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WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON is one of the most prestigious and dynamic literary imprints in British and international publishing, home of groundbreaking, award-winning, thought-provoking books since 1949.

Our passion for extraordinary writing dates back to our two founders, who were responsible for introducing some of the twentieth century’s most remarkable voices – Vladimir Nabokov, Isaiah Berlin, Sybille Bedford, Eric Hobsbawm, Edna O’Brien, Jorge Luis Borges and many others – to a wide readership. They launched their publishing house with the idea of building bridges and opening minds through exceptional works of literature: we have been carrying on their legacy ever since.

We publish history, memoir, ideas, popular science, biography, narrative non-fiction, crime and thrillers, translated fiction and literary fiction of all kinds.

5 A masterly conductor’s guide to classical music for anyone seeking to love and understand it With a lifetime of experience, profound knowledge and understanding, and heartwarming appreciation, an internationally celebrated conductor and teacher answers the questions: Why should I listen to classical music? How can I get the most from the listening experience? John Mauceri helps us to reap the joy and pleasures classical music has to offer. Unpretentious, graceful, instructive, this is a book for anyone looking to have the love of music fired JULY within them.

JOHN MAUCERI is an American conductor, producer, educator and writer. A protégé of Leonard Bernstein – his colleague for eighteen years, he has toured and recorded all For the Love of Music over the world. A Conductor’s Guide to the Art of Listening John Mauceri Music, Arts New York City, USA HB: 9781474618298 Royal 224 pp £16.99 www.johnmauceri.com eBook: 9781474618311 £16.99

The intimate journals (1957-1982) of iconic actor, singer, songwriter and model Jane Birkin Jane Birkin attained international fame with her decade-long musical and personal relationship with Serge Gainsbourg, which featured their internationally controversial hit song ‘Je t’aime...moi non plus’. She has enjoyed a notable career as an actress in British and French cinema, including Blow-Up and Death on the Nile. And then there is the Birkin bag... Jane’s diaries not only re-create the flamboyant era of Swinging London and Saint-Germain-des-Prés in the 1970s, it also JULY lets us in to the everyday life of an exceptional woman.

JANE BIRKIN was born in London in 1946. Aged 21 and the definition of Sixties ‘cool’, she took up with singer- songwriter Serge Gainsbourg. She lives in Paris.

Munkey Diaries Jane Birkin Autobiography HB: 9781474617703 Royal 336 pp £20 Paris, France eBook: 9781474617727 £20 /JaneBirkinOff Audio: 9781474618342 10hrs £19.99

6 Revenge is worth waiting for. The new thriller by the master of the killer twist Jamal loves to run. But one morning – as he is training on a path winding up a steep cliff – he stumbles across a woman in distress. It’s a matter of seconds: suddenly she is falling through the air, crashing on the beach below. Jamal is only an unlucky bystander – or is he? Perhaps this was no accident after all. Or perhaps there is something more sinister afoot – a devilish plan decades in the making, master- JULY minded by someone hell-bent on revenge.

MICHEL BUSSI is the author of many bestselling novels, including After the Crash and Black Water Lilies. He is one of the most successful French authors of all time, with Never Forget millions of copies sold internationally. Michel Bussi Thriller HB: 9781474601825 Royal 400 pp £14.99 Rouen, France TPB: 9781474601832 Royal 400 pp £13.99 www.michel-bussi.fr eBook: 9781474601856 £14.99 @michelbussi Audio: 9781409170945 8hrs £19.99

Maggie O’Farrell meets the witty observational skills of Kate Atkinson in a novel of unexpected second chances set in 1950s England 1957, south-east suburbs of London. Jean Swinney is a journalist on the brink of forty living a small life from which there is no likelihood of escape. When a young woman, Gretchen Tilbury, contacts the paper to claim that her daughter is the result of a virgin birth, it is down to Jean to discover whether she is a miracle or a fraud. But the more Jean investigates, the more her life becomes intertwined with JULY that of the Tilburys, Gretchen’s husband Howard in particular. Jean cannot bring herself to discard the chance of finally having a taste of happiness – but there will be a price to pay, and it will be unbearable.

CLARE CHAMBERS’ first novel Uncertain Terms was published by Diana Athill in 1992 and she is the author of five other novels. Small Pleasures is her first work of fiction Small Pleasures in ten years. Clare Chambers Literary Fiction HB: 9781474613880 Royal 352 pp £14.99 TPB: 9781474613897 Royal 352 pp £13.99 Greater London, UK eBook: 9781474613910 £14.99 @ClareDChambers Audio: 9781474613927 10hrs £19.99

7 A gut-punch of a novel set in the rolling foothills of the Appalachians Born in a bathtub in 1954 to a Cherokee father and white mother, Betty inhabits a world of poverty and violence - both from outside the family, and also, devastatingly, from within. But despite the hardship she faces, Betty is resilient. Her curiosity about the natural world, her fierce love for her sisters, and her father’s brilliant stories are kindling for the fire of her own imagination, and in the face of all she bears witness to, Betty discovers an escape in the redemptive power of words. JULY TIFFANY MCDANIEL is an Ohio native whose writing is inspired by the rolling hills and buckeye woods she knows. Her debut novel, The Summer That Melted Everything, won the Guardian’s Not the Booker award. Betty is inspired by her own family history Betty Tiffany McDaniel Literary Fiction HB: 9781474617529 Royal 464 pp £14.99 TPB: 9781474617536 Royal 464 pp £13.99 Ohio, USA eBook: 9781474617550 £14.99 www.tiffanymcdaniel.com Audio: 9781474617741 10hrs £19.99

Taken meets Narcos in this adrenaline-fuelled, genre- busting new novel by Tim MacGabhann, author of Call Him Mine Life is finally on the right track for reporter Andrew: he is slowly coming to terms with the murder of his photographer boyfriend Carlos, pursuing sobriety and building a new home with a new partner. He has even almost forgotten about the story that ruined his life – but that story hasn’t forgotten about him. A series of deadly threats forces Andrew into helping the very man responsible for so much of his pain and plunges him into a blistering thrill-ride deep into the fog of Central JULY America’s murky present and tragic future.

TIM MACGABHANN’s critically acclaimed debut novel Call Him Mine was called ‘a wild ride’ (Ian Rankin) and ‘intoxicating and chilling’ (Observer) and was selected as a Telegraph Thriller of the Year. How to be Nowhere Tim MacGabhann Crime/Thriller HB: 9781474610483 Royal 320 pp £16.99 TPB: 9781474610490 Royal 320 pp £13.99 Mexico City, Mexico eBook: 9781474610513 £16.99 @timmacgabhann Audio: 9781409183518 9hrs £19.99

8 A gripping account of the countdown to the Abdication Crisis of 1936 In late 1936, the British monarchy faced a constitutional crisis that was its gravest since the execution of Charles I nearly three centuries earlier. The ruling monarch, Edward VIII, wished to marry the American divorcée Wallis Simpson who was regarded as scandalous. The Establishment was desperate to frustrate Edward’s wishes, thus avoiding an international embarrassment at a time when war seemed imminent. The Crown in Crisis is the definitive book about JULY these events; painstakingly researched and incisively written, it brings the events of that time to life.

ALEXANDER LARMAN is a historian and journalist. He writes for the Observer, the Telegraph and the Guardian, among The Crown in Crisis others, and lives in Oxford. Countdown to the Abdication Alexander Larman History Oxford, UK HB: 9781474612579 Royal 352 pp £20 www.alexanderlarman.com eBook: 9781474612593 £20 @alexlarman Audio: 9781474612609 10hrs £19.99

From the author of cult hit The New Me, comes a subversive, hilarious portrait of two colleagues, each more like the other than they would care to admit ‘Outrageous and amusing … reads like a junk-food binge, compelling a horrified fascination and bleak laughter’ Kirkus Twenty-four-year-old Megan may have her whole life ahead of her, but it already feels like a dead end – thanks to her dreadful job for a gastroenterologist. But no one stokes Megan’s bitterness quite like her co-worker, Jillian, a grotesquely optimistic thirty-five year old single mother JULY whose chirpy positivity obscures her mounting struggles. ‘The feel-bad book of the year … sublimely awkward and hilarious’ Chicago Tribune

HALLE BUTLER is the author of The New Me, ‘a definitive work of millennial literature’ (Jia Tolentino) loved by many Jillian including Dolly Alderton (‘great’), Zadie Smith (‘terrific’) and Halle Butler Emma Jane Unsworth (‘the best thing I’ve read in years’). Fiction New York City, USA MMP: 9781474617574 B Format 208 pp £8.99 www.hallebutler.com eBook: 9781474617581 £8.99

9 A ground-breaking account of the sensational Portland Spy Ring and its famous trial in 1961 The Portland Spy Ring was one of the most notorious spy cases from the Cold War. It seized international attention and revealed the shadowy world of deep cover KGB spies oper- ating under false identities. The CIA’s revelation to MI5 that a KGB agent was stealing crucial secrets from the sensitive submarine research base at Portland in Dorset looked initially like a dangerous but contained lapse of security but this aston- ishing true story of MI5’s spyhunt is straight from the world of JULY John Le Carré. An extraordinary story of a Cold War stand-off between the USSR and the West; this is a case that fully justified the West’s paranoia about infiltration and treachery.

TREVOR BARNES studied espionage and the early history of the CIA at Cambridge, and as a Kennedy Scholar at Harvard. He worked as a BBC radio and TV journalist on Dead Doubles programmes including Radio 4’s Today and BBC Two’s The Portland Spy Ring Newsnight. He is the author of three crime novels. Trevor Barnes History HB: 9781474609104 Royal, 352 pp £20 London, UK eBook: 9781474609128 £20 @trevorwbarnes Audio: 9781409180371 10hrs £19.99

‘Sweeney’s first collection is as marvellous as we could have hoped for. A unique imagination, a brilliant debut.’ Kevin Barry ‘Surprising and uncanny, funny and transgressive, these stories only look like distortions of reality.’ Irish Times ‘Magnificently weird, hugely entertaining, deeply profound.’ Danielle McLaughlin ‘Fables of the present that are funny, vertiginous and melan- choly.’ David Hayden JULY A woman orders a sex doll for her husband’s birthday. A man makes films without a camera. A married couple take turns to sit in an electric chair. Cathy Sweeney’s wonderfully inventive debut collection offers snapshots of an unsettling, dislocated world.

CATHY SWEENEY studied at Trinity College and taught English at second level for many years before turning to writing. Her work has been published in various magazines and journals. Modern Times Cathy Sweeney Literary Fiction HB: 9781474618489 Demy 160 pp £16.99 eBook: 9781474618502 £16.99 Dublin, IE Audio: 9781474618595 8hrs £19.99

10 ‘A jewel of romantic comedy’ New York Times ‘Shimmering … it made everything in my life seem a whole lot better’ Cosmopolitan W&N ESSENTIAL For readers of Nora Ephron and Katherine Heiny, this is a ‘ novel about what happens when – just occasionally – we can live happily ever after. Vincent is pretty certain he will win a Nobel Prize for Physics. When he meets Holly, he loves her on sight. Guido plans to write poetry and when Misty – bored and AUGUST misanthropic – steps into his office, he finds himself desperate to know her. Through courtship, jealousy, estrangement and other perils, we watch as the two couples manage to find love in spite of themselves.

LAURIE COLWIN (1944-1992) was the author of five novels, Happy All the Time three collections of short stories and two collections of Laurie Colwin essays, Home Cooking and More Home Cooking. Fiction www.lauriecolwin.com MMP: 9781474615921 B Format 224 pp £8.99 @lauriecolwin eBook: 9781474615938 £8.99

A fascinating investigation into the origins of cancer and how genetics holds the key to overcoming it Cancer has always been with us. It killed our hominid ancestors, the mammals they evolved from and the dinosaurs that trampled the ground before that. Tumours grow in pets, livestock and wild animals. Paradoxically, many of us think of cancer as a contemporary killer, a disease of our own making. But that’s not true. Cancer is a bug in the system of life. In Rebel Cell geneticist and science writer Kat Arney shows us how by better AUGUST understanding cancer we might one day overcome it.

DR KAT ARNEY has degrees in natural sciences and genetics from Cambridge University. She has worked at Cancer Rebel Cell Research and is an award-winning Science writer, author, Evolution and the New presenter, podcaster and public speaker. She has presented Science of Life several BBC Radio documentaries and programmes Kat Arney including The Naked Scientists. This is her third book. Popular Science Maidenhead, UK HB: 9781474609302 Royal 352 pp £20 www.katarney.com eBook: 9781474609326 £20 @Kat_Arney Audio: 9781474616973 10hrs £19.99

11 A thrilling investigation into one of the biggest questions that science has to offer: the origins of life on earth How did life begin? Why are we here? These are some of the most profound questions we can ask. For almost a century, a small band of eccentric scientists has struggled to solve this mystery. In The Genesis Quest, Michael Marshall explains the many different theories of how life evolved on earth, revealing a compelling human story, rich in personalities, conflicts, and surprising twists and turns. AUGUST MICHAEL MARSHALL has degrees in experimental psychology The Genesis Quest and science communication. He has worked at New The Geniuses and Eccentrics Scientist and the BBC Earth website, and been published on a Journey to Uncover the by Nature and the Telegraph among others. Origin of Life on Earth Michael Marshall Popular Science HB: 9781474611411 Royal 368 pp £20 Teignmouth, UK TPB: 9781474611428 Royal 352 pp £14.99 www.michaelcmarshall.com eBook: 9781474611442 £20 @m_c_marshall Audio: 9781409187196 10hrs £19.99

A portrait painted in blood. An Italian valley shrouded in secrecy. A murder hidden in the last dark days of WW2. The second Inspector Teresa Battaglia novel. ‘The Sleeping Nymph’: a portrait of magnetic beauty, painted by a young partisan fighter during the last days of the Second World War. A painting whose red pigment hides the traces of human blood. But whose blood? That’s what leads commissioner Teresa Battaglia – herself AUGUST hiding a devastating diagnosis – to the Resia Valley: a perfect genetic enclave protected for centuries from the outside world, where someone hell-bent on guarding an unspeakable secret waits in the shadow…

ILARIA TUTI’s first novel The Man in the Woods (previously Flowers Over the Inferno) was a Times ‘Crime Book of the Month’ and an international bestseller. Painted in Blood was a top 5 bestseller in Italy. Painted in Blood Ilaria Tuti Crime/Police Procedural HB: 9781474609616 Royal 336 pp £14.99 TPB: 9781474609623 Royal 336 pp £13.99 Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy eBook: 9781474609647 £14.99 @Ilaria_Tuti Audio: 9781409180524 10hrs £19.99

12 A life-affirming adventure story – three centuries in the making On the day the comet came, a girl named Heloise was born. She would live a fine life and inherit a fortune, but would meet a cruel, untimely death. Centuries later, strange dreams plague Katya Nemcová – stories from a past that isn’t her own. Are these ghosts real? And what of the memory she seems to have of Heloise’s tragic life? From revolutionary France to post Brexit Britain and beyond, AUGUST this is the irresistible story of a quite extraordinary woman, her exceptionally talented ancestors and the curious memories they share.

JOHN IRONMONGER is the author of the novels The Notable Brain of Maximilian Ponder (shortlisted for the 2012 Costa The Many Lives of First Novel Prize and the Guardian’s Not The Booker Prize), The Coincidence Authority and Not Forgetting the Heloise Starchild Whale, now an international bestseller. John Ironmonger Literary Fiction HB: 9780297608233 Demy 288 pp £16.99 Shropshire, UK TPB: 9780297608240 Demy 288 pp £13.99 www.notablebrain.blogspot.com eBook: 9780297608257 £16.99 @jwironmonger Audio: 9781409161134 12hrs £19.99

An illuminating history of the moviemakers who have shaped cinema by the doyen of film writers In little more than a century of cinema our sense of what a film director is, or should be, has shifted in fascinating ways. David Thomson’s brilliant A Light in the Dark personalises each chapter through a highly influential moviemaker: Jean Renoir, Howard Hawks, Jean-Luc Godard, Alfred Hitch- cock, Luis Bunuel, Orson Welles, Fritz Lang, Jane Campion, Stephen Frears and Quentin Tarantino. Through these directors and others, Thomson relates an imaginative new history AUGUST of a medium that has changed the world.

DAVID THOMSON is the acclaimed author of one of the greatest books on cinema, The New Biographical Dictionary of Film. He lives in San Francisco. A Light in the Dark A History of Movie Directors David Thomson Cinema/Arts HB: 9780297608417 Royal 400 pp £20 San Francisco, USA eBook: 9780297608424 £20

13 Acclaimed biographer Philip Norman charts the brief life of a megastar of rock music, Jimi Hendrix Almost 50 years after his lonely death, Jimi Hendrix is the abiding symbol of musical genius cut tragically short. Wild Thing is the first biography to bring together the splendour and sadness of his brief life, and to attempt to unravel the circumstances of his death. Wild Thing is a celebration of matchless artistry, and a gripping chronicle of those now mythical times.

