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Cookery Vegetarian and Vegan Cookery Drink Wellbeing and Personal Development Leisure Parenting Pop Culture Nature Atlases and Infographics Feminist Fairytales Illustration, Design and Photography Art and Architechture Graphic Fiction and Non-Fiction
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3 PENGUIN GENERAL
A broad church for anyone who is culturally inquisitive, Penguin General’s publishing unites an intelligent curiosity about the world around us, as well as a great love of storytelling. FIG TREE
Fig Tree was founded in 2005 to publish well-written, narrative-driven, entertaining and occasionally provocative books that tap into the zeitgeist. Most of its readers and authors are women. As well as fiction, it also publishes history, art history, memoir, and beautifully designed and produced illustrated cookery titles.
HAMISH HAMILTON
Founded in 1931, Hamish Hamilton is one of Britain’s most distinguished literary lists. Publishing no more than 20 new titles a year, both fiction and non- fiction, and all points in between, Hamish Hamilton’s authors include Arundhati Roy, Noam Chomsky, Zadie Smith, W.G. Sebald, Ali Smith and Mohsin Hamid.
VIKING
Viking publishes fiction and non-fiction: books that combine brilliant writing with popular appeal, books that make headlines and books that will win prizes. It publishes current affairs, history, biography, memoir, economics, science, narrative non-fiction, music, art and sport with authors including John le Carré, Nick Hornby, Colm Tóibín, Michelle Obama, William Trevor and Nina Stibbe.
PENGUIN BUSINESS
Penguin Business is Penguin’s leading business imprint, publishing cutting-edge ideas in leadership, management, entrepreneurship, finance, innovation, professional skills, and narrative business. It publishes books that are packed full of practical advice to help you change the way you work and do business. Our bestselling, internationally renowned authors include Simon Sinek, Eric Ries, Seth Godin, John Doer, Oliver Shah and Don Tapscott.
PENGUIN LIFE
Launched in 2016, Penguin Life publishes health and lifestyle books by experts who share a passion for living well. From psychology and inspirational thinking, to fitness and parenting, they publish books to help you be the best you can be. Its authors include Ruby Wax, Dr Rangan Chatterjee and Meik Wiking.
SANDYCOVE
Covering the full spectrum of genres and markets, Sandycove is the leading Irish-based publishing imprint. Publishing no more than 20 new titles a year, we select, edit and promote each book with the love and care of a small press. Our list of bestsellers, prize-winners and new discoveries is unmatched, backed up by the immense resources of Penguin Random House 4 Penguin Press comprises the flagship non-fiction imprint Allen Lane, the innovative Particular Books, the newly revitalised Pelican imprint and the world of Penguin Classics.
ALLEN LANE
In 1967 Penguin’s founder started a hardback imprint under his own name, Allen Lane. Allen Lane is now the leading publisher in the UK of bestselling serious non-fiction, setting the agenda in subjects including history, science, politics, economics, philosophy, psychology, language and current affairs. Its books are renowned for their quality and their originality of thought.
PARTICULAR BOOKS
By and for the particularly passionate, Particular Books began publishing in 2009. Some of its authors are award-winners, some are bestsellers; all – artists, illustrators, map-makers, photographers, poets, scientists – express their consuming interests in distinctive ways that delight readers across the globe.
PELICAN
The Pelican imprint, originally founded in 1936 by Allen Lane, was relaunched in May 2014. It publishes accessible and intelligent books of lasting value about essential topics, from economics to evolution. As authoritative, democratic and approachable guides to intellectual subjects, written by leading experts and expert communicators, its introductions are the first books to turn to on any given topic.
PENGUIN CLASSICS
Penguin Classics represents the greatest repository of our shared cultural imagination and a treasure trove for readers. The series includes nearly 3,000 of the greatest and most significant works written, spanning two-and-a-half millennia and representing every corner of the globe. The Modern Classics list - continually expanded with contemporary authors – is considered timeless.
5 Michael Joseph specialises in women’s fiction, crime, thrillers, cookery, memoirs and lifestyle books. Many of its authors are now, or soon will be, household names in the UK and around the world.
GENERAL FICTION
Michael Joseph specialises in women’s fiction, publishing established brands like Marian Keyes, Jojo Moyes, Liane Moriarty, Conn Iggulden and Fredrik Backman as well as signing and launching debut novelists. Other authors include Dawn French, Sylvia Day, Giovanna Fletcher, Stephen Fry and Lesley Pearse.
CRIME FICTION
Michael Joseph publishes crime fiction by authors at home on the bestseller lists, whether they’re up-and- coming or established in the genre, including M.J. Arlidge, Tim Weaver, Tom Clancy and Clive Cussler.
NON-FICTION MEMOIR
Either the secrets behind the success of the already famous, or a story that no-one has heard before, the authors writing memoirs include Sue Perkins, Tom Jones, Stephen Fry, Jeremy Clarkson, Michael McIntyre, and Steven Gerrard.
COOKERY
Whether it is the country’s bestselling cookery writer – Jamie Oliver – or a debut from the brightest and freshest young chefs, Michael Joseph’s list covers everything from gourmet baking to healthy eating, to catering for events or how to eat well on a budget. As well as Jamie Oliver, authors include Rachel Khoo, Nadiya Hussain and Chrissy Teigen.
NON-FICTION LIFESTYLE
Health and wellbeing is a core specialist area for Michael Joseph, and from exercise and style advice to mindfulness and well-being, its range of publishing is extensive. Key authors include Lucy Mecklenburg, Chloe Brotheridge and Tanya Burr.
6 The non-fiction specialists of Penguin Random House, from memoir to self-help; from cookery to sport; from business to humour – Ebury covers almost every area of non-fiction.
EBURY PRESS
Ebury Press is one of the country’s most successful imprints dedicated to creating bestsellers in narrative and illustrated lists covering every genre from cookery, sport and gift to memoir, history and politics.
BBC BOOKS
BBC Books is the publisher of choice for titles relating to BBC programmes and personalities, combining the editorial quality and integrity of the BBC with the award winning sales of Penguin Random House.
EBURY ENTERPRISES
Ebury Enterprises is the brand publishing arm of Ebury Press. Experts at working in partnership with both established and emerging brands, including food and drink, museums, institutions and world famous shops.
7 VERMILION
An imprint dedicated to publishing highly-respected experts whose books make a genuine difference to people’s lives from personal development, popular psychology, business and social issues to pregnancy.
RIDER
From Edith Eger to Shirin Ebadi, the Dalai Lama to Deepak Chopra, Rider authors offer an unparalleled range of new ideas. Its list is renowned for providing an enlightening, thought-provoking take on modern life.
VIRGIN BOOKS
Launched in 1979 as a rock music publisher linked to Virgin Records. It’s now a home for books with energy and attitude. With a varied list ranging from humour and biography to business and sport.
WH ALLEN
WH Allen publishes engaging, provocative books that start conversations. Home to some of the biggest thinkers of the past three centuries, this bespoke yet ambitious list ranges across technology, politics, history and current affairs.
POP PRESS
Pop Press is the home of Ebury’s gift publishing, offering fun, beautiful and affordable books for everyone and all occasions. Our list includes humour, lifestyle, food and drink and wellbeing books to inspire, entertain, and capture the zeitgeist and the imagination of the young or young at heart.
8 World class writing. Beautiful design. Ideas that matter.
We publish some of the world’s most thought-provoking, unforgettable, beautifully designed books – from contemporary trail blazers to our red-spine Vintage Classics. We’re not just publishers – we’re passionate book lovers, dedicated to creating beautiful books for people who love to read.
The Bodley Head
Founded in 1887, the Bodley Head publishes influential, compelling non-fiction that explores the ideas, the people, the human obsessions that shape our world. Its authors are united by their originality, by their expertise and by their gifts as communicators.
Jonathan Cape
Jonathan Cape has been the home of some of the finest writing in the world for nearly a century. With more Booker Prize wins and shortlistings than any other publisher, Cape is renowned for its prizewinning fiction, non-fiction, poetry and graphic novels.
Chatto & Windus
Chatto & Windus can trace its origins back to 1855, continuing a long tradition of publishing outstanding literary fiction and contemporary international writers as well as the best literary biography, memoir, history, cultural commentary and poetry.
Harvill Secker
Founded in 1910, Harvill Secker is the dynamic, international imprint at Vintage, with books ranging from prizewinning literary fiction and non-fiction to bestselling crime and thrillers.
9 Hogarth
In 1917 Virginia and Leonard Woolf started The Hogarth Press from their Richmond home – Hogarth House – armed only with a hand press and a determination to publish the newest, most inspiring writing. Hogarth continues to be a home for a fresh generation of literary talent: an adventurous fiction imprint with an accent on the pleasures of storytelling and a broad awareness of the world.
Square Peg
Square Peg publishes 10 to 12 standout, contemporary non-fiction books each year. Across a range of genres including trend-led narrative, humour and entertaining reference.
Yellow Jersey
Launched in 1998, Yellow Jersey Press has become synonymous with quality sports writing, covering all sports from the perspective of player, professional observer and passionate fan. Sport is about more than simple entertainment; it represents a determination to challenge and compete. It binds individuals with a common goal, and often reflects our experiences in the wider world. Yellow Jersey understands this as much as its readers.
Vintage Classics
Vintage Classics is home to writers from across the centuries and around the world. With striking red spines and stylish design, world-renowned writing and lost classics alike are championed by leading cultural figures, making Vintage Classics a list that’s open to the world.
Vintage Paperbacks
Vintage Paperbacks does things differently. It takes the literary gifts handed to it by its hardback colleagues and reimagines them – from cover and copy to the marketing and publicity campaign – for a paperback market. This makes it unique in UK publishing.
10 Cornerstone publishes books that connect with people. We love discovering new voices, unearthing stories and taking them to new audiences.
ARROW Arrow is one of the most successful commercial paperback imprints in the UK. With bestselling crime authors, an outstanding saga publishing programme and a catalogue of literary greats
CENTURY
Century publishes a list of bestselling fiction across a diverse range of genres from true crime to fantasy as well as one of the most well regarded list of commercial non-fiction.
HUTCHINSON
One of the UK’s oldest imprints, Hutchinson has always championed books that engage with the way we are living and thinking, as well as celebrating the brilliant storytelling of their established bestsellers.
DEL REY
Del Rey list is the science fiction and fantasy imprint at Penguin Random House UK, dedicated to publishing a wide range of the very best in SF, fantasy and horror as well as cross-genre fiction
11 #MERKY BOOKS
#Merky Books was launched in 2018 and is dedicated to publishing the best in non-fiction, fiction and poetry from a new generation of voices. The imprint, which is curated by Stormzy, also runs an open submission competing to find new works across a range of genres.
RANDOM HOUSE BUSINESS BOOKS
Home to the world’s most influential thinkers on business, economics and behavioural sciences. The list ranges from timeless classics to pioneering explorations of future trends. Practical and inspirational by turns, these books represent the very best of the past, present and future of business.
WILLIAM HEINEMANN Founded in 1890, the imprint boasts a rich literary heritage as well as a forward-thinking, cutting-edge list of contemporary fiction and non-fiction.
WINDMILL
Windmill’s mission is to publish exceptional literary fiction and non-fiction. Established in 2009, Windmill’s list is bursting with prize-winners, exceptional new voices and expert non-fiction writers publishing across a broad range of genres.
YOUNG ARROW
Young Arrow is the home of the children’s and young adult books written by some of Cornerstone’s biggest authors.
12 ‘A commercial publishing house with heft.’ We are first and foremost lovers of great stories. It is this collective passion that drives all our publishing – fiction and non-fiction. We publish fewer books annually than any other division within Penguin Random House, but have a greater number of titles on the bestsellers lists - year in, year out - than anyone else, with 566 titles in the Sunday Times top ten charts in the last 10 years, 134 of them reaching No.1.
Doubleday Where the greatest stories begin. Our literary and ideas-led imprint, Doubleday is home to prize-winners Kate Atkinson, Bill Bryson, Hallie Rubenhold (Baillie Gifford), Sue Black (Saltire), Sarah Jane-Blakemore (Royal Society Science Prize), John Boyne, Paula Hawkins, Anna Hope, Rachel Joyce, Terry Pratchett, Donal Ryan, Diane Setterfield, Curtis Sittenfeld, and Markus Zusak.
Bantam Press Transworld’s commercial hardback list Bantam Press publishes many of the biggest brand-names in fiction - including Belinda Bauer, Dan Brown, Lee Child, Jilly Cooper, Ben Elton, Frederick Forsyth, Ruth Jones, Sophie Kinsella, Shari Lapena, Andy McNab and Simon Mayo - and ‘expert voices for a mainstream audience’ in non-fiction - including Jason Fox, Bear Grylls, Stephen Hawking, James Holland, Alan Johnson, Robert Iger and Paul McKenna.
Corgi The paperback imprint for Bantam Press titles.
