is game film and computer in the comics, worked extensively DAN ABNETT D Gaunt’s many others, the is the author of, amongst worlds. He Library’s most successful line. Ghosts books – Black Rights: Translation US rights: United Agents Rights sold: Agents: Orion | April 2018 | 272pp | Ms due June 2017 Wield But now a new recruit to the Wield is about to unwittingly release this ancient evil back to unwittingly release this ancient evil back But now a new recruit to the Wield is about into the world. According to legend, the Wield was forged centuries before to defend the land against a centuries before to defend the land against a According to legend, the Wield was forged This ancient evil was so mythically monstrous evil that came from the larger continent. to know (or remember) much about it. awful, so supernatural, that no one is allowed The Wield is both the name of a military culture and the part of the country they inhabit, and the part of the country they inhabit, The Wield is both the name of a military culture of their world and are the most feared and respected soldiers Warhammer about an elite Warrior band from a bestselling A heroic dark ages fantasy author. Perfect for all fans of David Gemmell. The 34 Science Fiction & Fantasy MARK ALDER

idely read in medieval history, Mark Alder was a journalist Wbefore becoming a full time writer. His previous book Son of the Morning was given a rare 5 star recommendation by SFX, who also called it a ‘smart, gripping historical fantasy’. He has also written novels under the name M.D. Lachlan, including Wolfsangel which was translated into 9 languages. @aldermark

Son of Night

The 100 Years War reaches the bloody slaughter of Crecy as Angels and Demons fight for the future of Man, in a series perfect for fans of George RR Martin and Bernard Cornwell alike.

Following on from the success of Son of the Morning, which saw him compared to both Bernard Cornwell for the flair of his historical writing and to George RR Martin for his gripping plotting, Mark Alder takes his history of the 100 Years War into France as the war between Heaven and Hell swallows up the ambitions of both the French and English crowns.

As the armies mass around Crecy the rivalries between Lucifer, Satan and God become ever deeper and more violent. Combining a cast of larger than life (yet real) characters and a truthful, deeply researched take on the religious beliefs of the time, Mark Alder has embarked on a truly unique historical fantasy that will ensure you never see the 100 Years War and the history of medieval Europe in the same way again.

Also by Mark Alder: Son of the Morning (2014). Writing as M.D. Lachlan: Wolfsangel (2010); Fenrir (2011); Lord of Slaughter (2012); Valkyrie’s Song (2013)

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Once Once (2013); (2013); (2008); (2008); SFX Magazine (2007); Noonshade Ravensoul The Legends of the Raven The Legends of the Raven (2000); (2004); and Heart of Granite: Blood and Fire Beyond The Mists of Katura A Shout for the Dead Dawn Thief Demon Storm (2012); (2005); (2003);

The Chronicles of the Raven (2016) China/Taiwan: Big Apple | Japan: Tuttle Mori | Korea: Shin Won |

Shadowheart Rise of the TaiGethen ames Barclay writes ‘action fantasy at its best’ ( writes ‘action fantasy ames Barclay and again’, according you want to read again and ‘books Cry of the New Born which have been published in nine languages. which have been published www.jamesbarclay.com @barculator JAMES BARCLAY JAMES J is the author of Gollancz’s bestselling to David Gemmell. He trilogies Gollancz | May 2018 | 320pp | Ms due January 2018 Rights: World Agents: Turkey: Nurcihan Kesim (2001); (2010); Unleashed Nightchild Cerberus opener Sequel to James Barclay’s stunning new series (Ascendants of Astoria) Walked With Gods Heart of Granite: Blood and Fire Also by James Barclay: (Chronicles of the Raven) Also by James Barclay: (Chronicles of the Raven) (2000); they have no idea whether they’ll emerge to a peaceful landscape, or in the middle of a a peaceful landscape, or in the middle of a they have no idea whether they’ll emerge to they definitely still need Max . . . war zone. So for the moment, it looks like Hamilton Peter F. ‘Barclay is one of our story-telling gems.’ whether they should embrace him . . . or kill him. But they have time to figure it out. him. But they have time to figure it out. whether they should embrace him . . . or kill of a lake for her regeneration cycle, while a The Heart of Granite is deep at the bottom But without a communication signal, temporary peace has broken out on the surface. this is military fantasy at its best. so is Max Halloran. He’s uncovered the The Heart of Granite is in trouble again – and his drake, and now his bosses don’t know secret to becoming the ultimate weapon with 36 Science Fiction & Fantasy STEPHEN BAXTER

tephen Baxter is the pre-eminent science fiction writer of Shis generation. Published around the world he has also won major awards in the UK, US, Germany and Japan. Born in 1957 he has degrees from Cambridge and Southampton. He is one of the most important voices in modern science fiction.

The Massacre of Mankind

The authorised sequel to The War of the Worlds, written by one of the world’s greatest SF authors.

H.G. Wells’s SF classic The War of the Worlds, first published in 1897, has never been out of print and has spawned numerous films, TV series, radio drama series, a record album and numerous comic book adaptations. The Massacre of Mankind is the authorised sequel, written by one of the world’s greatest SF authors.

In the early years of the twentieth century, we were invaded by beings from Mars. They defeated us utterly – but by luck, and the intervention of the common cold – they were defeated in turn. But the world had changed. We knew we were no longer alone. And we knew that one day the Martians might return, and the war would begin again. That day is now. The massacre of mankind has begun.

Also by Stephen Baxter: Transcendent (2005); Resplendent (2006); Time’s Tapestry series: Emperor (2006), Conqueror (2007), Navigator (2007), Weaver (2008); Flood (2008); Ark (2009); Stone Spring (2010); Bronze Summer (2011); Iron Winter (2012); Proxima (2013); Ultima (2013); Obelisk (2016). With Alastair Reynolds: The Medusa Chronicles (2016)

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trilogy. Karen Memory US: Saga Press Korea: Imprima The Shattered Sky lizabeth Bear won the John W. Campbell award for Best award for Best won the John W. Campbell lizabeth Bear and published 15 novels in 2005 and has since New Writer and ELIZABETH BEAR ELIZABETH E fantasy in both the SF and short stories. She writes numerous acclaim in both. She is the award- genres and has won critical winning author of Gollancz | July 2018 | 512pp | Ms due October 2017 Rights: World Agents: Rights sold: Night perilous peace mankind has found into war. A wild adventure across an imagined cosmos where every FTL journey creates its own where every FTL journey creates its own A wild adventure across an imagined cosmos up to the knowledge that a long-dead, mini-universe. A universe that is just waking around. Knowledge that could tip the hugely powerful alien species may still be just enough however, to keep them coming back for more. They pilot their tiny ship back for more. They pilot their tiny ship just enough however, to keep them coming searching for the relics of lost into the scars left by unsuccessful White Transitions, human and alien vessels. Haimey Dz and her partner Connla Kurucz are salvage operators. Theirs is a perilous are salvage operators. Theirs is a perilous Haimey Dz and her partner Connla Kurucz chance of striking it fantastically big, and marginal existence. They have barely enough A wild, big-ideas space opera that will appeal to fans of Iain M. Banks, Peter F. to fans of Iain M. Banks, Peter F. A wild, big-ideas space opera that will appeal Campbell and multiple Hugo award Hamilton and Al Reynolds from a John W. winning author. announces the arrival amazing characters in an SF novel that Cutting edge ideas and the Gollancz list. of multi-award winning Elizabeth Bear to Ancestral 38 Science Fiction & Fantasy MILES CAMERON

oronto based Miles Cameron is a hugely successful full Ttime writer, smashing into the fantasy genre with his highly acclaimed debut novel The Red Knight. Unknown to many, Miles is also a prolific historical fiction writer under the name of Christian Cameron. www.traitorson.com@TheGreenSquire / @Phokion

The Fall of Dragons

Forget George and the Dragon. Forget Sir Lancelot and tales of Knightly exploits. This is dirty, bloody work. This is violent, visceral action. This is a mercenary knight as you’ve never seen one before.

The fifth volume in the acclaimed Red Knight series in which a dragon-killing expedition may lead to the destruction of an empire. Brought vividly to life by drawing on accurate historical detail, the complete series charts the rise and fall of kings and nations. But each novel is its own self-contained political and personal story, focusing on a specific event. We’ve had an epic siege in The Red Knight, a full-blown coup in The Fell Sword and a tournament in the third in the series. Now, we’re on a dragon hunt!

Also by Miles Cameron: The Red Knight (2012); The Fell Sword (2013); The Dead Wyrm (2015); A Plague of Swords (2016)

Gollancz | October 2017 | 560pp | Ms due March 2017 Rights: World Agents: Korea: KCC | Turkey: Anatolialit Rights sold: US: Orbit Option Publishers: Polish: MAG 39 Science Fiction & Fantasy ELSPETH COOPER

lspeth Cooper is an exceptional writer. Born and raised in ENewcastle-Upon-Tyne, she has always been fascinated by the magic of words and it was inevitable that she would come to write magical fiction of her own. Her debut novel Songs of the Earth was shortlisted for Best Fantasy Debut by the David Gemmell Awards in 2012.

The Dragon House: The Wild Hunt Book Four

This astonishing, bold fantasy series continues – and brings its world one step closer to destruction

Two of the three great Suvaeon keeps that held the North have fallen. In the south, a radical prophet fans the flames of bloody insurrection. Too long at peace, the Empire faces a war on two fronts that it is ill-equipped to fight.

The events surrounding the fall of Saardost Keep have stretched Gair to breaking point. His body is failing, and his gift has turned treacherous. Running out of time to save Tanith, he takes to the wildwood to shorten his journey to Astolar, but in Bregorin he will come face to face with his darkest fears.

As Ytha and her war band ride unopposed into the heart of the Empire, Teia struggles to catch them. If she can capture the starseed, she believes she can prevent the foretold destruction of her people by the Wild Hunt. Except she might already be far too late.

With the Guardians of the Veil scattered, and the Empire’s military resources stretched thin by war, only two people stand between the arch-manipulator Savin and his desires. But unless Gair and Teia can embrace the most deadly aspects of their gifts, their world will burn.

Gollancz | May 2018 | 576pp | Ms due November 2017 Rights: World 40 Science Fiction & Fantasy JOANNE M HARRIS

oanne Harris is the author of the Whitbread-shortlisted JChocolat and many other bestselling novels. Her books are now published in over 50 countries and have won a number of British and international awards. Joanne’s first book for Gollancz The Gospel of Loki was published to rave reviews in 2014 and has sold nearly 60,000 copies.

A Pocketful Of Crows

A perfect autumn and Christmas read, this combines the harshness of nature with the spookiness of a ghost story and the comfort of a great folk tale, in one beautifully told novella

Joanne M Harris has written a beautiful and powerful stand-alone novella which springs from the page as a haunting, lyrical and utterly compelling modern fairy tale. Inspired by the Child Ballads, it’s a superb tale of love, loss and revenge.

Also by Joanne M Harris (in Gollancz): The Gospel of Loki (2014)

eter Higgins is the acclaimed author of the Wolfhound PCentury trilogy, which met extraordinary critical acclaim and was sold in five territories. The British Fantasy Society rated Wolfhound Century as ‘A thrilling masterpiece... brilliant world- building, great writing, and a pace that challenges you to put it down and then slaps you in the face with a constant niggling itch to return.’

The Waldenau Series

The Cold War is fought across a mythical Europe in this thrilling meeting of China Mieville and John le Carre.

Deep in the frozen years of the Cold War the intelligence services of East and West stumble on Waldenau. Waldenau is another Europe, a Europe of myth, legend and folklore that has existed alongside our Europe for 300 years. It is a place of mythical beasts, and slow magics, of folklore come true and living legends. It has evolved into a dream of Europe as it was in the 1920s, a Europe of Kafka, Bulgakov, Carter and Schulz.

A Europe of riches and dangers that the Cold War cannot let alone. A Europe that cannot let the Cold War alone.

This is the first in a sequence of extraordinary spy novels, rich with the atmosphere of the Cold War and the older, darker atmosphere of a shadowy, realer Europe.

Also by Peter Higgins: Wolfhound Century (2013); Truth and Fear (2014); Radiant State (2015)

Gollancz | August 2018 | 352pp | Ms available October 2017 Rights: World Agents: China/Taiwan: Grayhawk | Japan: EAJ 42 Science Fiction & Fantasy JOHN HORNOR JACOBS

ohn Hornor Jacobs is the author of Southern Gods, short-listed Jfor the Bram Stoker Award For Best First Novel, This Dark Earth, from Simon & Schuster, and The Twelve-Fingered Boy series of young adult novels from Carolrhoda Labs. www.johnhornorjacobs.com @johnhornor

Infernal Machines

The final book in the critically acclaimed trilogy that began with The Incorruptibles

The action of John Hornor Jacob’s warmly received trilogy draws to a close as mercenaries Fisk and Shoe navigate the politically charged realm of the Autumn Lords’ Empire. Hornor Jacobs has received much praise for his remarkably conceived universe which ingeniously fuses elements of a Western with the Roman Empire with spectacular results.

‘5 * The Incorruptibles is a rare thing: a clever story and an action-packed one.’ SFX

‘The Incorruptibles blends cowboys, the Roman empire and high fantasy and not only gets away with this unusual mix but pulls it off with such aplomb that you’re left wondering why no one has attempted it before’ The Financial Times

‘Grim and gripping, surprising and exciting, tense and tremendously well-told.’ Tor.com

‘One part ancient Rome, two parts wild west, one part Faust. A pinch of Tolkien, of Lovecraft, of Dante. I wish more books were as fresh and brave as this.’ Patrick Rothfuss

Also by John Horner Jacobs: The Incorruptibles (2014); Foreign Devils (2015)

imon Ings is the author of six previous novels and a non- Sfiction title and has been published by both genre and literary lists. His debut novel Hot Head was widely acclaimed. ‘Ings’ return to full-throttle SF is a cause for celebration. His gift for edgy slipstream fiction makes comparisons with both JG Ballard and William Gibson apposite.’ Jonathan Wright, SFX

The Smoke

An intense meditation on loneliness, capital, and cognition by the author of Wolves.

1980. A new ray has split the human family into different species. Mutual incomprehension has fractured the globe. No-one has the appetite for another Great War and each kind of human is looking for a place to be itself, alone. For you that means a train journey back to Yorkshire and the town of your birth, where foundries and factories churn out the parts for simple, gigantic spaceships. You’re done with the fancies and pretentions of the capital, its steel and glass, its incomprehensible media and curvilinear mathematics. You’re done with the people of the Bund, their easy superiority and unstoppable spread from the city of London to the Vale of Vision south of the Thames. You’re done with Georgy Chernoy, his cruelly magical medicine and his questionable defeat of death. You’re done with his daughter. You’re done with Natascha, and losing all the time. You’re done with love.

The locomotive tugs at its matchwood burden, nursing you past sodden pastures, and flocks of indeterminate black birds, and mill towns, and the backs of terraces. Soon enough you will find yourself in the Smoke again, living the future you tried to leave behind.

You’re done with love. But love’s not done with you.

