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WELCOME TO SPRING The first shoots of our budding spring list are appearing! This season offers established authors in full bloom and exciting debut authors spreading their wings. We also have fantastic plans for World Book Day and Independent Bookshop Week.

To help you choose the very best books for your shop this spring, the HarperCollins Independent Thinking team has brought together a selection of our highlights in this new brochure. If you’d like any further information, please contact your sales representative or email us at independentthinking@harpercollins.co.uk Lynsey, Ben, Kate, Dom, Michael, Mick, Adam and Mike

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NEW FICTION P05 As HarperCollins starts a new chapter at our London Bridge office, The Borough Press are an imprint embodying the move: energetic, modern, proud of a rich past and enthusiastic about a thriving future.

PEN PUSHERS P10 Hear from three authors whose new books are peaking our excitement.

Seni Glaister, Ian Samson and Hazel Gaynor tell all about the inspiration and research behind their forthcoming books.

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CHILDREN’S BOOKS P18 Where else could you find models hobnobbing with monsters but in Children’s Books! Holly Smale has a brand new Geek Girl novel AND a special £1 World Book Day book – and we introduce the biggest Children’s launch of 2015, Darkmouth.

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EXCLUSIVE COMPETITION! P27 In an exclusive independent booksellers competition, Collins offer you the chance to go wild in your bookshop!

NON-FICTION P30 Kate Gross’s inspiring, brave and heartbreaking memoir Late Fragments, plus big books about people and events that have changed our social history.

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NEW LOOK COMING FOR 2015!

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Katie

Charlotte The Borough Press is home to some of today’s best-loved and critically acclaimed authors, and provides the fertile ground to nurture new voices destined for future success.

Cassie

GALINA PETROVNA’S THREE-LEGGED DOG STORY

THE DRESSMAKER OF DACHAU

ANDREA BENNETT

MARY CHAMBERLAIN

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A joyful and hilarious tale of spirited septuagenarians as they overcome innumerable obstacles to save their beloved mutt from a heartless exterminator in a land where bureaucracy reigns above all else.

Spanning the intense years of war, The Dressmaker of Dachau is a dramatic tale of love, betrayal and survival. Mary Chamberlain tells the story of one young woman’s resolve to endure and the choices she must make at every turn.

£10, HB 12 FEB 978-0-00-810838-0 THE BOROUGH PRESS

£14.99, HB 9 APR 978-0-00-759152-7 THE BOROUGH PRESS

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Brilliant writing with a broad reach Finding new voices and new stories. How we cast our net and what we found.

This time of year gives the perfect excuse to make a cup of tea and settle down with a fantastic book. And we really do have something to suit every mood: a stunning imagining of the early life of one of England’s greatest artists, a powerful revenge story set in the Rocky Mountains; a luminous debut about the bonds of family and friendship; and a witty and wise story of a spirited Russian babushka and her three-legged dog that came to us through our open submissions period.

When we decided to open our doors to unagented submissions of literary novels for a

limited two-week period in April last year, we knew we’d get a direct line to the writers of today. When you spit out your tea laughing and well up all in the space of the first ten pages of a novel, you know you’re onto a good thing.

Galina Petrovna’s Three-Legged Dog Story is such a find, as is Andrea Bennett, its author.

Borough is still in its infancy and without your support we would be nowhere. Thank you so much for accompanying us on our journey this far – here’s to a long and happy literary life together.

Katie, Cassie and Charlotte The Borough Press editors @boroughpress

WILL & TOM

THE REVENANT

MATTHEW PLAMPIN

MICHAEL PUNKE

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A young pre-fame JMW Turner finds himself pitted against his childhood friend and rival, Tom Girtin, to win a commission and make his mark.

Will & Tom is alive with intrigue, artistic rivalry and society scandal.

The unbelievable true story of one man’s fight to survive after he is left for dead from a bear attack and abandoned by those he trusted.

Soon to be a film starring Leonardo DiCaprio

£14.99, HB 12 MAR 978-0-00-756086-8 THE BOROUGH PRESS

£12.99, HB 7 MAY 978-0-00-752129-6 THE BOROUGH PRESS

Three FROM

The weight of the past is explored as a family cursed throughout their blood line approach the millennium, whilst those having come to terms with the change of century aren’t having as much fun as they seem...

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CLAIRE LOWDON In this Vanity Fair for our times, Claire Lowdon has captured the foibles, hopes and difficulties of a certain strata of young London today better than any before her. With sharp, satirical humour, unparalleled social observation and great empathy, Lowdon explores the nature of love and young people in crisis. She is daringly – even radically – honest about the temptations and tragedies of the generation of young Londoners today – who are often having much less fun than it seems.

