Quercus Rights Guide - Autumn 2022

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Albania, Bulgaria & Macedonia - Anthea Agency katalina@anthearights.com

Brazil - Riff Agency joaopaulo@agenciariff.com.br

China & Taiwan - The Grayhawk Agency grayhawk@grayhawk-agency.com

Czechia & Slovakia - Kristin Olson Agency kristin.olson@litag.cz

Greece - OA Literary Agency amichael@otenet.gr

Hungary, Croatia, Serbia & Slovenia - Katai and Bolza Literary Agency orsi@kataibolza.hu (Hungary); petra@kataibolza.hu (Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia)

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Indonesia - Maxima Creative Agency santo.maxima@gmail.com

Japan - The English Agency hamish@eaj.co.jp

Korea - Eric Yang Agency jackieyang@eyagency.com

Romania - Simona Kessler Agency office@kessler-agency.ro

Thailand & Vietnam - The Grayhawk Agency itzel@grayhawk-agency.com

Turkey - AnatoliaLit Agency amy@anatolialit.com

Quercus

October 2022

Editor: Katy Follain

Extent: 208

Rights sold: Germany (Christian Verlag) Brazil (Editora Planeta do Brazil) Romanian (Editura Creator) US (Little, Brown)

Emily in Paris: Paris, J’Adore!

The Official Authorized Companion

The official authorized companion to the much-loved Netflix show Emily in Paris. Paris, J’Adore! is Emily Cooper’s diary about her life in France so far. From leaving her boyfriend in Chicago to starting at marketing firm Savoir in Paris, it reveals all the thrill, fear and confusion Emily experiences as she embarks on her new life. She becomes acquainted not only with French workplace etiquette - the long lunches, the arguments, the determined reluctance to use social media - but also with Gabriel, the hottest chef in town. Some things, though, are beyond comprehension: like why the first floor in a Parisian apartment building is the second floor and the first floor is the ground floor.

As the months go by, Emily learns how it’s perfectly normal to have a glass of Sancerre for breakfast and how you should never turn up early at work. But more than anything, she learns about love, female friendships, and how exciting it is to step out of your comfort zone in this beautiful and intriguing city. Paris, J’Adore! is also a guidebook to how to be a Parisian, with tips on fashion, romance, and where to capture the perfect selfie in the City of Lights.

Written in Emily’s voice, it will contain the following sections:

1. Emily’s Fashion Paris

2. Emily’s Romantic Paris

3. Emily’s Secret Paris

4. Emily’s Workplace Paris

5. Emily’s Escapades from Paris

Packed with four-colour photographs, exquisite illustrations and beautiful shots of Paris, Paris, J’Adore! is a hugely desirable gift book for all the fans of the show.

About the author:

Starring Lily Collins and created by Darren Star (Sex and the City) Emily in Paris is one of the most successful series on Netflix. In 2021, Emily in Paris was nominated for two Golden Globes and two Primetime Emmy Awards. Netflix renewed the series for Seasons 3 and 4.

Quercus

October 2022

Editor: Katy Follain

Extent: 208

Translation Rights

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TommyInnit Says...The Quote Book Tom Simons

‘In all honesty, I think I’d be a pretty bad shark.’

‘What if God was just legs?’ ‘There’s only so many green up arrows you can get before your heart becomes one big red YouTube down arrow’

For the last three years, Tom Simons aka TommyInnit, has been mouthing off on the internet to anyone who will listen. So far, that’s over 40 million followers. And Wilbur Soot, his surrogate big brother, has been right by his side. Known and loved for his funny and absurd sayings, Tom has covered a wealth of topics, from Minecraft to America, and from dating to pet-care. And his fans can’t get enough.

Now, for the first time, you can read his wisdom, jokes and missteps in: a funny, collectible edition of TommyInnit’s most abstract and absurd sayings and quotes which will appeal to his millions of fans. Curated and edited by Wilbur Soot, it will be the perfect Christmas gift for Inniters everywhere.

Featuring: *A Day in the Life * Tommy’s Educational Segment * Life Advice from Wilbur * Love Poems * Insights into Tommy and Wilbur’s world ... and much more.

About the author:

Tom Simons aka TommyInnit is one of the world’s biggest streamers, gaming YouTubers and content creators. At 18 years old he has over 40 million followers across all of his social platforms. He is popularly known for posting live streams and Minecraft-related videos on his YouTube channel.