Gollancz | November 2017 | 400pp | Ms due March 2017 Rights: US Translation: The Science Factory Ltd 44 Science Fiction & Fantasy M.D LACHLAN

.D. Lachlan is the pseudonym of Mark Barrowcliffe, author Mof Girlfriend 44. He is a full-time writer. Lachlan also writes historical fantasy as Mark Alder. ‘The most exciting, visceral and deeply imaginative writer of fantasy working today’. Adam Roberts www.mdlachlan.com @mdlachlan

Moonlight Sonata

The stunning conclusion to an extraordinarily original fantasy series.

During the height of World War Two, an immortal man who may be a wolf is sucked in to a mysterious murder in a remote English town. It is nearly time for him to give up his life and look for a new identity, to prevent his past from catching up with him – but he may have left it too late. The wolf inside him is howling.

In Germany, a good-hearted doctor finds himself unexpectedly caught up in the machinations of the Third reich. They believe he may be able to bring them a supernatural advantage in the war, even though he does not believe himself. But as he investigates, he begins to realise that he might have discovered something. A magic which has been largely forgotten. The runes are awakening…

MD Lachlan wraps up his cycle of werewolves and Norse mythology with a dark and dramatic step forward into the 20th century, and the greatest horrors the world has ever seen.

Also by M.D. Lachlan: Wolfsangel (2010); Fenrir (2011); Lord of Slaughter (2012); Valkyrie’s Song (2015)

Gollancz | February 2018 | 400pp | Ms due May 2017 Rights: World Agents: China/Taiwan: Grayhawk | Japan: Tuttle Mori Science Fiction & Fantasy

Starburst Starburst 45 Sci-Fi Now was published to to was published Roboteer SFX (2016) series by Alex Lamb. series by Alex Lamb. Nemesis Roboteer Russian: AST (2015); Japan: Tuttle Mori | Korea: Shinwon | Turkey: Nurcihan Kesim lex Lamb splits his time between writing science fiction writing science fiction his time between lex Lamb splits at field of AI and robotics in the cutting edge and working ALEX LAMB A novel His debut Princeton University. great acclaim in 2015. The Roboteer Gollancz | May 2017 | 624pp | Ms available Rights: World Agents: Option Publisher: This is the third in the acclaimed Also by Alex Lamb: If the subsequent volumes are as good as ‘Alex Lamb has created a terrific debut novel. in many an SF fan’s book case.’ this one then Lamb will surely be prominent Magazine next.’ want to rush ahead and see what happens spill off the pages.’ ‘Lamb has got so many ideas that they almost remnant of humanity in the universe? a breakneck narrative where you always ‘Lamb shares Hamilton’s ability to sustain But on a distant planet shielded from both humanity and the Photurians, one hope humanity and the Photurians, one hope But on a distant planet shielded from both able to intervene. The Roboteer. And so a may still live. The only person who might be he be reached in time? Or will he be the last desperate rescue mission is begun. But can The Photurians – a hivemind of sentient AIs and machines – were awakened by and machines – were awakened by The Photurians – a hivemind of sentient AIs But they broke free, evolved, and now the humanity as part of a complex political trap. end of humanity has come. have infected us. and has surrendered Earth. The enemy Humanity has been overrun, The end is near... Exodus Science Fiction & Fantasy

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SFX (2013); The Grave Thief The Grave Thief . (2007); The God Tattoo The House of Shattered Wings (2016) (2016) Forbidden Planet International (2012); Stranger of Tempest The Twilight Herald Stranger of Tempest German: Heyne (2006); honest man in a lawless world. , it’s not easy being an The Dusk Watchman (2015); om Lloyd is the bestselling author of the Twilight Reign of the Twilight Reign the bestselling author om Lloyd is copies and been translated has sold over 75,000 series which China/Taiwan: Grayhawk | Japan: Tuttle Mori | Korea: Shinwon | Turkey: (2010); TOM LLOYD T In 2016 best-selling authors. He is one of Gollancz’s worldwide. new series of standalone fantasy adventures Gollancz launched a with by Tom Lloyd starting www.tomlloyd.co.uk Gollancz | July 2017 | 320pp | Ms available Rights: World Agents: Anatolialit Option Publisher: The Stormcaller Stranger of Tempest Blood Old Man’s Ghosts of The Ragged Man (2013); (2008); Artifice there.’ deeps of Moria and you’ll be most of the way fun and fast paced romp.’ Aliette de Bodard, author of ‘A Also by Tom Lloyd: as gripping as his storytelling.’ ‘The world that Lloyd wraps you in is just teaming up with Lara Croft for a mad dash ‘Imagine Steven Erikson’s Malazan marines an unplanned detour through the forgotten across Joe Abercrombie’s Red Country with may have to accept that Jarrazir’s prohibition laws aren’t their biggest problem. may have to accept that Jarrazir’s prohibition a brilliantly likeable lead character. Another standalone fantasy adventure featuring beneath which lies a fabled labyrinth. Having barely survived their last underground barely survived their last underground beneath which lies a fabled labyrinth. Having another, but Toil has other plans. adventure the mercenaries aren’t keen for the labyrinth, even the Mercenary Deck Under threat of siege and horrors rising from not. The assassin Toil now wears the Princess of Blood on her jacket and even Lynx of Blood on her jacket and even Lynx not. The assassin Toil now wears the Princess and bloodshed. would admit she’s a woman cloaked in chaos the pious and ancient city of Jarrazir – Their new mission is to escort a dignitary to In the sequel to – one Lynx isn’t sure if he’s happy to see or There’s a new Card in the Mercenary Deck Princess 47 Science Fiction & Fantasy SCOTT LYNCH

orld Fantasy Award nominee Scott Lynch’s brilliantly Woriginal fantasy debut The Lies of Locke Lamora launched one of the most exciting new fantasy careers of the 21st century and introduced the world to the thief and con-man Locke Lamora. Praised by the likes of Joe Abercrombie and George R.R. Martin, The Lies of Locke Lamora has sold in twenty-five countries. www.scottlynch.us @scottlynch78

The Thorn of Emberlain

With a controversial twist in the tale coming, Locke and Jean find themselves sucked into the horror of war.

The Gentleman Bastard series continues, and now Locke Lamora, thief, con-man, pirate, political deceiver must also become a soldier as finally the war that has been brewing in the Kingdom of the Marrows flares up and threatens to capture all in its flames.

And all the while Locke must try to deal with the disturbing rumours about his past revealed in The Republic of Thieves. Fighting a war when you don’t know the truth of right and wrong is one thing. Fighting a war when you don’t know the truth of yourself is quite another. Particularly when you’ve never been that good with a sword anyway...

Also by Scott Lynch: The Lies of Locke Lamora (2006); Red Seas Under Red Skies (2007); The Republic of Thieves (2013)

48 (2016) (2013); (2013); (2008); Into Everywhere The Quiet War Evening’s Empires (2015); (2007);

(2012); is a vivid portrayal of a treacherous new world is a vivid portrayal of a treacherous new world Cowboy Angels Austral Something Coming Through aul McAuley has been at the top of the Science Fiction genre genre of the Science Fiction has been at the top aul McAuley for his Philip K Dick Award years, winning the for nearly 30 In The Mouth of the Whale PAUL MCAULEY PAUL P C gone on to win the Arthur Since then, Paul has first novel. Fantasy and John W Campbell awards. Clarke, Sidewise, British www.unlikelyworlds.co.uk @unlikelyworlds (2014); Translation: Simon Kavanagh Gollancz | October 2017 | 432pp | Ms available Rights: US (2009); them.’ William Gibson Also by Paul McAuley (by Gollancz): Gardens of the Sun and literature, always a rare attribute ‘Paul McAuley’s balanced grasp of science with the equally rare ability to look at in the writer of prose fiction, is combined problems, and what can be done about today’s problems and know which are really created by climate change, and shaped by the betrayals and mistakes of the past. created by climate change, and shaped by the Confluence – the Trilogy Blending the story of Austral’s flight with the fractured history of her family and its role the fractured history of her family and its role Blending the story of Austral’s flight with in the colonisation of Antarctica, of its population. She’s been a convict, a corrections officer in a labour camp, and consort officer in a labour camp, and consort of its population. She’s been a convict, a corrections she has committed the kidnapping of the to a criminal, and now, out of desperation, century. ice. generation of ecopoets, is a husky: an edited Austral Morales Ferrado, a child of the last of the far south, feared and despised by most person adapted to the unforgiving climate The great geoengineering projects have failed. The world is still warming, sea levels The world is still warming, sea levels The great geoengineering projects have failed. is home to Earth’s newest nation, with life are still rising, and the Antarctic Peninsula and fjords exposed by the retreat of the quickened by ecopoets spreading across valleys author of fiction novel from the multiple award winning A dazzling new science Something Coming Through Austral 49 Science Fiction & Fantasy IAN MCDONALD

an McDonald is a key figure in the history of SF. A ground- Ibreaker in the movement to extend SF beyond its anglo-centric roots, he has won many awards, including the BSFA award for best novel four times, and is universally critically acclaimed. His thrilling new novel Luna: New Moon was the subject of a six way auction for the TV rights in the US, which have been acquired by CBS and Shane Brennan, the showrunner for NCIS: Los Angeles.

Luna: Wolf Moon

The BSFA and Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author returns with the second part of his stunning moon colonisation epic, perfect for fans of The Martian and Red Mars.

Corta Helio, one of the five family corporations that rule the Moon, has fallen. Its riches are divided up among its many enemies, its survivors scattered. Eighteen months have passed. The remaining Helio children, Lucasinho and Luna, are under the protection of the powerful Asamoahs, while Robson, still reeling from witnessing his parent’s violent deaths, is now a ward – virtually a hostage – of Mackenzie Metals. And the last appointed heir, Lucas, has vanished from the surface of the moon. However, some suspect all is not as it appears.

In an unstable lunar environment, the shifting loyalties and political machinations of each family reach the zenith of their most fertile plots as outright war between the families erupts.

Also by Ian McDonald: Chaga (1995); Sacrifice of Fools (1996); Kirinya (1998); Brasyl (2007); Cyberabad Days (2009); River of Gods (2009); The Dervish House (2010); Necroville (2011); Luna (2015)

r S. J. Morden has won the Philip K. Dick Award and Dbeen a judge on the Arthur C. Clarke Award. He is a bona fide rocket scientist with degrees in Geology and Planetary Geophysics. One Way is the perfect fusion of his incredible breadth of knowledge and ability to write award-winning, razor-sharp science fiction.

One Way

A murder mystery, with lashings of frantic paranoia and corporate greed – set on the frozen red wastes of Mars. Eight astronauts. One killer. No way home.

Space exploration has always been difficult and costly. But corrupt Xenosystems Operations – having bribed enough politicians to win the NASA contract to construct a new Mars base – promise they can deliver on time, and on budget… but that might mean cutting a few corners.

They say they can build the base using audacious automated systems that require only one pioneering astronaut to man it…but those systems are the first cut they make. Now, instead of just one person, they need eight – just enough to get the job done: one legitimate employee, a face for the project; seven others, all secretly recruited from XO’s very own privately-run prison system.

But those seven convicts can never be discovered. For those seven this is a one way trip. And with each character believing they are the only one complicit in XO’s evil scheme, the deaths begin….

Each death is going to be made to look accidental. But as the crew die one by one, that will look more and more unlikely, and one by one, the list of suspects will grow shorter. And then the terrible truth will be revealed.

Gollancz | November 2017 | 304pp | Ms due May 2017 Rights: World 51 Science Fiction & Fantasy RICHARD MORGAN

ichard Morgan is the winner of the Arthur C. Clarke, John W. RCampbell and Philip K. Dick Awards; his books are published around the world, having been translated into 25 languages. His stunning debut novel Altered Carbon is currently being adapted into a ten-part Netflix series by Skydance Television.

Thin Air

Multi-award-winning author Richard Morgan returns to SF with a vengeance!

Richard Morgan has always been one of our most successful SF authors with his fast- moving and brutal storylines, blistering plots and a powerful social conscience behind his work.

And now he’s back, returning to the universe of 2008’s Arthur C Clarke award-winning Black Man, he turns his focus to the Martian colony and the variant Thirteens who have been exiled there. This is Richard Morgan’s first SF novel for eight years… and it promises to be a publication to remember.

‘Altered Carbon is one of the most seminal pieces of post-cyberpunk hard science fiction out there – a dark, complex noir story that challenges our ideas of what it means to be human when all information becomes encodable, including the human mind.’ Laeta Kalogridis (Executive Producer for Altered Carbon, Netflix Series)

am Peters is a mathematician and occasional screenwriter who Shas seen faces glaze over at the words ‘science fiction’ once too often. He brings a striking new voice to the Gollancz list and his inspirations include Dennis Potter, Mary Doria Russell, Lynda La Plante, Neal Stephenson, and Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure.

From Darkest Skies

A high-concept science fiction thriller wrapped around a love story, a man’s search for the truth about his dead wife, and his relationship with the artificial intelligence he has built to replace her.

Keona Rause returns to the distant colony world of Magenta to resume service with the Magentan Intelligence Service. With him he brings an artificial recreation of his dead wife’s personality. Built to discover the truth behind her own death, Keona’s relationship with her has grown into something more, something frighteningly dependent, something that verges on love.

His investigations lead him inexorably to a dilemma: does he do his duty and stand with his team to expose a villainous crime, or sacrifice them all for the truth about his wife?

arah Pinborough is a novelist and screenwriter. Her work Sincludes an original film and a TV series, both in development, and novels ranging from psychological crime to beautifully retold modern fairy tales to the number one hit Behind Her Eyes. Sarah’s superb previous novel 13 Minutes is currently in development as an original Netflix movie. www.sarahpinborough.com @sarahpinborough

The Nowhere Chronicles

A new reissue of the YA trilogy containing The Double-Edged Sword, The Traitor’s Gate and The London Stone, originally published under a pseudonym.

Finmere Tingewick Smith was abandoned on the steps of the Old Bailey. Under the guardianship of the austere Judge Harlequin Brown, Fin has grown up under a very strange set of rules. He spends alternate years at two very different schools and now he’s tired of the constant lies to hide the insanity of his double life.

But on his sixteenth birthday, everything changes. The Judge is killed, stabbed in the chest with a double-edged sword that’s disturbingly familiar, and from that moment on, Fin is catapulted into an extraordinary adventure. Through the Doorway in Fin’s London, a hole in the boundaries of Existence, lies another London…and now both are in grave danger.

Fin may be just 16, but he has a long, dark journey ahead of him if he is to save Existence!

Also by Sarah Pinborough: A Matter of Blood (2010); The Shadow of the Soul (2011); The Chosen Seed (2012); Poison, Charm, Beauty (2013); The Death House (2014); 13 Minutes (2016)

Gollancz | March 2017 | 352/336/352pp Rights: World Agents: Japan: Japan Uni | Turkey: Anatolialit 54 Science Fiction & Fantasy HANNU RAJANIEMI

annu Rajaniemi is from Finland and has a PhD in String HTheory. He was the most successful debut SF novelist of recent years. He has given TED talks and continues to work as a scientist. His debut novel The Quantum Thief has been published in 13 countries.

Summerland

An awe-inspiring account of the afterlife and what happens when it spills over into the world of the living. The new novel from the most exciting new voice in the genre since Neal Stephenson.