AUGUST PHILIP NORMAN is the author of the international bestseller Shout! He has also written the outstanding biographies of Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger, Elton John and John Lennon. Wild Thing The Short, Spellbinding Life of Jimi Hendrix Philip Norman Biography, Music HB: 9781474611480 Royal 320 pp £20 TPB: 9781474611497 Royal 320 pp £14.99 London, UK eBook: 9781474611510 £20 @PNormanWriter Audio: 9781474611527 15hrs £19.99

Can we be faithful to ourselves without betraying the people we love? A powerful novel on desire by the Italian Franzen Carlo and Margherita: a happily married couple in their mid-thirties. They are in love, but they also harbour desires that stray beyond the confines of their bedroom: Carlo longs for the quiet beauty of one of his students, Sofia; Margherita fantasises about the strong hands of her physiotherapist, Andrea. Love is what ultimately pulls them from the brink, aided by Margherita’s mother Anna – a proud seamstress with her own AUGUST disappointments. But when the past resurfaces in the form of books sent anonymously, not even Anna might be strong enough to save them.

MARCO MISSIROLI is one of Italy’s most successful authors. Fidelity was a #1 bestseller in Italy and is currently being made into a Netflix limited series. Born in Rimini on the Adriatic coast, Marco now lives in Milan.

Fidelity Literary Fiction, Fiction in Translation Marco Missiroli HB: 9781474613347 Royal 256 pp £14.99 TPB: 9781474613354 Royal 256 pp £13.99 eBook: 9781474613378 £14.99 Milan, Italy Audio: 9781474613385 10hrs £19.99

14 A memoir about a love affair between man and bird, about freedom and captivity, adoption and parenthood, birth and death One spring day a baby magpie fell out of its nest in a Bermondsey junkyard and into Charlie Gilmour’s life. Soon after the bird arrives, Charlie learns that his biological father Heathcote – who had abandoned him as a baby – is dying. While the bird grows, learns to fly, moults and nests, Charlie AUGUST explores the extent to which we are doomed to repeat the sins of our fathers, faces up to a new future and family of his own, and forms an unbreakable bond with his bird.

CHARLIE GILMOUR read history at university, with a brief interlude at HMP Wandsworth. He writes for the Guardian, Featherhood Evening Standard and Vice. He lives in London with his Charlie Gilmour wife, baby and magpie.

London, UK Memoir @charliegilmour HB: 9781474609470 Demy, 320 pp £16.99 @charliegilmour_insta eBook: 9781474609494 £16.99 @magpie_daily Audio: 9781409180425 10hrs £19.99

The first book by the inventor of the world’s most iconic toy, inspiring us with what he’s learned in a lifetime of creating To Erno Rubik puzzles aren’t just games, they’re creativity machines – since the dawn of civilisation they have been proof that humans’ capacity for curiosity is limitless. In Cubed he makes a case for always being an amateur, discusses the inevitability of problems during any act of invention and reveals what it was like to experience the worldwide success of an object he made for his own amusement. Steeped in the SEPTEMBER wisdom of a born inventor, Cubed offers a unique look at the imperfect science of creation.

ERNO RUBIK is a Hungarian inventor, architect and professor of architecture best known for the invention of mechanical puzzles including Rubik’s Cube, Rubik’s Magic and Rubik’s Cubed Snake/Twist. The Puzzle of Us All Erno Rubik Autobiography HB: 9781474613118 Demy 208 pp £14.99 Budapest, Hungary eBook: 9781474613132 £14.99 www.rubiks.com/en-uk Audio: 9781474613149 10hrs £19.99

15 An authoritative 100-year history of America’s National Football League to mark the sport’s centenary 17th September 2020 will mark the centenary of the National Football League. It will reach that landmark as an all-encompassing conglomerate that is the most lucrative sports league in the world. Any Given Sunday will detail twenty of the biggest games in the sport’s history. Each chapter is complemented by interviews with some of the game’s true legends, from players and coaches to owners SEPTEMBER and executives, and full access to the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s extensive archives, providing a full-scale chart of the NFL’s epic first century.

MATTHEW SHERRY is the founder and editor of Gridiron, Any Given Sunday the UK’s only NFL magazine. He travels around the USA each year interviewing some of American football’s biggest The NFL’s Epic 100-Year names. He lives in Hartlepool. History in 20 Games Matthew Sherry Sport, History HB: 9781474613644 Royal 320 pp £20 TPB: 9781474613651 Royal 320 pp £14.99 Hartlepool, UK eBook: 9781474613675 £20 @MatthewGridiron Audio: 9781474613682 10hrs £19.99

The gripping stories of six ordinary Germans who witnessed the rise of Nazism and dared to resist it The horrors of Nazism are topics well-explored in Second World War history, but little is known about those who witnessed the rise of Nazism on the ground. Catrine Clay’s ground-breaking book focuses on six very different characters, making them as wide a selection as possible; from workers and aristocrats, to communists and conservatives.. Their stories are interwoven throughout the book, each experiencing the big events of Nazi history as SEPTEMBER they unfold in their own small lives – Good Germans all.

CATRINE CLAY worked for the BBC for over twenty years, directing and producing award-winning television documentaries. She is the author of the prize-winning Trautmann’s Journey. She lives in London. The Good Germans Resisting the Nazis, 1933-1945 History Catrine Clay HB: 9781474607872 Royal 352 pp £20 TPB: 9781474607889 Royal 352 pp £14.99 eBook: 9781474607902 £20 London, UK Audio: 9781474618359 10hrs £19.99

16 A magisterial history of historians showing how the narrative is influenced by the life and beliefs of the storyteller The History Makers is an epic exploration of who writes about the past and how the biases of certain storytellers – whether Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare or Simon Schama – continue to influence our ideas about history (and about who we are) today. There are many stories we can spin about years gone by, but which accounts come to be told, and by whom? The book abounds in captivating figures SEPTEMBER brought to vivid life, from Thucydides and Tacitus to Voltaire and Gibbon, from Winston Churchill to Mary Beard. Rich in character, complex truths and surprising anecdotes, the result is a unique exploration of both the aims and craft of history-making that will lead us to think anew about our past and ourselves.

RICHARD COHEN is the acclaimed author of Chasing the Sun The History Makers and How to Write Like Tolstoy. He lives in New York. 2,500 Years of Who We Are Richard Cohen History, Biography HB: 9781474615778 Royal 736 pp £25 TPB: 9781474615785 Royal 736 pp £14.99 New York, USA eBook: 9781474615808 £25

Essays about the joys of reading, by authors including Robert Macfarlane, William Boyd, Candice Carty-Williams and Max Porter Publishing to coincide with the 20th anniversary of global literacy non-profit organisation, Room to Read. In this treasure chest of an anthology, find essays by all your favourite authors about the joy of reading, and of giving and receiving books. Together they make up inspiring, irresistible proof of the power and necessity of literature.

SEPTEMBER It includes pieces of exceptional quality from some of the world’s most treasured novelists, essayists, poets and non- fiction writers, including: Madeline Thien, Chigozie Obioma, Salley Vickers and Andy Miller.

ROOM TO READ seeks to transform the lives of millions of children in low-income communities by focusing on literacy and gender equality in education. The Gifts of Reading Jennie Orchard (editor) Anthology HB: 9781474615679 Demy 224 pp £14.99 TPB: 9781474615686 224 pp £13.99 Sydney, Australia eBook: 9781474615693 £14.99

17 An alternative history of humanity reflecting on how our relationship with dogs has changed over the centuries In the last 200 years no inter-species relationship has come so far. Dogs accompany us in every walk of life, usually three times a day. How did this relationship begin? How has it changed over the centuries? Here we revisit the most important milestones in our shared journey. From ancient rock art to the first Labradoodle in Australia. From an ill-fated Poodle trainer to the mutniks of the Soviet space programme. Entertaining, infor- SEPTEMBER mative, eccentric and erudite, Dog’s Best Friend is all told with Garfield’s gift for witty and insightful storytelling.

SIMON GARFIELD is the author of twenty books, including the bestsellers Just My Type, On the Map and Mauve. His Dog’s Best Friend study of AIDS in Britain, The End of Innocence, won the Somerset Maugham prize. A Brief History of an Unbreakable Bond Simon Garfield History HB: 9781474610735 Demy 352 pp £16.99 TPB: 9781474610742 Demy 352 pp £13.99 London, UK eBook: 9781474610766 £16.99 www.simongarfield.com Audio: 9781409186564 10hrs £19.99

A hilarious, provocative new voice in literary fiction, perfect for fans of Ottessa Moshfegh and Halle Butler Meet Janet. Janet is sad – not just about her life, but about DEBUT the world. Have you seen it? That’s why she works at a dog shelter in the woods, where she can wear a giant coat and avoid human contact. But when she hears about a new pill that promises one day off from being sad, even Janet is curious. But the side-effects of experimenting with happiness prove to be unexpectedly life-changing – for everyone concerned. SEPTEMBER LUCIE BRITSCH’s writing has appeared in Catapult Story, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Split Lip magazine and The Sun magazine, and been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Sad Janet is her first novel.

Sad Janet Lucie Britsch Literary Fiction HB: 9781409198642 Royal 288 pp £14.99 ETPB: 9781409198659 Royal 288 pp £13.99 Higham Ferrars, UK eBook: 9781409198673 £14.99 @LucieBritsch Audio: 9781474617697 10hrs £19.99

18 The first book by one of the most successful, respected and legendary football managers of all time, Arsène Wenger For the first time, world-renowned and revolutionary football manager Arsène Wenger tells his own story. He opens up about his life, sharing principles for success on and off the field with vivid tales of his 22 years managing Arsenal to unprecedented success. In My Life in Red and White, Wenger charts his extraordinary career including his rise in France and Japan, where he managed Nancy, Monaco and OCTOBER Nagoya Grampus Eight. This book is a must-read for football fans everywhere, illuminating the mystique surrounding one of the most revered and successful manager’s life story, strategy and vision in the world’s most popular sport.

ARSÈNE WENGER was appointed manager of Arsenal in 1996, where he enjoyed unmatched success. He resigned in 2018 and is now Chief of Global Development for FIFA. My Life in Red He lives in London and Paris. and White Autobiography, Sport The Autobiography HB: 9781474618243 Royal 352 pp £20 Arsène Wenger TPB: 9781474618250 Royal 352 pp £14.99 eBook: 9781474618274 £20 Audio: 9781474618281 10hrs £21.99 Paris, France Unabridged CD: 9781474618229 10hrs £19.99

An A-Z guide to famous horses in fact and fiction Horses is an A-Z companion to one of the best-loved animals. It includes a wealth of unexpected, fascinating and seren- dipitous information, from horse-slang phrases to horses in British pub signs, and the horse in advertising. Themes such as the horse in warfare and the horse in folklore abound. Horses is a wonderfully satisfying and browsable companion for the inquisitive general reader.

SEAN MAGEE is one of the UK’s most prominent and respected writers on horse-racing matters and the author OCTOBER of numerous books on the subject including Channel Four Racing: The Complete A-Z of Horse Racing. Horses An A-Z of the Most Famous in Life and Literature, History and Myth Sean Magee Popular Reference HB: 9780304365395 Demy 224 pp £16.99 Chadlington, UK eBook: 9781474610810 £16.99

19 The companion book to BBC Radio 4’s Last Word, a rich tapestry of women’s lives in the 20th and 21st centuries Every week, BBC Radio 4’s Last Word celebrates the lives of extraordinary people who have recently died. It gathers the memories of those who knew them best, giving a personal slant to their histories and bringing their own voices to the fore. The stories it tells are illuminating, moving and often inspiring. This book focuses on a selection of the hundreds of women it has featured over the years. Like the radio OCTOBER programme itself, it is a treasure trove – a celebration of women of spirit and their remarkable lives.

CELIA HAYLEY is a freelance writer and editor who has worked on some of our best books, including The Best of A.A. Gill. She lives in London. Last Word’s Uncommon Women Celia Hayley (editor) Biography, History HB: 9781474607643 Royal 288 pp £18.99 London, UK eBook: 9781474607650 £18.99

A selection of the best writings of A. A. Gill, ‘by miles the most brilliant journalist of our age’ (Lynn Barber) A.A. Gill was fearsomely well-travelled. One of his ambitions when he started out was to ‘interview places’ – he wanted to go somewhere, get under its skin, ask it questions. He turned out to be a genius at this: he could make you look at the familiar with completely fresh insight. Far and Away collects some of his greatest writing – not only his travel pieces, but subjects pulled from around the world that show all the different facets of the way he wrote: adventurous, OCTOBER funny, wise and always curious.

A.A. GILL (1954 - 2016) was the TV and restaurant critic and regular features writer for The Sunday Times, as well as a columnist for Esquire. The Best of A. A. Gill, a collection of his journalism, was published in 2017.

Far and Away Journalism HB: 9781474617369 Royal 288 pp £20 A.A. Gill TPB: 9781474617376 Royal 288 pp £13.99 eBook: 9781474617390 £20 Audio: 9781474617406 10hrs £19.99

20 A history of the fall of the Roman republic, told through the gripping story of Caesar’s longest- surviving assassin For fourteen years after 44 BC, Cassius of Parma (Cassius Parmensis), one of the lesser-known assassins of Julius Caesar, watched from the wings as all of his co-conspirators were murdered. In telling the story of Cassius’s flight from justice, The Last Assassin opens up a fascinating new angle to a well-known segment of Roman history. This book charts an epic turn of history through the eyes of an ordinary man, NOVEMBER participating in a world-changing sequence of events. It is a gripping story of fear, revenge and survival.

PETER STOTHARD was editor of The Times from 1992 to 2002, and then the editor of the Times Literary Supplement The Last Assassin until his retirement in 2016. He was knighted in 2003. The Hunt for the Killers of Julius Caesar Peter Stothard History HB: 9781474613156 Royal 320 pp £20 eBook: 9781474613170 £20 London, UK Audio: 9781474613187 10hrs £19.99

The third volume of diaries from the bestselling author and former director of the Victoria & Albert Museum In January 2004, Roy Strong was in a state of deep grief following the death of his wife, Julia Trevelyan Oman, three months earlier. There followed a reconfiguring of The Laskett and the wonderful garden that he and Julia had created together. Types and Shadows is a wonderful window into Roy Strong’s world, and his encounters with leading figures in the museum, theatre and media worlds, churchmen, politicians, NOVEMBER royalty. His telling eye for detail and wicked observation make the diaries hugely entertaining and informative, but also punc- tuated with moments of sadness at the passing of friends and frustration at the changing world around him.

SIR ROY STRONG CH, historian, diarist and gardener, was director of the National Portrait Gallery (1967-1973) and the Victoria & Albert Museum (1973-1987). His previous Types and Shadows two volumes of his diaries cover the years 1967-2003. Diaries 2004-2015 Roy Strong Autobiography HB: 9781474617338 Royal 352 pp £25 Herefordshire, UK eBook: 9781474617352 £25

21 An imaginative and meticulously researched street- by-street biography of one of London’s most vibrant and seductive districts Soho – illicit, glamorous, sordid, louche, poverty-stricken, squalid, exhilarating. One of Britain’s best-loved historians, Dan Cruickshank grants us an intimacy with centuries of rich and varied history as he guides us around Soho. The story of Soho is written in its surviving architecture. Cruickshank observes how the common denominator over the centuries is its appeal as a NOVEMBER destination for immigrants and that this is the foundation of its spirit and success. He wonders if the Soho beloved by Londoners and visitors alike can survive, and pays heartfelt testament to the district’s resilience.

Soho DAN CRUICKSHANK is a renowned television presenter A Street Guide to Soho’s and author of numerous books on historical architecture, History, Architecture including Spitalifields (2016). He lives in east London. and People Dan Cruickshank History, Architecture HB: 9780297869320 Demy 416 pp £20 eBook: 9780297869337 £20 London, UK Audio: 9781409184720 12:25hrs £19.99

A ground-breaking history of one of the most coveted and invaded regions of the world, now universally recognised as Pakistan The western subcontinent has been a source of fascination for invading emperors and armies, traders and travellers and ambassadors for centuries. As the narrative of Roads and Kingdoms unfolds, the boundaries of time – and how we think we understand the past – dissolve. What is left is a subtle and intricate portrait of a little-known region and its clever, gifted and funny people. NOVEMBER CATRIONA LUKE was on the staff at the Independent and Evening Standard, worked for ELLE India in Mumbai and has written for the Guardian and New Statesman.