Black Swan The paperback imprint for Doubleday titles.
13 LIFESTYLE/PRACTICAL
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Ottolenghi Test Kitchen: Stripped
Introducing Ottolenghi, unplugged. Relaxed, flexible home cooking from the Ottolenghi Test Kitchen superteam – irresistible Middle Eastern inspiration.
The team at the Ottolenghi Test Kitchen spend their days conjuring up and perfecting new recipes, but what about when they’re off duty? This book captures the spirit of how we all want to cook when we’re at home, whether we’re raiding the fridge, digging into the back of the freezer or falling back on store cupboard staples. Here are recipes with all of the trademark punch and vibrancy of an Ottolenghi dish, but with a little more flexibility for the home cook.
Designed to be adaptable, these recipes are all about getting creative with what you’ve got to hand and adding playful twists to familiar classics. They're about feeding ourselves and our families with less stress and less fuss, and in turn giving us the confidence to master the basics with creative, satisfying food.
The Ottolenghi Test Kitchen under a North London railway arch is a treasure trove of creativity and talent. Headed up by Yotam Ottolenghi (@ottolenghi), the team consists of Noor Murad (@noorishbynoor), who has informally crowned herself the queen of Middle Eastern feasts; Verena Lochmuller, the human search engine to every baking question; Tara Wigley, the in-house word wizard; Ixta Belfrage (@ixta.belfrage), who keeps everyone up to date with the latest foodie trends and Gitai Fisher, the man who keeps everyone in check while making absolutely sure they stay out of trouble!
7 October 2021 | Celia Palazzo for Ebury Press | 320 pp Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: Ten Speed Press | Option publishers in Germany, Spain, Poland, Holland, France, French Canada, Denmark, Italy, Hungary, Brazil, Czech Republic
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Yotam Ottolenghi is the restaurateur and chef-patron of the four London-based Ottolenghi delis, as well as the NOPI and ROVI restaurants. He is the author of seven best- selling cookery books. Amongst several prizes, Ottolenghi SIMPLE won the National Book Award and was selected as best book of the year by the New York Times. Yotam has been a weekly columnist for the Saturday Guardian for over thirteen years and is a regular contributor to the New York Times. His commitment to championing vegetables, as well as ingredients once seen as ‘exotic’, has led to what some call ‘the Ottolenghi Effect’. This is shorthand for the creation of a meal which is full of colour, flavour, bounty and sunshine. Yotam lives in London with his family. www.ottolenghi.co.uk
Globally, the Ottolenghi books have sold over 7 million copies and in 2019, one Ottolenghi title was sold every 3 and a half minutes in the UK alone!
The hugely successful publication of SIMPLE in 2018 broke new ground, removing all barriers to Ottolenghi food and reaching a whole new audience.
‘Why is Yotam Ottolenghi so, so, loved? Publishers call it "the Ottolenghi Effect" and speak of his book sales with awe’ – Good Food
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The Mediterrannean Claudia Roden
Join world-renowned food writer Claudia Roden on a culinary journey around the Mediterranean, cooking her favourite dishes to make for friends and family.
Claudia Roden needs little introduction: a living legend, she is a world-renowned food writer who is credited with introducing us all to the rich world of Middle Eastern and North African food. Claudia revolutionised Western attitudes towards these cuisines, and inspired a generation of cooks, including Yotam Ottolenghi and Samin Nosrat.
Join Claudia on a culinary journey, exploring the many and varied flavours of the Mediterranean and cooking her favourite dishes. These are the easy recipes that she cooks for friends and family, small groups of two to six people, which retain the spirit of the recipes she loves but are simpler and made with fewer ingredients.
She combines a life’s worth of travelling and tasting with the food she cooks every day. After decades of being an educator and faithful interpreter of ground-breaking recipes, these latest ones are reflective of how we live now. A treasure for fans of Dishoom, Ottolenghi SIMPLE and Persiana.
Claudia Roden was born and brought up in Cairo, but was educated in Paris and in London, where she has lived for many years. Widely admired as both a great cook and a fine writer, she has written classic works on Middle Eastern food and Mediterranean cookery, including the award-winning The Book of Jewish Food, and, most recently, The Food of Italy. In 2019 she was awarded the Observer Lifetime Achievement Award, highlighting just how current appreciation of Claudia really is.
2 September 2021 | Lizzy Gray for Ebury Press | 320 pp Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: Ten Speed Press | Rights sold: Dutch (Fontaine)
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The Sweet Roasting Tin Rukmini Iyer
Seventy-five delicious one-tin baking recipes, from the bestselling author of the Roasting Tin series.
The Sweet Roasting Tin offers an appetising assortment of sweet treats, with these easy to achieve baking recipes. From loaf and muffin tins, to cakes, cookies and brownies, these bakes have got you covered for breakfast, lunch, dinner and beyond.
With an exciting array of recipes from Baked Mascarpone, Cherry & Walnut Brownies to Saffron & Orange Loaf Tins, whether you’re looking to make easy-make bakes or magnificent masterpieces, The Sweet Roasting Tin is a must-have in your kitchen.
Rukmini Iyer (@missminifer) is the trusted, bestselling author of the Roasting Tin series, which has sold half a million copies to date (The Roasting Tin; The Green Roasting Tin; The Quick Roasting Tin and now The Roasting Tin Around The World). In 2019, Rukmini was the bestselling Food and Drink author without a dedicated TV series in the UK market. She originally trained as a lawyer but left the industry to retrain as a chef and food stylist. Her aim is to transform Britain's midweek meals, one roasting tin dinner at a time, from omnivores to vegans, flexitarians to families or households of one or two.
Click here to watch Rukmini discuss The Roasting Tin series.
2 September 2021 | Mireille Harper for Square Peg | 320 pp Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: PRH UK |
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The Roasting Tin series Rukmini Iyer
Minumum fuss, maximum flavour.
29 April 2021 | Mireille 30 April 2020 | Mireille Harper 30 May 2019 | Mireille Harper for Harper for Square Peg | 240 for Square Peg | 240 pp Square Peg | 240 pp pp Translation Rights: PRH UK | Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: PRH UK | Rights Rights: PRH UK | Rights sold: US Rights: PRH UK | sold: Dutch (Uitgeverij J Dutch (Uitgeverij J Gottmer/H J Gottmer) Becht), French (LEC), Polish (Znak), Russian (Eksmo)
5 July 2018 | Mireille Harper for Square 6 March 2017 | Mireille Harper for Square Peg | Peg | 240 pp 240 pp Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: PRH UK | PRH UK | Rights sold: US English Rights sold: US English (Chronicle Books), German (Chronicle Books), Dutch ( Uitgeverij J (DK Verlag), Polish (Znak), Hungarian Gottmer), French (LEC), Polish (Znak) (Konyvmolykepzo Kiado), French (LEC)
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Nadiya Bakes Nadiya Hussain
Nadiya's brand new tie-in cookbook to accompany her autumn 2020 BBC2 cookery series.
At last, Nadiya returns to baking. This is her long-awaited reunion with her true love - incredible cakes and bakes that we can all achieve at home.
For her BBC2 series, Nadiya will be inspired by other creative bakers and discover more about the bakes that make her happiest. In true Nadiya style, she will uncover new recipes and techniques and create her own mouth- watering twists.
It's a fact that baking makes us happier and this book is bursting with recipes that will bring a little sunshine into your world and the lives of your friends, family and neighbours.
Nadiya will explore all areas of baking, conquering cakes and traybakes, no-bake bakes, tarts and pies, desserts, celebration bakes, biscuits and buns as well as breads and savouries. Recipes include Money-Can't-Buy-You-Happiness Brownies, Baked Chilli Churros, a beautiful Baked Rhubarb, Rosemary and Olive Oil Polenta Cake and a wow-factor Layered Honey and Soured Cream Cake.
Born in Luton to British Bangladeshi parents, Nadiya Hussain (@nadiayjhussain) now lives in Milton Keynes with her husband, Abdal, and their three children. A columnist for The Times and a regular reporter for The One Show, Nadiya has also presented several of her own BBC cookery series to great acclaim, with Time to Eat reaching on average 1.9 million viewers each week on the BBC and now streaming globally on Netflix. Her previous cookery titles - Nadiya's Kitchen, Nadiya's British Food Adventure, Nadiya's Family Favourites and Time to Eat - have sold over 250,000 copies in the UK alone. She was awarded an MBE in 2019 for services to broadcasting and the culinary arts.
3 September 2020 | Daniel Bunyard for Michael Joseph | 256 pp Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: Clarkson Potter |
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Nadiya Hussain
‘…Hussain is a star.’ – The Times
11 July 2019 | Daniel Bunyard for Michael 14 July 2018 | Ione Walder for Michael Joseph | 256 pp Joseph | 240 pp Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: PRH UK | Rights sold: US English PRH UK | (Clarkson Potter), German (Ars Vivendi)
13 July 2017 | Ione Walder for Michael 16 July 2016 | Lindsey Evans for Michael Joseph | 288 pp Joseph | 272 pp Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: PRH UK | PRH UK |
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Love to Cook Easy recipes to make you happy Mary Berry
Celebrate the unique emotional power of good cooking, with 120 new recipes, to accompany Mary Berry’s new 6-part primetime BBC2 series in Autumn 2021.
Food is love. Mary Berry shares over 120 amazing recipes that highlight the unique emotional power of home- cooking and enjoying food together. Anyone can cook through Mary’s simple, confidence-boosting recipes – and by taking you into her kitchen, she’ll show you how Image copyright Laura Edwards cooking and sharing good food can make us happier and healthier.
From katsu chicken and crab and dill soufflé, to trout and beetroot salad with yuzu dressing and seven different flavours of meat and plant based burgers, every delicious dish in Love to Cook is accompanied by beautiful photography of the finished food, so you know exactly what you're making. Complete with Mary's trademark no-nonsense tips and techniques throughout, Love to Cook will help you see your meals in an entirely new light.
Mary Berry is the nation's favourite baker and author of over 70 books, including the bestselling Mary Berry Cooks, Mary Berry's Absolute Favourites, Mary Berry At Home and Mary Berry’s Baking Bible. She was a much-loved judge on the BBC's The Great British Bake Off and has been teaching the nation to cook for over four decades.
Cordon Bleu-trained in Paris, Mary began her career as a magazine cookery editor before publishing her first cookery book in 1966. In 2009 Mary was awarded the highly coveted Guild of Food Writers Lifetime Achievement Award and in 2012 she was made a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours list.
2 September 2021 | Lizzy Gray, Charlotte Macdonald for BBC Books | 320 pp Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: PRH UK |
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An A-Z of Pasta Stories, Shapes, Sauces, Recipes Rachel Roddy
The definitive guide to pasta, by the award-winning food writer Rachel Roddy.
Rome dweller Rachel Roddy shares with us everything she has learned about this essential foodstuff that is at the heart of Italian cuisine.
Along with the recipes are short essays that weave together the history, culture and the everyday life of pasta shapes from the tip to the toe of Italy. There is pasta made with water, and pasta with egg; shapes made by hand and those rolled a by machine; the long and the short; the rolled and the stretched; the twisted and the stuffed; the fresh and the dried. The A-Z of Pasta tells you how to match pasta shapes with sauces, and how to serve them. The recipes range from the familiar - pesto, ragù and carbonara - to the unfamiliar (but thrilling). This is the definitive guide to pasta from one of the best food writers of our time.
Rachel Roddy (@rachelaliceroddy) moved to Rome in 2005 where she began writing, mostly about food, on her blog Racheleats. Her first book, Five Quarters, was published in 2015 and won both the André Simon Food Book Award and the Guild of Food Writers First Book Award. Her second book, Two Kitchens, was published in 2017. She has written for the Financial Times, the Telegraph, Conde Nast Travel, Vanity Fair, Delicious Magazine and has an award-winning weekly column in the Guardian called A Kitchen in Rome. She lives in Rome with her Sicilian partner and son Luca.
8 July 2021 | Juliet Annan for Fig Tree | 304 pp Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: PRH UK |
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The Whole Vegetable Sophie Gordon
Over 120 delicious, seasonal, low-waste recipes for a happier planet.
How can we cook more sustainably? In The Whole Vegetable, plant-based chef Sophie Gordon shows us: eat seasonally, eliminate food waste and enjoy beautiful, vibrant, nourishing meals.
Over half of household waste is usually from food, but small differences to the way we shop and cook can dramatically reduce this. Dividing the year into six sections (roughly led by the seasons), in each chapter Sophie celebrates five ‘hero’ vegetables and fruits, and offers multiple ways to use these while they’re at their peak, including all the bits you might normally discard, such as stalks or peelings, to ensure you get the best from your produce with absolutely minimal waste.
From vegetable-top pestos, herby grain salads, salty roasted leaves and rich garlicky root veg mashes, to vibrant vegan tacos, curried dahls, wholegrain pancakes and spiced roasted fruits, as well as countless takes on pasta sauces, hummus, salsas, dips, tapenades, and compotes, these recipes are packed with colour, flavour, texture and international influences from all over the world.