Loss is a thing of the past. Murder is obsolete. Death is just the beginning.

In 1938, death is no longer feared but exploited. Since the discovery of the afterlife, the British Empire has extended its reach into Summerland, a metropolis for the recently deceased.

Yet Britain isn’t the only contender for power in this life and the next. The Soviets have spies in Summerland, and the technology to build their own god.

When SIS agent Rachel White gets a lead on one of the Soviet moles, blowing the whistle puts her hard-earned career at risk. The spy has friends in high places, and she will have to go rogue to bring him in.

But how do you catch a man who’s already dead?

Also by Hannu Rajaniemi: The Quantum Thief (2010); The Fractal Prince (2012); The Causal Angel (2014); Invisible Planets (2016)

ward-winner Alastair Reynolds is one of the world’s finest Awriters of far future space opera. His first novel Revelation Space has now sold over 100,000 copies in the UK and has been translated into eighteen languages. He has won the British Science Fiction Award and been shortlisted three times for the Arthur C. Clarke Award. www.alastairreynolds.com @AquilaRift

Slow Bullets Elysium Fires: An Inspector Dreyfus Emergency From the acclaimed author of the Revelation Space series comes a new novella about Alastair Reynolds’ most popular interstellar war, identity, betrayal, and the character, Inspector Dreyfus, is back. preservation of civilization itself. The events of The Prefect are long A vast conflict that has encompassed over, if not long forgotten, and now hundreds of worlds and solar systems a new threat has raised its head. Only appears to be finally at an end. But on the no one is quite sure what it is – it brink of ceasefire, Scur, a conscripted could be a virus. Or a malfunction. soldier, is captured by a renegade war Or an assassination. Or possibly criminal, and is revived aboard a prisoner terrorism . . . whatever the case: transport vessel. And something has gone people are dying. And the speed horribly wrong with it. and number of people is increasing. Something is behind it, and it’s up to Passengers - combatants from both sides of the Prefects to find out what. the war - are waking up from hibernation far too soon. Their memories, embedded in Gollancz | January 2018 | 488pp | Ms due bullets, are the only links to a world which August 2017 is no longer recognizable. And Scur will be Rights: World reacquainted with her old enemy, but with Rights Sold: US: Orbit much higher stakes than just her own life. Agents: China/Taiwan: Big Apple | Japan: Tuttle Mori | Korea: EYA | Turkey: Anatolialit

Also by Alastair Reynolds: Revelation Space (2000); Chasm City (2001); Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days (2003); Redemption Ark (2003); Absolution Gap (2003); Century Rain (2004); Pushing Ice (2005); Galactic North (2006); The Prefect (2007); House of Suns (2008); Blue Remembered Earth (2012); On the Steel Breeze (2013); Poseidon’s Wake (2015); Beyond the Aquila Rift (2016) 56 Science Fiction & Fantasy ADAM ROBERTS

dam Roberts is Professor of 19th Century Literature at Royal AHolloway, London University, and has written a number of critical works on SF as well as 19th Century poetry. He has been nominated three times for the Arthur C Clarke Award and has won both the BSFA Award For Best Novel and the John W Campbell Memorial Award for his novel Jack Glass.

The Real-Town Murders

An impossible murder. A ticking deadline. A political coup. The future may not be as bright as we would wish.

Alma is a private detective in a near-future Reading, rebranded as R!-town to try to tempt people away from the delights of Shine, the immersive successor to the internet. Her partner is ill, and has to be treated without fail every 4 hours, a task that only Alma can do. If she misses the 5 minute window her lover will die.

So when Alma is called to an automated car factory to be shown an impossible death and finds herself caught up in a political coup, she knows that getting too deep may leave her unable to get home. What follows is a fast-paced thriller as she evades arrest, digs into the conspiracy, and tries to work out how on earth the dead body appeared in the boot of a freshly-made car in a fully-automated factory.

Literary SF perfect for fans of Mieville, Mitchell, Atwood and Stross.

Also by Adam Roberts: Salt (2001); On (2002); Stone (2003); The Soddit (2003); Polystom (2004); The Sellamillion (2004); The McAtrix Derided (2004); The Va Dinci Cod (2005); Star Warped (2005); The Snow (2005); Gradisil (2006); Land of the Headless (2007); Swiftly (2008); Yellow Blue Tibia (2009); I am Scrooge (2009); New Model Army (2010); By Light Alone (2011); Jack Glass (2012); Adam Robots (2013); I, Soddit (2013); Twenty Trillion Leagues under the Sea (2014); Bete (2014); The Thing Itself (2015)

57 is already being is already being Tor.com Crashing Heaven Crashing Heaven SFX , the novel that announced the arrival of this , the novel that announced the arrival of this (2015) SFF World German: Heyne | Hungarian: GABO | Russian: Atticus . l Robertson’s work has been shortlisted for the BSFA Short Short for the BSFA work has been shortlisted l Robertson’s British Fantasy Awards. and longlisted for the Story Award China/Taiwan: Big Apple | Japan: EAJ | Korea: EYA | Turkey: Nurcihan Crashing Heaven Crashing Heaven AL ROBERTSON A debut novel This stunning of William Gibson, Al Reynolds and compared to the works rights were snapped up in Germany, Hannu Rajaniemi and advance of UK publication. Russia and Hungary in www.alrobertson.co.uk Agents: Kesim Option Publishers: Gollancz | October 2016 | 336pp Rights: World Crashing Heaven Hell is a sequel to Also by Al Robertson: this year ... could be the start‘One of the most unusual books I’ve read of something that is going to be very big indeed.’ stylish blend of techno thriller and hard SF.’ ‘A mistake.’‘The year’s best debut to date, and make no Waking Hell exciting new talent. But now one woman must journey into the hard-drives to solve a murder. Even as the hard-drives to solve a murder. Even as the But now one woman must journey into the gods of Station face the dawn of a new age. On Station the dead live on, haunting the living as Fetches; digital ghosts drawn from as Fetches; digital ghosts drawn from On Station the dead live on, haunting the living And hell is a series of hard-drives where the downloaded memories of the deceased. those who cannot haunt are stored. of Station in the sequel will be digitised. Return to the world In the future the after-life to the acclaimed Waking Science Fiction & Fantasy

series Crysis: Crysis: SF 58 (2012); military (2016) The Age of Scorpio down-and-dirty , and made it her own. Controlled , and made it her own. Controlled , announcing that ‘an exceptional exceptional , announcing that ‘an new (2011);

The Beauty of Destruction thrilling a The Age of Scorpio War in Heaven (2015); Hangman’s Daughter Aliens, of (2010); cclaimed by Stephen Baxter and Adam Roberts, reviewed Adam Roberts, reviewed Stephen Baxter and cclaimed by Smith is one of the by SFX Magazine, Gavin ecstatically China/Taiwan: Grayhawk | Japan: EAJ | Korea: Shin Won | Turkey: Daughter lovers GAVIN SMITH GAVIN A Gavin F Hamilton praised of space opera. Peter brightest stars Smith’s novel SF. The book is a master class of talent has arrived to uplift celebrate both the weird and astounding, twisting plot lines that unnerving yet equally compelling.’ amid a future that’s deeply www.gavingsmith.com @gavingsmith Veteran Gollancz| October 2017 | 336pp | Ms available Rights: World Agents: Nurcihan Kesim for Quantum Mythology Squad (2013); Hangman’s Suicide Escalation Stephen Baxter ‘Gavin Smith changes the rules of engagement.’ Also by Gavin Smith: sergeant, the thieves, gangsters, murderers, and worse are transformed into Miska’s and worse are transformed into Miska’s sergeant, the thieves, gangsters, murderers, Legion. Are the mercenaries just for fun and own private indentured army: the Bastard connected to her covert past? profit, or does Miska have a hidden purpose environment. But Miska Storrow, a thief and hacker with a background in black ops, hacker with a background in black ops, environment. But Miska Storrow, a thief and has stolen one of these ships, the by the electronic ghost of a dead marine by explosive collars and trained in virtual reality operations set in a world of mercenary actions and covert dangerous criminals are kept in suspended Four hundred years in the future, the most in a shared virtual reality animation aboard prison ships and “rehabilitated” The The 59 Science Fiction & Fantasy TRICIA SULLIVAN

ricia Sullivan is an award-winning writer of SF, Fantasy and YA. THer third novel, Dreaming In Smoke, won the Arthur C. Clarke Award for best SF novel. Her work has encompassed cyberpunk, space opera and near future satire. Her novels have been shortlisted for the BSFA Award, the Tiptree Award, and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award. An American, she has lived in the UK since 1995.

Sweet Dreams Are Made of This

Tricia Sullivan – winner of multiple awards – returns with a dramatic yet light-hearted novel which melds science fiction and detective fiction.

Charlie is a dreamhacker, able to enter your dreams and shape their outcome. Forget that recurring nightmare about being naked at an exam – Charlie will step in to your dream, bring you a dressing gown and give you the answers. As far as she knows, she’s the only person who can do this. Unfortunately, her power comes with one drawback - Charlie also has narcolepsy, and may fall asleep at the most inopportune moment.

But in London 2022, her skill is in demand. And when she is hired by a minor celebrity – who also happens to be the new girlfriend of Charlie’s lamented ex – who then sleepwalks off a tall building, Charlie begins to realise that someone else might be able to invade dreams. Someone who isn’t as benevolent as Charlie likes to think she is...

Reviews for Occupy Me:

‘Occupy Me keeps the pages turning and the wheels of thought whirring. It’s a psychedelic experience, a wacky tapestry of an idea’ SFX

‘Sullivan uses the tired tropes of paranormal fantasy and high-tech SF to explore ideas of morality and identity, and has produced a work of startling originality.’ The Guardian

Also by Tricia Sullivan (in Gollancz): Occupy Me (2016)

hris Wooding is a full time, award-winning novelist and Cprofessional script writer for film and TV. His novels have been published all over the world. He has penned the Braided Path trilogy, a standalone novel (The Fade) and the Tales of the Ketty Jay series for Gollancz, all of which were critical and commercial successes.

The Ember Blade

A classic fantasy adventure from a modern perspective, Chris Wooding explodes back on to the genre scene with a fast-paced coming-of-age trilogy.

Empires rise, civilisations fall and one culture comes to subsume another. It’s the way of the world. Sometimes ways of life are improved, sometimes they are not. But the progression of change is huge and – usually – unstoppable. Or is it?

In this story, the Ossian way of life is fading and the Dachen way is taking its place, and Aren is comfortable with that. Even when his parents are accused of treason he supports the establishment and maintains there’s been some mistake…which is all it takes to get himself and his best friend arrested.

Rescued from a prison mine by an unwelcome saviour, Garric, the two friends find themselves in the midst of Garric’s quest to overturn the Dachen way of life, like it or not.

If they leave Garric now, they’ll be arrested or killed by their pursuers. If they turn him in, Garric will kill them. If they stay with him, they’ll be abetting a murderous quest they don’t believe in. There are no good options – but Aren will still have to choose a path…

Filled with a sense of wonder, epic landscapes, and an impossible quest, it’s a coming- of-age story with a touch of magic and a fantastic ensemble cast from a master of the genre in the style of David Eddings or Raymond E. Feist.

Gollancz | February 2018 | 608pp | Ms due July 2017 Rights: world Non-Fiction 62 Non-Fiction | History IAIN BALLANTYNE

one-time London-based defence and diplomatic correspondent A for a national news agency, Iain Ballantyne has contributed to coverage of naval and military issues in the Sunday Telegraph, Scotland on Sunday, Maxim and Focus as well as prestigious publications published on behalf of NATO and the Royal Navy.

Deadly Trade: A History of Submarine Warfare

The dramatic and largely untold story of submarine warfare in the Cold War and beyond.

The Deadly Trade is an exciting and comprehensive account of how an initially ineffectual underwater boat – originally derided and loathed in equal measure – evolved into the most powerful and terrifying vessel ever invented, with enough destructive power to end all life on Earth. Much-respected naval writer Iain Ballantyne considers the key episodes of submarine warfare and vividly describes the stories of brave individuals who have risked their lives under the sea, often with fatal consequences.

Today, nuclear-powered submarines are among the most complex, costly ships in existence. Armed with nuclear weapons, they have the ability to destroy millions of lives: they are the most powerful warships ever created. At the heart of this thrilling narrative lurks danger and power as we discover warfare’s murkiest secrets.

Weidenfeld & Nicolson | March 2018 | 384pp | Ms due September 2017 Rights: World Agents: China / Taiwan: Big Apple 63 Non-Fiction | History EDWARD BURMAN

dward Burman is a writer and film maker. He is the author of E Xi’an Through European Eyes: A Cultural History in the Year of the Horse. From 1999–2012 he was director of a London-based investment company and in 2006 set up offices for them in China, in Beijing and in Xi’an. Since then he has visited Xi’an once a month. He has lived in China since 2003 and he has set up EB Cultural Enterprises Ltd in Hong Kong for his cultural activities. www.edwardburman.com

Terracotta Warriors: 2,000 Years of History, Mystery and New Discovery

An up to date exploration of the famous Terracotta Army which will include all recent discoveries.

Exciting investigations in north-west China are about to reveal more of the mysteries of the huge mausoleum of the Qin Emperor, a portion of which was accidently discovered in 1974 by farmers who were digging a well. The second phase of an international research project began in 2011 and is on-going. More recently still, in March 2015, promising new excavations began in Pit 2, with exciting fresh discoveries. Much new material has become available since 2008, the year of the major sell-out exhibitions in London and Paris.

Written with the full support of the Shaanxi Province Cultural Relics Bureau, Terracotta Warriors will describe the discovery of the site as well as explore recent new findings and discoveries. Edward Burman wears his learning lightly, and his narrative about this momentous archaeological discovery is unfailingly fascinating.

ames Evans completed a PhD at Oriel College, Oxford, following Ja first-class degree and a Masters in Historical Research. He has written and produced many historical documentaries for the BBC and Channel 4, and is the author of Merchant Adventurers: The Voyage of Discovery that Transformed Tudor England.

Emigrants: Why the English Sailed to the New World

An absorbing, unconventional approach to the mass emigration from England to the Americas in the seventeenth century.

During the course of the seventeenth century nearly 400,000 people left Britain for the Americas, most of them from England. It was an astonishing outpouring, unlike anything in the country’s remembered past, but few have looked in detail at the lives these emigrants led or asked, simply, why did they go?

Emigrants casts light on an unprecedented population shift – a phenomenon that not only helped shape modern America, but continues to shape the modern world. James Evans uses contemporary sources from diaries, court hearings and letters to bring many of the individual emigrants’ diverse stories to life, and uncovers the fascinating reasons behind why so many people left England for a new life in an unknown part of the world.