Roads and Kingdoms A History of Pakistan and the Western Subcontinent Catriona Luke History HB: 9781474617284 Royal 384 pp £20 TPB: 9781474617291 Royal 384 pp £12.99 London, UK eBook: 9781474617314 £20 @MsBodhiTree Audio: 9781474617321 10hrs £19.99

22 The inspiring life stories of leading scientists as heard on BBC Radio 4 Their work is changing the world we live in, but what do we really know about their lives beyond the lab? Based on interviews for the hit BBC Radio 4 series, The Life Scientific: Detectives reveals the life and work of some of the foremost scientists in the world. The detectives featured in this volume include: Sadaf Farooqi on what makes us fat; Nick Lane on the origin of life on earth; and Sue Black on what you can learn from dead bodies. NOVEMBER

ANNA BUCKLEY is the series producer of The Life Scientific on BBC Radio 4 and has worked with Jim Al-Khalili since the programme was launched in 2011.

The Life Scientific Detectives Anna Buckley Popular Science HB: 9781474607469 Demy 288 pp £18.99 Richmond, UK eBook: 9781474607476 £18.99

The new novel by the bestselling author of The Reader, this is the personal history of an ordinary and yet remarkable woman, told against the devastating canvas of 20th century Germany Olga is an orphan raised by her grandmother in a Silesian village at the start of the 20th century. Smart and precocious, she fights against the prejudices of the time to find her place in a world that sees her as second-best. When she falls in love with Herbert, a local aristocrat obsessed with the era’s dreams of power, glory and greatness, her life is irremediably NOVEMBER changed. Theirs is a love against all odds, entwined with the twisting paths of German history.

BERNHARD SCHLINK is one of Germany’s most celebrated writers. His novel The Reader was a global bestseller and was made into an Oscar-winning film starring Kate Winslet. Olga was a #1 bestseller in Germany and one of the bestselling novels of 2019. Olga Bernhard Schlink Literary Fiction, Fiction in Translation HB: 9781474611138 Demy 320 pp £16.99 TPB: 9781474611145 Demy 320 pp £13.99 Berlin, Germany eBook: 9781474611169 £16.99 New York, USA Audio: 9781409185727 10hrs £19.99

23 A literary noir set in the streets of Buenos Aires, vibrating with the pulse of a country in turmoil; a debut novel by a bright new talent DEBUT Buenos Aires, 2001: the streets are overflowing with protes- tors, frustrated by the government’s inability to face a mounting economic crisis. Inspector Alzada is convinced of the futil- ity of yet another doomed Argentinean attempt at democracy and is determined to remain a detached bystander. But the disappearance of a woman from one of the city’s wealthiest families brings back painful memories of Alzada’s work in the JANUARY Buenos Aires police force during the Dirty War in the 80s, a war that tore a nation apart and destroyed the inspector’s family forever.

ELOÍSA DÍAZ lives in Madrid and is the daughter of Argentinian immigrants. She received an MFA from Columbia University. Repentance, which she wrote in English, is her debut novel.

Repentance Literary Noir Eloísa Díaz HB: 9781474613835 Royal 320 pp £14.99 PB: 9781474613842 320 £12.99 eBook: 9781474613866 £14.99 Madrid, Spain Audio: 9781474613873 10hrs £19.99

A mash up of Max Porter, Kafka’s Metamorphoses and It’s a Wonderful Life, Nothing is a short, strange unforgettable novel and a deeply humane portrait of DEBUT a disintegrating mind Michael N wakes up from a coma – after a head injury – believing that he can imagine things out of existence: everything from his children’s involvement in terrible accidents to his colleague’s eyeballs. He is incredulous to find that he lives in a suburb with this woman, who calls herself his wife, and their children. As he JANUARY struggles to piece together an identity from memories others give to him, his belief in his new powers escalates. And the world around him begins to fray at the edges…

DANIEL O’CONNOR was born in Middlesbrough in 1987. He is a lecturer in English Literature at the University of Liverpool. Nothing is his first novel.

Nothing Fiction Daniel O’Connor HB: 9781474615303 Demy 224 pp £14.99 TPB: 9781474615310 Demy 224 pp £12.99 eBook: 9781474615334 £14.99 Liverpool, UK Audio: 9781474615440 10hrs £19.99

24 A wildly original take on the ‘great American novel’ by one of today’s most fearless voices On the day of their estranged father’s wedding, half-sisters Cheyenne and Livy set off to claim their inheritance. It’s been years since the two have seen each other: Cheyenne is newly back in Seattle after a failed marriage; Livy works refinishing boats and dreams of fishing off the coast of Alaska. But instead of money, their father gives them information – a name – that reveals a stunning family secret and propels the two sisters on an epic trip across America. JANUARY A tale of boundless verve and undeniable tenderness – and the first great post-capitalist novel of the 21st century.

VANESSA VESELKA is the author of the novel Zazen which won the PEN/Robert Bingham prize for fiction. She has been, at various times, a teenage runaway, a sex-worker, The Great Offshore a union organizer, an independent record label owner, a Grounds train-hopper, a waitress and a mother. Vanessa Veselka Contemporary Fiction HB: 9781474614269 Royal 480 pp £16.99 TPB: 9781474614276 Royal 480 pp £13.99 Portland, USA eBook: 9781474614290 £16.99 www.vanessaveselka.com Audio: 9781474614306 10hrs £19.99

From the author of The Life and Death of Sophie Stark, a feminist Western following a young midwife through her initiation into a notorious gang of outlaws, made up of women cast out of society The day of her wedding, Ada has her whole life ahead of her; she loves her husband, and she loves working as a midwife. But after a year of marriage with no pregnancy, in a town distrustful of barrenness and quick to cry witch, she faces either the risk of hanging or spending life in the convent. Then she learns about the Hole in the Wall Gang… JANUARY With hints of the Salem Witch Trials, Mad Max Fury Road and Margaret Atwood, Outlawed is adventurous, inventive and captivating.

ANNA NORTH is a senior reporter at senior reporter at Vox. Outlawed Previously, she worked at the New York Times. Anna North Literary Fiction HB: 9781474615341 Demy 256 pp £14.99 TPB: 9781474615358 Demy 256 pp £12.99 Brooklyn, USA eBook: 9781474615372 £14.99 @annanorthtweets Audio: 9781474615389 10hrs, £19.99

25 A deeply researched investigation into depression arguing the case for embracing both art and science in our understanding and treatment of the condition In Mending the Mind, Oliver Kamm uses his own experience of illness and treatment as a jumping off point to investigate the mental disorder of depression. He uses the work of other writers who suffered from depression to illuminate the condition and explores the state of scientific remedies that have been devised in treating mental disorder. Oliver argues that cures for depression are attainable, and ultimately that both art and JANUARY science are essential to our understanding, and treatment, of a condition that affects 1 in 10 of us at some point in our lives.

Mending the Mind OLIVER KAMM is a leader writer and columnist for The Times. His first book Accidence Will Happen: The Non-Pedantic The Art and Science of Treating Clinical Depression Guide to English was published by W&N in 2015. Oliver Kamm Popular Science HB: 9781474610827 Royal 288 pp £16.99 TPB: 9781474610834 Royal 288 pp £12.99 London, UK eBook: 9781474610858 £16.99 @OliverKamm Audio: 9781409186571 10hrs, £19.99

Deeply moving and tragi-comic, The Octopus Man takes us into the complex and disturbing world of voice-hearing in a bravura literary performance. The Octopus Man tells the story of Tom, once an outstanding student, now lost in the dispassionate machinery and medication of the British mental health system. Stalked not only by his memories of the promise and wilderness of his past, but also by the carceral psychiatric units of his future, Tom is a lesson in paradox. Opening with a swirling, compulsive diatribe, Tom comes JANUARY quickly to confirm what we readers suspect: that he is not entirely alone: Malamock, Octopus God of his own creation, part-comforter, part-autarch, part-guide, stalks our narrator at every turn, handicapping him in every respect.

JASPER GIBSON was born in the Peak District, Derbyshire in 1975. He is the co-founder of thepoke.co.uk, Britain’s largest comedy site and is the author of one previous novel, A Bright Moon For Fools. The Octopus Man Jasper Gibson Literary Fiction HB: 9781474616072 Demy 288 pp £14.99 TPB: 9781474616089 Demy 288 pp £12.99 East Sussex, UK eBook: 9781474616102 £14.99 @OliverKamm Audio: 9781474616119 10hrs £19.99

26 An emotional literary debut about a life cut short by cancer, and a love cut short by fear and social pressure A profoundly beautiful story about two men separated by generations: Joe longs for a boyfriend and plays the violin magnificently. Edward falls in love with his best friend in a nettle-infested garden before starting a family and becoming a grandfather. When Joe is diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer, his sister and grandfather, Edward, are left waiting for a miracle. A miracle that won’t come. Intensely moving, this JANUARY book is about love and loss; and about the beautiful and violent randomness of life.

ANNA BEECHER is an MFA candidate at the University of Virginia and a winner of the Henfield Prize for Fiction. She Here Comes the also has written widely for theatre and performance. Miracle Anna Beecher Literary Fiction HB: 9781474610629 Demy 240 pp £14.99 London, UK TPB: 9781474610636 Demy, 240 pp £12.99 www.annabeecher.com eBook: 9781474610650 £14.99 @AnnaBeecher Audio: 9781409186465 10 hrs £19.99

27 W&N ESSENTIALS

Launching in Summer 2020, W&N Essentials is a delightfully varied list of literary jewels. The list will be home to fiction and non-fiction; to books that are already studied on university syllabi; and to cult classics ahead of their time ripe for mainstream recognition. Each one will be a book of the highest quality, will be adored by those that have already discovered it, will have stood the test of time, and will burn as brightly – or even more brightly – as it did on first publication. Each book will be published as a paperback original, with an introduction from a contemporary author. We have a subtle series look, but each will have an elegant distinctive cover of its own.

AUGUST AUGUST SEPTEMBER In The Cut Happy All the Time Troubles Susanna Moore Laurie Colwin J.G. Farrell*

OCTOBER NOVEMBER JANUARY Speedboat Eustace and Hilda Toddler Hunting Renata Adler L.P. Hartley Taeko Kono

* Also to come from J.G. Farrell: The Hill Station, The Siege of Krishnapur, The Singapore Grip

28 We pride ourselves on bringing provocative, award-winning and lasting works of fiction to a popular audience.

29 Artwork from Believe in Magic, by Robin Turner, published by White Rabbit (p33)

30 Fiction and Non-Fiction

WHITE RABBIT is a new imprint dedicated to publishing the most innovative books and voices in music and literature. Building on the uniquely successful publishing he was responsible for at Faber Social, Lee Brackstone’s debut titles for his Orion imprint indicate the range and personality of a list that will encompass memoir, history, fiction, translation, illustrated books and high-spec limited editions.

Authors include: Lenny Kaye, Kim Gordon, Chris Frantz, Annie Nightingale, Richard Russell, Mark Lanegan, Jennifer Lucy Allan, and Simon Price.

31 Remain in Love tells the story of two bands and a love story (and marriage) that survived them both Chris Frantz met David Byrne at art school in the early 1970s. Together – and soon with Frantz’s future wife, Tina Weymouth – they formed Talking Heads and took up residence in the grimy environs of Manhattan’s Lower East Side, where their neighbours were Patti Smith, William Burroughs and their early albums quickly became classics; until the Brian Eno produced masterpiece Remain in Light, saw them explode. Warm and candid, funny and heartfelt, Remain in Love JULY charts the rise and fall of a band who combined the sensibility of artists with extraordinary songwriting vision. A classic 1970s downtown New York memoir and a book which shares secrets and stories Talking Heads fans have been curious about for decades.

CHRIS FRANTZ is founder member and drummer in Talking Heads. He also formed Tom Tom Club with his wife Tina Weymouth, with whom he has produced many great artists. Remain in Love Chris Frantz Memoir HB: 9781474615136 Royal 400 pp £20 TPB: 9781474617130 Royal 400 pp £14.99 Connecticut, USA eBook: 9781474615150 £20 @ChrisFrantzTTC Audio: 9781474615167 8hrs £19.99

Twelve highly-charged erotic stories exploring freedom of expression in sex, written by the frontwoman of Savages Fearless and highly erotic, these stories delight in ideas of sexual transgression and liberation, offering a window onto a world where anything is permitted, and everything is safe. A manifesto in the form of erotic photography, monologues and dialogues, Johnny Hostile’s stimulating photography punctuates Jehnny Beth’s seductive prose. Collapsing the barriers between sex and art, C.A.L.M. established Jehnny JULY Beth and Johnny Hostile as two of the bravest and most provocative voices in fiction and erotic art today.

JEHNNY BETH is a singer-songwriter and actor best known C.A.L.M. as lead singer of Savages. Johnny Hostile is a producer, Jehnny Beth & Johnny musician and photographer. Hostile Contemporary Fiction TPB: 9781474616034 Demy 176 pp £14.99 Paris, France Limited Edition HB: 9781474616027 Other 256 pp £75.00 @jehnbeth eBook: 9781474616065 £14.99 @johnhostile Audio: 9781474619103 3hrs £19.99

32 A celebration of Heavenly Recordings, one of the great independent British labels of the past three decades, published to mark it’s 30th anniversary of the label Believe in Magic is a fully illustrated history of one of the most exciting independent British record labels, Heavenly. Set up by Jeff Barrett in 1990 as the acid house revolution was in full swing, Heavenly’s early releases set the tone and tempo for the mood of the decade to come, with music from Andrew Weatherall, St Etienne and Manic Street Preachers. AUGUST This book collects rare photographs, ephemera, artwork and anecdotal evidence into a visual history of a label that is one of the most beloved institutions on the independent Believe in Magic landscape.

Thirty Years of Heavenly ROBIN TURNER worked for Heavenly Recordings, where Recordings he started the legendary Sunday Social in 1994. He is Robin Turner the co-creator and co-owner of The Social chain of bars in London. Bristol, UK www.heavenlyrecordings.com Popular Culture @robinturner HB: 9781474616508 288 pp £30 @heavenlyrecs eBook: 9781474616515 £30

William Burroughs’ life and art, situated in the context of the most radical and influential rock n roll stars of the late twentieth century A heroin addict and a gay man, William Burroughs rose to notoriety outside the conventional literary world. At the same time, he rose to fame among the daring musicians of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, altering many of their destinies. Whether exploring the occult with David Bowie, providing Lou Reed with gritty depictions of street life, or counselling Patti Smith about coping with fame, the stories SEPTEMBER of Burroughs’s backstage impact will transform the way you see America’s cultural revolution – and the way you hear its music.

William Burroughs CASEY RAE is the director of music licensing for SiriusXM and a longtime music critic whose work has been featured and the Cult of Rock in a wide array of publications. Rae is also a musician and and Roll played with several bands in the 1990s. Casey Rae

Popular Culture Washington DC, USA www.thecontrarianmusic.com TPB: 9781474616669 272 pp £14.99 @CaseyContrarian eBook: 9781474616676 £14.99

33 Stories from a remarkable life spent on the frontiers of pop music and broadcasting at the BBC Annie Nightingale has been a fixture on the pop culture radar for five decades on radio, TV and as a live DJ and tastemaker. She was there at the heart of the early 70s rock boom and was still at the heart of the culture when acid house hit in the late 80s. This book tells her story through memories, encounters and experiences across a career which spans 1970-2020 and ties-in with celebrations at the BBC to mark her extraordinary career. SEPTEMBER ANNIE NIGHTINGALE was the first female presenter on BBC Radio 1 in 1970. In 2020 she was also the first and only DJ to be appointed a CBE in the New Year’s Honours List. Hey Hi Hello Five Decades of Pop Culture from Radio 1’s First Female DJ Annie Nightingale Autobiography, Music HB: 9781474616683 288 pp £18.99 London, UK eBook: 9781474616706 £18.99 @aanightingal Audio: 9781474616966 10hrs £19.99

A short, explosive novel about Russia, Scotland, sex and singer-songwriters Xstabeth is a magical novel narrated by a Russian girl torn between her father and his best friend. Set between St Petersburg, and St Andrews, it tackles the metaphysics of golf, the mindset of the classic Russian novels, and the power of art to rewrite reality, as Aneliya is confronted with an angelic presence who simultaneously fulfils, and disap- pears, her father and her lover. It is a love letter to Chandler, Nabokov and Dostoevsky by a writer who is rewriting the NOVEMBER rulebook of contemporary fiction.

DAVID KEENAN is the author of the cult classic This Is Memorial Device, which won the Collyer Bristow/London Magazine Award for Debut Fiction 2018, and For The Good Times, which won the Gordon Burn Prize in 2019.

Xstabeth David Keenan Literary Fiction HB: 9781474617055 192 pp £14.99 Glasgow, UK eBook: 9781474617079 £14.99 @reversediorama Audio: 9781474617086 6hrs £19.99

34 A journey to the heart of heavy music, the universe and everything Monolithic Undertow alights a crooked path across musical, religious and subcultural frontiers. It traces the line from ancient traditions to the modern underground, navigating archeoacoustics, ringing feedback, chest plate sub-bass, avant-garde eccentricity, sound weaponry and fervent spiri- tualism. From Neolithic beginnings to bawdy medieval trou- badours, Sufi mystics to Indian raga masters, Gnostic New York minimalists to the meditative power of drone metal, JANUARY Monolithic Undertow explores the power of the drone – an audio carrier vessel capable of evoking womb like warmth or cavernous dread alike.