4 JUN £14.99, HB 978-0-00-810217-3 4TH ESTATE

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Three women bound by the burdens and blessings bestowed by blood.

Lettice Franklin, 4th Estate Assistant Editor, introduces A Reunion of Ghosts.

A Reunion of Ghosts is a totally unique novel and the saga of a totally unique family. Every generation of Alter’s since WWI has been plagued by suicide. And now Lady, Vee and Delph, all middle aged, have decided to follow suit. This is – if you like – ‘the spinster suicides’.

diagnosed with terminal cancer, or, given our mortality, from the moment we are born? How can we move on from the weight of the 20th century? The sisters plan to kill themselves on the eve of the new millennium. Whether or not they do, I’ll leave for you to find out…

Though telling a tale of mass suicide and hereditary guilt, somehow, the novel is lighthearted, laugh-out-loud funny without being crass.

A REUNION OF GHOSTS JUDITH CLAIRE MITCHELL

At what point are we doomed to death? When

26 MAR £14.99, HB 978-0-00-759434-4 4TH ESTATE

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STEVAN ALCOCK Leeds, late 1975 and a body has been found on Prince Philip Playing Fields. Ricky, teenage delivery van boy for Corona pop, will be late for The Matterhorn Man. In the years that follow until his capture, the Yorkshire Ripper and Rick’s own life draw ever closer with unforeseen consequences. An incredible debut novel and coming of age tale set in a time in England’s history of upheaval and change – both personal and social – this is a story told in an unforgettable voice.

26 MAR £14.99, HB 978-0-00-758084-2 4TH ESTATE

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‘In this context, I’m a rookie once more.’

Seni Glaister tells us about her debut novel, The Museum of Things Left Behind.

I’ve been a bookseller for the last 26 years and have surrounded myself with stories for a lot longer than that. I know how lucky I am to get so much pleasure from my work – I spend each day reading books, discovering books, buying and selling books and talking about books with a vast number of people I greatly admire. But no amount of immersion in the bookselling industry could possibly have prepared me for the experience of seeing my first novel published and, however comfortable I am in the bookselling world, I know with nerve-tingling certainty, in this context, I’m a rookie once more.

I have kept the fact that I’ve been writing this book to myself and I expect I only found the courage to finish it buried deeply in the certain knowledge that I would never have the courage to submit it. In the end, I wasn’t terribly courageous, I submitted it anonymously. And I could not have been more overjoyed (or relieved) to find it landing well. Finding a home at 4th Estate, an imprint I have always loved and respected, was beyond my wildest dreams.

The Museum of Things Left Behind is a story set in the fictional country of Vallerosa. Vallerosa is a country that bothers little with money, but greatly with values. Community has a more profound impact on society than government. It is a story about politics, bureaucracy, the frustrations of hierarchy and the nonsense of economics.

But much more than that it is a comic tale about purpose, women, the passage of time and, yes, tea.

Vallerosa is a utopia of sorts, but an imperfect one. (I now realise that my personal utopia could never be perfect, it would need to present a challenge of some sort because how else could you find a sense of purpose if you don’t have something useful to contribute?)

I have really enjoyed watching people react to the book. I am so glad when readers respond well to the characters in the novel but I think I’m at my happiest when I hear people say they want to move to Vallerosa.

‘I’ve been a bookseller for the last 26 years and have surrounded myself with stories for a lot longer than that.’

THE MUSEUM OF THINGS LEFT BEHIND SENI GLAISTER 21 MAY £12.99, HB 978-0-00-811895-2 4TH ESTATE

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NEW FICTION: PEN PUSHERS

‘More writers should write in bookshops.’

Ian Sansom introduces the latest in his County Guides series: Death in Devon.

Dickens had his chalet. Roald Dahl had his shed. Maya Angelou, hotel rooms. Edith Sitwell wrote in bed. All of my books have been written nowhere in particular, and in transit, between jobs and very late at night.

But my new novel! My new novel, Death in Devon, was written in an actual office! In a bookshop!

Or to be more precise, in an actual office above a bookshop.

My friend David Torrans runs the famous No Alibis Bookshop at 83 Botanic Avenue, Belfast. Unable to find the time or the peace and quiet at home to be able to write, I asked if David might let me use the storeroom above the shop. The room is and was a mess - it’s a bookshop storeroom, and you know what they’re like. Strip lights. Peeling wallpaper.