Throughout the book, ‘waste tips’ show how to make use of every scrap, with advice for storing, freezing, repurposing or reinventing. Meanwhile, an abundance of ideas for swaps and substitutions lets you adapt each recipe to your taste or location, thereby helping you save the planet and your pennies by using all your veg to its fullest potential.
Sophie Gordon (@soph_gordon) is a plant-based chef and recipe developer, caterer, and entrepreneur. She runs the South East London Supper Club, creating vegan dishes for a variety of attendees, and also holds regular plant-based retreats across the globe, collaborating with Soho House, Lulu Lemon, Free People, Foodism, Vita Coco and many more. Her platform is focused on plant-based and sustainable eating, environmental protection, and wellness.
20 Janurary 2022 | Ione Walder for Michael Joseph | 304 pp Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: PRH UK |
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The Meal Prep King Plan Save time. Lose weight. Eat the meals you love Meal Prep King
Prep yourself back to health with quick and easy meal-prep recipes for sustainable weight loss.
Prep your way back to health with the Meal Prep King's convenient and delicious recipes. Shift the weight you've always wanted to, free up your weeknights and save yourself a fortune, with easy batch-cooked recipes that don't compromise on flavour.
This is your step-by-step guide to achievable weight-loss and a hassle-free kitchen. Inside you'll find 80 recipes for breakfasts, lunches, dinners and snacks, plus a 21-day meal plan, calorie guidance, and loads of useful advice about how to store, freeze and reheat your meals to see you through the week ahead.
John and Charlotte's incredible weight-loss success story will inspire you to follow in their meal-prepping footsteps. It's a simple and adaptable way to cut down on calories while still eating flavoursome and filling food, with favourites like piri-piri chicken, Chinese-style pork, Korean beef noodles, breakfast yoghurt jars, burrito bowls, Thai curry and much, much more. Healthy, satisfying food has never been more simple or rewarding.
John Clark (@themealprepking) and Charlotte Deniz, based in Bolton and Blackpool, have lost an incredible combined weight of 15 stone. They are now showing others how to achieve permanent weight loss in an easy, affordable, healthy way. They now have over 180k followers on Instagram.
31 December 2020 | Ione Walder for Michael Joseph | 224 pp Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: PRH UK |
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SOUP BROTH BREAD Rachel Allen
Leading Irish chef Rachel Allen's latest cookbook, in which she celebrates two of her greatest passions; soup and bread.
Everyone has a 'soup story'. It is comfort food at its best, evoking childhood and nurturing gestures. Every culture prides itself on its local soup - you can travel the world on soup alone. It is the ultimate no-waste, seasonal food, forgiving of even the most novice cook.
In this stunning love-letter to the world's most ubiquitous dish, acclaimed TV chef, cookery writer and renowned teacher, Rachel Allen, explores everything soup has to offer. Whether as a starter or main dish, a quick fix or a leisurely indulgence, to feed a cold or heal a broken heart, to feed yourself, a friend or a crowd.
But this story doesn't end with soup. Rachel, celebrated for her baking, also provides a collection of irresistible bread recipes to make any soup an even more heartening, comforting meal. You can hardly have one without the other. Soup, broth and bread - the very best foods for the soul.
Rachel also shares the wisdom of her extensive teaching experience with tips on essential ingredients and equipment, freezing, plus how to best present your beautiful creations.This is the book every soup lover has been waiting for.
Rachel Allen (@rachelallen1) is a bestselling cookery writer, teacher and TV chef based in Ireland. Her 14 cookbooks have sold over a million copies worldwide, and she has written for BBC Good Food, the Sunday Independent and the Irish Mail on Sunday. Rachel currently hosts RTÉ's The Restaurant with Marco Pierre White, and her TV shows with the BBC and RTÉ have been broadcast in over 30 different countries.
2 September 2021 | Ione Walder for Michael Joseph | 224 pp Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: PRH UK |
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The Cauliflower Cookbook Unleash the Cauli-power! Heather Thomas
Over 50 recipes to make the most of this hugely versatile ingredient. From the creators of the bestselling Avocado Cookbook.
Unleash cauli-POWER!
Cauliflower used to be perceived as rather humble and understated but it's now the hottest vegetable around. Cauliflower can transform any meal as the perfect substitute for carbs and meat without sacrificing flavour.
This resourceful little book is packed with all the 'cauli-power' you need to make cauliflower the main event, with recipes from all over the world and guidance on how to rice, roast, pickle, and even bake with it.
With over 50 recipes ranging from pizza, steaks, and tacos, to sushi, piccalilli, curries, and chocolate chip cookies, there is something for everyone, and seemingly nothing this vegetable can't do!
Heather Thomas is a health and cookery writer and editor. She is the author of The Avocado Cookbook and The Chickpea Cookbook, The Sweet Potato Cookbook, The Hot Sauce Cookbook, The Aubergine Cookbook and The Tofu Cookbook. Heather has worked with many top chefs, nutritionists and women’s health organisations and charities, and has contributed to health and food magazines in the UK and the United States.
5 August 2021 | Carey Smith for Ebury Press | 112 pp Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: PRH UK |
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The Noodle Cookbook 100 healthy and delicious noodle recipes for happy eating Damien Lee of Mr Lee's Noodles
Quick Asian-inspired noodle dishes from popular noodle brand Mr Lee's Noodles.
Tasty noodle bowls, real quick.
From Shanghai 'Yum Cha' Noodles, Mr Lee's Cracking Katsu and Bamboo Buckwheat Noodles to Tonkotsu Pork Noodles and Cantonese Wonton Soup, The Noodle Cookbook has a recipe for every craving, including vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free friendly options. Get to know your noodles with an essential store-cupboard section, notes on health-boosting 'hero ingredients' and healthy swap-ins for your favourite Asian condiments.
With tasty dishes from Vietnam to China, The Noodle Cookbook will spice up your meals and satisfy those instant noodle cravings.
No worries, eat happy!
Founder and CEO of Mr Lee's Noodles, Damien Lee (@mrleespurefoods) is an entrepreneur and single father of two boys. He was born in Melbourne, Australia and moved to the the UK in 1993. When diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, he knew he had to start eating better but still craved his favourite snack - instant noodles. So, Damien launched Mr Lees Noodles, bringing healthy and sustainable pot noodles without the 'nasties' to the public. Damien runs Mr Lee’s Noodles from his home in Bournemouth, after moving there from London in 2013.
4 March 2021 | Carey Smith,Camilla Ackley for Ebury Press | 208 pp Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: PRH UK |
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From the Veg Patch 10 favourite vegetables, 100 simple and delicious recipes everyone will love Kathy Slack
Family-friendly recipes for our most popular and readily available fruit and veg.
Kathy Slack takes us through a year in her veg patch in this celebration of her ten favourite things to grow and eat.
Peas, lettuce, courgettes, beans, tomatoes, beetroot, squash, apples, kale and leeks; all simple to grow, affordable and readily available to anyone without a growing space of their own. Most recipes are vegetarian, some use meat or fish, but every dish makes veg the star of the plate. This is food for everyone and every day.
Here are recipes to herald the start of spring (Pea, Feta and Mint Frittata) to enjoy on a sweltering summer day (Tomato Salad with Anchovy Breadcrumbs) to warm you up as the nights start to draw in (Pumpkin Tikka Masala) and to hunker down with in the depths of winter (Leek and Chestnut Crumble).
Whether you grow your own vegetables at home or buy them at the supermarket, these beautiful recipes celebrate ingredients at their very best and are a joy to cook and eat.
Kathy Slack (@gluts_gluttony) is a cook and writer who works full time writing and developing recipes, hosting supper clubs and cookery classes, food styling and holding cookery demonstrations for various brands and publications. She won a Young British Foodies award in 2019 and in the same year her blog, Gluts and Gluttony won a Soil Association award for Best Blog.
‘Kathy’s enthusiasm for veg is infectious. We need more people like her flying the flag for veg’ – Anna Jones
‘Kathy’s writing is wonderful and her recipes are to die for’ – Gill Meller
4 March 2021 | Celia Palazzo, Lizzy Gray for Ebury Press | 288 pp Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: PRH UK |
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Spicebox 100 curryhouse favourites made vegan Grace Regan
All your takeaway favourites – delicious, easy and completely plant-powered.
Make all the food you love, packed with vibrant colourful ingredients and authentic flavour. Find every one of your favourite curry dishes here including Aloo Gobi, Chana Masala, Cauli Tikka Masala, Jackfruit Jalfrezi, Onion Bhaji and Chana Chaat, BUT with one twist - they are all vegan.
Perfect for a quick midweek supper, or a weekend banquet with friends, curry night just got easier, cheaper and even more delicious.
Grace Regan (@eatspicebox) is a cook and owner of Spicebox, which started life as a street food stall before finding new life as a critically acclaimed restaurant in Walthamstow. Her writing has been published in The Guardian and Huffington Post and she was longlisted for the BBC Food Rising Star Award.
Grace believes Indian food is the perfect gateway to vegan cuisine and her biggest food influence is her great aunt Dolly who is South Indian. Grace grew up eating her food and cooked her first curry aged 12.
8 April 2021 | Lizzy Gray,Celia Palazzo for Ebury Press | 224 pp Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: PRH UK |
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Sweet Everything 100 quick customisable cakes from your favourite baking blogger Jane Dunn of Jane’s Patisserie
100 sweet bakes and cult recipes from baking blogger Jane Dunn. For fans of One Tin Bakes, Three-Ingredient Baking, and Baking with Kim-Joy.
Jane’s bakes are loved for being simple, easy-to-follow, and deliciously sweet. This book is packed with 40 cult recipes from her popular blog, Jane’s Patisserie, (including NYC Cookies, No-Bake Speculoos Cheesecake, and White Chocolate and Raspberry Tart), 60 new and exclusive recipes requested by her followers, and mouth-watering photography.
With sections on loaf cakes, celebration cakes, cupcakes, cheesecakes, traybakes, cookies, desserts, and simple tips and tricks to show you how you can get the most out of your bakes, you’ll have every occasion covered.
Jane Dunn (@janespatisserie) started her blog in 2014 after training at Ashburton Chefs Academy. Her blog was voted the top baking blog of 2020 by Vuello, and her recipes have been featured in Cosmopolitan and Baking Heaven Magazine. Fans of note are Mrs Hinch, Stacy Solomon, Zoe Sugg, and Vicky Pattinson. Find her on Instagram, Facebook, Youtube, and Twitter.
5 August 2021 | Samantha Crisp for Ebury Press | 224 pp Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: PRH UK |
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Happy Cooking My favourite food to fill your tummy and raise your spirits every day Candice Brown
Make your kitchen your happy place. Times columnist, pub landlord and Loose Women favourite Candice Brown shares the essential recipes that see her through life's ups and downs.
Cooking has always been about more than the finished dish for Candice Brown. It's about the whole process and what that process can do for your mind, as well as your tummy. Happy Cooking, her second book, is packed with simple and delicious recipes to bring a little warmth back into those grey days where it all feels a bit too much.
Here you'll find your favourite bakes to bring a smile to your face, quick pick-me-ups for the busy weekdays, therapeutic recipes to keep your hands busy, and hearty dishes that take care of themselves as well as you.
These are recipes to live for, to get out of bed for, to eat under the duvet, and to share with the ones you love.
Candice Brown (@candicebrown) is the winner of The Great British Bake Off 2016. Born in north London, Candice grew up in the pubs that her parents ran – and that she famously immortalized in gingerbread for her most-talked-about showstopper – always chipping in when needed, be it pulling pints or mopping floors. With her degree in Sport, PE and Community Studies, Candice was a secondary school teacher when she applied for GBBO and managed to juggle planning her fabulous bakes and filming the show with teaching lively teenagers. Candice is currently taking a break from teaching to explore new adventures in flour.
6 May 2021 | Laura Higginson,Lizzy Gray for Ebury Press | 256 pp Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: PRH UK |
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One Pot Vegan 80 quick, easy and delicious plant-based recipes from the creators of SO VEGAN Roxy Pope and Ben Pook
Roxy and Ben share 80 delicious, quick and easy recipes which use only one dish.
Based on all the most popular recipes from their channel So Vegan, Roxy and Ben have created 80 delicious recipes, which prove that vegan food is fun, tasty and SO simple to make. Designed to cook in just one pot/pan/tray, every recipe promises to be low in washing up and high in flavour.
This book is ideal not only for vegans, but for the growing market of flexitarians hoping to make their diet more sustainable and eco-friendly, while still enjoying every single mouthful. From one-pot curries to one-tray fajitas, there are light lunches, desserts and plenty of crowd-pleasing meals, all with nutritional info, freezing tips for batch cooking and how to eat seasonally. Eating more plants has never been more easy!