HARRY SWORD is a regular contributor to Vice, The Quietus, Munchies, Red Bull Music Daily, Record Collector and Monolithic Undertow CAMRA’s Beer Magazine. In Search of Sonic Oblivion Harry Sword Popular Culture HB: 9781474615235 400 pp £20 Cambridge, UK ETP: 9781474615242 400 pp £14.99 @HarrySword eBook: 9781474615266 £20

Named White Rabbit as a reference to a Jefferson Airplane track, the imprint is dedicated to publishing the most innovative books and voices in music and literature.

35 Artwork from The Boys Club by Erica Katz, published by Trapeze (p39)

36 Fiction & Non-Fiction

f Launched in October 2016 with a mission to publish books that start conversations, TRAPEZE has established itself as one of the most vibrant, dynamic – and commercially successful – imprints in the industry. Publishing both fiction and non-fiction, and already the home of eighteen Sunday Times bestsellers, our books reflect the world around us, tapping into the things that readers want to talk about now. Trapeze was nominated for Imprint of the Year at the British Book Awards 2019.

Trapeze is innovative in our publishing: we explore new publishing models – being format-flexible and innovative in how we reach our readers; we are the home of brand partnerships, working with the Ordnance Survey, Historic Royal Palaces, ITV and the Natural History Museum; and we are creative in our commissioning, finding talent through traditional and non- traditional channels, including writing competitions, IP, and partnerships.

Our non-fiction authors include the number 1 bestseller Noel Fitzpatrick, star of Channel 4’s The Supervet; number 1 bestseller Sarah Millican; Glastonbury Festival’s Michael and Emily Eavis; comedy legend Alan Partridge; Daisy May Cooper and Charlie Cooper, writers and stars of the three-time BAFTA nominated BBC comedy This Country; and the biggest podcast networks in the world, Stuff You Should Know and My Favourite Murder.

Trapeze fiction is home to award-winning writers including Candice Carty- Williams, whose Sunday Times bestselling novel Queenie was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award and longlisted for the Women’s Prize. We publish crime and thrillers with something to say, including Sunday Times bestselling crime writers Sharon Bolton and Daniel Cole, and our list includes debut stars Leaf Arbuthnot, Robin Morgan-Bentley and Rhiannon Ward.

37 April May and the Carls are back in the much- anticipated sequel to the no.1 New York Times bestselling debut An Absolutely Remarkable Thing The Carls disappeared the same way they appeared, in an instant. The untimely death of their discoverer, April May, has left Andy to take up April’s mantle of fame. Maya, meanwhile, ravaged by grief, begins to follow a string of clues that she is convinced will lead her to April, and Miranda infiltrates a new scientific operation with devastating consequences. This brilliant follow-up is a first contact story that, rather JULY than dwelling too much on why aliens arrived, focuses on how humans react.

HANK GREEN is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of An Absolutely Remarkable Thing. He is the CEO of A Beautifully Complexly, a production company whose educational videos Foolish Endeavor have been viewed more than two billion times on YouTube. Hank Green Science Fiction HB: 9781473224223 Royal 320 pp £16.99 Montana, USA TPB: 9781473224230 Royal 320 pp £13.99 www.DFTBA.com eBook: 9781473224254 £16.99 @hankgreen Audio: 9781409180685 10hrs £19.99

A saga novel based on the history of Trafford General, the first ever NHS hospital It’s May 1945 and at 3pm, nurse Kitty Longthorne listens, together with the other surgical staff at South Manchester’s Park Hospital, to Winston Churchill’s broadcast on the radio. The war is over. The mood in Park Hospital is jubilant and hopeful, though Kitty is anything but. Her clandestine squeeze and the man she hopes to marry, James Williams, has been giving her the cold shoulder, and she can’t work out why. Furthermore, her JULY twin brother, Ned, is still missing in action.

MAGGIE CAMPBELL worked as a seamstress in the factories of Manchester in the post-war era and then retrained to be a midwife – a career she adored.

Nurse Kitty’s Secret War Maggie Campbell Saga MMP: 9781409191773 B format 288 pp £7.99 eBook: 9781409191780 £7.99 Manchester, UK Audio: 9781409191797 10hrs £19.99

38 The inspirational story of the first female journalists to work in the male-dominated world of Fleet Street in the seventies told by the first ever female football reporter The Fleet Street Girls is the inspiring story of the female journalists who broke down barriers in the seventies as women arrived on Fleet Street for the first time. Told by Julie Welch, the first female football reporter, we meet other pioneering women journalists simultaneously climbing up the ranks and paving the way for generations to come. AUGUST It is a fascinating story of the hopes and despairs, triumphs and setbacks of a group of women in the heyday of journalism as the tide finally started to change.

The Fleet Street Girls JULIE WELCH became the first woman in Fleet Street to The Women Who Broke cover football for the Observer in 1973. She is currently a Down the Doors of the contributor to the Guardian and the Daily Express. Gentleman’s Club Julie Welch Autobiography HB: 9781409187820 Royal 304 pp £16.99 Essex, UK eBook: 9781409187844 £16.99 @DameJulieWelch Audio: 9781409187851 10hrs £19.99

The Morning Show meets The Firm – a buzzy, page- turning debut novel about sex and power in corporate America, already optioned for Netflix DEBUT When Alex Vogel gets a new job working at a corporate Manhattan law firm, she thinks all her dreams have come true. The paycheques are huge, the work is exciting and the drinks are flowing. But underneath the glossy veneer of the company, dark secrets are lurking, chiefly the firm’s biggest client is sexually harassing a string of women, none of whom will speak up. AUGUST Alex soon realises that in order to fit in, she needs to become one of the boys, but at what cost?

ERICA KATZ is the pseudonym of an attorney at a major New York law firm. This is her first novel.

The Boys’ Club Thriller Erica Katz HB: 9781409193494 Royal 400 pp £16.99 TPB: 9781409193500 Royal 400 pp £13.99 eBook: 9781409193531 £16.99 New York, USA Audio: 9781409193555 10hrs £19.99

39 When Emmie Blue releases a balloon containing a secret and her email, it’s found by a French boy, Lucas, sparking a close friendship and a lifelong love Emmie Blue has a secret. She has written it down on a piece of paper, placing the note inside a helium balloon. When she gets a message from French boy, Lucas, a close friendship is sparked. Many years later Emmie and Lucas are still great friends, and when he asks her to be best woman at his wedding, of AUGUST course she says yes. But Emmie has another secret: she is in love with Lucas. And she doesn’t want him to marry someone else.

LIA LOUIS won ELLE magazine’s annual talent competition with her contemporary love letter, #RelationshipGoals. Somewhere Close to Happy, published in 2019, was her Dear Emmie Blue first novel. Lia Louis Contemporary Fiction MMP: 9781409184218 B format 320 pp £7.99 Hertfordshire, UK eBook: 9781409184225 £7.99 @LisforLia Audio: 9781409184232 10hrs £19.99

An infamous séance. A house burdened by grief. A secret that can no longer stay hidden … Louisa Drew lost her husband in the First World War and her twin sons in the Spanish Flu epidemic. Newly remarried and heavily pregnant, Louisa travels to Clewer Hall where she is to photograph the house for auction. Clewer Hall was host to an infamous séance in 1896, the consequences of which still haunt the family thirty years later. Louisa soon becomes embroiled in the strange happenings of the house, gradually unravelling the long-held secrets of AUGUST what happened the night of the séance and discovers her own fate is entwined with Clewer Hall’s. For fans of The Silent Companions, The Little Stranger and The Familiars.

RHIANNON WARD is the pseudonym for Sarah Ward, the bestselling and critically acclaimed crime author. The Quickening Rhiannon Ward Historical Fiction Derby, UK HB: 9781409192183 Royal 320 pp £16.99 www.rhiannonward.co.uk eBook: 9781409192190 £16.99 @sarahward1 Audio: 9781409192206 10hrs £19.99

40 An empowering call to arms for women to assert themselves through harnessing the power of the word ‘rude’ The Power of Rude will discuss the way women are constantly worrying about being polite, even putting themselves in situations they’d rather avoid, due to a fear of saying the wrong thing. It will take the reader chapter by chapter through dating, family relationships, sex, the workplace, money, customer service and more, and show how we can reclaim the word SEPTEMBER ‘rude’ and use it to our advantage. As women, we need to change the narrative, and we need to use our voices to take control.

REBECCA REID is a novelist and journalist who appears frequently on television, arguing with everyone from Piers Morgan to Jameela Jamil about gender politics, social class The Power of Rude and sex and relationships. Rebecca Reid Self-help TPB: 9781409195306 Demy 304 pp £13.99 London, UK eBook: 9781409195320 £13.99 @RebeccaCNReid Audio: 9781409195337 10hrs £19.99

The second in a sweeping new saga series from Sunday Times bestselling author Donna Douglas, set in Yorkshire during the Second World War Spring, 1941. The families of Jubilee Row are still reeling from the loss of one of their own, and as the Blitz on Hull intensifies, it seems as if there will be more tragedies to come. As the street braces itself, capable mum Ruby Maguire takes charge as usual, bolstering spirits and keeping her flighty sister Pearl on the straight and narrow. But the unexpected appearance of a face from her past threatens Ruby’s future SEPTEMBER far more than Hitler’s bombs.

Donna Douglas is the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Nightingale Girls series and The Nurses of Steeple Street series. She lives in Yorkshire with her family.

A Sister’s Wish Donna Douglas Saga MMP: 9781409190929 B format 272 pp £7.99 York, UK eBook: 9781409190936 £6.99 www.donadouglas.co.uk Audio: 9781409190943 10hrs £19.99

41 A book about the wonders of having friends and a helpful guide to help you become the number-one friend of the year Friendship as a concept is very giftable; people love sharing things with their friends, and Chris (Simpson’s Artist)’s pictures about friendship do incredibly well when published online. Some themes will include: how to be a better friend, how to make friends with strangers, how to make friends with animals and how to make your friends like you more. With Chris (Simpsons Artist)’s trademark dark, off-the-wall OCTOBER humour and unique perspective, Chris’ third book will be a laugh-out-loud and inspirational guide to friendship. How to Make Friends With Strangers and Stay CHRIS (SIMPSONS ARTIST) is an anonymous cartoonist known for his comedic and deliberately childlike caricatures Friends Until You Die and stream-of-consciousness writing. He is a regular A Really Inspirational Guide to contributor to NME, FHM, the Independent and the Friendship Guardian. Chris (Simpsons Artist)

London, UK Self-help picturesthatigoneanddone.com HB: 9781409197119 Other 128 pp £12.99 @getbentsaggy eBook: 9781409197423 £12.99

The follow-up to his massive no.1 Sunday Times bestseller, The Supervet shares more tales from his extraordinary career. Picking up from where the Sunday Times bestselling Listening to the Animals left off, Noel shares the stories of the animals that he has treated in his remarkable career, and who have taught him the valuable lessons of integrity, compassion, love and hope that have sustained him through the unbelievable highs and crushing lows of his extraordinary career. Together with his beloved companion Keira, the scruffy OCTOBER Border terrier who is always by his side, Noel shares how animals have saved his life – and can save yours too.

How Cats and Dogs PROFESSOR NOEL FITZPATRICK is a world-renowned neuro- Saved Me orthopaedic veterinary surgeon, the founder of Fitzpatrick Being the Supervet Referrals in Surrey and the star of the hit Channel 4 Professor Noel Fitzpatrick television show The Supervet.

Autobiography Guildford, UK HB: 9781409183792 Royal 304 pp £20 www.fitzpatrickreferrals.com eBook: 9781409183822 £20 @ProfNoelFitz Audio: 9781409183839 10hrs £19.99

42 A beautifully rich guide to Britain’s fossils, from the Natural History Museum, for those who love the natural world From the Jurassic Coast to the Antrim Coast, our nation is home to some of the most incredible fossil sites in the world. This is a book for those who want to learn to scan the beach for fossils, who love the simple pleasure of getting outside or those who want to develop their relationship with the world around them.

OCTOBER In conjunction with the Natural History Museum, this book invites readers to unlock breathtaking fragments of a lost world.

RHYS CHARLES is the Education Officer for the Bristol Dinosaur Project.

Frozen in Time Rhys Charles Popular Science HB: 9781409197966 B format 240 pp £9.99 Bristol, UK eBook: 9781409197973 £9.99

The first book from the world’s most listened to popular science podcast, Stuff You Should Know For the last ten years, Chuck Bryant and Josh Clark have been talking about the interesting stuff that you should know. Covering everything from what really happened on Easter Island, to how water slides work and why brides wear white, all unpacked in a conversational, accessible, fascinating way. The Stuff You Should Know has won them tens of millions of rabid fans around the world – they were the first podcast to OCTOBER reach a billion downloads. Now they bring their unique blend of information and entertainment to the world of books.

The Stuff You CHUCK BRYANT and JOSH CLARK are the duo behind the Should Know massively successful and award-winning Stuff You Should Josh Clark and Know podcast. Chuck Bryant Popular Science HB: 9781409199380 Royal 304 pp £12.99 Georgia, USA TPB: 9781409199397 Royal 304 pp £12.99 www.stuffyoushouldknow.com eBook: 9781409199410 £12.99 @SYSKPodcast Audio: 9781409199427 10hrs £19.99

43 A visual adventure authorised by the legendary film- maker himself: stunning photographs of real-life places that seem plucked from the world of Anderson’s films Authorised by Wes Anderson himself, this is a stunning collection of the world’s most Anderson-like sites in all their faded grandeur and pop-pastel colours, complete with the story behind each stranger-than-fiction location. Based on the viral online phenomenon and community of OCTOBER the same name, Accidentally Wes Anderson celebrates the unique aesthetic that millions of Anderson fans love – capturing the symmetrical, the atypical, the unexpected, the vibrantly patterned and distinctively coloured in arresting photographs from around the world.

Accidentally WALLY KOVAL is the founder of Accidentally Wes Anderson, Wes Anderson a rapidly growing Instagram community with more than Wally Koval 880,000 fans sharing photographs and stories of the most interesting Anderson-eque locations on Earth.

New York, USA Photography/Lifestyle www.accidentallywesanderson.com HB: 9781409197393 Crown quarto 304 pp £25 @accidentallywesanderson eBook: 9781409197416 £25

Written with the support of her estate, family and closest friends, this is the definitive account of Victoria Wood, one of the most illustrious entertainers in British comedy Victoria Wood was one of the greatest entertainers of the age, and when she died in 2016, one of the many sadnesses was that she left the world without telling her extraordinary life story in full. Now, with the blessing of her family, this story will be told by Jasper Rees, who interviewed her more than anyone else. OCTOBER He has been granted exclusive access to Victoria’s personal archive, and has spoken to Victoria’s children, her ex-husband Geoffrey Durham, Julie Walters, Celia Imrie, Dawn French and many more.

JASPER REES is an author and arts journalist who Let’s Do It writes for the Daily Telegraph, the Sunday Times The Authorised Biography of and theartsdesk.com, which he co-founded. Victoria Wood Jasper Rees Autobiography HB: 9781409184096 Royal 368 pp £20 TPB: 9781409184102 Royal 368 pp £13.99 London, UK eBook: 9781409184126 £20 @JasperRees Audio: 9781409184133 10hrs £19.99

44 Get ready to see man’s best friend from a whole new angle in this hilarious collection of dog photographs Everyone loves an underdog. And now, for the first time, in this collection of brilliantly hilarious images, we get to be literally under dogs. From Sally the Pug to Edward the Lab and Gordon the Great Dane, here are the funny, sweet personality-full images of dogs, along with touching stories about their relationship with their owners. The perfect gift for the dog lover in your life.

NOVEMBER COLIN CROWDEY – The Gloucester Dog Photographer – takes the most amazing pictures of dogs you have ever seen.

Underdogs Colin Crowdey Humour Gloucester, UK Hardback: 9781409199281 Other 144 pp £9.99 www.thegloucesterdogphotographer.co.uk eBook: 9781409199298 £9.99

Solve the clues and find the treasure in this puzzle adventure from the team behind the phenomenal bestselling Ordnance Survey Puzzle Books Join The Ordnance Survey Great British Treasure Hunt, solve the clues and travel round the country on the trail of loot. Including forty new regional maps, with hundreds of puzzles, mind-boggling brainteasers, navigational tests, word games, code-crackers, anagrams and mathematical conundrums to keep you entertained as you go!

NOVEMBER With four levels of difficulty, The Ordnance Survey Great Brit- ish Treasure Hunt is an adventure for all the family.