A thin grey filthy carpet. Cracks in the wall that are large enough to keep your pencils in. I love it.

Death in Devon is the second book in The County Guides series of novels – in which Spanish Civil War veteran Stephen Sefton sets off with ‘The People’s Professor’ Swanton Morley and Morley’s untamable daughter Miriam to solve crimes and confront the bigotries and prejudices of 1930s England.

Staring out of the high window above the bookshop at Belfast’s rain-soaked streets I

imagined Sefton and Morley and Miriam setting off once again in their white Lagonda, while Miriam drives and Sefton despairs of the entire enterprise. In Devon the doughty trio enjoy cream teas and encounter a group of surfing Satanists.

More writers should write in bookshops. I could set up shop in a bookshop in every county.

Bookshops, after all, are a writer’s natural habitat.

Go on. Take us in. Give us house room.

‘Dickens had his chalet.

Roald Dahl had his shed. Maya Angelou, hotel rooms... all of my books have been written nowhere in particular.’

THE COUNTY GUIDES — DEATH IN DEVON IAN SANSOM 12 MAR £12.99, HB 978-0-00-753314-5 4TH ESTATE

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‘I wanted to find the real Eliza Doolittle.’

Hazel Gaynor introduces A Memory of Violets and explains how her research shaped the novel.

In some ways, my idea for this book started in 1988 when I played the role of Eliza Doolittle in the school production of My Fair Lady. I was seventeen and totally captivated by this wonderful character and by London at the turn of the century. Fifteen years later, I started to scribble notes and ideas for a novel based around the lives of London’s flower sellers.

I wanted to find the real Eliza Doolittle, and understand the circumstances surrounding the lives of the young women who sold flowers and watercress on the streets.

When I came across the story of John Groom and his involvement with the flower sellers, I was astonished. I hadn’t appreciated just how many young children were selling flowers on the streets, or that many of them were orphaned, blind or physically afflicted in some way. Discovering these lost voices from the past was a novelist’s dream and I knew immediately that I wanted to tell their story.

Having blended fact and fiction in my debut novel, The Girl Who Came Home (set around the sinking of RMS Titanic), I naturally approached A Memory of Violets in a similar way, retelling the story of London’s flower girls through my fictional interpretation of actual events. From newspaper reports, photographs,

ledgers, personal letters and other effects from the period, I developed a real sense of these young girls and women and what it meant to them to have been given an opportunity to improve their circumstances.

I’m very excited to publish A Memory of Violets, and hope that the lives of these fascinating individuals – and their forgotten stories – will bloom and flourish again as the reader turns the page.

‘Discovering these lost voices from the past was a novelist’s dream. I knew immediately that I wanted to tell their story.’

A MEMORY OF VIOLETS HAZEL GAYNOR 12 FEB £7.99, PB 978-0-06-231689-9 HARPERCOLLINS360

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PAPERBACKS

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HILARY MANTEL

Our paperback highlights for spring include Hilary Mantel’s controversial collection of stories, a reissue of Elizabeth Smart’s classic work of poetic prose and a new outing for Agatha Christie’s Poirot.

A brilliant – and rather transgressive – collection of short stories from the double Man Booker Prize-winning author. Displaying all of Mantel’s unmistakable style and wit, they reveal a great writer at the peak of her powers.

21 MAY £8.99, PB 978-0-00-758099-6 4TH ESTATE

BY GRAND CENTRAL STATION I SAT DOWN AND WEPT

THE BEES

ELIZABETH SMART

LALINE PAULL

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Originally published in 1945 and now widely identified as a classic work of poetic prose, this book’s star has steadily burned, attracting a cult following of passionate fans, including Morrissey.

Deeply imaginative, The Bees is a thrilling debut novel set entirely within a beehive. The story of a heroine who, in the face of a desperate struggle for survival, changes her destiny and her world.

23 APRIL £7.99, PB 978-0-586-09039-8 4TH ESTATE

OUT NOW £8.99, PB 978-0-00-755774-5 4TH ESTATE

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LONGLISTED FOR

THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2014

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SOPHIE HANNAH, CREATED BY AGATHA CHRISTIE

JOSEPH O’NEILL

In the hands of internationally bestselling author Sophie Hannah, Poirot plunges into a mystery set in 1920s London – a puzzle that can only be solved by the talented Belgian detective and his ‘little grey cells’.

The new novel from Joseph O’Neill, his first since the Man Booker longlisted and PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction-winning Netherland. A funny and original work of literature, The Dog is led by a brilliantly entertaining anti-hero.