Roxy Pope and Ben Pook are the creators of SO VEGAN (@sovegan), one of the world's leading vegan food platforms with a growing community of over 1.5 million followers across their social channels. Their mission is to make it easier for everyone to eat more plants, so that people and the planet can thrive. Their first cookbook So Vegan in 5 published in December 2018. One Pot Vegan is their second book.
23 July 2020 | Ione Walder for Michael Joseph | 192 pp Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: PRH UK | Rights sold: German (Riva Verlag)
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Little Book of Vegan Bakes Holly Jade
80 simple and delicious vegan bakes, cakes and desserts for any occasion, from Instagram star-baker Holly-Jade.
Discover how to bake show-stopping, mouth-watering, heart- warming, incredibly delicious vegan cakes and bakes at home with Holly-Jade.
Recipes range from the very simple (No Bake Chocolate Tart, Biscoff Cupcakes and Peanut Butter Brownies) to the more ambitious (Tiramisu Doughnuts, Cherry Bakewell Cheesecake and Mocha Cinnamon Rolls) making this a book for anyone and any ability. Including essential step-by-step guides to icing and decorating, Holly gives you all the ingredients to take your vegan baking to the next level.
Holly-Jade (@thelittleblogofvegan) is the creator of three-time award winning vegan baking blog 'The Little Blog of Vegan'. Her work is regularly featured in magazines and online in places such as Huffington Post, Sainsbury's online and BBC Good Food Magazine.
24 June 2021 | Lizzy Gray for Ebury Press | 224 pp Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: PRH UK |
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The Happy Health Plan Plant-Powered Food to Supercharge Your Health and Wellbeing David Flynn and Stephen Flynn
The ultimate guide to transforming your whole body health.
Curious about how a plant-based diet can positively transform your health and wellbeing? Eager to take your first steps towards plant-based health and happiness? But unsure how or where to start?
With over ten years of experience supporting people from all over the world on the best methods for adopting a plant-based diet, you can rely on David and Stephen to equip you with the tools, advice and recipes you need to boost your whole body health and catalyse positive changes within your life.
The Happy Health Plan is packed with over 80 delicious, easy-to-make recipes from breakfast options like hearty healthy banoffee overnight oats, smoothie bowls and gut healthy granola, to tasty dinners like Bombay sweet potato curry, creamy roasted red pepper pasta and humble lentil stew.
Alongside their happy heart, skin and shape club recipes, the Happy Pears also provide expert advice on when to eat, successful meal planning, improving your gut health, and how to sleep better. By following their tried and tested advice, this book will leave you feeling energised with a practical step-by-step plan to enhance your whole body health and happiness.
Nearly twenty years ago, twin brothers David and Stephen Flynn (@thehappypear) discovered the joys and benefits of a plant-based diet and embarked on a mission to encourage everyone to 'eat more veg'. Their first three cookbooks - The Happy Pear: Recipes for Happiness, The Happy Pear: Healthy, Easy, Delicious Food to Change Your Life, and The World of the Happy Pear – have combined sales of over 250,000 copies. They have an engaged social media audience of nearly 1 million followers across their channels.
10 December 2020 | Michael McLoughlin for Penguin Life | 272 pp Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: PRH UK |
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The Plant-Based Power Plan Increase Strength, Boost Energy, Perform at Your Best TJ Waterfall
The first authoritative, evidence-based book on how a vegan diet improves performance - and how to do it yourself.
The scientific evidence overwhelmingly shows that a plant- based diet is one of the most effective ways to improve both long-term health and to see immediate results in terms of energy, recovery and performance. But what can you do to ensure your diet boosts your performance in your sport or training?
In The Plant-Based Power Plan, registered elite sports nutritionist TJ Waterfall uses the cutting-edge research he applies with his clients - ranging from Premiership rugby players, competitive weightlifters and professional boxers, to Premier League footballers and ultra- distance triathletes - to to bust the myths and explain the numerous benefits of a well- planned plant-based diet and how to use it to take your health and performance to the next level.
With simple but comprehensive practical guidance - from maximising muscle protein synthesis and improving your recovery, to tweaking nutrition timing and getting enough energy to fuel highly active training schedules - TJ gives you everything you need to bring your A-game. He also shows you just how simple it is to incorporate the most important nutrients into your diet with a selection of 30 easy and delicious recipes.
TJ Waterfall (@tj_waterfall) is a sports nutritionist specialising in plant-based nutrition. He is a registered nutritionist with the Association for Nutrition and has an MSc in Clinical and Public Health Nutrition from University College London, where he has worked in nutrition research. He writes for Men's Fitness, Cycling Weekly and Outdoor Fitness, among others, and speaks regularly at vegan festivals about the science-backed health benefits of plant-based diets.
7 January 2021 | Connor Brown for Penguin Life | 272 pp Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: PRH UK |
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Veg-Led Weaning Creating Little Foodies Who Love Their Kale As Much As Their Cake Charlotte Stirling-Reed
The first veg-led weaning book by an expert nutritionist who worked with Joe Wicks on Wean In 15.
Help your baby love vegetables – and save the planet!
Expert nutritionist and mum of two Charlotte Stirling-Reed introduces a savoury-first approach to weaning which makes sure that not all of baby’s first tastes are sweet. Helping children become familiar with veggies as part of their diet from the very beginning is the perfect way to develop healthy and planet-friendly eating habits, and to tackle fussy eating before it even begins.
This beautiful, full-colour comprehensive guide is packed full of evidence-based advice and simple, tasty recipes showing how even bitter and savoury vegetables can be included among baby’s very first foods. It also features a step-by-step guide to baby’s first 30 days of weaning, when many parents are most anxious, simplifying the whole process with clear recommendations and advice.
For parents who want the best for their baby while also caring for the planet, Veg-Led Weaning is the key to raising little foodies who love their kale as much as their cake!
Charlotte Stirling-Reed (@sr_nutrition) has undergraduate and postgraduate nutrition degrees, is the nutritionist for Joe Wicks’ book Wean in 15, and works with leading brands such as Quaker and Whole Earth. She has a strong and engaged platform with over 180k followers.
29 April 2021 | Sam Jackson for Vermilion | 192 pp Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: PRH UK |
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The Plant Power Doctor A simple prescription for long-term good health and vitality Dr Gemma Newman
The down-to-earth medical doctor's guide to the radical healing power of wholefood plant- based eating.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away...
Discover the transformative effect a simple change of diet can have on your health, with medical doctor Gemma Newman. It's easy to get started with Dr Newman's delicious and simple recipes.
All it takes is 3 simple steps.
1. Learn what plant-powered eating means and what it can do for you. Medical research shows that many chronic diseases - including heart health, cancer, type 2 diabetes and gut health can all be helped with a plant-powered lifestyle, at any age.
2. Find out how to make the simple switch to plant-power. Try 30 delicious and easy recipes to get you started.
3. Make easy lifestyle changes that can have a big impact on your health.
Dr Newman will show you the compelling evidence so you can see why she advocates the switch to a plant-powered diet, Discover the transformative effect it has had on her, her family and her patients and the science that explains why it works. You can take control of your health - true wellbeing lies within you.
Dr Gemma Newman (@plantpowerdoctor) has over 15 years clinical experience as a family doctor. She is a member of The British Society of Lifestyle Medicine and is on the board of Plant Based Health Professionals UK. She is one of Happy Pear's medical experts and is on Instagram and Facebook.
7 January 2021 | Laura Higginson,Lizzy Gray for Ebury Press | 304 pp Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: PRH UK |
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Everything You Need to Know About Whisky (But are too afraid to ask) Nick Morgan and The Whisky Exchange
Understand the what, how, who and when of whisky and its fascinating history.
Whisky experts Nick Morgan and The Whisky Exchange open the lid on the whisky industry, revealing what makes one of the world's simplest spirits just so popular. Working with leading experts, Nick Morgan reveals what makes the perfect scotch, how to drink it, as well as some of the fascinating (and often scandalous) history behind the whisky business.
This indispensable guide is filled with insider tips on finding your new favourite bottle and brewing up the very best whisky based cocktails - essential reading for all whisky fans, novices and experts alike.
Nick Morgan (@nicholasjmorgan) was Head of Whisky Outreach at Diageo, tasked with reinvigorating heritage blends. He is the winner of an Outstanding Achievement in Scotch Whisky Award. His work has earned him a place on the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trustee board, further supporting excellence in British Craftsmanship. Nicholas was made the forty-eighth inductee into the Whisky Hall of Fame in March 2018. He lives in London.
The Whisky Exchange (@whiskyexchange) is a family business founded by Sukhinder and Rajbir Singh in 1999, and has since grown to be the internet's number-one specialist retailer of whisky and other spirits. They have won a string of industry awards, including Independent Spirits Retailer of the Year and Whisky Magazine's Online Retailer of the Year.
5 August 2021 | Camilla Ackley for Ebury Press | 256 pp Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: PRH UK |
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The Alcorithm Rob Buckhaven
The first ever drinks book to shine a light on flavour – the ultimate guide to discovering new favourites.
Did you know that if you like tropical fruit then New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc is the white wine for you, thanks to its sweet but slightly tart flavour profile? And if you also like vanilla, then you’ll enjoy IPA craft beer and a Pornstar Martini cocktail.
This unique guide gives a detailed understanding of the core flavours in each drink. It will show you how to recognise them and provides a deep understanding of your own flavour preferences and, armed with this knowledge, how to experiment. Essential reading for those who want to understand how flavours in drinks work or for anyone simply looking to expand their horizons at the bar.
Structured in two halves, the first section looks at the key flavour categories (aromatic, spicy, citrusy etc.), the sub-categories and which flavours match. The second section will look at where to find these flavours, how to pair, the best way to drink and finally, what else you might like
Renowned drinks critic and the Metro drinks columnist, Rob Bukhaven, has created an algorithm like no other - The Alcorithm - that guides readers via their tastes in flavours to drinks they'll love.
Rob Buckhaven (@robbuckhaven) is a drinks expert, with 14 years' experience in the wine and spirits industry. He is Drinks Columnist for the Metro, Brand Ambassador for English Winery, Rathfinny Estate, and IWSC Wine Communicator of the Year Nominee. He holds a MBA in Wine Marketing and Management from the prestigious INSEEC Business School in Bordeaux. He has also appeared as a wine expert on The Market Kitchen and Something for the Weekend.
11 November 2021 | Ione Walder for Michael Joseph | 272 pp Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: PRH UK |
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The Alchemist Cocktail Book Master the dark arts of mixology The Alchemist
100 recipes for spell-binding and crowd-pleasing cocktails
Work some magic at home with these original cocktail recipes from the professional team at the experimental bar, The Alchemist. Elevate your mixology skills and bring some creativity to your bar cart with unique and show-stopping tipple time recipes, from their iconic Caramelised Rum Punch and Smokey Old Fashioned, to new takes on the cocktail classics.
With chapters from Chemistry and Theatre, Twisted Classics and New Wave to Classics and Low and No Alcohol, The Alchemist Cocktail Book truly has something for everyone, from mixing novices to experienced bartenders.
Bring some dramatic flair to your cocktail hour, with recipes including:
Lavender Daquiri Paloma Rhubarb and Custard Sour Bananagroni Maple Manhatten Cola Bottle Libre Grapefruit and Apricot Martini
The Alchemist (@thealchemistUK) is the UK’s most-loved experimental cocktail bar, and the team are masters in molecular mixology. Their cocktails are chemistry-defying, immersive experiences, all with a unique Alchemist flair that sets them apart and firmly establishes them as a leading cocktail chain. They have 19 locations in the UK, and celebrate their 10th anniversary this year.
6 May 2021 | Camilla Ackley for Ebury Press | 224 pp Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: PRH UK |
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Five Minute Therapy Sarah Crosby
An illustrated guide to the self by the creator of the popular Instagram page @themindgeek and trained psychotherapist, Sarah Crosby.
Five Minute Therapy is an illustrated guide that provides practical tools and powerful insight to discover our true selves, as well as to cope with common mental health challenges such as stress, anxiety and lack of confidence. Serving as a pocket therapist, the book invites readers to learn – and unlearn – their true selves, covering concepts such as Attachment, Boundaries, Authenticity, Triggers and much more.
With quick exercises, inspirational encouragement and a light - but never dumbed-down - visual presentation, this book is perfect for fans of The Anxiety Solution (Chloe Brotheridge) and Good Vibes, Good Life (Vex King).
Sarah Jane Crosby (@themindgeek) is a psychotherapist based in Dublin, Ireland. Sarah originally graduated from University College Dublin with a BA Hons in Archaeology and Geography before retraining as a humanistic integrative therapist, procuring both a HDip and MA from DBS. During her training, Sarah began creating and posting mental health content to Instagram. Much to her surprise, her page rapidly gained an audience and now has 370k+ minds following along. The aim of her content is to make mental health information accessible and interesting, while occasionally delivering hard truths in soft colours.