Also by James Evans: Merchant Adventurers (2013)

Weidenfeld & Nicolson | July 2017 | 352pp | Ms available Rights: US Translation: Johnson & Alcock 65 Non-Fiction | History LOUIS FERRANTE

ouis Ferrante is the author of Mob Rules: What the Mafia Can Teach Lthe Legitimate Businessman (Portfolio/Penguin, 2011) and Tough Guy: The Life and Crimes of a Mafia Insider (Bantam, 2008). Ferrante was a mobster, before he became a writer. Nicholas Pileggi, co-writer (with Martin Scorsese) of one of the most famous Mafia movies of all time, Goodfellas, said of him: ‘I’ve met a million mobsters and I’ve met a million writers, but until I met you, I’d never met a mobster who can write.’

The Mafia: A Modern History

A unique historical record of the modern Mafia, (1985-2005), written by a former mobster.

Ferrante’s book is a history of ‘our Mafia’ – the Mafia of the last 30 years. Ferrante acquaints the reader with the Mafia’s formative years: its origins in Sicily, before following Italian immigrants to America. Several ambitious New York mobsters are introduced, exploring how the structure of their new underworld empires shaped the American Mafia. A twenty year period from 1985-2005, during which Ferrante was an active mobster, makes up the meat of this book. The epilogue takes a look at the Mafia since 2005, and the author’s predictions of where the organisation is heading.

The Mafia remains one of the largest organised crime groups in America, with operations all over the world, and Ferrante’s exploration of a more recent and relevant Mafia is an important contribution to contemporary history. All of this with the added twist of the author’s criminal involvement in the history he is writing.

Ferrante’s insider knowledge details every aspect of Mafia life within the focus period of 1985–2005, making this history unparalleled in its conception.

phelia Field read English at Christ Church, Oxford, graduating Owith a double first, and gained a Masters with distinction in Development Studies at the London School of Economics. Her first book, The Favourite, was published to wide acclaim in 2002. Field has since acted as the historical consultant on Queen Anne, a play by Helen Edmundson about the Duchess of Marlborough’s downfall which was staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company from November 2015 to January 2016.

The Favourite

A new edition of Ophelia Field’s acclaimed biography of Sarah Churchill, first Duchess of Marlborough (1660-1744).

Sarah Churchill, first Duchess of Marlborough, was the glamorous and controversial subject of hundreds of newspaper articles and publications during her lifetime and after her death. Tied to Queen Anne by an intimate friendship, Sarah hoped to wield power equal to that of a government minister. Politically, Sarah was most influential through her husband, one of England’s greatest generals, and their mutual friend, the Treasurer Sidney Godolphin. After their deaths, she remained independently powerful thanks to the immense wealth she controlled as the founder of several dynasties, including the Spencer-Churchills.

This biography brings her own voice, passionate and intelligent, back to life, and casts a critical eye over images of the Duchess handed down through art, history and literature. Here is an unforgettable portrait of a woman who cared intensely about how we would remember her.

A film about Sarah Churchill starring Oscar-winner Rachel Weisz is in development, with Olivia Colman set to play Queen Anne. Oscar-nominee Yorgos Lanthimos will direct under the auspices of Element Pictures, producers of the Oscar-winning adaptation of Emma Donoghue’s Room.

Weidenfeld & Nicolson | April 2018 | 496pp Rights: US Translation: David Higham 67 Non-Fiction | History LEONIE FRIEDA

wedish by birth, but educated in Britain, Leonie Frieda speaks Sfive languages and is a member of the Institute of Linguists. Her long interest in Catherine de Medici resulted in a biography that was a bestseller on both sides of the Atlantic and was translated into six languages.

Francis I: The Maker of Modern France

The author of the bestselling Catherine de Medici turns to King Francis of France, Catherine’s father-in-law, who turned France into a great nation.

King Francis I (1494–1547)was the perfect Renaissance knight, the movement’s exemplar and its Gallic interpreter. A renowned patron of the arts (he acquired Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa), diplomat par excellence and contemporary of Machiavelli, he was the founder of modern France, whose sheer force of will and personality moulded his kingdom into the first European superpower. With access to private archives that have never been used in a study of Francis I, Leonie Frieda explores the life of the man who was the most human of the monarchs of the period, and yet remains the most elusive.

Also by Leonie Frieda: Catherine de Medici (2004); The Deadly Sisterhood (2012)

Weidenfeld & Nicolson | November 2017 | 512pp | Ms due May 2017 Rights: World Rights sold: US: HarperCollins 68 Non-Fiction | History JAMES HAMILTON

ames Hamilton, biographer of J M W Turner and Michael JFaraday, is Senior Research Fellow in History of Art at the University of Birmingham. His most recent book is A Strange Business: Making Art and Money in Nineteenth-Century Britain. He has curated dozens of highly influential exhibitions, among them Turner and the Scientists (Tate Gallery, 1998).

Gainsborough: A Portrait

Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) is the quintessential painter of the 18th century, an era that is so richly reflected in the novels of Jane Austen, the music of Handel, and the elegance of Bath and Georgian London. Gainsborough defined an age in his portraits, while in his landscape paintings he evoked the first critical reverberations of the impending social change from Britain’s rural to an industrial economy.

While Gainsborough’s work has been displayed fruitfully in exhibitions and in country house collections, there is no modern full-length biography. The circumstances of his life have only been seriously addressed where they touch on the interpretation of his work by art historians. James Hamilton’s vibrant biography draws a striking picture of the social, literary and musical background in London, Bath and provincial Suffolk, setting the artist in his period and society, whilst also illuminating the paintings, the majority of which are in public collections in Britain, principally at the National Gallery, Tate Britain, Kenwood and the National Gallery of Scotland, where they are seen as the epitome of 18th-century elegance.

Weidenfeld & Nicolson | July 2017 | 320pp | Ms due January 2017 Rights: US Translation rights: Felicity Bryan 69 Non-Fiction | History PAMELA HICKS

he daughter of Lord Louis and Edwina Mountbatten, Lady TPamela Hicks was Lady in Waiting to the Queen both when she was a princess and following her coronation. In the 1960s she married the flamboyant designer David Hicks who became internationally celebrated. Her second book, Daughter of Empire, has recently been used as a source of inspiration for the film The Viceroy’s House starring Gillian Anderson.

Daughter of Empire

A source of inspiration for the film Viceroy’s House: a magical memoir about coming of age in India by the daughter of Lord Louis and Edwina Mountbatten.

Pamela Mountbatten was born at the end of the 1920s into one of Britain’s grandest families. The daughter of Lord Louis Mountbatten and his glamorous wife Edwina Ashley, she was brought up by nannies and governesses as she was often parted from her parents as they dutifully carried out their public roles. A solitary child, she learned to occupy her days lost in a book, riding or playing with the family’s animals (which included at different times a honey bear, chameleons, a bush baby, two wallabies, a lion, a mongoose and a coati mundi). Her parents’ vast social circle included royalty, film stars, senior service officers, politicians and celebrities. Noel Coward invited Pamela to watch him filming; Douglas Fairbanks Jr. dropped in for tea and Churchill would call for ‘a word with Dickie’.

After the war, Pamela truly came of age in India, while her parents were the Last Viceroy and Vicereine. This introduction to the country would start a life-long love affair with the people and the place.

Weidenfeld & Nicolson | Reissue: March 2017 | 272pp Rights: World Rights sold: US: Simon & Schuster 70 Non-Fiction | History BETTANY HUGHES

ettany Hughes is an award-winning historian, author and Bbroadcaster. Her previous books – Helen of Troy: Goddess, Princess, Whore and The Hemlock Cup: Socrates, Athens and the Search for the Good Life – were published to great critical acclaim and worldwide success. Bettany has made a number of factual films and documentaries for the BBC, Channel 4, PBS, National Geographic, Discovery, The History Channel and ABC for both British and international viewers. Bettany is a Research Fellow of King’s College London and has been honoured with numerous awards including the Norton Medlicott Medal for History. www.bettanyhughes.co.uk @bettanyhughes

Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities

A captivating history of one of the world’s greatest cities, based on years of first-hand research and new archaeological evidence.

Istanbul, Turkey’s largest city, has always been a place where stories and histories collide and crackle, where ideas are as potent as historical fact. Standing as the gateway between the East and West, it has served as the capital of the Roman, Byzantine, Latin and Ottoman Empires. For much of its history it was known simply as The City, but, as Bettany Hughes reveals, Istanbul is not just a city, but a story. Hughes takes us on a dazzling historical journey through the many incarnations of one of the world’s greatest cities. As the longest-lived political entity in Europe, over the last 6,000 years Istanbul has absorbed a mosaic of micro-cities and cultures all gathering around the core. Phoenicians, Genoese, Venetians, Jews, Vikings and Azeris all called a patch of this earth their home. Delving into these layers – both physical and ideological – this epic new biography of Istanbul is visceral, immediate and scholarly narrative history at its finest.

imon Sebag Montefiore is a prize-winning historian whose Sbestselling books have been published in over forty languages. Catherine the Great and Potemkin was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize; Stalin: the Court of the Red Stalin won the History Book of the Year Prize at the British Book Awards; Young Stalin won the Costa Biography Award, LA Times Biography Prize and Le Grand Prix de Biographie; Jerusalem: The Biography was a number one bestseller. www.simonsebagmontefiore.com @simonmontefiore www.facebook.com/pages/Simon-Sebag-Montefiore

Titans of History: The Giants Who Made our World

The history of the world told through the entertaining, horrifying and inspiring characters that everyone should know.

In over 200 concise biographies of the greatest heroes and monsters to have lived, Simon Sebag Montefiore tells the history of our world - how it has been shaped not just by kings, empresses, sultans and conquerors, but also by explorers, poets, whores and psychopaths.

Originally published as Heroes and Monsters by Quercus in 2008, Titans of History will be repackaged and reissued by Weidenfeld & Nicolson this autumn with a brand new chapter on Simón Bolívar.

Also by Simon Sebag Montefiore: Catherine the Great and Potemkin (2000); Stalin (2003); Young Stalin (2007); Jerusalem (2011); The Romanovs (2016);

iza Picard was born in 1927. She is the author of many Lacclaimed works of social history, including Restoration London, Dr Johnson’s London and Victorian London. She read law at the London School of Economics and worked for many years in the office of the Solicitor of the Inland Revenue and lived in Gray’s Inn and Hackney, before retiring to become a full-time author.

Chaucer’s People

A fascinating exploration of the Middle Ages through the lives of Geoffrey Chaucer’s pilgrims in The Canterbury Tales.

In Chaucer’s People, Liza Picard guides us through the tumultuous world of the late fourteenth century in an ingenious, informative and entertaining way. Taking the assorted cast of pilgrims Chaucer selected for The Canterbury Tales, Picard brings medieval social history to life and uncovers the detail behind Chaucer’s poetic portraits. These are the lives lived beyond the court circles frequented by most of his well-heeled audience.

Drawing on contemporary experiences of a vast range of subjects including war, trade, religion, plague and banking, Liza Picard recreates the medieval world in all its glorious detail. Chaucer chose his pilgrims carefully. By providing these characters with a three-dimensional framework – the times in which they lived – Liza Picard opens the fourteenth-century world up to us.

ictor Sebestyen is the acclaimed author of Twelve Days, VRevolution 1989 and 1946. He was born in Budapest and was still a child when his family left Hungary as refugees. As a journalist, he has worked for numerous British newspapers, and reported widely from Eastern Europe when Communism collapsed and the Berlin Wall came down in 1989.

Lenin the Dictator: An Intimate Portrait

A new life of the creator of the world’s first communist state.

Victor Sebestyen’s intimate biography is the first major work in English for nearly two decades on one of the most significant figures of the twentieth century. In Russia to this day Lenin inspires adulation. Everywhere, he continues to fascinate as a man who made history, and who created a new kind of state that would later be imitated by nearly half the countries in the world.

Lenin believed that the ‘the political is the personal’, and while in no way ignoring his political life, Sebestyen’s focus will be on Lenin the man – a man who loved nature almost as much as he loved making revolution, and whose closest ties and friendships were with women. The long-suppressed story of his ménage a trois with his wife, Nadezhda Krupskaya, and his mistress and comrade, Inessa Armand, reveals a different character to the coldly one-dimensional figure of legend.

Told through the prism of Lenin’s key relationships, Sebestyen’s lively biography casts a new light on the Russian Revolution, one of the great turning points of modern history.

Also by Victor Sebestyen: Twelve Days (2006); Revolution 1989 (2009); 1949 (Macmillan 2014)

hris Skidmore is the author of three much admired books on CTudor and medieval history: Edward VI, Death and the Virgin and Bosworth. He previously taught at Bristol University and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. In 2010 he was elected Member of Parliament for Kingswood.

Richard III: Brother, Protector, King

The first full biography of Richard III in over fifty years by ‘one of our brightest young historians’ David Starkey.

The last Plantagenet king (1452–85) remains one of England’s most famous and controversial monarchs. A dedicated brother and loyal stalwart of the Yorkist dynasty for most of his early life, Richard III’s personality was forged in the tribulation of exile and the brutality of medieval combat. His two-year reign would become one of the most tumultuous in history, ending in treachery and his death on the battlefield at Bosworth.

Chris Skidmore’s biography strips back the legends that surround Richard’s life and reign, and by returning to original manuscript evidence, rediscovers the man as contemporaries saw him.

Also by Chris Skidmore: Edward VI (2007); Death and the Virgin (2010), Bosworth (2013)

Weidenfeld & Nicolson | September 2017 | 400pp | MS due May 2017 Rights: Translation US: Capel & Land 75 Non-Fiction | History ROY STRONG

ir Roy Colin Strong FRSL is an English art historian, museum Scurator, writer, broadcaster and landscape designer. He has been director of both the National Portrait Gallery and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. He was knighted in 1983.

The Story of Britain

A sweeping history of Britain from the days of the Romans to the Referendum.

Sir Roy Strong tells the story of Britain from the very earliest recorded Celtic times. First published to great acclaim in 1996 and originally ending with Thatcher’s era, this fully revised and updated edition takes the story through the Blair years and into the present day of Brexit Britain.

Astutely illustrated, Strong tells the story as a continuous narrative in chapters whichgive meaning and purpose to the periods they consider.

Weidenfeld & Nicolson | April 2018 | 600pp | Ms due October 2017 Rights: World 76 Non-Fiction | History MIKE THOMSON

ike Thomson is a multi-award winning World Affairs Mcorrespondent for the BBC . His work has taken him to many of the world’s most troubled places, including Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, North Korea and Darfur. He has covered some of the world’s biggest news events including the war in Syria, the election of several US presidents, the devastating Haiti earthquake, the fall of Gaddafi and the death of Nelson Mandela.

Syria’s Secret Library

The extraordinary story of how the besieged and half-starved Syrian town of Darayya is drawing hope and inspiration from its secret underground library.

The secret library is in the basement of a building in a heavily shelled area of Darayya. Around it, shattered buildings that were once homes and offices lie in crumbling piles. Deep beneath this scene of frightening devastation lies the secret library. No signs mark its presence. While the streets above echo with rifle fire and thunderous shelling the secret world below is a haven of peace and tranquillity. More than 14,000 books are stacked neatly on home-made shelves according to author and subject, and are checked in and out meticulously. Those within read quietly, drinking tea on comfortable sofas and chairs; a small oasis of normality in a country at war with itself. The secret library was the brainchild of a group of former university students whose education was interrupted when war broke out. Teams of young enthusiasts regularly dodge snipers’ bullets and barrel bombs to bring books to the library. Darayya’s secret library is an extraordinary place, but this book is about more than that. It is also the stories of the many people who treasure it and the central role it has in their lives.