21 MAY £7.99, PB 978-0-00-754744-9 HARPERCOLLINS

23 APR £8.99, PB 978-0-00-727575-5 4TH ESTATE

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ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH

LOUISA YOUNG The Heroes’ Welcome is the incandescent sequel to the bestselling My Dear, I Wanted to Tell You. A brave and brilliant evocation of a time deeply wounded by the pain of World War One.

Alive to the uproarious nuances of human behaviour, bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith lends his touch to the Austen classic, Emma.

The result is the busybody we all know and love, and a true modern delight.

9 APR £7.99, PB 978-0-00-736147-2 THE BOROUGH PRESS

4 JUN £7.99, PB 978-0-00-755388-4 THE BOROUGH PRESS

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HarperCollins Children’s Books biggest launch of 2015!

Author Shane Hegarty introduces his richly imagined world, told with an ironic voice that recalls Douglas Adams.

Darkmouth is the story of Finn, a boy who lives in the last town on earth where Legends and Myths still invade. Finn is the only child of the last Legend Hunter and it is up to Finn to keep both the town and the world safe. The only problem, unfortunately, is that Finn is not very good at it.

While I love fantasy, adventure and humour, in Darkmouth you’ll also find a very recognisable story of what it is like to be a 12 year old who doesn’t entirely know his place in the world but is being pushed into a very particular role, one which just happens to involve dressing up in armour, grabbing very dangerous weapons and fighting very big monsters…

DARKMOUTH SHANE HEGARTY 29 JAN £9.99, HB 978-0-00-754576-6 HARPERCOLLINS CHILDREN’S BOOKS

Word of Darkmouth

Shan e Hegarty

‘Shane Hegarty explodes into the fantasy universe with Darkmouth. An incredible debut. Hilarious and exciting. Terrifying and heart-stopping. Everything a great fantasy series should be. The next big thing is here.’

Eoin Colfer, author of Artemis Fowl

‘Believe the hype. There are touches of Ghostbusters, along with some Bondlike gadgets. This fantasy adventure is a stunning debut.’

Sarah Webb

Introducing one of our 2015 World Book Day authors!

Holly Smale stormed the UK book market in 2013 with her debut, Geek Girl, which fast became the No.1 children’s debut of the year.

‘My name is Harriet Manners and I am a geek’.

Our favourite adorkable model misfit is back – it’s the No.1 bestselling and award winning Geek Girl series!

Mirroring the stratospheric rise of Holly’s protagonist, from geeky girl to designer muse, the phenomenally popular Geek Girl series has gone from strength to strength, with the fourth book, Geek Girl: All That Glitters, publishing in March alongside Holly’s World Book Day Novella, Geek Girl: Geek Drama.

Geek Girl: All That Glitters finds Harriet Matters with high hopes for the new school

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GEEK GIRL – GEEK DRAMA

WORLD BOOK DAY EDITION

GEEK GIRL — GEEK DRAMA [WORLD BOOK DAY EDITION] ---

HOLLY SMALE A hilarious World Book Day Geek Girl story. Harriet must suffer the extreme embarrassment of the school play and what to do when arch-nemesis Alexa decides it’s the perfect opportunity to humiliate her.

26 FEB £1, PB 978-0-00-811348-3 50 BOOK PACK HARPERCOLLINS CHILDREN’S BOOKS

year: she’s a Sixth Former now, and things are going to be different. But with Nat busy falling in love at college and Toby preoccupied with a Top Secret project, Harriet soon discovers that’s not necessarily a good thing.

GEEK GIRL (4) — ALL THAT GLITTERS HOLLY SMALE 26 FEB £12.99, HB 978-0-00-757458-2 HARPERCOLLINS CHILDREN’S BOOKS

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HOLLY SMALE The third book in the bestselling award-winning Geek Girl series in paperback. Harriet faces struggles modelling in the Big Apple. And even more importantly, the big romantic gestures aren’t coming her way from her boyfriend…

OUT NOW £6.99, PB 978-0-00-748948-0 HARPERCOLLINS CHILDREN’S BOOKS

There are battles both personal and supernatural as we signal the arrival of a unique talent, the return of one of the most beloved YA voices and the conclusion to a stirring series.

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JENNY VALENTINE Fire Colour One is a bold and brilliant novel – a powerful story of deception, love and redemption from award-winning author, Jenny Valentine, one of the greatest YA voices of her generation.

Jenny Valentine

Sixteen year old Iris has never met her millionaire father and now he’s dying. A pawn in her mother’s game of greed and revenge, Iris is wrenched away from her only friend and sent to live with the father who abandoned her.