Click here to see a video of Sarah sharing her vision for the book.
31 December 2020 | Zennor Compton for Century | 240 pp Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: PRH UK |
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The Healing Power of Flowers Discover the secret language of the flowers you love Claire Bowen with photography by Eva Nemeth
For fans of The Language of Flowers and The Healing Power of Plants, this modern flower dictionary explores the hidden and powerful sentiments and symbolism of the most popular flowers.
Live life in full bloom.
This beautiful book features your favourite flowers grouped by their purpose – for love, for joy, for success, for calm, to console, and to celebrate. Discover their traditional meanings, holistic benefits, natural energy, and when flowers are in season so that they can be sourced with a minimal carbon footprint.
With sections on how to create thoughtful bouquets to share and how to dry and press your blooms to make decorative keepsakes, you can bring the benefits of the natural world back into your home, your workplace, and into the lives of your loved ones.
Find out why you should give Foxgloves to encourage productivity and celebrate a new job, Lilacs for young love, or Chrysanthemums for luck and protection, and become fluent in the secret language of flowers.
Claire Bowen (@honesysuckly_and_hilda) runs seasonal floristry classes from her studio in Oxfordshire, Honeysuckle and Hilda. Claire has collaborated with People Tree, Miller Harris, Berry Bros and Rudd, and The Country Brocante. She is a founding ambassador of The Sustainable Floristry Network.
Éva Németh (@eva_nemeth) is an internationally published garden and storytelling photographer. Her photography is regularly featured in national best-selling publications such as House and Garden, Gardens Illustrated, Country Living and The English Garden Magazine.
4 March 2021 | Samantha Crisp,Lizzy Gray for Ebury Press | 192 pp Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: PRH UK |
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The Harmony Tarot A deck for growth and healing Harmony Nice
A unique, beautifully illustrated tarot deck and guide book from the world's most popular millennial witch.
A therapeutic tool for our times
Inspired by nature and her own wiccan path, influential YouTube star and modern witch Harmony Nice has created The Harmony Tarot, an enchanting deck and guidebook that offers a way to use tarot to improve wellbeing, as well as for decisions and divination.
This beautiful pack reimagines the traditional deck of 78 Major and Minor Arcana cards, with the suits represented by the four seasons. Each card has been thoughtfully designed to encourage you to connect with your thoughts and choices and inspire personal growth and healing.
28 January 2021 | Olivia Morris for Rider | 160 pp Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: PRH UK |
The Wiccan Guide to Wellbeing Harmony Nice
An uplifting guide to the four elemnts of a magickal life.
Harmony Nice is at the heart of a growing community of modern-day witches who practise natural magick to improve their own lives and the world around them. In The Wiccan Guide to Wellbeing, she reveals how you can nurture positive mental health and wellbeing through the four pillars of a magickal life: Spiritual, Physical, Emotional and Environmental.
From harnessing the protective powers of nature to regaining your self-worth and spiritual strength, Harmony teaches us how to embrace the Wiccan practices of ritual, meditation and tradition to live a beautiful life.
6 January 2022 | Olivia Morris for Rider | 288 pp Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: PRH UK |
Harmony Nice (@harmonybeatrix) is a YouTube and Instagram star at the heart of a growing community of modern day witches. She became interested in Witchcraft and Wicca at the age of 14 after discovering that her great-grandmother, Hilda, was a witch. Three years later she started her YouTube channel to communicate with other practitioners, educate newcomers and generate discussion about wicca, magick and spirituality. Her first book Wicca published in 2018. She lives in Norfolk.
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Couch Fiction A Graphic Tale of Psychotherapy Philippa Perry
Ever wanted to know what really happens in a therapist's consultation room?
Bestselling author Philippa Perry (The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read) turns her keen insights to the power of therapy. This compelling study of psychotherapy in the form of a graphic novel vividly explores a year's therapy sessions as a search for understanding and truth.
Beautifully illustrated by Flo Perry, author and illustrator of How to Have Feminist Sex, and accompanied by succinct and illuminating footnotes, this book offers a witty and thought-provoking exploration of the therapeutic journey, considering a range of skills, insights and techniques along the way.
Phillipa Perry (@thebookyouwish) has been a psychotherapist for the past twenty years. She is an agony aunt for Red Magazine, a freelance writer, and a TV and radio presenter. She lives in London with her husband the artist Grayson Perry, and they have a grown-up daughter, Flo. Her bestselling book The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read, published in 2019, sold in 34 languages.
Flo Perry (@floperrydraws) is a writer and illustrator, former BuzzFeed editor and expert on making illustrations go viral. She lives in North London. Her book How to Have Feminist Sex (Particular Books) was published in 2019.
‘I loved it. I smiled and laughed. And nodded. One to read’ - Susie Orbach, author of In Therapy
‘(full of) wit and good sense (...) Philippa is a tonic even if you're not her patient’ - Rachel Cooke, The Observer
26 November 2020 | Venetia Butterfield for Penguin Life | 152 pp Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: PRH UK |
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Lift Your Vibe Eat, breathe and flow to sleep better, find peace and live your best life Richie Norton
The ultimate lifestyle guide for finding calm, slowing down and reconnecting with yourself.
In a world of endless emails, calendars creaking at the seams and a constant stream of the next big thing to watch and discuss, it can see impossible to find time for yourself. Richie Norton knows this world too well and has created transformative, simple-to-follow daily rituals that fit into even the busiest schedule.
Guided by his expertise in breathwork, yoga, nutrition and meditation, Richie will help you unlock and develop your full physical and mental potential. Whether it's a one-minute triangle breath exercise, a five-minute wake-up flow, or a delicious 30-minute recipe, this guide contains accessible practices that anyone can build into their day to create new, healthier habits.
Richie's advice is guaranteed to help you achieve a fitter body, lower stress levels, a clearer headspace, increased energy and a better quality of sleep. His simple, daily practices, from journaling to spending time with friends or in nature, will strengthen your body and mind and help you discover a much-needed sense of calm.
There's never been a better time to start taking care of your mind and body, so let Richie guide you into your healthiest and happiest life.
Richie Norton (@richienorton_) is an ex-professional rugby player turned wellness guru. When an injury ended his sports career, he discovered the transformative power of yoga and breathwork. Richie is now a human performance coach and a yoga and breathwork practitioner. He has spent the past 10 years working alongside sports teams, entrepreneurs and personal clients to help them maximise every aspect of their physical and mental health.
His specialism is yoga, but he also works holistically with clients and runs workshops on breathing, nutrition, mindfulness and fitness. He has worked with Fearne Cotton as part of her Happy Place Festival line-up, joined Gary Barlow on tour to deliver pre-show yoga and has appeared on Joe Wicks' Body Coach TV. Richie is the ambassador for the Headstrong Campaign for AXA healthcare, a primary trainer on the popular FIIT app and has been on the Ben Coomber podcast, in Balance Magazine and Metro.
24 June 2021 | Emily Robertson for Penguin Life | 272 pp Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: PRH UK |
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F*ck Yourself Fit Get in shape, get shagging ShaggingWorld
60 sex positions showing the calories burned, sins earned, and sex points gained.
The fun way to get from fat to fit!
ShaggingWorld's revolutionary approach to fitness enables you to get in shape without ever having to go hungry, or horny, again - the perfect relief for anyone following a strict diet plan.
With 60 positions and instructional diagrams showing the number of calories burned, sins earned, and sex points gained, getting fit has never been more fun.
13 August 2020 | Laura Higginson,Lizzy Gray,Lucinda Humphrey for Pop Press | 128 pp Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: PRH UK |
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The Repair Shop Stories from the Workshop of Dreams Karen Farrington
To coincide with a new series of BBC's massive hit show The Repair Shop, a celebration of the most moving stories behind the items restored in the Workshop of Dreams.
"Everybody has something that means too much to be thrown away. That's where we come in."
We all have treasures hidden away in the attic, well-loved and well-worn belongings that have been passed down from generation to generation. The expert craftspeople of hit BBC series The Repair Shop are dedicated to restoring and conserving these heirlooms. They know that the true worth of these possessions doesn't lie in their monetary value, but in the memories they hold and the stories they tell.
This remarkable new book takes you inside the Workshop of Dreams to discover some of the most moving stories from the series, including some previously unseen restorations. From a grandmother's music box lovingly restored, to the leather armchair saved from the Nazis and damaged in a bombing raid. These restorations offer a fascinating and emotional glimpse into the personal histories of people from across the UK.
A much-needed antidote to today's throwaway culture, Stories from the Workshop of Dreams reveals the hidden life of our favourite things.
BBC’s The Repair Shop (@therepairshop.tv) brings together expert blacksmiths, horologists, carpenters, upholsterers and more who pool their talents and resources to restore sentimental objects to prove that anything can be fixed up to be as good as new again.
5 November 2020 | Albert De Petrillo for BBC Books | 288 pp Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: PRH UK |
48 Leisure
Turning Earth A Maker's Book Tallie and Lewis Maughan
The definitive manual for beginners, established potters and craft lovers worldwide. From the founders of the pioneering open-access studio, Turning Earth.
Turn earth into something beautiful.
The definitive studio manual and treatise on making from Turning Earth, the pioneering open-access makerspace at the forefront of the growing ceramics movement (#ceramics has 11.4 million posts on Instagram). At once a beautiful and inspirational sourcebook, technical manual and maker's manifesto, Turning Earth: A Maker’s Book is an authoritative and authentic modern potter’s bible. Essential reading for all aspiring and experienced ceramicists and lovers of the craft.
Discover everything you need to make your own ceramics in this single volume pottery masterclass: • A journey through the history of the medium, influential styles, places, periods and makers. It also covers the fascinating physical properties of the materials. • Discover detailed step-by-step instructions on key processes. Turning Earth technicians and members explain everything from how to mix a glaze to how to fire a kiln in a simple and readable way. Also features a useful overview of making techniques and a troubleshooting guide. • Learn how to make clay work. This short section will cover how to move online and properly photograph your work for small-scale business. • A Potter’s Dictionary
Turning Earth was the first open-access ceramics makerspace to open in the UK, founded by sister-brother team Tallie and Lewis Maughan. Consisting of three studios where trained artists, serious hobbyists, and beginners work together in a community environment, with the benefit of shared facilities. Whether you’re looking to master your craft, or just put your hands in some clay and make something, Turning Earth’s ethos ensures that you can work at a pace that suits you.
10 March 2022 | Lizzy Gray,Samantha Crisp for Ebury Press | 320 pp Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: PRH UK |
49 Leisure
Plant Trees, Sow Seeds, Save The Bees Sixty simple ways to bee-friendly Nicola Bradbear
A short call-to-arm guide to protect essential bees and other stripy insects – our stripy friends need you!
Bees, wasps and hornets and other stripy insects are essential to keeping us, and our planet, alive. Discover the simple ways you can help them thrive in all green spaces - from gardens to window boxes and pots - with insect champion Nicola Bradbear, from Bees for Development charity.
There are lots of fun things you can do whatever space you have.
Based in Monmouth, UK, Bees for Development (website) works in over fifty countries advocating simple methods for beekeeping to support essential biodiversity, and to provide sustainable incomes for families in remote locations.
4 March 2021 | Laura Higginson,Lizzy Gray,Lucinda Humphrey for Ebury Press | 160 pp Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: PRH UK |
50 Parenting
The Mama’s Book Emma Bunton
My stories and expert wisdom to see modern mums through their first year.
‘Mamas – I love you. You’ve got this!’
Emma Bunton, Baby Spice, was a nervous new mum. She found baby books overwhelming and the strict routines demoralising. She launched Kit and Kin after years of research into what goes into traditional babycare products, after her early struggles with chronic eczema. With her first book she offer a similarly simple, practical, inclusive modern guide to the nerve-wracking first year.
In this beautiful book, Emma shares her mum memories and tips - the highs and lows, tears and laughs - from that incredible, terrifying first year of being a parent. It's all here - Caesarean and v-birth recovery, breastfeeding stress, worrying rashes and marks (including chronic eczema - the reason she launched Kit and Kin), a tongue-tied baby, burping and reflux, first weaning attempts, sleeping routines, crying that won't stop, desperately trying to read the signs, leaving the house for the first time and the anxiety and reality of going back to work (after 4 months Emma was back on stage as Baby Spice and struggled).
Emma also turns to her favourite experts - trusted, experienced doctors and midwives. She finds out all the things she wished she'd known, attempting the big three challenges of feeding, crying, sleeping.
There are no parenting rules here, just trusted advise to help you find what works for you. Lots of new baby guides are overwhelming and can leave you feeling like you're failing. Emma and the experts are here to remind you that you're doing brilliantly.
Turn to this book for comfort, support and entertainment. And remember to look after yourself.
Baby Spice Emma Bunton (@emmaleebunton) catapulted to worldwide fame as one-fifth of pioneering girlband The Spice Girls. Nowadays she can be found on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, celebrating parenthood, with her sons Beau and Tate and partner Jade. Her multi-award-winning baby range, Kit and Kin, launched in 2017.