Weidenfeld & Nicolson | February 2018 | 320pp | Ms due September 2017 Rights: World Agents: Korea: EYA Rights sold: US: Public Affairs | Japanese: Bunkeido

77 Non-Fiction | History MICHAEL VATIKIOTIS

ichael Vatikiotis is an expert commentator on Southeast MAsia and author of several books on the region. He has lived there for decades working as a private diplomat, conflict mediator and journalist and is a regular contributor to Al Jazeera and the BBC.

Blood and Silk: Power and Conflict in Modern Southeast Asia

A powerful examination of the conflicts in Southeast Asia that risk destabilising its remarkable development.

Southeast Asia is a poster child for a model of development that for almost three decades has lifted most of the ten countries of the region out of poverty. Yet beyond the beach clubs and plush five-star hotel lobbies of Thailand and Singapore, the heart of Southeast Asia is a place where conflict is never far below the calm surface of outward politeness. In Blood and Silk, Vatikiotis aims to dispel the myth of a tropical Arcadia, and give proper consideration to the grim reality of the perpetual threats to lives and livelihoods in Southeast Asia from the Islamic jihadist groups of Central Java to the right-wing Buddhist nationalists of Rakhine State in Myanmar.

Also by Michael Vakiotis: Political Change in Southeast Asia: Trimming the Banyan Tree (Routledge); Indonesian Politics under Suharto (Routledge)

r Adam Rutherford is a science writer and broadcaster. After Dstudying evolutionary biology at UCL, his PhD from Great Ormond St Hospital and the Institute of Child Health was on the genetics of the developing eye. He spent ten years at the editorial staff of the world’s premier science journal Nature. He has written and presented several television series and programmes. His first book, Creation, was published by Viking in 2013 to outstanding reviews and was shortlisted for the Wellcome Trust Prize. @AdamRutherford adamrutherford.com

A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Stories in Our Genes

Adam Rutherford explores – and exposes – what our map of the human genome can really tell us about ourselves.

Since scientists first read the human genome more than a decade ago it has been subject to all sorts of claims and counterclaims. We’ve been told that we inherit genes for sexuality, infidelity or criminality. But genetics just doesn’t work like that. Drawing on the very latest research, Adam Rutherford reveals a picture of this rapidly changing area of science that is more complex and more fascinating than scientists had dared to imagine.

Our genomes are not like instruction manuals, Adam Rutherford explains, but more like poems. Genes tell us less than we think about an individual person, but vastly more about people. Adam Rutherford’s book will explore in depth this relationship between our genes and our history.

osamond Richardson writes the monthly feature ‘Reflections’, Rnow approaching its third year, for Britain’s biggest-selling bird magazine BirdWatching. Familiar to many as author of the Penguin Classic Hedgerow Cookery and co-presenter of BBC2‘s Discovering Hedgerows, as well as the international bestseller Country Wisdom, she has written a column for The Countryman over the past three years

Waiting for the Albino Dunnock

An exquisite account of an acclaimed nature writer’s discovery of and conversion to bird-watching.

Waiting For The Albino Dunnock explores the mysterious world of birds through the seasons of a single year. Written by a beginner-birdwatcher with the passion and freshness of a convert, it describes encounters with wild birds in their habitats, travelling through the landscapes of East Anglia where the author is rooted – the Fens with their waterscapes and wide skies, the forests and heathland of the Brecks, the flat sea coastlines of Norfolk, the arable fields and woodlands of Suffolk and Essex, and beyond as far as the Outer Hebrides and Eastern Europe.

What makes this book different is the linking narrative, which reflects on how the ordinary yet serendipitous experience of birdwatching is far more than just that. It touches on themes of silence and solitude, on inscape and stillness, on waiting, and the uncommonness of the commonplace.

Weidenfeld & Nicolson | July 2017 | 400pp | Ms due January 2017 Rights: US Translation rights: Felicity Bryan 80 Non-fiction | Music RAY CONNOLLY

ay Connolly is a journalist and screenwriter. While working Rfor the Evening Standard he interviewed, among others, many Sixties and Seventies rock stars and cultural icons, including The Beatles and Elvis Presley. He has written a number of articles for the Daily Mail, as well as The Sunday Times, The Times, The Daily Telegraph, and The Observer.

BEING JOHN LENNON

An intimate biography of one of the greatest musicians of the twentieth century.

John Lennon needs no introduction: he is one of the most iconic musicians of the last century. Being John Lennon will show the many facets of Lennon’s life. With the pace of a novel, it will be a book which shows his humour, eccentricities and wide interests alongside his musical and inspirational talents. But it won’t be a hagiography: his faults, anger and sometimes cruelty will all be covered, too.

Ray Connolly, who knew John Lennon well from 1967, and was about to fly to New York to interview him in 1980 when the call came through to say Lennon had been murdered, still retains the best contacts in the Beatles world. He will draw on his own interviews and his many conversations with Lennon, as well as those with Yoko Ono and Cynthia Lennon and their friends and staff to make Being John Lennon a must read for all music fans.

Also by Ray Connolly: Being Elvis

vgeny Igorevitch Kissin is a Russian-British-Israeli classical Epianist who first came to international fame as a child prodigy. He is especially known for his interpretations of the works of the Romantic era, particularly those of Frédéric Chopin, Sergei Rachmaninoff and Franz Liszt.

Memoirs

The Russian-born classical pianist’s personal account of a life in music.

These captivating memoirs describe Kissin’s childhood in Russia and his family’s decision to live abroad after the attempted putsch at the Russian White House in 1993. With refreshing candour Kissin describes the life and attitudes of the mainly Russian Jewish intelligentsia, his views on the performance of music and his personal approach to concerts. The book also offers Kissin’s philosophy of life and his understanding of human nature derived from meetings with learned people, books and his own day-to-day experience. He does not indulge in false modesty, but takes a realistic view of who he is in the eyes of the world.

Weidenfeld & Nicolson | June 2017 | 256pp | Ms available Rights: World (Japanese and Korean: Marina Arshinova) 82 Non-fiction | Music NICK MASON

ick Mason was a founder member of Pink Floyd as drummer/ Npercussionist. He is the only member of the band to survive from its foundation and has played on every Pink Floyd album.

Inside Out

Updated history of Pink Floyd by founder member Nick Mason.

Originally published in 2004, and published around the world in eleven languages Inside Out is the last word on one of the most fascinating rock bands ever. As the only member to have been part of the band throughout the 50 years of its existence, and the first to write a personal take on their history, Nick Mason gives unique insights into Pink Floyd’s highs and lows.

In a new chapter Nick Mason looks back at the years following the band’s final performance at Live 8 in July 2005 and reflects on the huge changes that have occurred since: the irreplaceable losses, the new releases and the impact on the Floyd’s continued success of both digital technology and social media. Intelligent, original and self- deprecating, Inside Out is the first-hand story of a band that has become a legend, as celebrated by the Victoria & Albert Museum’s landmark Pink Floyd exhibition in 2017.

‘Mason could very probably have plied a successful trade as a writer … a dry, original wit’ Guardian

‘A wise and witty addition to the canon of rock biographies’ Ian Rankin

homas Voigt is a well-respected German music critic. THis previous books include biographies of the German operasingers Martha Mödl and Inge Borkh. His biography of Jonas Kaufmann has been written with Kaufmann’s full cooperation. The book was well received in Germany and will now be translated and published in English.

Jonas Kaufmann: The Authorised Biography Authorised biography of the most glamorous classical male singer in the world today.

Jonas Kaufmann (born 10 July 1969) is a German operatic tenor, best known for his performances in spinto roles such as Don José in Carmen, Cavaradossi in , Maurizio in Adriana Lecouvreur, and the title role in Don Carlos. He has also sung leading tenor roles in the operas of Richard Wagner with success in Germany and abroad, most notably the Metropolitan Opera in New York. He is also an accomplished Lieder singer. In 2014 The New York Times described Kaufmann as ‘a box-office draw, and ... the most important, versatile tenor of his generation.’

In this authorised biography we hear from his remarkable teachers and learn of ups and downs of the profession, and Kaufmann’s thoughts and emotions before and during debuts and performances at opera houses around the world.

Weidenfeld & Nicolson | July 2017 | 272pp | Ms available December 2016 Rights: US Translation rights: Felicity Bryan Non-fiction | Music

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estselling author Guillem Balague is a key fixture of Sky BSports’ coverage of Spanish football, appearing regularly both on live match coverage and the weekly round-up show, Revista de la Liga. He is also the UK Correspondent for AS, the Madrid-based Spanish sports newspaper, and El Larguero, Spain’s most popular sports radio show. His work appears regularly in The Times and in Champions magazine, where he writes a regular column on international football.

Brave New World

The exclusive behind-the-scenes story of the Mauricio Pochettino revolution at Spurs.

Since joining the club in 2014, Mauricio Pochettino has transformed Tottenham from mid-table underachievers into title contenders. In the process, he has marked himself out as a manager of real standing, more than holding his own against the Premier League’s established heavyweights. He has done so by promoting an attacking, pressing style of football and by nurturing home-grown talent, fully endearing himself to the Spurs faithful along the way.

Guillem Balague, the Sky Sports presenter and Spanish football expert, was granted unprecedented access to Pochettino and his backroom staff over the course of the 2016-17 season, resulting in the most comprehensive and compelling portrait of a manager and of a club in the Premier League era.

Also by Guillem Balagué: A Season on the Brink (2006); Pep Guardiola (2012); Messi (2013); Ronaldo (2015)

li Hesse is an expert on German football and the author of UTor! The Story of German Football, which was shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year award. He writes for FourFourTwo, ESPN and the Blizzard.

Building the Yellow Wall

The definitive story of the rise of Borussia Dortmund, the club that all real football fans wish theirs was like.

Barely ten years ago, Borussia Dortmund were on the verge of going out of business. Now they are an international phenomenon – one of the most popular clubs and fastest growing football brands in the world. Every fortnight, an incredible number of foreigners (among them at least 1,000 Britons) eschew their own clubs and domestic leagues and travel to Dortmund to watch football, while people from all corners of the world dream of doing the same – dream of standing on the largest terrace in the world, the Yellow Wall.

How did this happen? How could a club that hasn’t won a European trophy in twenty years so thoroughly capture people’s imaginations across borders?

Building the Yellow Wall tells the story of Dortmund’s roller-coaster ride from humble beginnings and lean decades to the revolution under Jürgen Klopp and today’s amazing success and popularity. But it also tells the story of those people who have done as much for the club’s profile as any player, coach or chairman – Dortmund’s unique supporters.

Weidenfeld & Nicolson | August 2018 | 288pp | Ms due April 2017 Rights: World 87 Non-Fiction | Sport JOHN MCMANUS

ohn McManus is an academic and writer based in Istanbul Jwho has periodically lived in Turkey since 2008. He did a PhD in Anthropology at the University of Oxford looking at Turkish football and football fans in the diaspora. He is fluent in Turkish and has been writing about Turkish football for peer-reviewed academic journals and a general readership for more than five years. He has written for the BBC Sport website, the Guardian and in 2009 won a sports-writing competition at the Independent with a piece about Be ikta fans.

Welcome to Hell?: A Journey Through Turkish Football

The first book to shine a light on modern-day Turkey through its passionate football culture.

‘Turkey is a country that is very, very obsessed with football. From toddlers to doddery old grannies, everyone must be – or pretend to be – a fan. It is hard to over-estimate the role of the game in Turkey’s national life: the three biggest clubs are older than the 100-year old state itself. When politicians tour the country, the scarf of the local football team is draped around their neck as they take the stage at rallies. The president himself is a former semi-professional.’

Football permeates every part of Turkish society and is a great prism through which to look at the country. In his informed and entertaining new book, writer and Istanbul resident John McManus uses the subject of football to provide a unique take on Turkish society, politics and culture, covering a wide range of topics, from the plight of the refugees pouring into the country to gender politics in sport in Islamic countries.

Weidenfeld & Nicolson | April 2018 | 304pp | Ms due March 2017 Rights: World Agents: Turkey: Anatolialit Non-Fiction | Sport

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ordan Bone is a popular YouTuber, making beauty videos as well Jas opening up about her own life and sharing inspiration. Her video ‘My Beautiful Struggle’ has been viewed over 5.6 million times. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/JordanBone89 Twitter: @JordanBone1 Instagram: @jbone89

My Beautiful Struggle

One day a girl’s life was changed forever in a car accident. This is the inspiring true story of how she got her life back.

Aged 15, Jordan Bone got into a car with friends. She would never walk again. Paralysed from the waist down, her life was changed forever. Becoming depressed and feeling like life wasn’t worth living, these weren’t the teenage years that Jordan had envisaged.

However, slowly but surely, she began to get herself out of the darkness. With a little help from the internet, Jordan started to embrace positive thinking and embarked on a personal journey to get her confidence – and her life – back. Eleven years on from the accident, Jordan creates her own beauty tutorials on YouTube and has a range of successful brand partnerships. She has reclaimed her life and her independence and now wants to share her inspirational story with others. This isn’t a book about outer beauty, this is a story of inner strength, believing in yourself and finding motivation when you feel like all hope is gone.

Trapeze | May 2017 | 320pp | Ms available Rights: World 90 Non-Fiction | Biography & Memoir JULIA BUCKLEY

ulia Buckley is a journalist and translator. She read Modern JLanguages at Oxford before joining the launch team at The London Paper. She writes travel features for many publications including the Independent, Sunday Times Travel Magazine and Mail On Sunday; has a monthly column for National Geographic Traveller and is assistant editor at Condé Nast’s HotelChatter.

Heal Me

A brutally honest, darkly funny and profoundly moving memoir about the author’s global search for a cure to chronic pain.

Julia Buckley suffers from a chronic pain condition that can leave her screaming in agony for days at a time. It’s a condition that affects one in five people, but, like the vast majority of these conditions, her pain is not only incurable but untreatable, as science cannot – yet – identify a cause. Three GPs, eight consultants, three physiotherapists, one nurse and two psychologists later – and faced with a life sentence of disability, pain support groups and the frustration of being shipped from one doubting specialist to another – Julia finds herself willing to try anything. What follows is a journey that takes her from California to Kerala, Bali to Bermondsey, and from eminent surgeons to witch doctors, to the fringes of healthcare where conventional medicine cannot reach.

Written with refreshing honesty and humour, Heal Me treads the boundaries between science, psychology and faith, and raises important questions about the modern medical system.

Weidenfeld & Nicolson | January 2018 | 352pp | Proposal available Rights: US Translation rights: Johnson & Alcock 91 Non-Fiction | Biography & Memoir ARRON CRASCALL

rron Crascall is a social media star on multiple platforms, Awith over 4 million likes on Facebook, 490K followers on Vine, 475K followers on Instagram, 113K followers on Twitter and 66K subscribers on YouTube. This is his debut title.

See Ya Later

Hilarious window into the world of social-media star Arron Crascall.