2 JUL £6.99, PB 978-0-00-751236-2 HARPERCOLLINS CHILDREN’S BOOKS

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It’s About Love is the second YA novel one of the UK’s most acclaimed spoken-word artists, Steven Camden. It’s a story about family, friendship, violence, revenge and… love. Here, Steven tells us why he writes for teenagers: As I moved into my teens, two thoughts were constantly at war in my head: 1: That I would never do anything 2: That I could do anything I wanted I find that writing gives weight to the punches of positive thought number 2 and, for some reason, writing teenage characters seems to imbue it with some kind of mixed martial arts training. I’m fascinated by the idea of ‘where’, or rather ‘who’, home is. It’s About Love was born of those questions and a celebration of the messy answers.

I wrote it for my sixteen year old self as I think finding a character like Luke would’ve helped thought number 2 win the fight.

At least for a while.

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Follow Steven on Twitter @homeofpolar facebook.com/stevencamdentheauthor

IT’S ABOUT LOVE STEVEN CAMDEN 4 JUN £7.99, PB 978-0-00-751124-2 HARPERCOLLINS CHILDREN’S BOOKS

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WILL HILL The epic conclusion in the blood-pounding Department 19 series, from bestselling author, Will Hill.

The brave men and women of Department 19 have fought Dracula at every turn, but now Zero Hour has passed and the ancient vampire is at full strength. The Operators are exhausted and fractured. When the friends need each other most, they are further apart than ever. But Dracula’s opening move is more vicious than anyone could have imagined. The final battle is here…

4 JUN £14.99, HB 978-0-00-750589-0 HARPERCOLLINS CHILDREN’S BOOKS

BLOWN AWAY

BEARS DON’T READ!

ROB BIDDULPH

EMMA CHICHESTER CLARK

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A fantastic debut from a brand new author / illustrator. Come on an unexpected journey with a fearless blue penguin in one of the most captivating picture books of the year!

An exquisite new picture book from renowned illustrator, Emma Chichester Clark, creator of Blue Kangaroo. A magical story of friendship to power the imagination and encourage children (and bears!) towards a lifelong love of reading.

OUT NOW £6.99, PB 978-0-00-759382-8 HARPERCOLLINS CHILDREN’S BOOKS

26 FEB £6.99, PB 978-0-00-742519-8 HARPERCOLLINS CHILDREN’S BOOKS

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The Queen’s Orang-utan is a right royal mash-up of mischief and mayhem!

Written exclusively for Comic Relief by No.1 bestselling picture book author David Walliams!

A bored queen.

A birthday wish.

An outrageous orang-utan.

Everything’s about to go bananas!

brought energetically to life with illustrations by Tony Ross. This is a spectacularly funny story for children of three and up from the No.1 bestselling picture book duo behind The Slightly Annoying Elephant and The First Hippo on the Moon.

The Queen’s Orang-utan will be published on 26th February, ahead of Red Nose Day on 13th March. At least £3 from each copy sold will go to the charity.

Will also be published as a special book & CD edition in March, with audio hilariously read by David Walliams, Miranda Hart and Rob Brydon. At least £5 from each copy sold will go to Comic Relief.

David Walliams is the biggest UK children’s author to debut this century and he’s not stopping there! His children’s books have now sold over 6 million copies in the UK alone and he continues to go from strength to strength.

THE QUEEN’S ORANG-UTAN DAVID WALLIAMS, ILLUSTRATED BY TONY ROSS

Written as an exclusive children’s picture book especially for Comic Relief 2015, The Queen’s Orangutan has a wickedly funny line-up of characters, all

26 FEB / 12 MARCH £4.99 PB / 14.99 PB & CD SPECIAL EDITION 978-0-00-813513-3 / 978-0-00-813512-6 HARPERCOLLINS CHILDREN’S BOOKS

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DAVID WALLIAMS ILLUSTRATED BY TONY ROSS

JUDITH KERR

The No.1 bestselling picture book, now available in paperback. What’s big, blue, bossy, and turns up uninvited? A slightly annoying elephant, of course! A magnificently warm and funny picture book from two remarkable talents.

From the creator of the beloved and iconic picture books, The Tiger Who Came to Tea and Mog the Forgetful Cat, comes a brand new story with a magical and extraordinary cast of animals, about joy, parties… and crocodiles!