Established in 1791, ORDNANCE SURVEY is the world’s leading producer of maps. The Ordnance Survey Great British Treasure Hunt Ordnance Survey Puzzles & Quizzes Southampton, UK TPB: 9781409195115 Flexi 240 pp £14.99 @OrdnanceSurvey eBook: 9781409195122 £14.99

45 A secret diary. Two love stories connected through history. A centuries-old mystery to solve. When a rare sixteenth-century manuscript lands on her desk DEBUT courtesy of William, shy book restorer, Rose makes a startling discovery: it is a palimpsest. Beneath the text is a different document, one that’s been scraped away and written over. What they discover is the secret diary of William’s ancestor, Giovanni Lomazzo, filled with forbidden love and dangerous political plots.

NOVEMBER Together, Rose and William work to solve the mystery of what happened to the secret lovers. As feelings develop between Rose and William, their own experience begins to mirror the affair that they’re uncovering.

MARGAUX DEROUX holds an undergraduate degree in art history from the University of Oregon and a master’s degree in rhetoric from the University of Kansas.

The Lost Diary of Venice Margaux DeRoux Historical Fiction MMP: 9781409188223 Royal 336 pp £13.99 eBook: 9781409188230 £20.99 San Francisco, USA Audio: 9781409188247 10hrs £19.99

A gripping psychological thriller from bestselling author Isabel Ashdown, set in a women’s commune with a dark side When sisters Celine and Pip get a call telling them their mother has died, the two women are forced to return to their family home in Arundel to pick up the pieces. But someone is missing – their sister, Vanessa, brutally murdered years ago and the victim of an unsolved case. As the sisters confront ghosts from the past, the discovery of another body in the town throws new light on Vanessa’s death. NOVEMBER Could there be more to her case than the police first thought?

ISABEL ASHDOWN’s thrillers Beautiful Liars and Little Sister were both Amazon bestsellers, and were shortlisted in the prestigious Dead Good Reader Awards in 2018 and 2019. Two Crosses Isabel Ashdown Thriller MMP: 9781409178958 B format 304 pp £8.99 Chichester, UK eBook: 9781409178965 £8.99 @IsabelAshdown Audio: 9781409179603 10hrs £19.99

46 The second novel in a heart-warming new fiction series in partnership with Battersea Dogs and Cats Home Kathy Simmonds is alone at Christmas this year, after her beloved husband John passed away. She keeps her home spick and span, struggling with her grief for a family she has lost or lost touch with. But a chance phone call from Battersea Dogs and Cats Home opens the door to something new. She meets Scruff, a messy Jack Russell with a heart of gold who has been left for dead NOVEMBER on the streets of London. Will she be brave enough to grasp this opportunity?

FLORENCE MCNICOLL is the pen name for writer and editor Sophie Wilson.

Home for Christmas Florence McNicoll Women’s Fiction MMP: 9781409192688 B format 352 pp £7.99 Barcelona, Spain eBook: 9781409192695 £7.99 @sophiewilson Audio: 9781409192701 10hrs £19.99

A sweeping love story about a couple kept apart for fifty years who reunite when he has only months to live It’s been fifty years since Elizabeth fell in love with Tom, and just as many since she saw him, yet thanks to the blue crocus delivered to her every year, she’s sure he still loves her too. But when on the fiftieth anniversary the flower fails to arrive, she fears something has happened to him. Faced with the knowledge they’ve only a little time left, she NOVEMBER vows to fulfil as many of his wishes as she can. But Elizabeth is scared that her efforts risk uncovering the secret she has been keeping her whole life ...

MICHELLE ADAMS is the author of two psychological thrillers, which have been translated into fifteen languages.

Little Wishes Michelle Adams Romance MMP: 9781409195047 B format 304 pp £7.99 Cyprus eBook: 9781409195054 £3.99 @MAdamswriter Audio: 9781409195085 10hrs £19.99

47 A fresh cosy-crime series, perfect for fans of M.C. Beaton, Agatha Christie, the British Library Crime Classics series and Midsomer Murders As featured in the Sunday Times, this is the second novel in the festive mystery series from bestselling author Tilly Bagshawe - a must-read for fans of Agatha Christie’s Marple and Midsomer Murders. After uncovering the mystery of the mill, amateur sleuth Iris Grey returns with another crime to solve.

NOVEMBER M.B. SHAW is the pen-name of New York Times bestselling writer Tilly Bagshawe. Her first book, Adored, was a New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller.

Murder at the Castle M.B. Shaw Crime MMP: 9781409189398 B format 288 pp £8.99 Manchester, UK eBook: 9781409189404 £8.99 www.tillybagshawe.com Audio: 9781409189411 10hrs £19.99

A cosy Christmas read to curl up with this winter! It’s almost Christmas and the snow is falling in the Cotswolds. Simon and Nora, the owners of the bookshop on the green, are gearing up for the festive season – but the shop is in trouble. They come up with a plan to rouse the community spirit, sending out six books to lonely members of their village. One by one, the villagers come to the shop, all of them touched by the gesture. The books fly off the shelves, but will it be enough to save the shop? NOVEMBER ANNE-MARIE RYAN is a children’s editor and writer. This is her first book for adults.

The Six Tales of Christmas Anne-Marie Ryan Contemporary Fiction MMP: 9781409194354 B format 400 pp £7.99 Barcelona, Spain eBook: 9781409194361 £3.99 @sophiewilson Audio: 9781409194477v10hrs £19.99

48 Erin Brokovich meets Dallas Buyers Club: the incredible true story of a young single mother swept up in the AIDS crisis and risked everything to give victims back their humanity Ruth Coker Burks could never have known that a split-second decision to look behind a door while visiting a friend in hospital would change her life forever. Suddenly, she went from being an ordinary young mother to an accidental activist, burying the ashes of generations of gay men; defying local pastors and nurses to store medication; and ultimately advising President DECEMBER Bill Clinton on the national crisis. Heartbreaking and heart- warming in equal measure, All the Young Men ensures those who were stigmatised and abandoned are finally heard.

RUTH COKER BURKS is a former caregiver of AIDS crisis victims and an AIDS awareness advocate.

All the Young Men Ruth Coker Burks Autobiography HB: 9781409193791 Royal 304 pp £16.99 Arkansas, USA eBook: 9781409189138 £8.99 @RuthCokerBurks Audio: 9781409189145 10hrs £19.99

Warm, funny, relatable women’s fiction for the motherhood market It’s New Year’s Eve, and Iris has just found out that her husband, Adam, is cheating on her. Furious, she kicks him out, and enlists her dad to move in and help with the children. But her dad soon starts to display signs of Alzheimer’s, and Iris realises that if she loses her partner, she’ll be managing an awful lot on her own. Soon, she realises that Adam wasn’t the only one taking their marriage for granted, and for the sake of the children she decides to give him one more chance. JANUARY HELEN WHITAKER is a former Entertainment Director of Glamour, and has written for Stella, the Telegraph, Fabulous and Total Film. She is currently Deputy Editor at British Airways High Life magazine.

I Give It a Year Helen Whitaker Romance MMP: 9781409195474 B format 352 pp £8.99 Walthamstow, UK eBook: 9781409195481 £3.99 @helbobwhitaker Audio: 9781409195658 10hrs £19.99

49 What would you do if you found your name on a hitlist? And your late husband put it there? Things go from bad to worse for Marianne when she discovers that not only has her seemingly ordinary late husband, Greg, been accessing the dark web, but that her name is also on a hitlist on his laptop. Marianne must figure out whether Greg was trying to protect her or whether he was complicit in the conspiracy to murder her.

JANUARY As she is pulled deeper into an underworld that Greg was seemingly hostage to, she gets closer to meeting Sam – the assassin hired to kill her.

HOLLY SEDDON is the international bestselling author of Try Not to Breath, Don’t Close Your Eyes and Love Will Tear Us Apart. The Wanted Holly Seddon Thriller MMP: 9781409195504 B format 352 pp £19.99 London, UK eBook: 9781409195481 £7.99 @hollyseddon Audio: 9781409195658 10hrs £19.99

Books that start conversations

50 With a mission to publish books that start conversations, TRAPEZE has established itself as one of the most vibrant, dynamic – and commercially successful – imprints in the industry.

51 Artwork from The Tower of Fools by Andrzej Sapkowski, published by Gollancz (p62)

5252 Science-Fiction, Fantasy and Horror

GOLLANCZ is the oldest specialist SF & Fantasy publisher in the UK. Founded in 1927, and with a continuous SF publishing programme dating back to 1961, it is home to a galaxy of award- winning and bestselling authors.

Through the long-running SF & Fantasy Masterworks programme, and a major digital initiative, the SF Gateway, Gollancz has one of the largest ranges of SF & Fantasy of any publisher in the world. Authors include Ben Aaronovitch, Joe Abercrombie, Stephen Baxter, Elizabeth Bear, Aliette de Bodard, Arthur C. Clarke, Dhonielle Clayton, Philip K. Dick, Stephen Donaldson, Charlaine Harris, Joanne M. Harris, Joe Hill, Ursula K. Le Guin, Scott Lynch, Terry Pratchett, Alastair Reynolds, Justina Robson, Brandon Sanderson, Andrzej Sapkowski and Nalini Singh.

Mission: To publish the very best authors in the fields of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror, to re-present the classics of the genre to a new audience and to discover the stars of tomorrow. To boldly go, dare we say it, where no publisher has gone before.

53 The third novel of the galaxy-spanning Sun Eater series merges the best of space opera and epic fantasy Hadrian has been serving the empire in military engage- ments against the Cielcin, the vicious alien civilisation bent on humanity’s destruction. His popularity has grown, but it culminates in an assassination attempt by people within his own government. In response, Hadrian leaves to pursue his true interest: a long-rumoured connection between the first Emperor and JULY the Quiet: the ancient, seemingly long-dead race. And he will find the key to unlocking their secrets in a massive library on a distant world. The coordinates for their origin planet.

CHRISTOPHER RUOCCHIO is a novelist writing in the tradition Demon in White of Dune and The Book of the New Sun. He is also an Christopher Ruocchio editorial assistant, and lives in North Carolina, USA.

Science Fiction North Carolina, USA TPB: 9781473218321 Royal 688 pp £18.99 cruoochio.wordpress.com eBook: 9781473218345 £9.99 @CPRuocchio Audio: 9781409168218 MP3 14hrs £19.99

The fifth book in the epic fantasy series of mystery, prophecy and death within the ancient walled city of Sharakhai The reign of the Sharakhani kings has been broken. Queen Meryam now rules the city. Meanwhile, the fallen kings believe they have found the means to save the city and desert beyond from certain destruction. One person is crucial to their success: Çeda. And Çeda must choose: work with the king she’s vowed JULY to destroy or risk losing the city she loves. Whatever she decides, the path will be dangerous. Sharakhai is under threat from neighbouring kingdoms, and now the gods themselves are stepping in … When Jackals Storm the Walls BRADLEY BEAULIEU is the acclaimed author of The Winds of Bradley Beaulieu Khalakovo trilogy, and lives and works in the USA. Fantasy Wisconsin, USA TPB: 9781473223639 Royal 592 pp £18.99 www.quillings.com eBook: 9781473223653 £8.99 @bbeaulieu Audio: 9781409178590 MP3 15hrs £19.99

54 The final volume in the God Fragments series, as the mercenaries face a war which may threaten the entire continent The time for heroes has come, but all the Riven Kingdom has is bastards. With war between the Militant Orders looming, the entire continent may soon be on fire. The very nature of magic has changed, but even that might not be the biggest disaster on the horizon. To stop it all may require a gamble only a bunch of drunken lunatics are willing to take. JULY The old ways need breaking and that’s one thing the Cards are good at. Just be careful what you wish for.

As well as writing, TOM LLOYD is known for watching loads of TV and playing a little sport in his spare time. God of Night Tom Lloyd

Oxford, UK Fantasy www.tomlloyd.co.uk HB: 9781473224643 B Format 400 pp £16.99 @tomlloydwrites eBook: 9781473224667 £8.99

One apartment building, many stories. A chilling thriller that’s perfect for fans of horror like Get Out and It Follows A dinner party is held in the penthouse of a multimillion-pound development. All the guests are strangers – even to their host, the billionaire owner of the building. None of them know why they were selected. Besides a post- code, they share only one thing in common – they’ve all experienced an unsettling occurrence within the building’s walls. By the night’s end, their host is dead, and none of the guests AUGUST will say what happened. His death remains one of the biggest unsolved mysteries – until now.

JONNY SIMS is a writer, performer and games designer. He is the mind and the voice behind acclaimed horror podcast Thirteen Storeys The Magnus Archives. Jonny Sims Horror HB: 9781473228726 Royal 384 pp £16.99 TPB: 9781473228733 Royal 384 pp £13.99 London, UK eBook: 9781473228757 £8.99 @jonnywaistcoat Audio: 9781473228764 MP3 10hrs £19.99

55 A feminist space opera that follows seven resistance fighters who will free the galaxy from the ruthless Tholosian Empire – or die trying Eris, the heir to the galaxy’s most ruthless empire, has been recruited by the Resistance for an important mission: to infiltrate a spaceship ferrying deadly cargo and return with the intelligence she finds there. Alongside her ally Cloelia, they discover more than they bargained for: three fugitives with first-hand knowledge of the empire’s inner workings. AUGUST Together, these women possess the knowledge and capabil- ities to bring the empire to its knees. But the clock is ticking, and the empire’s new heir has plans that will change things forever …

ELIZABETH MAY is the author of the YA fantasy trilogy The Falconer and short fiction published in Toil & Trouble. Seven Devils LAURA LAM’s work includes the BBC Radio 2 Book Club Laura Lam and section False Hearts and the award-winning Micah Elizabeth May Grey series. Science Fiction Edinburgh, UK HB: 9781473225145 Royal 448 pp £16.99 TPB: 9781473231146 Royal 448 pp £13.99 @_ElizabethMay eBook: 9781473225169 £8.99 @LR_Lam Audio: 9781409183280 MP3 10hrs £19.99

The annual foray into the days and dates of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld The calendar dates are extensive, and exhaustively researched, and include all major real-time calendrical data for Great Brit- ain, Eire, Australia, New Zealand and the USA, as well as notable Discworld dates. This year’s calendar has us signing up to Ankh-Morpork’s most singular institution, dedicated to the upkeep of law and order. Head through the year and revel at the mighty and honourable exploits of the City Watch, plus whatever it is Cpl AUGUST Nobbs has been up to …

SIR TERRY PRATCHETT (1948-2015 ) is a publishing Terry Pratchett’s phenomenon. He is the author of fifty bestselling books but Discworld is best known for the globally renowned Discworld series. Calendar 2021 Terry Pratchett Fantasy Calendar: 9781473228368 £14.99

56 Two spaceship crews from different realities must work together to discover how the World Engineers have altered the solar system, and why … Trapped on an alternate Earth, three spaceship crews from parallel universes must work together to discover what led them to this point. But their small differences make coop- eration difficult. Some differences are not so small. The solar system has been altered in the various realities, and the World Engineers – unspeakably powerful – are still active. Can they be stopped, SEPTEMBER and should they be? Malenfant, Deidra and the rest of their party must find a way off the planet, back into space, and into the many dimensions seeking the answer …

STEPHEN BAXTER is the pre-eminent science fiction writer of his generation. Published around the world, he has won World major awards in the UK, USA, Germany and Japan. Engines Creator Science Fiction Stephen Baxter HB: 9781473223226 Royal 576 pp £20 ETPB: 9781473223233 Royal 576 pp £14.99 eBook: 9781473223257 £10.99 Northumberland, UK Audio: 9781473228474 MP3 10hrs £19.99

As the world begins to learn how divided it really is, a small group of immortals must come together to save everything The three lands of the immortals have never known of each other, but now they are at war. A fourth land, meanwhile, has started its invasion. Many immortals are dead, and the rest are unprepared for what is coming. But there are three, one from each land, who have become involved. One just wants to protect her child. One wants to learn everything he can about this new threat. And one wants SEPTEMBER revenge. And as all three come together, so do the forces arrayed against them …

CHRIS HUMPHREYS was born in Toronto and grew up in Los Angeles and London. The Coming of the Dark Chris Humphreys Fantasy TPB: 9781473226067 Royal 368 pp £18.99 Salt Spring Island, Canada eBook: 9781473226081 £9.99 www.cchumphreys.com Audio: 9781473228450 MP3 10hrs £19.99

57 Second in the Age of Madness trilogy, The Trouble with Peace is the next instalment of a series which is revolutionising fantasy Savine dan Glokta, once Adua’s most powerful investor, finds her judgement, fortune and reputation in tatters. But she still has all her ambitions, and no scruple will be permitted to stand in her way. For heroes like Leo dan Brock and Stour Nightfall, only happy with swords drawn, peace is an ordeal to end as soon as possible. But grievances must be nursed, power seized and SEPTEMBER allies gathered first, while Rikke must master the power of the Long Eye before it kills her first.