3 June 2021 | Laura Higginson, Lizzy Gray for Ebury Press | 256 pp Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: PRH UK |
51 Parenting
OMG It's Twins! Get Your Twins to Their First Birthday Without Losing Your Mind Alison Perry
The first illustrated guide to having twins from the award-winning parenting blogger behind Not Another Mummy Blog.
You’re having twins – don’t panic!
There’s little that will prepare you for the moment you hear the words: “You’re having twins!” You might feel shocked, delighted, scared, horrified, amused – or a mixture of all of the above. As a twin mum herself, award- winning parenting blogger and podcaster Alison Perry has first-hand experience with the emotional rollercoaster of having two babies at once.
In spite of increasing numbers of twins being born, there is little to help guide you through the practical challenges of having two at once. This warm, reassuring book will guide you from the moment you find out, through the pregnancy, birth and beyond. Combining expert advice from midwives, psychotherapists, nutritionists, parenting experts and breastfeeding specialists and more with Alison’s own experiences, as well as relatable anecdotes from other twin mums, it addresses topics including accepting your changing body, the logistics of feeding two babies, and wondering whether you will ever sleep again (answer: yes, you will!)
Filled with gorgeous illustrations and easy to digest chapters, this is the perfect gift for anyone who is expecting, or has just welcomed, two little bundles of joy.
Alison Perry (@iamalisonperry) is a journalist and mum of twins (and an older daughter who is 9). She writes the award-winning blog – Not Another Mummy Blog - and hosts Not Another Mummy Podcast, on which she interviewed the likes of Philippa Perry and Emma Bunton.
4 March 2021 | Sam Jackson,Leah Feltham for Vermilion | 192 pp Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: PRH UK |
52 Pop Culture
Doctor Who: Dalek Combat Training Manual Mike Tucker, Gavin Rymill and Richard Atkinson
The first comprehensive user’s guide to the Mark III Travel Machine – or, The Daleks – with technical information and drawings, case histories, and more.
Know your enemy.
The Daleks are the most evil creatures ever created – genetically engineered mutants encased in a machine that is optimised to kill. They hate all other life forms and will stop at nothing to destroy those who stand in their way – their single-minded imperative? To become the dominant species in the universe.
The Dalek Combat Training Manual collates intelligence gathered by Time Lords over centuries of raging wars through time and space, and is invaluable to anyone engaging the Daleks in battle. It furnishes the user with an in-depth guide to their construction, their strategies and how they are to be ultimately defeated. Discover full schematics of Dalek spacecraft, insights into the Dalek factions, a history of the Time War, detailed analysis of their creator Davros, and much more.
This manual is the definitive guide to one of the most feared races in the Whoniverse.
Gavin Rymill is a digital artist specialising in 3D visualisation and digital sculpting for 3D printing. Since 2006 he has contributed to Doctor Who DVD cover artwork and supplied Doctor Who Magazine covers amongst other product artwork. Since 2013, he has been supplying sculpts for the Doctor Who Figurine collection for 3D printing as figurines.
Richard Atkinson is a long-time contributor to Doctor Who books and the Doctor Who Magazine and worked on the launch of Doctor Who – The Complete History.
Mike Tucker is a visual effects designer and author who has written several original Doctor Who novels as well as fiction for other shared universes. He has also co-written numerous factual books relating to film and television, including Impossible Worlds and the TARDIS Instruction Manual.
18 February 2021 | Nell Warner for BBC Books | 160 pp Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: PRH UK |
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54 Nature
Life in Colour How Animals See the World Martin Stevens
A landmark exploration of how colour works in the natural world – to accompany a new BBC/Netflix series with David Attenborough.
'The natural world is awash with colour, but we are only seeing half the story. If we could see things as animals do, our world would become unimaginably brighter. Now, thanks to new science and technology, we can at last open our eyes.' – Sir David Attenborough
In nature, colour is more than a source of beauty; it’s a form of vital communication. Depending on the situation, colour says different things - it can be an expression of power or seduction, warning or deceit - and it can even, occasionally, save your life. Accompanying a major new BBC series with David Attenborough, Life in Colour explores the fascinating story of how colour works in the natural world. From the ‘trichromatic’ vision of Silver Leaf Langurs, which allows them to see orange and red against forest foliage – the colours not only of ripe fruit, but of their young – to African Mandrills who use their colouration to do battle, Dr Martin Stevens reveals a complex system of messaging visible only to those who know the code.
Based on the latest scientific research in the field, and illustrated with stunning photography throughout, Life in Colour reveals a world previously unknown to us.
Martin Stevens is Associate Professor of Sensory and Evolutionary Ecology in the Centre for Ecology and Conservation at the University of Exeter, UK. His research and teaching focuses on animal behaviour and their sensory systems and ecology. Most of his work aims to understand the evolution and function of animal coloration, including camouflage, mimicry, and warning signals, from the perspective of animal vision. He has published over 80 scientific manuscripts, two textbooks, and a general audience book on deception in nature. Martin's research is frequently covered in the international media. He has taken part in a wide range of TV, radio and magazine productions, and given public lectures around the world.
8 April 2021 | Nell Warner for BBC Books | 320 pp Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: PRH UK |
55 Nature
Green Planet Simon Barnes
Accompanying a major BBC series from the team behind Planet Earth II and presented by David Attenborough, a fascinating exploration of the hidden life of plants, by Sunday Times bestselling author Simon Barnes.
Plants live secret, unseen lives – hidden in their magical world and on their timescale. From the richest jungles to the harshest deserts, from the snowiest alpine forest to the remotest steaming swamp, Green Planet travels from one great habitat to the next, showing us that plants are as aggressive, competitive and dramatic as the animals on our planet. You will discover agents of death, who ruthlessly engulf their host plant, but also those that form deep and complex relationships with other species, such as the desert cacti who use nectar-loving bats to pollinate. Although plants are undoubtedly the stars of the show, a fascinating new light will be shed on the animals that interact with them.
Using the latest technologies and showcasing over two decades of new discoveries, Green Planet reveals the strange and wonderful life of plants like never before – a life full of remarkable behaviour, emotional stories and surprising heroes.
Born in Bristol in 1951, Simon Barnes went on to become the multi-award winning Chief Sports Writer for the Times until July 2014. He is the author of over 20 books, including three on wildlife and three novels. His bestselling How to Be a Bad Birdwatcher has been serialised in the Times and read on Radio 4. Simon lives in Suffolk with his family.
26 August 2022 | Nell Warner for BBC Books | 320 pp Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: PRH UK | Rights sold: Chinese Simplified (Guomai Culture and Media Co Ltd)
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Nests Susan Ogilvy
A unique celebration of the architectural ingenuity of birds, by an acclaimed illustrator.
Susan Ogilvy started painting bird nests almost by accident. One day, while tidying up her garden after a storm, she found a chaffinch nest - a strange, sodden lump on the grass under a fir tree. She carried it inside and placed it on a newspaper; over the next few hours, as the water drained out of it, the sodden lump blossomed into a mossy jewel. She was amazed, and dropped everything to make a painting of the nest at exact life size.
This was the start of an obsession; Susan has since painted more than fifty bird nests from life, each time marvelling at its ingenious construction. Every species of bird has its own vernacular, but sources its materials - most commonly twigs, roots, grasses, reeds, leaves, moss, lichen, hair, feathers and cobwebs, less usually mattress stuffing and string - according to local availability. Susan would, of course, never disturb nesting birds; instead she relies upon serendipity, which is why all her nests have either been abandoned after fulfilling their purpose, or displaced by strong winds.
Although Nests showcases the specimens Susan has found near her homes in Somerset and on the Isle of Arran, its subject matter is by no means only British, since these same birds can be found all over Europe, Scandinavia and as far afield as Russia, Turkey and North Africa. This wondrous book is all the more special for its rarity. Few modern books exist specifically on the subject of bird nests; among the author's reference works, the most recent was published in 1932. Exquisitely designed and packaged, Nests will be an essential addition to the libraries of all nature lovers.
The work of Susan Ogilvy has been shown at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, the Smithsonian Institute, Washington, and the Kew Garden Gallery, London, amongst other places; it is included in several public and private collections, including Dr Shirley Sherwood's world-renowned collection of contemporary botanical paintings. She was awarded an RHS Gold Medal in 1997, and lives in rural Somerset.
7 October 2021 | Richard Atkinson for Particular Books | 128 pp Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: PRH UK |
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Save Our Birds How to bring our favourite birds back from the brink of extinction Matt Sewell
Simple ways we can help the UK and Europe’s most-loved birds - with beautiful art and expert tips.
The Banksy of The Bird World shares simple wisdom to help the birds we love to thrive.
Bestselling author and illustrator, Matt Sewell, is back with his most inspirational book yet. Save Our Birds is a celebration of our endangered birds and a call to arms for bird-lovers of all ages to help protect them.
Matt has created new, beautiful watercolour artworks of Britain and Europe’s most loved birds, and their habitats, all of which are sadly on the Red List - the respected, international guide to endangered species. Explore cities, coastlands, woodlands and farms, as Sewell leaves no habitat unexplored.
The book provides a wealth of practical advice on how we can protect them from extinction. From bird-friendly window boxes to community projects, discover the steps you can take, actions both big and small, to save our birds.
Artist and illustrator Matt Sewell has been described as the Banksy of the bird world. Matt works in a variety of media including T-shirts, posters, interiors, sculptures and walls. He has illustrated for the Guardian and Barbour, amongst many others; painted underpasses for the RSPB; and exhibited in London, Manchester, New York, Tokyo and Paris, as well as being an avid ornithologist and regular contributor to the Caught by The River website (he also designed their logo). He lives in Shrewsbury with his partner and two children.
24 June 2021 | Carey Smith for Ebury Press | 160 pp Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: PRH UK |
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Terra Incognita 100 Maps to Survive the Next 100 Years Dr Ian Goldin and Dr Robert Muggah
From the spread of the Coronavirus to the rampaging Australian bushfires.
From the global impact of the Coronavirus to exploring the vast spread of the Australian bushfires, join authors Ian Goldin and Robert Muggah as they trace the ways in which our world has changed and the ways in which it will continue to change over the next hundred years. Map-making is an ancient impulse. But as Albert Einstein once said, 'you can't use old maps to explore a new world.' And now, when the world is changing faster than ever before, our old maps are no longer fit for purpose.
Welcome to Terra Incognita. Based on decades of research, and combining mesmerising, state-of-the-art satellite maps with enlightening and passionately argued analysis, Ian and Robert chart humanity's impact on the planet, and the ways in which we can make a real impact to save it, and to thrive as a species.
The book traces the paths of peoples, cities, wars, climates and technologies, all on a global scale. Terra Incognita guides readers to a new place of understanding, rather than to a physical location.
‘An indispensable read. Ian Goldin and Robert Muggah’s hypnotic maps surprise and amaze. This book offers a future-looking guide to navigate our uncertain times. Offering an unflinching account of our challenges and ways to fix them, it will leave you optimistic about the future.’ Arianna Huffington
‘Fascinating, beautiful, alarming and revelatory use of mapping and infographics’ Stephen Fry
Ian Goldin (@ian_goldin) is the Oxford University Professor of Globalisation and Development and the founding Director of the Oxford Martin School. Previously Ian was economic advisor to President Mandela and then Vice President and Policy Head for the World Bank. He has been a keynote speaker at successive Davos and TED events and is the author of 22 books.
Robert Muggah is a globally recognized scholar and practitioner of political economy. He co-founded the Igarapé Institute - a leading think tank devoted to promoting safety and justice across Latin America, Africa and Asia. He has delivered several TED talks and is a regular speaker at the World Economic Forum Davos summit. Watch the authors discuss the book here.
27 August 2020 | Ben Brusey for Century | 512 pp Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: PRH UK | Rights Sold: German (Dumont), Japanese (Bunkyosha)
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Antarctic Atlas New Maps and Graphics That Tell the Story of A Continent Peter Fretwell
A leading cartographer from the British Antarctic Survey maps the continent in ways never seen before, revealing a landscape as alien as it is vital to our very existence.
One of the least-known places on the planet, the only continent on Earth with no indigenous population, Antarctica is a world apart. From a leading cartographer with the British Antarctic Survey, this new collection of maps and data reveals Antarctica as we have never seen it before.
This is not just a book of traditional maps. It measures everything from the thickness of ice beneath our feet to the direction of ice flows. It maps volcanic lakes, mountain ranges the size of the Alps and gorges longer than the Grand Canyon, all hidden beneath the ice. It shows us how air bubbles trapped in ice tell us what the earth's atmosphere was like 750,000 years ago, proving the effects of greenhouse gases. Colonies of emperor penguins abound around the coastline, and the journeys of individual seals around the continent and down to the sea bed in search of food have been intricately tracked and mapped. Twenty-nine nations have research stations in Antarctica and their unique architecture is laid out here, along with the challenges of surviving in Antarctica'sunforgiving environment.