21 MAY £6.99, PB 978-0-00-758186-3 HARPERCOLLINS CHILDREN’S BOOKS

4 JUN £6.99, PB 978-0-00-758677-6 HARPERCOLLINS CHILDREN’S BOOKS

INVITE A TIGER TO TEA THIS YEAR! Look out for our IBW offers coming soon, including The Tiger Who Came to Tea trail!

INDEPENDENT

BOOKSHOP Exclusives • Discounts • Bunting Activity sheets • POS • Standees

WEEK 2015!

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WIN AN EVENT WITH LIVE ANIMALS FOR YOUR SHOP! Letts are offering the chance to win a live animal event for your shop!

Letts Wild About is a motivating way for 9 to 11 year olds to learn Maths and English with interesting animal facts, stunning photos and explorer’s log book. Children will go wild about learning using these fun workbooks!

Simply request your Letts Wild About window display kit and send us a picture of the window

transfers, free standing penguin, suspending owl and a poster being used to best effect in your window!

The best entries from each region will win a live animal experience to be arranged at the venue and date of your choosing!

Email rebecca.jones@harpercollins.co.uk with your photo and shop details. Closing date for entries is 31 March 2015.

CHILDREN’S FICTION

‘Warm, funny and honest. [Steven Camden] writes about familiar things and makes them magic.

He writes about magic things and makes them familiar.’

Kate Tempest, winner of the Ted Hughes Award for innovation in poetry.

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STEVEN CAMDEN Tape is an outstanding debut. Told with crackling prose, shimmering with humour and deeply moving, it will haunt anyone who reads it. Record a voice and it lasts forever…

OUT NOW £7.99, PB 978-0-00-751123-5 HARPERCOLLINS CHILDREN’S BOOKS

LISTEN TO THE MOON

THE PARENT AGENCY

MICHAEL MORPURGO

DAVID BADDIEL

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A tour de force of family, forgiveness and World War One, this is a major new novel from Michael Morpurgo – the nation’s favourite storyteller and multi-million copy bestseller – in which what was once lost may sometimes be found…

A bestselling HB debut in 2014, The Parent Agency is an epic wish-fulfilment adventure for every child – a world where children are allowed to choose their parents. A dream come true?

Only things turn out to be not quite that simple…

7 MAY £6.99, PB 978-0-00-733965-5 HARPERCOLLINS CHILDREN’S BOOKS

4 JUN £6.99, PB 978-0-00-755448-5 HARPERCOLLINS CHILDREN’S BOOKS

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HOUSE OF SECRETS (2) — BATTLE OF THE BEASTS

SKULDUGGERY PLEASANT (9) — THE DYING OF THE LIGHT

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CHRIS COLUMBUS AND NED VIZZINI

DEREK LANDY The FINAL shocking, heart-wrenching book in the jaw-droppingly stupendous Skulduggery Pleasant series. The war may be over, but the final battle is about to begin. And not everyone gets out of here alive…

The second book in the major new House of Secrets series, the first instalment of which was the bestselling hardback debut of 2013! Can the Walkers save the world? Again? It’ll be the fight of their lives.

26 MAR £7.99, PB 978-0-00-748928-2 HARPERCOLLINS CHILDREN’S BOOKS

26 FEB £6.99, PB 978-0-00-749017-2 HARPERCOLLINS CHILDREN’S BOOKS

DOROTHY MUST DIE — THE WICKED WILL RISE

CHALLENGER DEEP

DANIELLE PAIGE

NEAL SHUSTERMAN

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In this dark, high-octane sequel to the New York Times bestselling Dorothy Must Die, Amy Gumm must do everything in her power to kill Dorothy and to make Oz a free land again.

Drawing on his son’s experiences with schizophrenia, this is a captivating novel about mental illness that lingers long beyond the last page. Challenger Deep is a heartfelt tour de force by bestselling author Neal Shusterman.

7 MAY £7.99, PB 978-0-06-238221-4 HARPERCOLLINS360

21 MAY £7.99, PB 978-0-06-241309-3 HARPERCOLLINS360

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A frank, heartbreaking story showing what it means to die before your time.

Kate Gross’s battle with cancer ended on Christmas Day 2014.

Ambitious and talented, Kate Gross worked at Number 10 Downing Street whilst only in her twenties. At 30, she was CEO of a charity working with fragile democracies in Africa.

But aged 34, Kate was diagnosed with advanced colon cancer. Once terminal, it was clear that she would die before her children finished primary school.

She began to write as a gift to herself, a reminder that she could create even as her body tried to self-destruct. Her book is not a conventional cancer memoir; nor is it filled with medical jargon or misery. Instead, it is Kate’s powerful attempt to make sense of the woman who has emerged in this strange, lucid final chunk of life.