JOE ABERCROMBIE’s novels have been shortlisted for the World Fantasy Awards, British Fantasy Awards, John W. The Trouble Campbell Award and the David Gemmell Legend Awards. with Peace Joe Abercrombie Fantasy HB: 9780575095915 Royal 560 pp £18.99 Bath, UK ETPB: 9780575095939 Royal, 560 pp £14.99 www.joeabercrombie.com eBook: 9780575095953 £9.99 @LordGrimdark Audio: 9781473228528 MP3 13:20hrs £19.99

A girl’s search for her father leads to an extended family of magical fighting booksellers who policing the Old World of England London, 1983. Susan Arkshaw is looking for her missing father when she encounters Merlin: a left-handed bookseller. Together with the right-handed ones, booksellers use magic to police the legendary Old World when it intrudes on the modern world, in addition to running several bookshops. Merlin has his own quest: to find the Old-World entity who SEPTEMBER killed his mother. But his quest strangely overlaps with Susan’s. Who or what was her father? Susan and Merlin must find out, as the Old World erupts dangerously into the New.

GARTH NIX is a multiple bestselling Australian writer of the The Left-Handed Old Kingdom, Seventh Tower and Keys to the Kingdom Booksellers of London series. He has twice won the Aurealis Award. Garth Nix Fantasy HB: 9781473227767 Royal 560 pp £20 Sydney, Australia ETPB: 9781473227774 Royal 560 pp £14.99 www.garthnix.com eBook: 9781473227798 £10.99 @garthnix Audio: 9781473227804 MP3 10hrs £19.99

58 Take a deep breath and immerse yourself in a stunning new novella from #1 bestselling author Joanne Harris. A powerful and moving story of one mother’s quest for her missing daughter – dead, or stolen away by the fae – this retelling of the Orpheus myth combines music, mythology and a mother’s determination in one beautifully told novella which is stunningly illustrated by Bonnie Hawkins.

JOANNE HARRIS is the author of the Whitbread shortlisted SEPTEMBER Chocolat and many other bestselling novels. Her hobbies are listed in Who’s Who as ‘mooching, lounging, strutting, strumming, priest-baiting and quiet subversion’.

Orfeia Joanne M. Harris Fantasy Yorkshire, UK HB: 9781473229952 B format 240 pp £14.99 www.joanne-harris.co.uk eBook: 9781473229976 £7.99 @Joannechocolat Audio: 9781473229983 MP3 5hrs £19.99

A comprehensive guide to the capital city of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld, getting to the heart of Ankh- Morpork’s secrets, societies and guilds In the second volume of this confidential guide, brave travellers are made privy to the inner workings of more illustrious Ankh-Morpork societies. Disabuse yourself of notions of professionalism under which you may hold the City Watch; discover what serious busi- ness is undertaken by the Fools’ Guild (joking is no laughing matter); and, should you be lucky, achieve true enlightenment SEPTEMBER through the teachings of Lu-Tze. One thing’s for sure: after you’ve read this book, Ankh-Morpork’s Guilds are going to need to come up with new ways of doing things.

The Ankh-Morpork SIR TERRY PRATCHETT (1948-2015 ) is a publishing phenomenon. He is the author of fifty bestselling books but Archives Volume II is best known for the globally renowned Discworld series. Terry Pratchett, Stephen Briggs and Paul Kidby Fantasy HB: 9781473229648 240x240 240 pp £25

59 With ten full-colour illustrations by Paul Kidby and more pencil drawings inside, this is the ultimate edition of a much-loved Pratchett classic This is where the dragons went. They lie, not dead, not asleep, but dormant. And although the space they occupy isn’t like normal space, nevertheless they are packed in tightly. They could put you in mind of a can of sardines, if you thought sardines were huge and scaly. And presumably, somewhere, there’s a key to let them out. OCTOBER Captain Sam Vimes of the Night Watch is going to have a doozy of a night when they are.

SIR TERRY PRATCHETT (1948-2015 ) is a publishing The Illustrated phenomenon. He is the author of fifty bestselling books but Guards! Guards! is best known for the globally renowned Discworld series. Terry Pratchett Fantasy HB: 9781473230705 Royal 336 pp £30 HB: (slipcased) 9781473230712 Royal 336 pp £75

An unsettling tale of a man caught up in a crime he does not understand, and cannot believe Todd Fremde is a writer of criminal mysteries. Invited to the island of Dearth, far across the Dream Archipelago, to talk at a conference, he finds himself caught up in a series of mysteries. How can Dearth claim to be crime-free, yet still have an armed police force? Why are they so keen for him to appear, but so dismissive OCTOBER when he arrives? And how does this all connect with a murder on his home island, ten years before? Fremde’s investigations will lead him to some dangerous conclusions …

CHRISTOPHER PRIEST is a multi-award-winning novelist whose work has built him an inimitable dual reputation as a contemporary literary novelist and a leading figure in modern The Evidence SF and fantasy. Christopher Priest Science Fiction HB: 9781473231375 Royal 360 pp £20 Bute, UK eBook: 9781437231399 £10.99 www.christopher-priest.co.uk Audio: 9781473231405 MP3 10hrs £19.99

60 In a sizzling new Argeneau novel from New York Times bestselling author Lynsay Sands, a gorgeous mortal encounters his greatest temptation Ildaria Garcia’s vigilante tendencies have lately drawn unwel- come attention to her fellow Immortals. Forced to relocate, Ildaria unintentionally entangles herself with six and a half feet of muscular, tattooed trouble. Joshua James Simpson Guiscard, aka G.G., knows enough about Immortals to make him wary. Yet from the moment OCTOBER Ildaria walks into his club, he feels desire stronger than anything he’s known. But when her past catches up to them, G.G. faces a choice – confront his demons at last, or lose a passion that’s hot as hell.

LYNSAY SANDS is an award-winning author of more than Immortal Angel thirty books, which have made the New York Times Lynsay Sands bestseller lists.

Ontario, Canada Urban Fantasy www.lynsaysands.net MMP: 9781473230521 B format 384 pp £8.99 @LynsaySands eBook: 9781473230538 £4.99

A superb new adventure in the White Space universe, by award-winning author Elizabeth Bear Meet Doctor Jens. She hasn’t had a decent cup of coffee in fifteen years. The first part of her job involves jumping out of perfectly good spaceships. The second part requires developing emergency treatments for sick aliens of species she’s never seen before. She loves it. But her latest emergency is also proving a mystery. One in OCTOBER which she’s about to discover that everything she’s dedicated her life to is a lie.

ELIZABETH BEAR has won the John W. Campbell Award and a Locus Award, and has been nominated for the BSFA, Machine Philip K. Dick and Lambda awards. A White Space Novel Elizabeth Bear Science Fiction New England, USA TPB: 9781473208773 Royal 512 pp £16.99 @matociquala eBook: 9781473208797 £8.99 Elizabeth-Bear Audio: 9781473231412 MP3 10hrs £19.99

61 A brand-new epic fantasy trilogy from the author of the legendary Witcher series that inspired the blockbuster Netflix show With strange, mystical forces gathering in the shadows and pursued not only by the Stercza brothers bent on vengeance, but also by the Holy Inquisition, Reynevan finds himself in the Narrenturm, the Tower of Fools, a medieval asylum for the mad, or for those who dare to think differently and challenge the prevailing order. The ‘patients’ of this institution form an incomparable gallery OCTOBER of colourful types: including, among others, the young Coper- nicus, proclaiming the truth of the heliocentric solar system.

ANDRZEJ SAPKOWSKI was born in 1948 in Poland. The success of his fantasy cycle about the sorcerer Geralt of Rivia turned him into one of Poland’s most successful authors. The Tower of Fools Andrzej Sapkowski Fantasy HB: 9781473226128 Royal 432 pp £20 ETPB: 9781473226135 Royal 432 pp £14.99 Łódz, Poland eBook: 9781473226159 £10.99 www.sapkowskipl.wordpress.com Audio: 9781409185277 MP3 12hrs £25

The sequel to We Are the Dead: Jia’s revolutionaries are about to learn that wars aren’t won in a day War takes everything. It thrust Tinnstra into a conflict she wanted only to avoid. Now her queen’s sole protector, she must give everything she has left to keep Zorique safe. Meanwhile, Dren and Jax must hold strong against their bruised invaders, the Egril, who intend to wipe Jia from the map. The Egril may have lost a battle, but they are coming back. NOVEMBER If Tinnstra and her allies hope to survive, Jia’s heroes will need to be ready when they do.

MIKE SHACKLE has lived in London, Hong Kong, Singapore, Beijing, New York, Dubai and Vancouver. In that time, he’s sold washing machines, cooked for royalty, designed logos A Fool’s Hope and created ads. Mike Shackle Fantasy Vancouver, Canada TPB: 9781473225244 Royal 528 pp £16.99 www.mashackle.com eBook: 9781473225268 £8.99 @mikeshackle Audio: 9781473228504 MP3 13:20hrs £19.99

62 The eagerly awaited sequel to the no.1 New York Times bestselling Oathbringer, from an epic fantasy writer at the top of his game After forming a coalition of human resistance against the enemy invasion, Dalinar Kholin and his Knights Radiant have spent a year fighting a protracted, brutal war. Neither side has gained an advantage. Now, as new technological discoveries begin to change the face of the war, the enemy prepares a bold and dangerous operation. The arms race that follows will challenge the very NOVEMBER core of the Radiant ideals, and potentially reveal the secrets of the ancient tower that was once the heart of their strength.

BRANDON SANDERSON was born in Nebraska in 1975. Since then he has written the Mistborn series, amongst others, become a New York Times bestselling author and Rhythm of War been hailed as the natural successor to Robert Jordan. Brandon Sanderson Fantasy HB: 9780575093386 Royal 1088 pp £25 Utah, USA ETPB: 9780575093393 Royal 1088 pp £14.99 www.brandonsanderson.com eBook: 9780575093409 £12.99 @BrandSanderson Audio: 9781473231054 MP3 40hrs £25

A horrifying secret rises in the aftermath of an archangelic war in New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh’s deadly and beautiful Guild Hunter world … The Archangels of Death and Disease may be gone but their legacy lives on – especially in Africa, where shambling, rotting creatures called the reborn have gained a vicious intelligence. It is up to Titus, Archangel of this vast continent, to stop them from spreading across the world. Titus can’t do it alone, and there is no one left to help . . . but the Hummingbird. NOVEMBER Old yet powerful, she must stand with Titus against a tide of death , and the Archangel of Disease’s last terrible gift . . .

NALINI SINGH was born in Fiji and raised in New Zealand. She has previously worked as a lawyer, librarian, candy Archangel’s Sun factory general hand, bank temp and an English teacher. Nalini Singh Urban fantasy Auckland, New Zealand MMP: 9781473231436 B Format 400 pp £8.99 www.nalinisingh.com eBook: 9781473231436 £4.99 @NaliniSingh Audio: 9781473231450 MP3 10hrs £19.99

63 Near-future, edge-of-your seat climate change thriller for fans of Al Reynolds and Richard Morgan 2069, and Earth is in flux. Whole nations are being wiped off the map by climate change. Desperate for new resources, the space race has exploded back into life. Jack, the scion of a shipping magnate, is desperate to escape Earth and joins a team chasing down an asteroid. But the ship he’s on is full of desperate people – each one needing the riches claiming the asteroid will bring them.

NOVEMBER And they’re willing to do anything if it means getting there first.

DR S.J. MORDEN has won the Philip K. Dick Award. He is a bona fide rocket scientist with degrees in geology and planetary geophysics.

Gallowglass S.J. Morden Science Fiction TPB: 9781473228542 Royal 400 pp £14.99 Gateshead, UK eBook: 9781473228566 £7.99 @ComradeMorden Audio: 9781473228573 MP3 10hrs £19.99

A fast-paced hi tech dystopian thriller with a strong female lead from an extremely talented new voice in SF – perfect for fans of Bladerunner A young soldier, sent on a mission to discover the source of an attack on her home, uncovers a conspiracy that makes her question her absolute loyalty to her own government. Set in a post-apocalyptic world where people live in corporate campuses separated by hi-tech customs borders, this action- packed thriller contains corporate surveillance, compelling characters and sinister politics in a world that holds a mirror to JANUARY our own reality. Perfect for fans of hi-tech SF adventure such as Revenger, Rosewater, Six Wakes or Ancillary Justice.

LOUISE CAREY is a writer and editor who has co-authored two novels with her parents Mike and Linda. Her Tweet- sized flash fiction has been featured in Nanoism and Cuento Magazine. Inscape is her first solo novel. Inscape Louise Carey Science Fiction MMP: 9781473229990 B format 416 pp £8.99 eBook: 9781473230002 £4.99 @Louisecarey25 Audio: 9781473230057 MP3 15hrs £19.99

64 Returning to the world of Shadows of the Short Days, it’s time to go beyond Reykjavik to Hrimland’s remote islands War with the mainland is draining Reykjavik, so Solvi and his mother have fled to Hrimland’s remote islands for the chance of a new life. But things there are strange, and Solvi does not trust the people who take his mother in. Kari is a professor of magic, recruited for a task only he can complete. He must go deep into the islands’ magical wasteland, find what’s hidden there, and turn the tide of the JANUARY war forever. But the world might not be ready for the storm he will unearth …

ALEXANDER DAN VILHJÁLMSSON is an Icelandic author who lives in Reykjavík. He is the founder and editor of Iceland’s The Storm Beneath a first SFF magazine, Furðusögur (Weird Stories). Midnight Sun Alexander Dan Vilhjálmsson Fantasy HB: 9781473224148 Royal 448 pp £14.99 ETPB: 9781473224155 Royal 448 pp £13.99 Reykjavik, Iceland eBook: 9781473224179 £7.99 @alexander_dan Audio: 9781473228498 MP3 10hrs £19.99

65 Artwork from Imperfect Women by Araminta Hall, published by Orion Fiction (p72)

66 Fiction

ORION FICTION is a heartland for brilliant commercial fiction, and many of our authors have been with us since our inception. Our ambition is to take brand authors to even greater heights, to build authors with a growing platform in a creative and strategic way, and to launch new authors with impact beyond that first book.

Authors include Ian Rankin, Michael Connelly, Cathy Kelly, Joanne Harris, James Lee Burke, Maureen Lee, Adrian McKinty, Veronica Henry, Ben Kane, Victoria Aveyard, Mari Hannah and Cathy Bramley.

67 Blake’s dead. His wife killed him. The question is, which one? The only thing Rachel, Emily and Tina have in common is their husband. Until his body is discovered and they become the sole suspects. Attacked from all sides, the wives put aside their obvious differences to close ranks as a family. But as the murder investigation into Blake’s death intensifies, so spins a web of secrets and long-repressed trauma. JULY And in the end, will the wives discover that the women they’ve been sharing a husband with aren’t the women they thought they knew at all?

CATE QUINN is a travel and lifestyle journalist. Prior to this, she combined historical research with first-hand experiences in far-flung places to create critically acclaimed and bestselling historical fiction. Black Widows Cate Quinn Suspense Thriller HB: 9781409196952 Royal 320 pp £12.99 ETPB: 9781409196969 Royal 320 pp £12.99 Totnes, UK eBook: 9781409196983 £12.99 @CathWritesStuff Audio: 9781409196990 10hrs £19.99

The new hilarious, heart-warming novel from the author of The Year of Surprising Acts of Kindness and Bring Me Sunshine High in the Welsh hills sits the community of The Mountain – a once-thriving village which has changed beyond recognition. Wanda Williams has always dreamed of escaping, but she’s had to put her dreams on hold to care for her mother. So Wanda sets about reviving her family’s run-down camp- site, replacing tired old tents with yurts, adding a hot tub and providing lovely homemade goodies for the campers. JULY Can Wanda bring life back into the little community? And will her wanderlust ever subside … ?

LAURA KEMP writes tender but hilarious romantic comedies which are unashamed love letters to the everywoman. She Under a Starry Sky is a journalist who has written for the Guardian, Daily Mail Laura Kemp and the Sun. Commercial Women’s Fiction Cardiff, UK MMP: 9781409189183 B 400 pp £7.99 @Laurajanekemp eBook: 9781409189190 £7.99 /Laurakempbooks Audio: 9781409189206 10 hrs £19.99 68 A beautifully haunting novel about faith, grief, courage and love, from acclaimed bestseller Julie Cohen In Victorian England, Viola is an amateur photographer struggling with the grief of her father’s death and her loveless marriage to her childhood friend, Jonah. When she discovers a talent for capturing ghostly images on camera, Viola comes to the attention of a spirit medium, and a powerful attraction between the two women is sparked. As each woman puts herself at risk, unspeakable truths are brought to light that JULY will change their lives forever. Driven by passionate, courageous female characters, Spirited is an unforgettable read.