In the same vein as his favourite TV show, The Wonder Years, old Arron (full of See Ya Later wisdom) meets young 13 year-old Arron (who needs a firm steer) and tackles all the big stuff. Using a mixture of autobiographical narrative, Adrian Mole-like diaries to his 13 year-old self, love letters, early letters to Santa and a collection of his favourite playlists and TV shows, the book will cover all the key life milestones, and discovering what truly makes him happy.

Trapeze | September 2017 | 256pp | Ms due May 2017 Rights: World

92 Non-Fiction | Biography & Memoir HENRY FRASER

enry Fraser works in communications and social media Hfor a Premiership rugby club and is the first official representative of the Matt Hampson foundation, supporting young people seriously injured through sport.

The Little Big Things

A short, inspirational read from Henry Fraser, a young quadroplegic motivational speaker and artist.

Henry Fraser was a 17-year old sports enthusiast and senior prefect when he broke his spinal cord and was left paralysed from the shoulders down. Life as he knew it was over and yet, through extraordinary determination and a positive attitude, he has forged a successful career as an inspirational speaker and an artist. He chose survival over defeat, and transformed unimaginable difficulty into an opportunity to grow and inspire others.

This book will combine his wisdom and insight into accepting life’s challenges with positivity and hope, and will resonate with anyone facing an obstacle, no matter how big or small. It includes Henry’s thoughts on how to look at the right things and avoid the wrong things, looking for progress in whatever you do, and acknowledging and accepting the darkness when it comes. Right at the heart of Henry’s inspiring philosophy is his belief that every day is a good day.

Orion Spring | September 2017 | 192pp | Ms due April 2017 Rights: World Agents: China/Taiwan: Big Apple 93 Non-Fiction | Biography & Memoir MAGGIE HARTLEY

aggie Hartley has fostered more than 300 children over the Mpast 28 years at her home in the Midlands. She's looked after refugees, supported children through sexual abuse and violence court cases, cared for teenagers on remand and helped teach young mums how to parent their newborn babies.

Little Ghost Girl Too Young to be a Mum

The true story of a little girl who suffered Can Jess learn to be a good mum when she years of abuse at the hands of her family, is only a child herself? A true story from eventually saved by foster mother Maggie bestselling foster carer Maggie Hartley. Hartley. When fifteen-year-old Jess arrives on foster Kayleigh was a ghost of a girl when carer Maggie Hartley’s doorstep with her she arrived into foster mother Maggie newborn son Jimmy, she has nowhere else Hartley’s care. Pale, frail and withdrawn, to go. it was clear to Maggie that Kayleigh had seen and experienced things that no ten- Arriving straight from the hospital having year-old should have to. just given birth, Jess is like a rabbit caught in the headlights. Scared, alone, and a Through love, reassurance and patience, child herself, she is overwhelmed with Maggie starts to unravel Kayleigh’s the responsibility of caring for a newborn painful past and helps Kayleigh find her without the support of a loving family. With voice, to be a ghost no more, and bring social services threatening to take baby those who’ve harmed her to justice. Jimmy into care, Jess knows that Maggie is her only chance of keeping her son. Trapeze | December 2016 | 272pp Rights: World Trapeze | June 2017 | 288pp | Ms due January 2017 Agents: China/Taiwan: Grayhawk | Rights: World Korea: Shinwon 94 Non-Fiction | Biography & Memoir STEPHEN PURVIS

tephen Purvis, an architect, was held in Cuba after his company, SCoral Capital Group, fell foul of a massive anti-corruption drive launched by President Raúl Castro. He was imprisoned for fifteen months before safely returning to Britain in 2013.

Close but No Cigar

An eye-opening account of a year spent in a Cuban jail – its horrors and absurdities.

Businessman Stephen Purvis suspected that an arrest was coming after his boss was taken in. Yet he and his family decided to stay in Cuba: despite living there for twelve years he had a naive sense of fair play. Eventually, Stephen was arrested for the vague crime of passing state secrets. Quite what secrets and to whom is not clear. He shares a tiny cell with three other men and can seldom go outside. The food is inedible. Many men there commit suicide; others just rot or go mad. Then, just as suddenly as it began, it all ends with his trial.

Told with rare self-possession and humour, Close But No Cigar gives a fascinating insight into the dark heart of Cuba’s prison system.

Weidenfeld & Nicolson | March 2017 | 256pp Rights: World 95 Non-Fiction | Health, Well-being, Parenting DR HARRY BARRY

r. Harry Barry is a highly respected Irish author and medic, Dwith 36 years experience as a GP and a particular interest in mental health. He has become a well-known figure in the Irish media, and is a go-to expert on all areas of mental health. His YouTube video on panic attacks has had 330k views.

The Flag Series – A New Approach to Mental Health

A series devoted to understanding the role of neuroscience in both the cause and treatment of mental health illnesses.

Dr Barry’s FLAG method demystifies issues of mental health, and provides readers with the tools to combat mental health issues and change their lives. Each title focuses on a specific area of mental health, using the FLAG method to demonstrate how the 4 key elements come together to reshape all aspects of our lives:

F – Frontal Cortex (our logical brain) L – Limbic System (our emotional brain) A – Adrenal Gland (our chronic stress gland) G – Glucocortisol (our chronic stress hormone)

September 2017 Flagging the Therapy: Pathways out of depression and anxiety Anxiety and Panic: How to reshape your anxious mind and brain Depression: A practical guide

October 2017 Flagging the Problem: A New Approach to Mental Health Stress: Toxic stress and how to avoid it

Orion | September, October 2017 | 288pp | Ms available Rights: World Non-Fiction | Health, Well-being, Parenting

96 in 2016. in 2016. Cook Happy, Cook Healthy Cook Happy, Cook Healthy (2016) German: Irisiana Verlag Korea: KCC earne Cotton has been on UK TV screens presenting since the since the screens presenting has been on UK TV earne Cotton slot on weekday morning hosted the prestigious age of 15, and Cook Happy, Cook Healthy Orion Spring | February 2017 |224pp | Ms available Rights: World Agents: Rights Sold: F of followers With many millions 1 for the last ten years. BBC Radio ranked amongst the world’s 250 most on social media, she is lives in London with her family, and influential tweeters. Fearne published her first cookbook FEARNE COTTON FEARNE is a practical workbook to help readers love life that little bit more. Drawing life that little bit more. Drawing is a practical workbook to help readers love exercises to start the day well, how to get in touch with your creativity, yoga poses and touch with your creativity, yoga poses and exercises to start the day well, how to get in Fearne’s own beautiful illustrations. mindfulness exercises, all accompanied by Also by Fearne Cotton: Happy happiness, practical sections include on every tried-and-tested method of achieving For many of us, life can feel like it’s moving too fast with pressure bearing down on us too fast with pressure bearing down on us For many of us, life can feel like it’s moving or work, family or social media. As a result, from all sides – whether that’s from school – feeling blue. we find ourselves frazzled, lost and – too often illustrated, practical personal experiences, this is a beautifully Drawing on her own workbook for creating happy thoughts. Happy 97 Non-fiction | Health, Well-being, Parenting OLI DOYLE

li first started practicing mindfulness in 2003, and all Ohe could find were books by the Dalai Lama and other Buddhist writers. Like many do, he found the task of putting those words into practice incredibly difficult, so he set about deconstructing this practice of mindfulness and translating the experience into everyday language. He now teaches mindfulness workshops and is the author of the bestselling Mindfulness Plain & Simple and Mindfulness for Life.

Mindful Relationships Mindfulness at Work Mindful Parenting

Find peace and joy through stress-free, mindful living, with bestselling author Oli Doyle’s six-week guides to relationships, work life and parenting.

The Mindful Living series is a new series of short mindfulness books dedicated to enhance three important areas of our lives: parenting, relationships and work. Bestselling author and mindfulness guru Oli Doyle shows that all the key domains of life provide great opportunities to practice mindfulness and discover peace of mind.

The Mindful Living series is for real, flawed, imperfect people who are ready to embrace their challenges and discover a different way of living.

Also by Oli Doyle: Mindfulness Plain & Simple (2014); Mindfulness for Life (2015)

ou Hamilton is a writer, artist, coach, award winning L filmmaker, and author of Brave New Girl.

Fearless

A unique guide to confronting your fears and finding your true purpose.

When we lose touch with our imaginations, they can become paralysed by fear, doubt and anxiety. But if we take back control of the imagination, our creativity becomes an amazingly powerful tool for identifying, confronting and controlling our fears. Hamilton guides you through a series of insights and simple creative exercises which gradually build your creative confidence while encouraging you to express your thoughts and ideas, giving you deeper understanding of your fears and your dreams.

The book draws upon Hamilton’s own experiences, scientific studies of creativity and happiness, conversations with successful artists and business owners, and the wisdom of world-famous innovators like Elon Musk, Steve Jobs and Richard Branson, whose ability to think unconventionally made them billionaires.

This is a unique self-help guide offering no-nonsense expert advice and a clear path to confidence, creativity and self-discovery.

Orion Spring | March 2018 | 272pp | Ms due August 2017 Rights: World 99 Non-fiction | Health, Well-being, Parenting CLARE JOHNSON

lare Johnson is the leading expert on lucid dreaming. She has Ca PhD from the University of Leeds on using lucid dreams as a creative tool (the first doctoral work in the world to explore this topic), is a lucid dreamer herself, and is Board Director of the International Association for the Study of Dreams, the biggest dream organisation in the world. She regularly gives talks and leads workshops about dreaming, and she has written two critically- acclaimed, lucid-dreaming-inspired novels: Breathing in Colour (Little, Brown 2009) and Dreamrunner (Little, Brown, 2010). She is British, and currently based in Germany.

Dream Therapy

Dream your way to health and happiness with this definitive book on lucid dreaming, based on 20 years of academic research.

Dreams can have a powerful effect on our waking life – we’ve all woken happy and refreshed from a particularly pleasing dream, or scared and sad because of a vivid nightmare. In Dream Therapy, Dr Clare Johnson shows how we can learn from and take control of our dreams in order to lead healthier, happier, more mindful and fulfilling lives. Johnson is a life-long lucid dreamer and the first person to complete a PhD on lucid dreaming and creativity. In this practical how-to guide, she shows us how to understand the language of dreams, how to wake up in our dreams, and finally how to shape our dreams while we sleep to improve our waking life.

Each chapter is packed with helpful tips, cutting-edge scientific findings, interviews with leading dream experts, and fascinating examples of how people have used their dreams to improve their lives and improve mindfulness.

r Rosemary Leonard’s work as a consultant to national Dtelevision, radio and newspapers makes her one of the country’s best-known doctors. She is the resident doctor on BBC Breakfast, and also writes a weekly page for the Daily Express and a weekly column in “S” magazine. She is the medical editor and regular feature writer for Woman And Home magazine, and Tesco Healthy Living magazine. Her first book, The Seven Ages Of Woman, came out at the start of 2007. Rosemary was awarded an M.B.E. for her services to healthcare in the New Year’s Honours List, 2004.

Menopause: The Answers

The essential guide for women approaching or experiencing menopause from women’s health expert, Dr Rosemary Leonard.

One thing is for sure women cannot avoid the menopause. But how do they show grace, dignity and control during this time? In this definitive guide, TV’s famous Dr Rosemary Leonard debunks some of the myths surrounding the menopause, including why ‘perimenopause’ is a layman’s term, and the pros and cons of HRT. Rosemary discusses the best approaches to the menopause and whether drugs, holistic remedies or other forms of treatment will work best for the individual.

Covering everything from hot flushes, changes to your menstrual bleeding pattern, how to tackle sex after menopause, and advice on alternative remedies, The Menopause is the comprehensive bible on how to navigate your body’s changes.

Orion Spring | March 2017 | 320pp Rights: World Agents: Korea: Shin Won 101 Non-fiction | Health, Well-being, Parenting SARAH MCKAY

r Sarah McKay is an Oxford-educated neuroscientist and Dinfluential brain health commentator who specialises in translating brain science research into actionable strategies for peak performance, creativity and wellbeing. Sarah is the founder of The Neuroscience Academy, which offers training on applying neuroscience and positive psychology to life and work. Sarah writes for numerous publications and has been published extensively for the professional audience. Sarah’s award-winning blog can be read by visiting, www.yourbrainhealth.com.au.

The Female Brain

A cutting edge guide to understanding the female brain.

Understanding how your brain works is the first step to understanding and improving overall health and wellbeing.

In this book Dr McKay gives ground-breaking insights into brain development during infancy, childhood and the teenage years (including the onset of puberty) as well as taking a look at sexual responses, pregnancy and motherhood, mental health as well as the ageing brain.

The book will weave together findings from the research lab, interviews with neuroscientists and other researchers working in the disciplines of neuroendocrinology, brain development, brain health and ageing, and stories and case studies where relevant with a view to harnessing this cutting-edge information to improve overall health and wellbeing.

Orion Spring | February 2018 | 288pp | Ms due September 2017 Rights: Translation US: Hachetter Australia 102 Non-fiction | Health, Well-being, Parenting SARAH NORRIS

arah Norris is one of the most accomplished and experienced Smaternity nurses in the UK. She is an expert in her field, and has cared for over 250 babies during her 23-year career. Her clients include celebrity couples such as Sienna Miller and Tom Sturridge, Jessica and James Purefoy, and a number of the Guinness family. She is currently in the process of developing her online presence through her website and baby care blog, Babyfriend.net, her Facebook page and Twitter account.

The Baby Detective

The only parenting book that offers a unique, step-by-step guide to enable parents to solve 0–6 months baby care problems for themselves.

Baby and child care is a proven publishing market yet many parents today remain confused, stressed, lacking in confidence and crying out for help. The Baby Detective is the only book of the parenting genre to develop a unique, step-by-step investigative process that will enable parents to solve their own baby care problems. It puts them firmly back in the driving seat, giving them the tools to do away with sometimes conflicting and confusing expert advice, and to face parenting challenges using their own intuition.

Drawing on case studies of Sarah’s previous clients, the book is based around her unique principle of AIM, in which parents are guided through the process of Assessing a problematic situation, Investigating the possible causes and Modifying behaviour in order to resolve the situation. It provides insight into how and why environment, biology and personality interact to affect a baby, as well as suggesting numerous tips and strategies for remedying common problems.

‘Sarah’s experience, insight and problem solving skills were invaluable.’ Sienna Miller

am Owen is a psychologist and relationship coach. She writes Swith a natural, warm yet authoritative manner and is regularly asked to contribute to editorial features for national newspapers and magazines. Sam works with a range of clients struggling with marriage issues, dating, anxiety and self-confidence. She has already appeared on BBC Breakfast and ITV’s This Morning as a dating/relationships expert.

Resilient Me

A practical guide to building everyday resilience.

It is inevitable that we will all have to face challenges, big and small, throughout our lives. From dealing with difficult co-workers to the death of a family member, events and situations occur that can throw us off course and make us feel anxious, frustrated, and out of control. So how can we make sure that we are ready to meet these challenges, and to cope with whatever life throws at us? Sam Owen, a psychologist and relationship coach, believes the key is resilience – the ability to problem-solve, to adapt, and to weather every setback.