LATE FRAGMENTS: EVERYTHING I WANT TO TELL YOU (ABOUT THIS MAGNIFICENT LIFE) KATE GROSS OUT NOW £14.99, HB 978-0-00-810345-3 WILLIAM COLLINS

‘Praising the quality of her all too short life is easy, making sense of the injustice of her death is harder. No one conquers death. But you can achieve a certain triumph over it.

This Kate did, and how she did it is a lesson for those of us who knew her well and those of you who never knew her at all.

Kate Gross

Late Fragments is a gem – a wonderful, uplifting reflection on how to die and how to live. It is sad because of the context in which it is written; but there is nothing tragic about its message, which is a happy one, full of life’s possibilities not it’s limitations.’

Former Prime Minister, Tony Blair

FAIR GREEN

Big books on the events that have shaped Britain – including battles, wars and financial crisis – told through the lens of the individuals and communities that lived through them.

WENT THE DAY WELL? WITNESSING WATERLOO ---

DAVID CRANE From Samuel Johnson Prize shortlisted author David Crane, Went the Day Well moves from England to the battle and back again in a vivid, stunning freeze-frame of a country on the single most celebrated day in its modern history.

Crane traces the endless, overlapping connections between people’s lives, from private tragedies, disappointed political hopes, and public discontents to public celebrations and monuments. It answers Wellington’s call as he rallied his troops to ‘Think what England is thinking of us now.’

29 JAN £20, HB 978-0-00-735836-6 WILLIAM COLLINS

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A warm-hearted history of Britain’s countryside during World War Two. Filled with evacuees, Land Girls, stories of rationing and the Home Guard.

World War Two dragged rural communities out of their former environment and changed their lives forever. Whilst urban people were liable to have their homes destroyed by bombs, rural folk had their territory invaded: evacuee children were dumped on them by the thousand, land was arbitrarily taken for military use and prisoner-of-war camps brought captured enemy to close quarters. The results often involved severe clashes of culture and a remarkable effort of resourcefulness.

Drawing on anecdotes from diaries, letters, official records and interviews, Duff Hart-Davis conveys the strangeness of the changes wrought in Britain by these odd combinations of hardship and farce.

Nostalgic, amusing and filled with warm human detail, Our Land at War is a living history.

OUR LAND AT WAR DUFF HART-DAVIS 7 MAY £20, HB 978-0-00-751653-7 WILLIAM COLLINS

UNIVERSAL MAN: THE SEVEN LIVES OF JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES ---

RICHARD DAVENPORT-HINES John Maynard Keynes is the man who saved Britain from financial crisis not once but twice – over the course of two World Wars. He remains a highly influential figure, nearly 70 years after his death. But who was he? In this entertaining biography, the bestselling author of An English Affair, Richard Davenport-Hines, gives us the man behind the economics: the connoisseur, intellectual, public official and statesman who was equally at ease socialising with the Bloomsbury Group as he was persuading prime ministers and presidents.

12 MAR £18.99, HB 978-0-00-751980-4 WILLIAM COLLINS

Cake

THAT 100 original recipes for happy home baking.

THE HUMMINGBIRD BAKERY: LIFE IS SWEET TAREK MALOUF 26 FEB £20, HB 978-0-00-756459-0 4TH ESTATE

The brilliant new book from Britain’s favourite bakery – packed with recipes for extra-special treats and surprises.

made versions of all-American favourites – vanilla and chocolate cookies, peanut butter ice-cream, toasted marshmallow cupcakes – as well as new takes on Hummingbird classics, such as red velvet brownies and black bottom pancakes.

Delving into the wonderful world of American home-baking, this is a brilliant new collection of recipes from the Hummingbird Bakery. It includes everything from classics you know and love, home-

With 100 brand new recipes, there’s something for every baking occasion: from quick pancakes and cookies, to indulgent puddings and ice creams, to show-stopping layer cakes.

Buttermilk Pancakes 45G (1½OZ) UNSALTED BUTTER 270G (9½OZ) PLAIN FLOUR 55G (2OZ) CASTER SUGAR 2½ TSP BAKING POWDER ½ TSP BICARBONATE OF SODA ½ TSP SALT 470ML (16½FL OZ) BUTTERMILK 2 LARGE EGGS HANDFUL OF BLUEBERRIES (OPTIONAL) VEGETABLE OIL, FOR THE PAN MAPLE SYRUP OR LEMON CURD, TO SERVE (OPTIONAL)

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These are the quintessential American pancakes you’d get in any diner worth its salt in the USA. Fluffy and airy, they’re perfect for soaking up maple syrup. Along with eggs over easy and crispy bacon, no American breakfast is complete without them.