JULIE COHEN’s books have been translated into fifteen languages and have sold over a million copies; Dear Thing Spirited and Together were Richard and Judy Book Club picks. Julie Cohen Historical Fiction HB: 9781409179870 Short Royal 320 pp £16.99 Reading, UK ETPB: 9781409179887 Royal 320 pp £14.99 www.julie-cohen.com eBook: 9781409179900 £16.99 @julie_cohen Audio: 9781409179917 10hrs £19.99

Two sisters on trial for murder. They accuse each other. Who do you believe? Alexandra Avellino has just found her father’s mutilated body. She believes her sister killed him. Sofia Avellino has just found her father’s mutilated body. She believes her sister did it. Both women are to go on trial together, in front of one jury. One of these women is lying. One of them is a murderer. Sitting in a jail cell, about to go on trial for murder, you might JULY think that this is the last place she expected to be. You’d be wrong.

Born and raised in Belfast, award-winning author STEVE Fifty-Fifty CAVANAGH practised Civil Rights law and lectures on legal Steve Cavanagh subjects. He is married with two young children.

Country Antrim, UK Legal Thriller www.stevecavanaghauthor.com/ MMP: 9781409185864 B Format 320 pp £8.99 @SSCav eBook: 9781409185871 £8.99 /SSCav1 Audio: 9781409185888 10hrs £19.99

69 How far would you go to reveal the truth about your own family? The grotesque and the monstrous ran in her blood. It was imprinted within her very core, her DNA, a part of every cell in her body. Kat’s children are both smart and well-adjusted. On the outside. Kat has always tried to treat Imogen and Jemima equally, but she struggles with one of her daughters more than the other. Because Imogen’s birth mother is a serial killer. And Imogen JULY doesn’t know. They say you can’t choose your family, but what if your family chooses you?

Like Mother, Like ELLE CROFT was born in South Africa, raised in Australia Daughter and moved to England in 2010. She is a freelance social Elle Croft media specialist and blogs about travel, food and London life. Elle is part of the Crime Girl Gang podcast.

London, UK Psychological Thriller www.ellecroft.com/blog/ MMP: 9781409187233 B format 304 pp £7.99 @elle_croft eBook: 9781409187240 £14.99 /ElleCroft Audio: 9781409187257 10hrs £19.99

The hugely anticipated follow-up to the cultural sensation Birdbox From the twisted mind of the suspense-horror master Josh Malerman comes a deeper and darker journey into the world of the international bestselling, Netflix record-breaking Bird Box. We hope you’ve packed your blindfolds …

JOSH MALERMAN is an award-winning author and one of two singer/songwriters for rock band The High Strung. His novel Bird Box was adapted into a hugely successful JULY Netflix feature film.

Malorie Josh Malerman Thriller HB: 9781409193128 Royal 320 pp £16.99 Ferndale, USA ETPB: 9781409193135 Royal 320 pp £13.99 @JoshMalerman eBook: 9781409193159 £16.99 /JoshMalerman Audio: 9781409193265 10hrs £19.99

70 An intoxicating story of undiscovered secrets, hidden dangers and the power of forgiveness, from the New York Times bestselling author On the eve of the Second World War, the last surviving specimen of a camellia plant lies secreted away on an English country estate. Flora, an amateur American botanist, is contracted by an international ring of flower thieves to infiltrate the household and acquire the coveted bloom. More than half a century later, garden designer Addison discovers an old notebook, whose pages hint at a dark secret AUGUST at the heart of the camellia orchard. What danger did Flora face, and will Addison share her fate?

SARAH JIO is the no.1 New York Times bestselling author of ten novels, host of the Mod About You podcast and a long- The Last Camellia time journalist. Her books are published in over twenty-five Sarah Jio countries.

Seattle, USA Commercial Women’s Fiction sarahjio.com MMP: 978140919081 £8.99 @sarahjio eBook: 9781409190820 £8.99 /sarahjioauthor Audio: 9781409193876 10hrs £19.99

Step into the cosy community of Lantern Square … Warm, wise and welcoming, Helen Rolfe writes from the heart In the cosy Cotswold village of Butterbury, Hannah runs Tied up with String, sending handmade gifts and care packages across the miles, as well as delivering them to people she thinks need them the most. But when her ex-best friend Georgia turns up and wants in on the action, will Hannah be willing to forgive and forget?

AUGUST Meanwhile, a mysterious care package lands on her own doorstep at Lantern Cottage. Who is trying to win her heart – and will she ever be willing to give it away?

The Little Cottage in HELEN ROLFE writes contemporary women’s fiction and Lantern Square enjoys weaving stories about family, friendship, secrets and Helen Rolfe community.

Berkhamsted, UK www.helenjrolfe.com Commercial Women’s Fiction @HJRolfe MMP: 9781409191407 £7.99 /helenjrolfewriter eBook: 9781409191414 £7.99 @helen_j_rolfe Audio: 9781409191421 10hrs £19.99

71 Three women. Three best friends. Three tragic deaths. The new novel from the bestselling author of Our Kind of Cruelty Nancy, Eleanor and Mary have been friends ever since college. Nancy married her college sweetheart and misses the excitement of her youth. Eleanor put her career above all else and harbours a soft spot for Nancy’s husband. Mary fell pregnant far too young and is coping with three AUGUST children and a mentally unwell husband. But when Nancy is killed, each of their stories unfold to show that there are many different truths to find, and many different ways to bring justice for those we love …

ARAMINTA HALL has worked as a writer, journalist and teacher. She has taught creative writing for many years. She lives in Brighton with her husband and three children. Imperfect Women Araminta Hall Suspense Thriller HB: 9781409196082 Royal 352 pp £14.99 ETPB: 9781409196099 Royal 352 pp £13.99 Brighton, UK eBook: 9781409196112 £14.99 @aramintahall Audio: 9781409196273 10hrs £19.99

From the king of locked room mysteries: how do you find a murderer in a place where everyone is one? Kara Lockhart has just commenced a life sentence – for a murder she is adamant she didn’t commit – when she wakes up to find her cellmate murdered. The door was locked all night, making Kara the only suspect. But Kara didn’t do it, and has no idea who did. Setting about trying to clear her name, Kara finds connec- tions between her fellow prisoners and herself that she could never have imagined, and learns that her conviction and her AUGUST current situation might be linked in strange ways.

CHRIS McGEORGE lives in Durham and is a recent graduate of the Creative Writing (crime/thriller) MA at City University. He loves film and acting in an amateur theatre group. Inside Out Chris McGeorge Crime Thriller MMP: 9781409187561 B format 320 pp £7.99 Durham, UK eBook: 9781409187578 £7.99 @crmcgeorger Audio: 9781409187585 10hrs £19.99

72 A spellbinding mix of history, horror and humour – the brand-new Frey & McGray mystery There are many bad days in Edinburgh police’s subdivision, ‘The Commission for the Elucidation of Unsolved Cases Presumably Related to the Odd and Ghostly’. And in the pantheon of the worst days – today takes the podium; the English Inspector Ian Frey, and his Scottish boss ‘Nine-Nails’ McGray are called into a meeting in the middle of the night with none other than the Prime Minister himself.

AUGUST And he tells them that Queen Victoria – the most powerful woman in the world – wants them both dead.

OSCAR DE MURIEL was born in Mexico City before completing a Chemistry PhD. While working as a translator, ideas for a spooky whodunnit series came to him and Nine-Nails McGray was born. Dance of the Serpents Oscar de Muriel Crime Thriller HB: 9781409187660 Royal 320 pp £18.99 Warrington, UK eBook: 9781409187684 £18.99 @OscardeMuriel Audio: 9781409187691 10hrs £19.99

Emotional, moving women’s fiction combining the warmth of Jojo Moyes and the thought-provoking dilemmas of Jodi Picoult Born with a heart defect, Vivienne Clark’s life was saved by a transplant. Now a journalist, she doesn’t allow herself to think about the donor, the boy who died so she could live; she can’t bear to. Then she meets his mother, Helen, who wants something in return for Vivi’s second-hand heart: her help to find all the other people who have tiny pieces of her son. As their AUGUST lives begin to intertwine, Vivi discovers that she might just be braver than she ever imagined.

NICKY PELLEGRINO lives in Auckland, where she combines writing fiction with freelance journalism. She returns to Tiny Pieces of Us Italy whenever possible to meet up with family, eat the best Nicky Pellegrino mozzarella and research her books.

Auckland, New Zealand www.nickypellegrino.com Commercial Women’s Fiction @nickypellegrino MMP: 9781409179016 B 368 pp £8.99 /nickypellegrinoauthor Ebook: 9781409179023 £14.99 @nickypellegrino Audio: 9781409179559 10hrs £19.99

73 A gripping psychological thriller about a ghostwriter writing the autobiography of a woman trying to bury her past secrets Olivia is the domestic goddess turned internet sensation sharing her picture-perfect life online. And now she’s releasing her tell-all autobiography. Nicky is the ghostwriter tasked with coaxing out the full story – including details of the tragic accident that blighted Olivia’s golden childhood.

SEPTEMBER But, as she delves into Olivia’s life, Nicky discovers cracks appearing in the glamorous façade. As Olivia becomes increasingly hostile, Nicky becomes ever more relentless in her hunt for the truth about an old tragedy better left well alone.

EMMA ROWLEY is a writer, ghostwriter and editor with a background in journalism. She has spent considerable time You Can Trust Me in the courts and covering major crime stories, and now lives Emma Rowley in London. Psychological Suspense London, UK MMP: 9781409175803 B Format 368 pp £7.99 www.emmarowley.co.uk eBook: 9781409175827 £14.99 @emma_rowley Audio: 9781409186335 10hrs £19.99

Hilariously funny and excruciatingly relatable, Winging It shines a light on the highs and lows of the first year of motherhood Emily is sure she’s getting this baby stuff all wrong. Her other half tries to say all the right things (can’t he just keep making her toast?). Her mum is brilliant (but on the other side of the country). But there’s really just one person she wants to open up to … only Emily hasn’t spoken to her for fifteen years. Lonely but not alone, Emily’s about to discover that when SEPTEMBER you’re starting a family, what you really need are your friends.

ANNA JEFFERSON is a fiction writer and playwright who lives in Brighton with her family. Winging It is her first novel, inspired by her blog You Can Take Her Home Now. Winging It Anna Jefferson Commercial Women’s Fiction MMP: 9781409185987 £7.99 Brighton, UK eBook: 9781409185994 (published in May 2019) £7.99 @annajefferson Audio: 9781409186007 (published in May 2019) /youcantakeherhomenow 8:24hrs £19.99

74 Because there’s never enough time to say goodbye ... A heartbreaking debut from a stunning new talent On the surface Sylvia and Paul’s marriage is perfection: she is DEBUT beautiful, alluringly spiky and brilliantly clever, he is a devoted and doting husband and father to their two young children, Megan and Jude. When Sylvia is diagnosed with terminal cancer at thirty-eight, she begins to write a guidebook to help Paul navigate the chaos of family life in her absence. But as Paul learns to live and love without Sylvia, a secret she has kept from him SEPTEMBER throughout their marriage finally comes to light.

REBECCA LEY is a journalist who wrote a column for the Guardian, Doing it for Dad, about her father’s dementia. She has previously worked at the Times, The Sun and the Daily Mail. For When I’m Gone is her debut novel.

For When I’m Gone Rebecca Ley Emotional Women’s Fiction HB: 9781409195375 Royal 368 pp £14.99 ETPB: 9781409195382 Royal 368 pp £13.99 London, UK eBook: 9781409195405 £14.99 @Rebeccahelenley Audio: 9781409195412 10hrs £19.99

A stifling, atmospheric, gothic crime novel for fans of The Woman in Black, The Silent Companions and Little Strangers Thomas Bexley has become a drunkard and recluse, haunted by terrible visions of the dead. But when he learns of a spate of kidnappings – in which his dear friend and former mentor, Elijah Hawthorn, is the lead suspect – Thomas embarks on a journey to find the missing Hawthorn and prove his innocence. Though as the mystery of Hawthorn’s disappearance deepens, so too does Thomas’s apparently growing insanity. SEPTEMBER How can Thomas be certain of the truth when he can’t trust anybody around him, not even himself ... ?

SAM HURCOM was born in Dinas Powys. He has written and illustrated several short stories and children’s books. Sam currently lives close to the woodlands that have always inspired his writing. Letters from the Dead Sam Hurcom Historical Crime HB: 9781409189909 Royal 320 pp £14.99 ETPB: 9781409189916 Royal 320 pp £14.99 Dinas Powys, UK eBook: 9781409189930 £14.99 @SamHurcom Audio: 9781409189947 10hrs £19.99

75 The first in a daring and gripping new Second World War-set crime series for fans of Philip Kerr and Mick Herron Paris, June 1940. The Nazi occupation of Paris begins. Detective Eddie Giral – a survivor of the last world war – watches helplessly on as his world changes forever. But there is something he still has control over. Finding whoever is responsible for four murdered refugees: the unwanted dead, forgotten amid the headlines. SEPTEMBER To do so, he must tread carefully between the Occupation and the Resistance, all the while becoming whoever he must be to survive in this new and terrible order descending on his home.

After graduating in Spanish and French, CHRIS LLOYD moved to Catalonia and stayed for over twenty years. He now lives in South Wales, working as a Catalan and The Unwanted Dead Spanish translator. Chris Lloyd Historical Crime HHB: 9781409190257 Royal 320 pp £16.99 Pontyclun, UK ETPB: 9781409190264 Royal 320 pp £13.99 www.cityofgooddeath.com eBook: 9781409190288 £16.99 @chrislloydbcn Audio: 9781409190295 10hrs £19.99

An ingenious thriller with a big hook and twists galore – for fans of Linwood Barclay and Harlan Coben When struggling journalist Harper returns a dress to the shop she bought it from that morning, she sees the same little girl sitting in the same place she saw her hours ago. No one in the shop knows who the girl is. No desperate parents have approached mall security. And the local police have had no new missing child reports. The girl misses her mother. But why is nobody looking for her? OCTOBER And what if finding her home is the worst thing you could do?

ALEX HART has worked in the film and television industry for over twenty years, primarily in drama and factual development. She lives with her two Siberian cats, Lilya and Igor. Take Me Home Alex Hart Crime Thriller MMP: 9781409189077 B format 320 pp £7.99 Lymington, UK eBook: 9781409189084 £14.99 @alexhartauthor Audio: 9781409189091 10hrs £19.99

76 The second gripping and twist-laden DS Kate Munro crime procedural novel – for fans of Cara Hunter and Fiona Barton Lucy Barker has disappeared. Her distraught husband Scott claims he has no idea where she could be. But rumours abound about this seemingly perfect couple. Why is Scott behaving so strangely? And why was Lucy lying about her location every Tuesday night? Separately investigating the recent murder of a man found OCTOBER floating in a lake, DS Kate Munro learns that the body was discovered by none other than Lucy Barker. Now she must find out if the two crimes are connected, before Lucy’s time runs out.

LOUISA DE LANGE studied psychology and has lived around Southampton ever since. She works as a freelance Nowhere To Be Found copywriter and editor, and can often be found running or Louisa de Lange swimming in muddy lakes. Suspense Thriller Southampton, UK MMP: 9781409195153 B format 320 pp £8.99 www.louisadelange.com eBook: 9781409195160 £8.99 @paperclipgirl Audio: 9781409195429 10hrs £19.99

From the iconic Number One bestseller, comes the brand new John Rebus thriller ‘The master storyteller’ (Guardian) weaves another tale of mystery, intrigue, and suspense, threaded through with some of the most important issues and relevant themes of our time. Sure to be one of the must-read books of the year – so mark your calendars for the latest novel from the one and only Ian Rankin.

Born in Fife, IAN RANKIN’s multi-award-winning, OCTOBER internationally bestselling Inspector Rebus books have now been translated into thirty-six languages. He lives in Edinburgh with his partner and two sons. A Song For The Dark Times Ian Rankin Crime Edinburgh, UK HB: 9781409176978 Royal 320 pp £20 www.ianrankin.net ETPB: 9781409176985 Royal 320 pp £14.99 @Beathhigh eBook: 9781409177005 £20

77 The new steamy romance from international bestseller Jodi Ellen Malpas. Move over Christian Grey, prepare to meet Becker Hunt Eleanor Cole has escaped the tangled world of Becker Hunt. But her haven is shattered when Becker arrives to convince her of his innocence. Eleanor knows better than to fall for this man again. But can she really resist that deep pull within her that believes Becker, that craves him and cannot live without him …?

NOVEMBER Eleanor must make a choice, to leave or stay and follow Becker into the heart of the danger.