Luckily, resilience is not an innate quality but one that we can all learn, and this is a practical guide to learn and develop it. Jam-packed with tips, exercises and case studies, Resilient Me covers such topics as self-esteem, setting realistic goals, developing positive relationships, and communication with yourself and others.

Orion Spring | November 2017 | 256pp | Ms available May 2017 Rights: World Agents: Korea: Duran Kim 104 Non-fiction | Health, Well-being, Parenting JUSTINE PATTISON

ustine Pattison is the UK’s favourite diet recipe writer and Jspecialises in creating recipes for some of the UK’s top TV chefs and food presenters. She is a contributor to the Guardian, BBC Good Food and Mail Online, and is the author of Freeze and the Without the Calories series.

The Healthy Gut Handbook

How a balanced gut is the key to weight loss, boosting your brain health and restoring your wellbeing

In The Healthy Gut Handbook, bestselling diet recipe writer Justine Pattison puts the latest nutrition research into practice and shows us how we can eat to improve our gut, leading to weight loss and better health. Written in consultation with Professor Tim Spector, bestselling author of The Diet Myth, The Healthy Gut Handbook includes the basics of the science behind the diet, which does away with the traditional calorie-in-calorie-out model.

It includes a 28-day plan to kick-start a healthy gut, and tips on how to maintain this way of eating for life. Delicious and diverse recipes are jam-packed with easy-to-find and inexpensive ingredients that are essential to gut health, from yoghurt and olive oil to pulses, fermented foods, proper cheeses, and even wine and chocolate! Dishes include Moroccan Baked Cod with Peppers, Tomatoes, Courgettes and Chickpeas, and Goat’s Cheese Salad with Chicory, Beetroot and Walnut Salad with Puy Lentils.

annah Richards is a highly-trained nutritionist with Hprestigious qualifications matched by only a handful of others in the UK. She is an Advanced Certified Metabolic Typing Advisor, C.H.E.K Holistic Lifestyle Coach level III and a Functional Diagnostic Nutritionist. She is a regular contributor to publications including Cosmopolitan, Evening Standard Magazine, the Daily Telegraph, Health for Men and Company magazine as well as having a regular slot on the Chrissy B Show on Sky TV.

The Best Possible You

A unique nutritional guide to your body. Discover how to improve your health and find the best possible you.

We have four ‘bodies’ in this human body of ours – the Physical body, the Chemical body, the Emotional body and the Mental body and a healthy body relies on all these bodies to be in tune with each other for the absence of disease.

The aim of this book is to teach you how you can improve and better your own health by getting back to the basics. To learn and understand where food comes from. To get back in touch with your body and build a relationship with every part, every organ and system that it houses. The book gives a breakdown of every organ that is inside you, what its job entails, when and how it can go wrong and how to heal back to health. Including recipes and detailed diet plans and/or detoxes, each chapter covers a different part of the body.

Written in an accessible, engaging style each chapter features helpful illustrations and focuses on practical, useful information backed up with relevant science.

Orion Spring | December 2017 | 256pp | Ms due June 2017 Rights: World Agents: Korea: Bestun 106 Non-fiction | Health, Well-being, Parenting BERNADETTE RUSSELL

ernadette Russell started a blog called 366 Days Of Kindness in B2011, detailing her attempt to be kind every day to a stranger. In 2015 she was selected as one of the Southbank Centre’s 67 Changemakers for this on-going project, which has resulted in two large scale interactive installations, an international touring theatre show (366 Days Of Kindness), a U.S radio documentary (The Kindness of Strangers) and two children’s activity books.

Little Book of Kindness

Exploration into the theme of kindness, its proven benefits and practical suggestions to being kind in every area of our lives.

Kindness is a way of connecting, even if only for a brief moment with the people we pass in our daily lives and the world around us. The Little Book of Kindness begins with an exploration into what kindness means, its proven benefits (from healthier hearts to slowing the aging process) and Bernadette’s own experience of embracing daily kindness. It then extends an invitation to the reader to try kindness to see what it does for you and the world we live in.

Focusing around 10 themes; those you love, online, yourself, the environment, those you disagree with, strangers, at work, for free, your community, elders, this book aims to help you embrace the act of kindness.

Orion Spring | October 2017 | 128pp | Ms due July 2017 Rights: World Illustrated 108 Illustrated non-fiction | Health & Beauty LYDIA BRIGHT

t only 19-years-old, Lydia hit the nation’s TV screens in the ABAFTA award winning reality series, The Only Way is Essex. Role model, dreamer and doer, she is determined to use this – her first book – to make readers smile and to inspire them.

Live, Laugh, Love, Always Lydia

Full colour lifestyle book from everyone’s favourite (Essex) girl next door, Lydia Bright

This book is about my journey from start to finish, right up to what I’m looking for in the future. What an adventure it has been to write! I have laughed, cried, cringed and beamed with pride recounting all the crazy stories I have put into it. The ‘Love’ chapter needed to be completely rewritten half way through which was tough ... but it worked a bit like therapy and has taught me so much about myself.

Alongside my story, I’ve shared everything I now know that I wish I had back then. From dating rules, to make-up routines and the amazing work-out that got me bikini-ready for my TOWIE return in 2014. I’ve even packed it full of my favourite inspirational quotes, recipes, and photos

Orion Spring | June 2017 | 272pp | Ms due April 2017 Rights: World 109 Illustrated non-fiction | Health & Beauty TRICIA CUSDEN

ricia Cusden, 68, is blazing the trail as one of the older Tgeneration of British beauty vloggers. Tricia first started posting her ‘make-up for older women’ Youtube tutorials three years ago and soon after launched an online beauty brand, Look Fabulous Forever.

How to Look Fabulous Forever

Beautifully illustrated guide to feeling stylish, healthy and happy by online beauty guru and founder of Look Fabulous Forever Tricia Cusden.

At the age of 65 Tricia was fed up of being overlooked by the beauty industry. Why shouldn’t she get dolled up and feel good about how she looks? So she decided to take matters into her own hands by founding her own make-up company aimed at older women and online vlog. She has swiftly become a beacon of empowerment for a forgotten generation.

Look Fabulous Forever will be an irresistible guide to feeling great, whatever your age. It will cover topics from beauty, confidence, health and give advice on how to live an engaged life and keeping an active mind. Above all it will encourage women to live their lives to the full.

Orion Spring | February 2018 | 224pp | Ms due May 2017 Rights: World 110 Illustrated non-fiction | Health & Beauty DAVID KINGSBURY

avid Kingsbury is the personal trainer to the stars – the DHollywood A-lister kind. He’s worked with celebrities including Michael Fassbender, Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal and Jennifer Lawrence.

16:8 Fast Fit Plan

The revolutionary new nutrition and fitness programme that sheds body fat – for results that last!

Trainer to the stars, David Kingsbury, is passionate about helping people achieve their body goals. In this, his revolutionary diet and fitness plan, David brings his A-list secrets to us all.

You will find: • A tailored micro nutrient eating plan to target fat and lean up • Delicious recipes to curb cravings and stop hunger • An exercise programme that can be adapted to any lifestyle • A routine for busy lives • The secrets to shedding fat and toning up for LIFE!

Get the body you’ve always wanted FAST!

Orion | December 2017 | 224pp | Ms due September 2017 Rights: World 111 Illustrated non-fiction | Health & Beauty DALE PINNOCK

ale Pinnock, also known as the medicinal chef, is a food Dwriter specialising in the medicinal properties of food. He has published a number of successful books, as well as appearing on TV programmes such as The Alan Titchmarsh Show, Lorraine and Late Lunch Live.

Medicinal Cookery

The fully revised and updated ‘bible’ on eating for health, from the medicinal chef Dale Pinnock.

Medicinal Cookery is the only book you will ever need to understand and maximise health. Fully revised and updated as a beautiful full colour cookbook, it is jam- packed with brand new photography and delicious recipes that target many of today’s common chronic disorders, including digestive problems, heart and circulation conditions, and issues concerning the immune and nervous systems and skin disorders.

Orion | May 2017 | 256pp Rights: World Agents: Korea: EYA 112 Illustrated non-fiction | Cookery ITAB AZZAM AND DINA MOUSAWI

tab Azzam was born in Swaida, Syria, and lived in Damascus Iuntil 2011, when she moved to the UK. A filmmaker and theatre producer, she was part of the team behind BBC Four’s Syrian School. Dina Mousawi is a British-Iraqi actress whose performing experience spans theatre, film and television, as actor and presenter. Together they were involved in Antigone of Syria, a theatre project bringing together Syrian refugees in Lebanon in a reimagining of Sophocles’ ancient Greek tragedy, and learnt how food is central to these women’s personal stories.

Syria: Recipes from Home

A sumptuously illustrated celebration of one the world’s greatest and least-known cuisines

Syria has always been the marketplace for the most delicious ingredients from East and West, a meeting-point for travellers and traders, where spices and sweetness collide. Nothing unites and inspires Syrians as much as food. Even now, in possibly the country’s darkest hour, Syrian families in tiny flats from Beirut to Berlin are searching out the best tomatoes, lemons, pomegranates and parsley to recreate the taste of home.

Friends and passionate cooks Itab and Dina met Syrian women in the Middle East and Europe to collect together the very best recipes from one of the world’s greatest food cultures. From hot yoghurt soup with turmeric to cherry meatballs, this is a delicious celebration of the unique taste, culture and food of Syria – and a celebration of everything that food and memory can mean to an individual, to a family and to a nation.

Weidenfeld & Nicolson | May 2017 | 224pp Rights: World Rights Sold: US: Running Press 113 Illustrated non-fiction | Cookery HAIRY BIKERS

i King and Dave Myers, aka the Hairy Bikers, have been Sentertaining and feeding Britain with their unique blend of delicious recipes, cheeky humour and motorbike enthusiasm for years now. They are regular faces on the BBC, fronting programmes such as Mum Know’s Best, and The Hairy Bikers’ Bakeation. This book is filled to the brim with the tasty recipes and easy-to-follow advice the boys are loved for.

The Hairy Dieters Go Veggie

The bestselling, big-hearted and down-to-earth chefs, The Hairy Bikers, return with 80 delicious vegetarian recipes to make losing weight and eating less meat even easier.

Following on from The Hairy Dieters, The Hairy Dieters Eat For Life, The Hairy Dieters Good Eating and The Hairy Dieters: Fast Food, The Hairy Dieters Go Veggie, shows that going vegetarian can be just as easy as going low-cal. Whether you want to cut out meat entirely, cut down, or just incorporate some more meat-free dishes into your diet, the book is full of simple and easy-to-follow recipes for tasty veggie meals and snacks, from Lancashire Hot Pot to Veggie Sausages.

Orion | May 2017 | 192pp | Ms available Rights: World 114 Illustrated non-fiction | Cookery JORDAN BOURKE

ordan is an Irish chef and author of the critically acclaimed Jbestselling cookbooks Our Korean Kitchen, The Guilt-Free Gourmet and The Natural Food Kitchen. Having trained at the Ballymaloe cookery school in Ireland, he worked at the Michelin-starred Petersham Nurseries restaurant, London.

Healthy Baking

100 nourishing recipes for sourdoughs, savoury tarts, cakes, preserves, ferments and more.

This beautiful full-colour cookbook features nutrient-packed sourdoughs, yeasted loaves, comforting savoury tarts, abundant grain salads, decadent cakes and treats, and simple preserves and ferments. Anchoring the recipes are the use of natural and whole ingredients that have come from the land, sea or animal with as little interference as possible; and no additives, flavourings or preservatives. There are also chapters featuring recipes to serve alongside these baked gems including easy ferments and pickles, which taste incredible and are packed full of goodness. Enjoy hazelnut and fig sourdough; strawberry, amaranth and goat’s cheese salad; sticky chilli tomato jam; cabbage and kale kimchi; caramelised onion, butternut squash and rye tart; sweet potato scones; Amalfi lemon confit and buckwheat and almond chocolate cake.

Orion | February 2017 | 272pp Rights: World Agents: Korea: EYA 115 Illustrated non-fiction | Cookery FEARNE COTTON

earne Cotton has been on UK TV screens presenting since the Fage of 15, and hosted the prestigious weekday morning slot on BBC Radio 1 for the last ten years. With many millions of followers on social media, she is ranked amongst the world’s 250 most influential tweeters. Fearne lives in London with her family, and her first cookbook Cook Happy Cook Healthy was published in 2016.

Cook Eat Love

More delicious, healthy and simple recipes from Fearne Cotton

Fearne Cotton is one of our best-loved television and radio presenters. She is also a keen healthy baker and young, busy, working mum who has found some great ways to eat well and eat clean.

In her first cookbook, Cook Happy, Cook Healthy, Fearne shows us how easy it is to eat delicious food that is good for our bodies and minds. Her second cookbook will be jam- packed with even more simple, fast and healthy recipes for everything from breakfast and speedy suppers to baked treats. With an eye to food bills and time-poor households, the ingredients are easy to buy and few in number, and the methods very simple.

Also by Fearne Cotton: Cook Happy, Cook Healthy (2016); Happy (2017)

Orion | June 2017 | 224pp Rights: World Agents: China/Taiwan: Grayhawk 116 Illustrated non-fiction | Cookery EMILY DOBBS

fter finishing her degree in Fine Art, Emily Dobbs followed Aher passion and began a career as a chef working at top restaurants in London including The Dock Kitchen, Ducksoup, Petersham Nurseries and Spring. She taught herself how to cook the Sri Lankan food she loved and founded Weligama, named after a town on the South Coast of the country, globally renowned for its stunning scenery, lively atmosphere and authentic street food stalls.

Sri Lanka

Easy, vibrant and fresh modern Sri Lankan recipes.

Emily has always loved Sri Lanka. She fell in love with the Sri Lankan spirit from a young age, travelling with her family from Galle to Colombo. They would eat curry with their hands and drink coconuts, ‘thambili’, straight from the tree. Once back in London food never tasted as good or looked as colourful. Emily was at a loss as to why Sri Lankan food wasn’t popular in the capital and set off on a journey to bring the food she loved to the city where she lives.

Sri Lanka will include many great recipes, such as Slow Cooked Pork Belly Curry with Ginger & Fennel. It also contains some great practical advice on how to add Sri Lankan flavour to any meal, including an ‘East to West Conversion Chart’, various seasonal curry recipes, sweet dishes and drinks.

Orion | April 2018 | 256pp | Ms due June 2017 Rights: World 117 Illustrated non-fiction | Cookery LIZ EARLE

iz Earle is an unrivalled figure in beauty, with one of the most Lsuccessful global skincare ranges. A special in botanical ingredients, natural health and well-being, she is a beauty editor, author of over 30 books, and TV presenter. Covering every aspect of lifestyle, from beauty boosting foods to make-up tips and hints her brand new book is the go-to guide for anyone looking to achieve youthful, luminous skin.

The Good Gut Guide

Delicious recipes and the ultimate diet plan for a healthy gut in 6 weeks.

Following on from Skin, bestselling lifestyle and wellbeing writer Liz Earle presents a practical and easy-to-follow guide to improving gut health.

Beautifully illustrated throughout, The Good Gut Guide is jam-packed with delicious recipes, tips and a comprehensive 6 week plan to kick start gut health.