Antarctica is also the frontier of our fight against climate change. If its ice melts, it will swamp almost every coastal city in the world. Antarctic Atlas illustrates the harsh beauty and magic of this mysterious continent, and shows how, far from being abstract, it has direct relevance to us all.
Peter Fretwell is an award-winning cartographer and leading scientist at the British Antarctic Survey. He pioneered the use of satellite imagery to find and monitor polar wildlife, a project that has led to him discovering almost half of the world's emperor penguin colonies. He is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and has completed four field seasons in Antarctica. He lives near Cambridge with his wife and family.
5 November 2020 | Maria Bedford for Particular Books | 208 pp Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: PRH UK |
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Atlas of the Invisible Maps and Graphics That Will Change How You See the World James Cheshire and Oliver Uberti
An unprecedented portrait of the hidden connections and unexpected patterns in our world, visualized through data.
Data is ubiquitous: it shapes our world in intricate ways, and influences the way in which we live, move and connect. In all that we do, it unspools behind us like an invisible thread, leaving trails unseen by the naked eye.
In Atlas of the Invisible, the award-winning cartographers James Cheshire and Oliver Uberti bring to light these hidden patterns created by humans to reveal who we really are, and how we truly live. Drawing on vast datasets gathered through mobile phones, satellites, social media, archival records, and cutting-edge scientific research, they present an unseen story of humanity through a series of captivating maps and graphics. How have our connections evolved? What do our digital footprints say about the way in which we live, move and act together? And what might the future hold? Certain to change and challenge the way in which you see the world, Atlas of the Invisible invites readers to to gain a new, intimate understanding of human nature and society around the globe today.
James Cheshire and Oliver Uberti's complementary skills enable them to produce graphics and book pages that few others can match. As a lecturer at University College London, James applies his cartographic and programming skills to the staggering amount of data that scientists are now collecting. In 2017, he was awarded the Royal Geographical Society's Cuthbert Peek Award in recognition of his work 'advancing geographical knowledge through the use of mappable Big Data'. Oliver has more than a decade of experience visualizing and writing about wildlife research-from 2003 to 2012, he worked in the design department of National Geographic, most recently as Senior Design Editor. They are the authors of London: The Information Capital (2014) and Where the Animals Go (2016).
6 May 2021 | Richard Atkinson for Particular Books | 224 pp Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: W W Norton | Rights sold: Italian (Mondadori Libri S.p.A), German (Carl Hanser Verlag GmbH und Co. KG), Chinese Simplified (Ginkgo (Beijing) Book Co.)
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The Story of…
In September 2020 we launch an exciting new series of BBC branded reference guides to popular topics
Take a new look at the world around you.
The BBC is the world’s oldest and most recognised public service broadcaster, with a mission to enrich people’s lives through programming that informs, educates and entertains. At the heart of that mission is great storytelling. The Story Of guides use these tools to bring big subjects to life. With engaging infographics and illustration, accessible language and simple timelines, The Story Of will help you discover new worlds.
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BBC: The Story of the Solar System Maggie Aderin-Pocock
BBC: The Story of the Solar System
An illuminating infographic tour of the solar system
What is a planet? Is there life on Mars? What makes Earth special? Questions about our Solar System have fascinated us for centuries. Based on the latest scientific research, The Story of the Solar System will help you see the planets around us in a whole new light. Using colourful and easy-to-follow infographics, each planet becomes a character with a story of its own to tell, from Jupiter the King of the Solar System to ice oddity Uranus. As editor Maggie Aderin-Pocock shows us, the story of Earth is best understood as part of its larger family, and The Story of the Solar System will bring that family to life.
Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock is a scientist and broadcaster referred to as the BBC’s ‘face of space’. She is a pioneering figure in promoting science to the public and runs her own company engaging children and adults all over the world with the wonders of space science. Overcoming Dyslexia to study at Imperial College, she obtained her degree in Physics and a PhD in Mechanical Engineering. She has worked as a space scientist for many years on projects such as the James Webb Space telescope. In 2006 she was one of six ‘Women of Outstanding Achievement’ winners with GetSET Women. She presents the BBC series The Sky At Night.
BBC: The Story of the Dinosaurs
A dazzling infographic guide to the dinosaurs
What were the earliest dinosaurs like? How did they communicate? How do we know so much about them and why did they disappear? Which were the fastest, the fiercest, or the longest living?
Based on the latest scientific research, The Story of the Dinosaurs will show you these ancient creatures in a whole new light. Using colourful and easy-to-follow infographics, each dinosaur is brought to life, from the well known Tyrannosaurus Rex and Triceratops to the lesser known but equally fascinating Ichythosaur and Quetzalcoatlus.
Ella Al-Shamahi is a paleoanthropologist, evolutionary biologist, explorer and stand-up comic. She specializes in the study of Neanderthals and performs science stand-up internationally, including shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
10 September 2020 | Charlotte Macdonald for BBC Books | 192 pp Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: PRH UK | Rights Sold: Chinese Simplified (PRH China)
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64 Feminist Fairytales
A Fairy Tale Revolution is here to remix and revive our favourite stories - a beautiful new series of feminist fairytales designed to breathe new life into old stories.
Blueblood Malorie Blackman
Malorie Blackman retells ‘Bluebeard.’
‘Please don’t even try to get down to the basement. Just leave it alone – okay? Otherwise you’ll ruin things for both of us…’
Nia has met the man she wants to marry. Marcus is kind, clever and handsome, with a beard so dark it is nearly blue-black. Nia demands a single promise from him – that Marcus will never enter her study in the basement, her private space.
But when Marcus’s curiosity begins to mount Nia feels more and more uneasy. Will he betray her? Can he accept that no mean no? Can a woman ever have a room of her own?
Malorie Blackman has written over seventy books for children and young adults, including the Noughts & Crosses series, Thief and a science-fiction thriller, Chasing the Stars. Many of her books have also been adapted for stage and television, and there is a major BBC production of Noughts & Crosses. Most recently the fifth novel in her Noughts & Crosses series, Crossfire, was published by Penguin Random House Children’s in summer 2019.
Duckling Kamila Shamsie
Kamila Shamsie retells ‘The Ugly Duckling.’
‘A duck unlike other ducks. A raincloud-duck, with the heart of a lion, who struck out into the world on her own…’
On the farm, some eggs are hatching. A flock of sweet ducklings are popping out. But one duckling looks different from all the others…
Cast out and all alone, this odd duckling will need all her bravery and curiosity to survive. Her journey is a search for belonging, but what she finds is the right to be different.
Kamila Shamsie is the author of six novels including Home Fire which was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2017, shortlisted for the Costa Best Novel Award, the Books Are My Bag Readers Awards 2018, and the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature, and won the London Hellenic Prize and the Women's Prize for Fiction 2018.
1 October 2020 | Charlotte Knight for Vintage Children's Classics | 32 pp Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: PRH UK |
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Hansel and Greta A Fairy Tale Revolution Jeanette Winterson
Jeanette Winterson retells 'Hansel and Gretel'.
'Deep in the wood' Greta lives with her brother Hansel on the edge of a great forest - a forest in danger of destruction.
GreedyGuts, their aunt, doesn't appreciate Hansel and Greta's plans to replant trees and save the forest. In fact, she thinks they're horrible little vegetarians.
GreedyGuts doesn't give two hoots about nature. She favours luxury and living it up: eating, shopping and partying hard. And so she hatches a plan to get rid of the meddling, do-gooder kids...deep in the wood.
Jeanette Winterson CBE was born in Manchester. Adopted by Pentecostal parents she was raised to be a missionary. This did and didn't work out. After graduating from Oxford University she worked for a while in the theatre and published her first novel at 25. Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit is based on her own upbringing but using herself as a fictional character. She scripted the novel into a BAFTA-winning BBC drama. 27 years later she re-visited that material in the bestselling memoir Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? She has written 10 novels for adults, as well as children's books, non-fiction and screenplays. She is Professor of New Writing at the University of Manchester. She believes that art is for everyone and it is her mission to prove it.
Laura Barrett – series illustrator: Laura Barrett is an illustrator inspired by the darker side of folk and fairy tales, and enjoys working in the medium of traditional Scherenschnitte (paper cutting). Since graduating from University of the Arts London and with over 10 years of industry experience, Laura has worked with a stellar client list including the BBC and The Guardian. Laura works from her home studio in South East London.
1 October 2020 | Charlotte Knight for Vintage Children's Classics | 32 pp Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: PRH UK |
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Apollo Remastered Andy Saunders
The definitive book about the Apollo missions: extraordinary, newly restored images from the NASA archives
At the bottom of a freezer in Houston sits the original NASA photographic film of the Apollo missions. Almost every single image of the Moon landings that any of us have ever seen has been a poor-quality copy of these frozen originals. Over the last few years image restorer Andy Saunders has been working hard. Taking newly available digital scans and applying pain- staking care and cutting-edge enhancement techniques he has created the highest quality Apollo photographs ever produced. Never-before-seen spacewalks and crystal-clear portraits of astronauts in their modules, along with startling new visions of the Earth and the Moon, provide an astounding new insight into one of humankind's greatest endeavours. This is the definitive record of all Apollo missions and a mesmerizing, high definition journey into the unknown.
Andy Saunders is one of the world's foremost experts of NASA digital restoration. His work has been exhibited at museums, and appeared in BBC News, the Daily Telegraph, Smithsonian's Air and Space Magazine, Ars Technica, the Sun, as well as in NASA's own archives.
30 September 2022 | Casiana Ionita for Particular Books | 336 pp Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: PRH UK |
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The Lost Spells Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris
The unmissable sequel to the bestselling, award- winning, multi-adaptation hit The Lost Words.
Kindred in spirit to The Lost Words but new in form, The Lost Spells is a pocket-sized treasure, a new collection of 'spells' - acrostic poetry and artwork - by beloved creative duo Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris.
Written to be read aloud, calling to forest, field, riverbank, ocean, and also to the heart, these 'spells' summon back what is often lost from sight and care, and inspire protection and action on behalf of the natural world. From Jay to Jackdaw, Oak to Barn Owl, Silver Birch to Grey Seal, they capture the special, individual spirit of each plant and creature. Above all, they celebrate a sense of wonder, bearing witness to nature's power to amaze, console and bring joy.
Rob and Jackie’s first collaboration, The Lost Words, was published in 2017 to great acclaim. The award-winning, Sunday Times bestseller sold in 7 markets and was adapted into film, drama, dance, radio, classical music and many other forms.
Robert Macfarlane (@robgmacfarlane) is the bestselling author of Mountains of the Mind, The Wild Places, The Old Ways, Landmarks and Underland. He is also co-creator of The Lost Words, with Jackie Morris, and Ness, with Stanley Donwood. His work has won multiple awards including most recently the Wainwright Book Prize 2019. He is a Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and writes on environmentalism, literature and travel for publications including The Guardian, The Sunday Times and The New York Times.
Jackie Morris (@jackiemorrisartist) has written and illustrated over forty children's books, including Song of the Golden Hare and Tell Me A Dragon, which have collectively sold more than a million copies worldwide. She is co-creator of The Lost Words, for which she won a Kate Greenaway Medal, and most recently introduced and illustrated a new edition of Barbara Newhall Follett's lost classic The House Without Windows.
1 October 2020 | Hermione Thompson for Hamish Hamilton | 240 pp Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: House of Anansi Press | Rights sold: French (Les Arènes), German (Matthes and Seitz Berlin)
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The Song of the Tree Coralie Bickford-Smith
A vibrant new fable from the award-winning designer and creator of The Fox and the Star.
Bird loves the towering tree that grows in the jungle, but when the season changes she must say goodbye until next year. Then one day Bird wonders: what happens to the tree when she flies away? As she discovers the stories of the other creatures who live in the tree, Bird learns to sing a new song.
Lyrical, heart-warming and beautifully illustrated, this new fable from Coralie Bickford-Smith is a tale about growing up and finding our own way of exploring the world, and a celebration of belonging.
Coralie Bickford-Smith (@coraliebickfordsmith) is one of the most renowned designers in the publishing industry, especially recognized and celebrated for her illustrated covers of Penguin's clothbound classics. Her first book, The Fox and the Star, won Waterstones Book of the Year 2015 and was names as one of Time Out's 100 Children's Books of All Time. Her design work has been featured in numerous publications, including the New York Times and the Guardian.
5 March 2020 | Josephine Greywoode for Particular Books | 64 pp Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: PRH UK | Rights sold: German (Suhrkamp Verlag), French (Gallimard Jeunesse), Dutch (Uitgeverij Christofoor), Simplified Chinese (Ronshin Group), Italian (Adriano Salani Editore Srl)
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I Am a Book. I Am a Portal to the Universe. Stefanie Posavec and Miriam Quick
A love letter to book design, which - through fascinating data measurements - unlocks an understanding of the world around us.