JODI ELLEN MALPAS is a no.1 New York Times bestselling author – all six of her published novels having hit the bestsellers list – as well as a Sunday Times bestseller and Wicked Truths international bestseller. Jodi Ellen Malpas

Erotic Romance Northampton, UK MMP: 9781409197539 B 400 pp £7.99 www.jodiellenmalpas.co.uk eBook: 9781409197546 £7.99 @JodiEllenMalpas Audio: 9781409197553 10hrs £19.99

Find love and hope at Edwardes Hotel this Christmas. The perfect seasonal saga for fans of Fiona Ford Covent Garden, 1944. With the mini-Blitz raging and fear in the air, best friends Sukie and Pattie are desperate to help their neighbours in any way they can. Sukie tries to bring a little bit of cheer to those devastated by the bombings with the mobile canteen workforce, while Pattie finds herself drawn towards the evacuees searching for their families. What they both want more than anything is for the war to be over – but one Christmas wish might just see them through … NOVEMBER KITTY DANTON spent time as a news journalist before working in publishing. She grew up in Devon, where her Evie’s War saga is set, and now lives in London.

A Wartime Wish Kitty Danton Saga MMP: 9781409178521 B 304 pp £7.99 eBook: 9781409178538 £7.99 London, UK Audio: 9781409178552 10hrs £19.99

78 From the author of the Dexter series: a masterful thief plots an impossible crime in the second Riley Wolfe book Riley Wolfe, the master thief and master of disguise is back in Fool Me Twice, with a bigger take and much higher stakes. Can he steal a fresco in Rome, an actual painted wall, for the arms dealer who has captured him and threatened him in the most personal way? If anyone can get away with it, it’s Riley Wolfe. He’s always DECEMBER liked a challenge, and there is nothing more satisfying than robbing, and perhaps even double-crossing, the rich!

JEFF LINDSAY is the New York Times bestselling author of the Dexter novels: the basis of the hit Showtime and CBS series Dexter. He lives in South Florida with his family. Fool Me Twice Jeff Lindsay Crime Thriller Cape Coral, USA HB: 9781409186663 Royal 320 pp £18.99 www.dexter-books.com ETPB: 9781409186670 Royal 320 pp £14.99 @dexterjeff eBook: 9781409186694 £18.99 /jefflindsayauthor Audio: 9781409186700 10hrs £19.99

The new, gritty, serial killer thriller based on a true – and still unsolved – crime, from the author of I, Witness … Faith Diamond grew up on the wrong side of the tracks. With a family incapable of abiding by the law, her future is more about survival than dreams. But then a series of prostitutes are murdered, necks broken and stripped naked, their only connection the pimp, Marshall Vella – a man connected in more ways than one with the Diamond family. DECEMBER And Faith is forced to consider the possibility that the people in her life might be more evil than even she could ever have imagined …

NIKI MACKAY studied performing arts at the BRIT School, but preferred writing scripts. She holds a BA (Hons) in Loaded English literature and drama, and an MA in Journalism. Niki Mackay Gangland Thriller Redhill, UK MMP: 9781409195269 B format 320 pp £7.99 www.nikimackay.com eBook: 9781409195276 £7.99 @NikiMackayBooks Audio: 9781409195627 10hrs £19.99

79 A rip-roaring, twisty and hook-led commercial thriller for fans of Lucy Foley, Ruth Ware and Lisa Jewell Beth Belmont runs every day. She knows every turn, every bump in the road. So when she spots a strange slip of white paper while running, she’s drawn to it. On the paper are five names. The third is her own. But why is she on it? And what ties her to the other four strangers? Discovering that the first two names are dead, Beth delves into their pasts. But the truth Beth finds will lead her headlong DECEMBER into her darkest and most dangerous nightmares.

CARYS JONES lives in Shropshire with her husband, daughter and dog. When not writing, she can be found walking round the local woodland or catching up on all things Disney-related.

The List Carys Jones Psychological Suspense MMP: 9781409195986 B format 320 pp £7.99 Telford, UK eBook: 9781409195993 £7.99 @CarysJAuthor Audio: 9781409196006 10hrs £19.99

History, legend and global conspiracy abound when a secret mythological sect seeks to rule the world … Jack West’s mortal enemy, Sphinx, is close to accessing unimaginable power and immortality. He has Jack’s daughter. He has murdered her twin brother, Alexander. Jack must trace him across the globe, from the Mont St Michel to the Sinai desert, and stop him opening the Five Gates and accessing the Supreme Labyrinth. JANUARY The fate of the world is at stake, and Jack is the only man who can save it.

MATTHEW REILLY is an internationally bestselling author The Two Lost whose novels have sold over 7.5 million copies and are Mountains published in over twenty languages. Matthew Reilly Action Thriller Los Angeles, USA HB: 9781409194392 Royal 320 pp £18.99 www.matthewreilly.com ETPB: 9781409194408 Royal 320 pp £12.99 @Matthew_Reilly eBook: 9781409194422 £18.99 /OfficialMatthewReilly Audio: 9781409194484 10hrs £19.99

80 Our ambition is to take brand authors to even greater heights, to build authors with a growing platform in a creative and strategic way, and to launch new authors with impact beyond that first book.

81 Artwork from Pregnancy After Loss, by Zoë Clark-Coates, published by Orion Spring (p85)

82 Non-Fiction

ORION SPRING publishes books that make life brighter.

Springtime always offers the promise of a fresh start and, in keeping with the season, Orion Spring brings you books that help readers become the best versions of themselves. We offer the world-renowned experts and the life-changing advice that will inspire you to make a positive change for yourself, and the world around you.

Launched in 2016, the list offers a curated selection of books by health professionals, leading scientists and wellbeing ambassadors.

Always inspiring, never preaching, these books are for everyone, everywhere – for life.

83 The Speakmans’ powerful and life-changing guide to unlocking confidence and living a more positive and fulfilled life The world’s leading life-change therapists, Nik and Eva Speakman, share a passion to help people lead happier and less inhibited lives. Based on the Speakmans’ unique Schema Conditioning coaching method, this book provides the key to achieving confidence, showing how to overcome obstacles and enjoy a healthy, happier life. MAY ‘I’ve seen their work first-hand when it came to my own Everyday Confidence fear of flying – they are a great team’ Holly Willoughby Ditch the Self-doubt, Recognise THE SPEAKMANS are ITV’s resident TV therapists, treating Your Worth and Achieve Your many high-profile clients. They help people to overcome Life Goals serious fears and issues through live workshops, tours, Nik and Eva Speakman books, radio and TV.

Littleborough, Manchester www.speakman.tv @the_speakmans Self-help /Thespeakmansofficial TBP: 9781841883212 Royal 256 pp £14.99 @thespeakmans eBook: 9781841883229 £14.99 /nikandevaspeakman Audio: 9781409186311 5:36hrs £19.99

From the author of Talking with Angels of Light comes another empowering and life-altering book Amanda Hart’s connection with her guardian angels has taught her how to unlock her power, purpose and voice when it comes to financial matters. By following practical exercises, meditations and reading real-life anecdotes, this book will guide you towards a healthy, revitalised relationship with money.

AMANDA HART has been an intuitive consultant for over JUNE twenty years, helping people to overcome adversity. She has been a radio host, specialising in Mind, Body, Spirit and Talking with Angels a columnist for Soul & Spirit magazine. of Wealth Let Your Angels Guide You to a New Prosperity Amanda Hart Mind, Body, Spirit www.amanda-hart.co.uk MMP: 9781409181064 B 304 pp £8.99 @AmandaHartHQ eBook: 9781409181071 £8.99

84 Discover the daily habits of highly creative people What do most highly creative people have in common? What are the habits they cultivate? What is ‘the flow’ and how do you get into it? The Art of Creativity is a practical guide to help you unlock your creative potential and find fulfilment and happiness in the process.

SUSIE PEARL is a writer, mentor and holistic coach for comoanies such as MTV and Google and is part-owner of AUGUST a celebrity PR agency.

The Art of Creativity Daily Habits to Help Unleash your Most Creative Self Susie Pearl

Ibiza, Spain and London, UK Lifestyle & Self-help www.susiepearl.co.uk HB: 9781409183082 192 pp £14.99 @susie_pearl eBook: 9781409183099 £14.99

A compassionate guide through pregnancy when you have previously lost a baby Pregnancy should be a time of joyous anticipation, but those forty weeks can feel very different if you are one of the many women who has previously lost a baby. In Pregnancy After Loss, Zoë Clark-Coates has created a compassionate and essential guide to lead you, day by day, through your pregnancy. Addressing such issues as facing fear, coping with scans and pregnancy milestones, building relationships with your NOVEMBER medical team and processing your ongoing grief while pregnant, this is the comforting companion every pregnant woman needs by her side.

Pregnancy After Loss Following the devastating loss of five babies,Z OË CLARKE- A Day by Day Plan to Reassure COATES decided to use her counselling qualifications and and Comfort You twenty years of experience to improve support for anyone Zoë Clark-Coates who suffers baby loss.

Stafford and Devon, UK Self-help www.zoeadelle.co.uk HB: 9781409195948 288 pp £14.99 @zoeadelle eBook: 9781409195955 £14.99

85 Artwork from Pimp Your Noodles by Sarah Cook, published by Seven Dials (p88)

86 Non-Fiction

SEVEN DIALS is Orion’s bestselling commercial non-fiction imprint. It’s the home of big brands, beautiful cookbooks, entertainment stars, gift and humour and inspiring true life stories. Our authors are - or soon will be - household names, and our expert editorial team help our authors’ to turn their vision into quality books with a broad reach. The Seven Dials list has a broad remit but remains unashamedly commercial at heart, with one eye always on the very top of the bestseller lists.

Seven Dials authors include the Hairy Bikers, Fearne Cotton, Davina McCall, TED speaker Amy Cuddy, actor Bryan Cranston, inspirational mouth artist Henry Fraser, BAFTA award-winning filmmakerGavin Thurston and Cambridge geneticist Giles Yeo.

87 Take your noodles to the next level with these 60 simple yet mouth-watering recipes With dishes covering every type of noodle you can buy, easy swaps to help use the packets you already have and five-minute dressings and toppings to bring the recipes you already make to life – there’s never been a better time to get cooking. From store-cupboard time-savers to treat-yourself show-stoppers, there’s a noodle dish for your every mood and occasion.

JULY Discover your new go-to dish with recipes covering: • Super easy 10-minute fixes • Fresh salads • Soulful soups • Sizzling stir-fries and more!

SARAH COOK is a food writer, food stylist and former food editor at BBC Good Food magazine. She is always up Pimp Your Noodles for a recipe challenge and loves creating innovative new Sarah Cook dishes with big and bold flavours. She is based in London.

Food & Drink London, UK HB: 9781841884257 144 pp £9.99 @Sarah_Cooking eBook: 9781841884264 £9.99

A young Syrian girl comes to live with Maggie after surviving unimaginable horrors. But the nightmare may only just be beginning … Maggie faces one of the most challenging cases of her career when a young, orphaned Syrian girl comes to live with her. Barely able to communicate without a shared language, Maggie must battle to reach the vulnerable refugee and help her to start to overcome the traumas she has endured. But there is more horror to come when Maggie starts to suspect that the young girl is being groomed by relatives AUGUST back in Syria to return and join ISIS …

MAGGIE HARTLEY has fostered more than 300 children while being a foster carer for over twenty years, taking on the children other carers often can’t cope with. Groomed to Be a Bride Maggie Hartley True Life MMP: 9781409197430 304 pp £7.99 eBook: 9781409197447 £7.99 MaggieHartleyAuthor Audio: 9781409197454 6hrs £19.99

88 A raw, uncompromising look at the harsh reality of life as a prison officer in HMP Parkhurst Assaults. Riots. Cell fires. Understaffed wings. Suicides. Hooch. Weapons. It’s all in a week’s work at HMP Parkhurst. David Berridge has spent twenty-eight years working as a prison officer, with twenty-two years at Parkhurst. A tough character with a big personality and a dark sense of humour, David has seen it all. Inside Parkhurst is his raw, uncompromising look behind the menacing gates of one of Britain’s highest security prisons. AUGUST Reggie Kray, Gary Glitter, Peter Sutcliffe, Ian Brady and senior IRA leaders were among DAVID BERRIDGE’s most high-profile charges.

Inside Parkhurst Memoir David Berridge MMP: 9781841884226 304 pp £7.99 eBook: 9781841884233 £7.99 Audio: 9781841884240 10hrs £19.99

A heartbreaking and brutally honest account of love, loss and the reality of grief In July 2019 football-hardman turned actor Vinnie Jones tragically lost his wife Tanya after her six-year battle with cancer. Despite Tanya’s long, and often painful fight, her passing was a profound shock to Vinnie and their family, and Vinnie found himself struggling to cope. With diary entries and letters written by Tanya during the twenty-seven years she spent with her soulmate woven through the book, Vinnie’s tender, revelatory writing will pave SEPTEMBER the way for more open and frank discussions on the most complex and difficult of topics: grief.

Football-hardman turned actor VINNIE JONES speaks incredibly movingly about his love for and loss of his wife.

Untitled Memoir Vinnie Jones Celebrity Memoir HB: 9781841884172 288 pp £18.99 ETPB: 9781841884189 288 pp £14.99 Los Angeles, USA eBook: 9781841884202 £18.99 @VinnieJones65 Audio: 9781841884219 10hrs £19.99

89 The extraordinary story of a homeless dog, and the incredible charity she helped to inspire Michelle Clark was an ordinary businesswoman and mother until she met rough sleeper Ed and his staffie, Poppy. After learning that the pair have been separated following Ed’s hospitalisation, and with Poppy now missing, Michelle is determined to help. In her journey to reunite them, Michelle finds herself immersed in the homeless community of London, getting to know the people who live on the streets, and the beloved dogs that are often their sole companions. SEPTEMBER The first book in a new series from Dogs on the Streets.

MICHELLE CLARK is the founder of DOTS, a nationwide charity that supports rough sleepers and their dogs. DOTS offer emergency veterinary treatment and works to get both dogs and owners off the streets and into permanent Poppy the Street Dog accommodation together. Michelle Clark

@dotslondon True Life @dotslondon MMP: 9781409195436 304 pp £7.99 dotslondon eBook: 9781409195443 £7.99

The nation’s favourite cooking duo are back with their first big veggie cookbook. This is vegetarian food Bikers’ style: down-to-earth and satisfying meat-free dishes that are packed full of flavour; hearty veggie comfort food cooked from scratch with maximum taste and minimum fuss. From the ultimate veggie wellington to the perfect crowd- pleasing roast, satisfying soups, stews and pies to a veggie twist on a banging breakfast brunch, this book is bursting with meat-free delights you’ll turn to time and again, all SEPTEMBER made with readily available and affordable ingredients. This is Si and Dave’s best and most useful collection yet.

SI KING and DAVE MYERS met on the set of a TV drama in 1995 and have been cooking and riding together ever since. This is their 21st cookbook and is the book they have The Hairy Bikers’ been longing to write for years. Veggie Feasts Si King and Dave Myers Food & Drink www.hairybikers.com HB: 9781841884295 304 pp £20 @HairyBikers eBook: 9781841884301 £20

90 Journey your way through Britain with over 100 brainteasers, conundrums and train-related tests A jam-packed puzzle and trivia book about the iconic British National Railways. This is must-buy gift book for puzzle book fanatics, train and travel enthusiasts, history buffs, and the people up and down the country who love their heritage and their regional identity! Featuring a treasure-trove of puzzles about railways and locomotives, using maps, old routes and tracks, engineering designs and all things that delight train lovers, the book also OCTOBER includes mind-boggling brainteasers, navigational tests, word games, code-crackers, anagrams, crosswords, mathematical conundrums and a murder mystery. The Big British First opened in 1975 in York, the NATIONAL RAILWAY Railway Puzzle Book MUSEUM, home to iconic locomotives and an unrivalled National Railway Museum collection of engineering brilliance, celebrates the past, present and future of innovation on the railways. York, UK www.railwaymuseum.org.uk Gift & Humour @railwaymuseum TPB: 9781409197560 240pp £14.99

Discover fifty delicious non-alcoholic cocktails, accompanied by beautiful, bold illustrations Easy to make and delicious to drink, these cocktails are perfect for anyone looking to cut back on alcohol, not enjoy- ment. From sweet and fruity flavours to spiced and smoky, bitter and aromatic to perfectly sour, there’s something for everyone. Experience the excitement of no-alcohol drinks with recipes including: • Citrus Cosmo NOVEMBER • Dark & Stormy Soda • Espresso Faux-tini The Art of Whether you’re a no-drinker, Dry January dabbler, mum-to-be Drinking Sober or simply curious, this book will revolutionise the way you drink. Miriam Nice and Richard Davie MIRIAM NICE and RICHARD DAVIE are both experienced food and drink writers, working for BBC Good Food. They are both based in London. London, UK www.miriamnice.com @miriamjsnice www.richarddaviebrews.com @richarddaviebrews Food & Drink Illustrations by Katy Alcock HB: 9781841884271 144 pp £9.99 @simply_katy eBook: 9781841884288 £9.99

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