Orion Spring | May 2017 | 256pp Rights: World 118 Illustrated non-fiction | Cookery LIZZIE KING

izzie King is the face of popular blog Lizzie Loves Healthy. L She trained at the Institute of Integrative Nutrition and Leith’s and runs sell-out cookery classes in London and with brand partners such as Daylesford.

Lizzie Loves Healthy

Lizzie Loves Healthy is the book for all parents wanting to eat healthy and delicious food alongside their kids. A mother of 3, Lizzie King started her journey after the birth of her first child having become frustrated that quinoa, green smoothies and gluten- free meals were only finding their way into an adult’s diet. Kids, it seemed, were left to enjoy fish fingers and other fast foods or at best packaged ‘organic’ food that was really replete with sugar. Lizzie Loves Healthy is a book that will feed both parent and child. After all, children are the fastest growing members of any family and they are being built on what we feed them.

With over 150 recipes on offer there will also be practical chapters on your store cupboard and general hints as to what a child needs at each stage of their life, so you know when you need to focus on iron intake, for instance. Lizzie Loves Healthy is the only book you and your family need to eat well, and be well, for life.

Trapeze | March 2017 | 272pp Rights: World 119 Illustrated non-fiction | Cookery NICOLE PISANI

icole Pisani was the head chef at Yotam Ottolenghi’s Soho Nrestaurant, NOPI, and has now introduced her passion for creating healthy and vibrant dishes with interesting ingredients and spice combinations into her role in primary school catering.

Salt, Butter, Bones

Salt, butter and bones are the essence of food and they form the foundations to chef Nicole Pisani’s approach to cooking.

In this beautiful, stylish new cookbook, Nicole explores how these elements inform her reverential treatment of ingredients and she includes 100 delicious recipes bringing them to life, such as mackerel cooked in leaves, salt-baked beetroot, nori butter and samphire with preserved lemon. She also applies some of the most innovative techniques in cooking today, ones that she developed during her many years as a chef in London’s top restaurants, making them adaptable for home-cooking. This is a celebratory cookbook that captures the elegance of simple ingredients, written by one of the most dynamic, inquisitive chefs around.

Orion | November 2017 | 320pp | Ms due August 2017 Rights: World 120 Illustrated non-fiction | Cookery ROSE PRINCE

ose Prince started her career working as a chef in the test Rkitchen of Notting Hill’s ‘Books for Cooks’ alongside Clarissa Dixon Wright. She moved on to make radio programmes for BBC Radio 4’s Food Programme. She is now a respected journalist, with a weekly food column in the Daily Telegraph and has written six bestselling cookery books.

Dinner, Party

From best-selling cookery writer Rose Prince comes the only book you’ll ever need for effortless, elegant entertaining.

Rose’s stance on entertaining is that the cook shouldn’t be banished to the kitchen; cooking for friends and family needn’t be fussy or hard to juggle, but instead made up of dishes that can be prepared in advance, dressed up to impress last minute and enjoyed by everyone. With this in mind, Part 1: Dinner showcases easy options for every course, all alongside thoughtful advice about how to source ingredients, when to begin preparation and how to serve. Meanwhile, Part 2: Party provides tried and tested catering ideas for larger groups, from indoor picnics, to standing parties and Christmas dinners.

Orion | September 2017 | 256pp | Ms due May 2017 Rights: World 121 Illustrated non-fiction | Cookery MICHEL ROUX JR

ichel Roux Jr is an award-winning, internationally Mrecognised celebrity chef with a global media profile, with two Michelin stars.

Les Abats

With his trademark French elegance and style, Michel Roux Jr takes readers on an epicurean adventure, with recipes that use the whole beast.

“Don’t be afraid of offal. Some of the greatest of all French classics involve organ meats such as brains and sweetbreads.” At a time when food shortage is a global concern, health fears over processed meat are making headlines and the cost of living is higher than ever, Michel Roux Jr can’t understand our reluctance to utilise every part of an animal’s carcass. Brains, organs, intestines, hooves - items that are traditionally viewed with distaste in our society - are an integral part of French and world cuisine. With this book the two-star Michelin chef hopes to change the way we think about offal and demonstrate that, with a little time and effort, it can be used to produce enticing and delicious food to impress friends and feed families.

Orion | November 2017 | 272pp | Ms due August 2017 Rights: World 122 Illustrated non-fiction | Cookery MADELEINE SHAW

adeleine is a trained nutritional health coach, food blogger Mand cook with lots of high profile clients (including Millie Mackintosh) and a rapidly expanding online profile. Madeleine is committed to helping her clients enliven the hottest healthiest happiest versions of themselves.

A Year of Beautiful Eating

100 ways to eat yourself beautiful, inside and out, season by season. The hotly anticipated follow up to Get the Glow and Ready, Steady, Glow.

In A Year of Beautiful Eating, bestselling nutritional health coach Madeleine Shaw shows you how to eat your way to health and beauty all year round. With over 100 nutritious and wholesome recipes packed with flavour and medicinal benefits, Madeleine focuses on the importance of eating in tune with nature and supercharging your plate with what your body needs to look and feel beautiful season by season.

Toast the longer days of spring with Lamb Chops with Parsnip Mash and Asparagus; cool off with a Papaya and Peanut Salad in summer; embrace the autumn with a Pumpkin and Red Cabbage Salad with Miso Dressing and indulge in winter with Coconut Chocolate Chunk Cookies. No matter your mood, this is good, wholesome eating, every day of the year.

Also by Madeleine Shaw: Get the Glow (2015); Ready, Steady, Glow (2016)

Trapeze | April 2017 | 272pp Rights: World Agents: China/Taiwan: Grayhawk | Korea: EYA 123 Illustrated non-fiction | Cookery JOE TRIVELLI

oe Trivelli has worked at the River Café since 2001, five years Jafter the restaurant’s founders, Ruth Rogers and Rose Gray, published The River Café Cook Book. Half Italian and half English, both restaurant chef and home cook, and endlessly obsessed with ingredients, Joe is perfectly positioned to innovate whilst grounding himself in tradition.

The Modern Italian Cook Book

A new style of Italian cooking by the Head Chef of the River Café.

For so long now Italian cookbooks have fallen into three general categories: the traditional, reverential and authentic; the quick, easy and simple; and those which focus diligently on the food of a particular region or town. Not since the River Cafe Cook Book was first published, nearly thirty years ago, has there been an up-to-date, boundary- pushing collection of Italian recipes - until now.

The Modern Italian Cook Book will offer practical, exciting and at times off-beat renditions of familiar classics, plus some new dishes. This is prototypical Italian cooking, updated. It will reflect how people shop and cook now. With chapters covering baked dishes, vegetables, pasta, fish, meat, biscuits and other sweet stuff, The Modern Italian Cook Book will be packed with over 200 mouth-watering recipes. Joe’s style is informed but accessible and his methods will instil confidence in anyone who wants to explore and experiment with new ways of cooking Italian food.

Orion | September 2018 | 256pp Rights: World 124 Illustrated non-fiction | Gardening HOLLIE NEWTON

ollie Newton is a self-taught gardener. She is also one of HEurope’s youngest Executive Creative Directors and one of the very few women in the world to hold this position. She has produced award winning work for everyone from the BBC and Volvo Cars, to Prada, the Roald Dahl Literary Estate, and Lurpak.

How to Grow

A guide for gardeners who can’t garden yet.

Witty, irreverent and inspiring; this is the gardening book reimagined for a new generation. A book for people who want to learn how to grow things, but haven’t got a clue where to start.

With the average person now spending an enormous 8 hours and 41 minutes in front of a screen every day, this is an easy way to escape for half an hour. Whether on a rented balcony, in your first tiny garden, or sunny kitchen windowsill, it turns out, covering yourself in mud while trying to coax a misbehaving carrot from the soil can make you feel better; relieve stress, make you happier, provide a moment of peace and the satisfaction of growing something with your own two hands – which is where How To Grow comes in. Whatever space, time or ability you have, this book will equip you with all the know-how and confidence you need to take your first steps into your gardening love affair – trowel in one hand, drink in the other.

Orion Spring | February 2017 | 256pp Rights: World Agents: EYA 125 Illustrated non-fiction | Humour, Leisure Time TOM CURTIS

om Curtis is head of MediaCom and is well-connected and Twell-experienced in the media world. His pictures have appeared in a number of Buzzfeed articles.

Things I Have Drawn

Gift humour book of children’s drawings brought to life.

7-year-old Dom Curtis likes drawing, and he has a talent for capturing an exact likeness of the things he sees around him. Well, he thinks so anyway.

Like all proud parents, his dad Tom decided to showcase his son’s work – by turning the drawings into photorealistic impressions of the world. The result is as hilarious as it is charming.

Rather than being a simple blog-to-book, this title will feature a loose narrative (a day out at the zoo) and will feature all of Dom and Tom’s fantastical animal creations.

Trapeze | November 2017 | 144pp | Ms due June 2017 Rights: World 126 Illustrated non-fiction | Humour, Leisure Time DIAMOND MINECART

an Middleton, aka The Diamond Minecart, is one of the Dmost popular YouTubers in the world, with an incredible social footprint of over 12.5 million followers. He is beloved by his core audience of 7–24 year-olds for his Minecraft videos, which often reach over 1 million views within 24 hours (his channel boasts a staggering 6.3 billion views and 10 million subscribers). Now Dan wants to bring his custom mod Minecraft adventures to life in a graphic novel set to be one of the biggest books of its kind of 2016.

Dan TDM: Trayaurus & The Enchanted Crsytal

A graphic novel by the hugely popular YouTuber The Diamond Minecart, set in one of his custom Minecraft mod worlds – a bestseller in the UK and US

The Diamond Minecart is the most famous person you’ve probably never heard of. His Minecraft videos made him the world’s most popular YouTube channel last year beating WWE wrestling, BuzzFeed and Taylor Swift with 400m views in July alone.

He is a brilliant and creative storyteller, inventing worlds and characters within Minecraft that have reach beyond the game. DanTDM was approached by Universal Studios to create a one-of-a-kind Jurassic World Minecraft video to promote the new film. The video, approved by Stephen Spielberg himself, proved a huge success, attaining over 5 million views in its first 4 days of upload.

Facebook: 820 thousand followers: https://www.facebook.com/TheDiamondMinecart Instagram: 1.2 million followers: https://www.instagram.com/dantdm/ Twitter: 573 thousand followers https://twitter.com/diamondminecart

ucy Edmonds is the founder of Quill London and heads up Lits Modern Calligraphy studio. Quill London has been at the forefront of the modern calligraphy trend, having seen thousands of students through its classes since 2012. Lucy’s contemporary lettering style has been sought after by fashion, lifestyle brands and individuals alike, and she has worked on projects for M&S, Gucci, Ted Baker, Boden, Aesop and Radley to name a few.

Modern Calligraphy

A beautiful workbook that provides an introduction to modern calligraphy.

Modern Calligraphy is a step-by-step guide for those wanting to learn this art form. The book will guide readers through the first steps of pointed pen calligraphy, encouraging you to spend an hour a week developing and practicing a new skill. Designed for complete beginners, the book offers tips, tricks and techniques on the materials required and how to use them properly, how to approach the modern calligraphy letterforms, and most importantly explores ways to develop our own modern calligraphy style. You’ll learn about inks and how to make your own, how to use a brush to create calligraphy, and what you can do with your skill – from envelope addressing and event stationery to beautiful dinner party menus and gift tags.

Orion | June 2017 | 168pp Rights: World Agents: Korea: EYA 128 Illustrated non-fiction | Humour, Leisure Time THE MUFFIN BROTHERS

he Muffin Brothers are the same team that brought us Tbestselling spoof cookbooks Baking Bad by Walter Wheat and Games of Scones by Jammy Lannister. The team includes an award-winning cake-maker.

Stranger Fillings

Hilarious edible recipes inspired by the hugely popular Netflix show, Stranger Things.

When a young boy goes missing, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret recipes, supernatural whisking forces and one strange ingredient...

In this 80s-tastic cookbook, the Muffin Brothers bring you an out-of-this-world collection of delicious and disturbing edible treats. Whip up a psychokinetic storm with recipes such as Elle’s Special Dip, Joyce’s Alphabet Soup, Mike’s Secret Crush and Barb’s Scone Missing.

Each crumb is sure to vanish without a trace.

Trapeze | October 2017 | 128pp | Ms due July 2017 Rights: World 129 Illustrated non-fiction | Humour, Leisure Time DEJI OLATUNJI

eji, aka ComedyShortsGamer, is one of the most popular DYouTubers in the world with over 7.8 million subscribers who tune in to his hilarious videos every day. Amassing an average of 85 million views per month, he’s one of the fastest growing social media stars. YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/ComedyShortsGamer Facebook: www.facebook.com/ComedyShortsGamer Twitter: https://twitter.com/ComedyGamer Instagram: www.instagram.com/comedygamer

A Deji Adventure

A graphic novel from YouTube superstar Deji, aka ComedyShortsGamer.

Straight from the wild imagination of Deji, aka ComedyShortsGamer, comes an epic graphic novel martial arts saga. The story features a secret spy who must solve cases to save the world. It’s ok though, because he’s a martial arts master with super skills. Or so he thinks. In actual fact, he is rubbish at everything from judo to jujitsu, and only gets away with it by fluke.

Join Deji in this crazy quest through kick-ass combats, clueless karate chops and lucky escapes to find out who comes out on top. It’s a Johnny English meets Kung Fu Panda meets Scott Pilgrim adventure.

Trapeze | October 2017 | 256pp | Ms due July 2017 Rights: World 130 Illustrated non-fiction | Humour, Leisure Time DAVID SCARFE David Scarfe is a brilliantly talented writer and designer.

The Wild Book

101 outdoor activities to unleash your inner child.

In a world in which we’re never far from our phones or tablets, computers or consoles, we need to be reminded of the joy that can be found in the great outdoors.

Our phones may be smarter, but our experiences have shrunk down to the screens in front of our eyes.

The Wild Book offers a magic portal to the games, activities and wonders that await in the outside world. From how to build a treehouse, catch fish with a homemade rod and bait, to tracking like an expert, this is the perfect book for kids and big kids alike.

Trapeze | November 2017 | 304pp | Ms due July 2017 Rights: World 131 Illustrated non-fiction | Humour, Leisure Time JULIE TOTTMAN

ulie Tottman is an animal trainer for the film industry, who has Jworked on the Harry Potter franchise, as well as training animals for the last series of Game of Thrones, The Dark Knight, Casino Royale, Lassie and among many more films.

Superstar Cats Superstar Dogs

Your pets can rival movie stars with these easy tricks from acclaimed animal trainer.

From trainer to the stars, Julie Tottman, these irreverent little books will contain over thirty tricks to make your pets the envy of your friends. Discover easy ways to get your dog skateboarding and bringing you the morning paper, and amaze your friends as your cat takes to the piano and kisses you on the cheek.

Featuring little black and white illustrations and easy-to-follow techniques these books will make perfect stocking fillers for pet lovers everywhere and will give your pet the limelight he or she deserves.

Orion | October 2017 | 128pp Rights: World 10mm?