Hello. I am a book. But I'm also a portal to the universe.
I have 112 pages, measuring 20cm high and wide. I weigh 465g. And I have the power to show you the wonders of the world.
Lift me up to the sky, rest me on your lap, drop me from a height, wear me as a hat. Together, through data, we'll uncover the stories hidden in the everyday. How long is an anteater's tongue? How tiny is the DNA in your cells? How fast is gold mined? How loud is the sun? And how many stars have been born and exploded in the time you've taken to read this sentence?
I Am a Book is a new kind of data- and information-led book, uncovering the stories and data hidden in the world around us by using the physical dimensions of the book as the main reference point.
This is not a book that simply sits on your coffee table. It’s a book that invites you to move it around, hold it up to the light, count the pages as you turn them over, or feel its weight in your hands. By tapping into the reader’s direct physical experience, the book will communicate numbers big and small with impact and in an intuitively meaningful way.
Design-led, witty and full of wonder, this book will inspire you to experience the everyday from a different angle and see the world around you in a new light.
Stefanie Posavec (@stefpos) is a designer and artist who uses data as a creative material. Her work has been exhibited internationally at major galleries including the Centre Pompidou, the VandA, the London Design Museum and Somerset House, and is also held in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York. She is the co-author (with Giorgia Lupi) of Dear Data and the visual journal Observe, Collect, Draw!
Miriam Quick (@miriam_quick) is a data journalist and researcher who explores novel ways of communicating information. Bylines include the BBC, The New York Times, Wired UK and Information is Beautiful. She co-creates data artworks, exhibited at the Wellcome Collection, Southbank Centre, Royal College of Physicians and internationally. Oddityviz, her award-winning project with Valentina D'Efilippo, visualizes David Bowie's song 'Space Oddity' on 12-inch records. 3 September 2020 | Richard Atkinson for Particular Books | 112 pp Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: PRH UK |
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Smoke and Mirrors Cars, Photography and Dreams of the Open Road Hoxton Mini Press and Adam Hay-Nicholls
An iconoclastic book of car photography, revealing the car's unique role in our culture.
Car photography often evokes the same recycled tropes. Predictably slick, hi-spec images on the front pages of glossy magazines, or huge blow-ups on giant billboards which have one designed aim: to sell a lifestyle. But our relationship with cars is so much more meaningful than these images might suggest. Like the camera, the car has changed the way we explore the world. With cars came road trips, and with road trips came some of the most important photographic documentaries of our time. A car is a vehicle not just for transport but for our hopes, desires and dreams.
In Smoke and Mirrors, a selection of world-renowned and up-and-coming photographers come together to pay tribute to the car. From Nick Turpin's images of 'donut' skid marks, Todd Hido's painterly landscapes taken through wet windscreens and William Green's shots of sleeping Tokyo taxi drivers, these photographs display cars at their most playful, introspective and meaningful, reminding us that there is more to them than just metal and machinery - for cars are emotionally intertwined with the lives we live.
Martin Usborne is a renowned photographer and co-founder, with Ann Waldvogel, of Hoxton Mini Press (@hoxtonminipress), a publisher dedicated to bringing beautiful photobooks to a wider audience. In 2017 Hoxton Mini Press teamed up with Penguin Books to create a series of books gathering the best photography on distinctive subjects, hoping to reach the widest audience with art that enriches the human experience. Smoke and Mirrors is the second title in the series.
Adam Hay-Nicholls is a lifelong petrolhead who has driven eye-catching automobiles all over the world. Adam started his writing career with the car culture magazine Intersection before working in Formula One for over a decade, first with The Red Bulletin and, still to this day, as the F1 correspondent for Metro. He writes about cars - usually fast and expensive ones - for GQ and the Sunday Telegraph. Ironically, he doesn't own a car.
1 October 2020 | Richard Atkinson for Particular Books | 240 pp Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: PRH UK |
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The Modern House 5 Rules for Living Well Matt Gibberd
A stylish, beautifully written exploration of five guiding principles that will help you to live well in your home.
Over the last fifteen years, Matt Gibberd has defined the design aesthetic of a generation with the estate agency The Modern House, which he co-founded with his friend Albert Hill.
As the agency grew, Matt noticed that despite the enormous diversity of the Modern House’s clients, the same principles emerged time and time again. Five timeless rules for living capable of transforming any home into a happier and more successful one: Space, Light, Materials, Nature and Curation.
Navigating the reader through each rule, via case studies and photography from their archive showcasing the best of modern design, Matt will demonstrate to home-hunter and homeowner alike how each rule can be applied in ways both large and small but ultimately transformative. Revolutionary in its simplicity, and bursting with elegance, humour and joy, The Modern House: 5 Rules for Living Well is full of lessons that are so vital they feel near- spiritual.
Matt Gibberd began his career as a writer on design and architecture, working for five years as a Senior Editor at The World of Interiors, before co-founding The Modern House (@themodernhouse), a pioneering design-led estate agency based in London.
28 October 2021 | Tom Killingbeck for Penguin Life | 336 pp Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: PRH UK |
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What Artists Wear Charlie Porter
An insightful, affectionate journey through the wardrobes of modern artists, by fashion critic and art curator Charlie Porter.
Our clothes form an unspoken language that tells the stories of our lives. This goes beyond the popular tropes of fashion: it is a daily, even hourly signaling of our beliefs, emotions, longings and intentions. For most of us, the language of clothes is little understood and often mistranslated.
But artists show us another way of being. In devoting their lives to creativity, artists show how our garments can become pure tools of expression: a canvas on which to show who we really are.
In What Artists Wear, style luminary Charlie Porter takes us on a playful, eye-opening journey through the iconic outfits worn by artists throughout the ages, in the studio, on stage, at work, at home and at play. From extravagant costume to functional wear, from cufflinks to potters' smocks, Porter's roving eye picks out the magical, revealing details in the outfits he encounters, piecing together a new way of seeing the world, of understanding art, and of dressing ourselves. It is both a manual and a manifesto, a radical, gleeful, inspiration to see the art world anew, and take deeper pleasure in the clothes we all wear.
Charlie Porter (@thecharlieporter) is a writer with roots in both fashion and art. For the past six years he has been men's fashion critic of the Financial Times. He has also been associate editor of GQ, deputy fashion editor of the Guardian and arts editor of Esquire. He was guest editor of the spring 2018 issue of i-D, focusing on radicalism in art, and he writes for titles such as Luncheon and Love. For the past three years, Charlie has been included in the BoF500, Business Of Fashion's list of the 500 most influential figures in the global fashion industry, one of a handful of critics featured. Charlie is on the jury for the Turner Prize 2019, and is curating his first exhibition at Lismore Castle in Ireland.
25 February 2021 | Chloe Currens for Penguin | 320 pp Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: PRH UK |
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Europe's 100 Best Cathedrals Simon Jenkins
The bestselling bard on Europe's inimitable glories: its cathedrals
Europe's cathedrals are magnificent. They are the pride of their respective cities and nations, and here Simon Jenkins, author of bestselling works such as A Short History of England and A Short History of Europe, shows with his usual colour and panache that the entire continent has much to be proud of. He has travelled Europe to select his hundred best cathedrals, from Chartres to York, Cologne to St Paul's, Notre Dame to Westminster Abbey, Salisbury to Florence. Blending insight and authority with his personal reflections and experiences, he deftly reveals the history, geography, design and significance of each of these glories.
Beautifully illustrated with colour photographs throughout, this joyous exploration of Europe's history shows the cathedral's role in the European imagination; champions the architects that made them possible; and tells the story behind the triumphs and follies of these masterpieces.
Simon Jenkins is author of the bestselling A Short History of England, A Short History of Europe, Britain's 100 Best Railway Stations, England's Thousand Best Churches and England's Thousand Best Houses. He is a former editor of the Evening Standard and the Times, and columnist for the Guardian.
26 August 2021 | Daniel Crewe for Viking | 336 pp Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: PRH UK |
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Art and Architecture
Chatsworth, Arcadia, Now Seven Scenes from the Life of a House The Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, with John- Paul Stonard
A strikingly modern portrait of Chatsworth, the grandest of English country houses.
No house embodies the spirit of one dynasty better than Chatsworth. Set in an unspoilt Derbyshire valley, surrounded by wild moorland, and home to the Cavendish family for more than four hundred years, this treasure house is filled with works of art and objects that have all, in their time, represented the very best of the new - from Nicolas Poussin's Et in Arcadia Ego and Antonio Canova's Endymion to seminal modern works by Lucian Freud, David Hockney and Michael Craig-Martin, among many others.
Today, since the recent completion of a decade-long programme of renovations, the exterior of the house is gleaming, its stone façade newly cleaned and its window frames freshly gilded. Inside, through the brilliant juxtaposition of old and new, its rooms crackle with creative energy. Chatsworth, Arcadia, Now tells the story of this extraordinary house through seven 'scenes' in its life which provide the book's narrative structure.
As Chatsworth's forward-looking current occupant, the twelfth Duke of Devonshire, likes to point out: 'Everything was new once.' Leafing through this exquisite volume will be as close as possible to holding a piece of the house itself in your hands.
John-Paul Stonard studied art history at the Courtauld Institute of Art. He was curator of the acclaimed exhibition 'Kenneth Clark: Looking for Civilisation' at Tate Britain in 2014, and is a regular contributor to the London Review of Books, Times Literary Supplement, Burlington Magazine and Apollo. He lives and works in London.
4 March 2021 | Richard Atkinson for Particular Books | 428 pp Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: PRH UK |
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The Cypher Files An Escape Room… in a Book! Dimitris Chassapakis
The new interactive puzzle book from the creator of the bestselling cult phenomenon Journal 29.
The Cypher Files is an utterly unique reading experience. In this brain-bending interactive game, you'll solve puzzles on every page, and obtain keys to move forward by submitting answers online. To solve each puzzle, you'll need to think outside the book. You are an agent of CY.P.H.E.R., the secret international agency working on 'unsolvable' code-based cases. Called upon to investigate cryptic clues discovered in the wake of a series of mysterious disappearances, the clock is ticking to crack the codes before it's too late.
To escape this book, you must write, draw, search, fold and cut pages, explore virtual escape rooms and think laterally to identify the perpetrator and solve the mystery. All you need to play is a pencil, a pair of scissors, an internet connection, and a curious mind.
Dimitris Chassapakis (@vortalifer) is a digital creative director by day. In 2015 he published a viral mobile puzzle app game called none* which was featured in the Daily Mail and Business Insider. In 2017 he crowdfunded and published Journal 29 and in 2018 a sequel, Journal 29: Revelation. After finding a cult audience online both books have been translated into multiple languages. Dimitris lives with his wife and children in Athens.
Watch the book trailer for The Cypher Files here.
5 November 2020 | Tom Killingbeck for Penguin General | 112 pp Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: PRH UK |
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Flake Matthew Dooley
A stunning first graphic novel - a tale of a skirmish in the ice-cream wars that is worthy of Alan Bennett.
The first graphic novel to win the BOLLINGER EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE PRIZE for comic fiction.
In the small seaside town of Dobbiston, Howard sells ice creams from his van, just like his father before him. But when he notices a downturn in trade, he soon realises its cause: Tony Augustus, Howard's half-brother, whose ice-cream empire is expanding all over the North-West...
Flake, Matthew Dooley's debut graphic novel, tells of how this epic battle turns out, and how Howard - helped by the Dobbiston Mountain Rescue team - overcomes every obstacle and triumphs in the end.
Matthew Dooley won the Cape/Comica/Observer graphic short story prize in 2016. He works in the House of Commons.
2 April 2020 | Dan Franklin for Jonathan Cape | 176 pp Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: PRH UK |
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Gamish A Graphic History of Gaming Edward Ross
A thrilling illustrated journey through the history of video games and what they really mean to us.
Golden Axe. The Sims. Half Life. Mega Drive. SNES. Like many teenagers around the world, Edward Ross grew up on a steady diet of video games and fascinating gadgets. As he continued to obsess over video games while drawing comic books, he started wondering what it was that made them more than just a pastime. Why do we play?
This gorgeously illustrated book takes us deep into the history of video games, from the early prototypes created in the late 1940s through the growth of the medium in the 1970s and into the modern era, in which games are a crucial part of mainstream culture. Exploring politics, history and personal stories, and moving seamlessly from the greatest hits to engrossing indie games, Gamish is a love letter to an obsession that has gripped more than two billion people around the world.
Edward Ross is an Edinburgh-based comic-book artist, writer and illustrator. He is the author of the widely acclaimed Filmish: A Graphic Journey through Film and has also worked on a series of science-themed comics.
5 November 2020 | Casiana Ionita for Particular Books | 208 pp Translation Rights: PRH UK | US Rights: PRH UK | Rights Sold: French (Éditions çà et là), Spanish (Reservoir Books)
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