1. To make the pancakes, melt the butter in the microwave or in a small saucepan on the stove and set aside to cool briefly.

2. In a large bowl, whisk the flour, sugar, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and salt together by hand.

3. In a separate bowl, whisk the buttermilk and eggs. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and whisk gently by hand until the dry ingredients are almost incorporated; stop before the batter is evenly mixed – it should be lumpy. Fold in the blueberries, if using, but don’t overmix.

4. Add the cooled melted butter and mix just until the batter is incorporated – it will still be lumpy.

Let the batter rest while you heat a non-stick frying pan on a low heat.

5. To make your first pancake, add a little vegetable oil to the pan so it doesn’t stick, then spoon 4 tablespoons of the batter into the pan. Let the pancake cook, undisturbed, for 1–2 minutes until bubbles rise to the surface and the edges look dry. At that point, lift the underside up with a spatula to make sure it’s nicely browned and flip over. Continue to cook for about 1 minute more until the second side is also nicely browned. Remove from the pan and place in a warm oven while you cook the rest of the pancakes. Once all the pancakes are cooked, serve with maple syrup or lemon curd, if you like.

An na Jon es The new voice of vegetarian cookery.

From the celebrated author of the brilliantly successful A Modern Way to Eat. In this fabulous new collection of recipes, Anna Jones makes clean, nourishing, vegetable-centred food a realistic possibility on any night of the week.

Anna’s new book is a truly practical and inspiring collection for anyone who wants to put dinner on the table quickly – without fuss, trips to specialist shops or too much washing up – but still eat food that tastes incredible and is doing you good.

A MODERN WAY TO COOK ANNA JONES 4 JUN £25, HB 978-0-00-812449-6 4TH ESTATE

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WATERLOO: THE HISTORY OF FOUR DAYS, THREE ARMIES AND THREE BATTLES ---

BERNARD CORNWELL

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Here, in his first work of non-fiction, bestselling author Bernard Cornwell has written the true story of the epic battle of Waterloo – a tale of one campaign, four days and three armies.

7 MAY £8.99, PB 978-0-00-753940-6 WILLIAM COLLINS

THE YEAR OF READING DANGEROUSLY: HOW FIFTY GREAT BOOKS SAVED MY LIFE

SEXTANT: A VOYAGE GUIDED BY THE STARS AND THE MEN WHO MAPPED THE WORLD’S OCEANS

ANDY MILLER

DAVID BARRIE

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Written with characteristic sharp and honest humour, this is an account of one man’s quest to reverse 20 years of lies and read the books he’s always claimed to have read (including classic, cult-fiction and Dan Brown...)

The story of one of the most important navigational instruments ever created, and the daring mariners who used it to explore, conquer, and map the world. A history for anyone who loves sailing and exploration.

9 APR £8.99 978-0-00-725576-4 4TH ESTATE

4 JUN £8.99, PB 978-0-00-751658-2 WILLIAM COLLINS

SPRING/SUMMER 2015 P36-37

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2014

SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE for NON-FICTION

THE MIGHTY DEAD: WHY HOMER MATTERS

LIFE OF A CHALKSTREAM

ADAM NICOLSON

SIMON COOPER

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Homer’s epic poems of war still speak to us of the role of destiny in life, of cruelty, of humanity – but why they do is a mystery. How can we be so intimate with something so distant?

This delightful book records a year in the life of an essentially English waterscape, one that is home to a vast array of wildlife and natural habitat of the keen angler – the chalkstream.

26 FEB £9.99, PB 978-0-00-733553-4 WILLIAM COLLINS

23 APR £9.99, PB 978-0-00-754788-3 WILLIAM COLLINS

A HISTORY OF FOOD IN 100 RECIPES

THE RECKONING: DEATH AND INTRIGUE IN THE PROMISED LAND

WILLIAM SITWELL

PATRICK BISHOP

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The history of food and cooking is the history of civilisation, but how many of us know exactly where our much-loved recipes come from? This lavishly illustrated book tells of who invented them, and how they were originally prepared.

From the bestselling author of Fighter Boys comes the true story of two adversaries, the rebel who terrorised Palestine, the lawman determined to stop him and the events that led to their fatal meeting.

12 MAR £16.99, PB 978-0-00-741200-6 WILLIAM COLLINS

OUT NOW £9.99, PB 978-0-00-750619-4 WILLIAM COLLINS

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