Will Gold aka Wilbur Soot is a streamer and musician. Known for his work as a writer on the Dream SMP (one of the most popular web series of all time), Wilbur has also appeared eight times on the UK music charts, peaking at number 5. He has also featured in Billboard’s emerging artists chart and Rolling Stone’s top breakthrough artists.

October 2022

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Extent: 224

The World According to Kaleb

Kaleb Cooper

Introducing Clarkson’s Farm favourite Kaleb Cooper’s worldly wisdom on life’s big issues, from the difference between straw and hay to the importance of having a hair perm.

Chipping Norton’s celebrity farmer Kaleb Cooper has strong views on lots of things: sheep (‘stupid’), Jeremy Clarkson (‘f***ing idiot’), New York (‘if it’s like London, where there are no tractors, that’s no good’) and more.

In The World According to Kaleb, he shares his thoughts on topics such as capital cities, famous people, hairstyles and why farming is the best job in the world. He even tells us why the chicken crossed the road. Dubbed ‘the real star of Clarkson’s Farm’, Kaleb reveals his true, loveable, funny and down-to-earth self, with deadpan gags and unique observations that will have you crying with laughter.

Utterly hilarious, this is Kaleb as you’ve got to know him and love him on the hugely successful television series.

About the author:

Kaleb Cooper is a farming contractor from Oxfordshire in the UK who plays a central advisory role to Jeremy Clarkson in all eight episodes of the Prime Video series Clarkson’s Farm. Born in July 1998 he grew up in the Cotswolds and has been working in farming since he was at school. He studied agriculture at Moreton Morrell College and likes collecting tractors and cars.

Quercus

March 2024

Editor: Katy Follain

Extent: 320

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Everything is Sound: How it shapes our lives, our wellbeing and our planet

Julian Treasure

It is only recently that scientists have realised that sounds connect us to the world in ways that are every bit as vivid and evocative as visual landscapes.

Hearing is the first sense we develop, and as our primary warning sense it is hardwired into our brains. And yet, in an increasingly noisy and distracted world, most people pay scant attention to the sounds around them. Also, by living in cities, billions of people never experience the rich and (we now know) health-enhancing sounds of the natural world.

Everything is Sound explores how the sounds around us affect every aspect of our human experience, and thus fundamentally alter our quality of life, for better or worse. Treasure focuses on:

• Cosmophony (from the noise planets make to what the end of the universe will sound like)

• Geophony (earth’s constant hum, the effect of natural sounds such as rainfall and thunder on our health)

• Biophony (the great animal orchestra, from birdsong to whale vocalization and everything in between)

• Anthropophony (the sounds human make, from music to machinery and from buildings to Artificial Intelligence)

• Silence (where to find it, anechoic chambers, deafness and what silence sounds like)

Treasure allows us to rediscover the wonder of sound, and understand how powerfully it affects us, whether we are paying attention or not. He shows how we can take back responsibility for the sounds we consume and those we make, so we can enhance our own happiness, effectiveness and wellbeing.

Julian Treasure is a British top-rated international speaker. Collectively, his five TED talks on various aspects of sound and communication have been viewed more than 120 million times. His talk How to Speak So That People Want to Listen is in the top 10 TED talks of all time. He has been widely featured as a sound and communication expert across international media, including TIME Magazine, The Economist, The Times and many international TV and radio stations and podcasts. He is the author of two specialist books: Sound Business (Management Books, 2000) and How to Be Heard (Mango, 2017). How to Be Heard was 2019 Audie Award Winner for Best Audio Book in Business and Personal Development, HuffPost 20 Best Business Books of 2017 and Best Voiceover-Audiobook Narration at the 2018 Voice Arts Awards.

‘Julian Treasure is a pure genius’ - Mitch Joel, entrepreneur and author of CTRL ALT Delete

Quercus

July 2023

Editor: Katy Follain

Extent: 352

US & Translation Rights Available

Rights sold:

China (CITIC Press)

Japan (Soshisha)

Korean (Woongjin Thinkbig)

Option Publishers:

Brazil (Grupo Editorial Record)

Bulgaria (Iztok-Zapad)

Croatia (Planetopika)

Czech Republic (Albatros)

Germany (Piper Verlag)

Hungary (Athenaeum 2000)

Israel (Tchelet Books)

Italy (RCS MediaGroup)

Lebanon (Arab Scientific Publishers)

Netherlands (De Bezige Bij)

Norway (Cappelen Damm AS)

Poland (Insignis)

Portugual (Edicioes Saida de Emergencia)

How to Expect the Unexpected:

The science of making predictions and the art of knowing when not to

Kit Yates

A fascinating exploration of how we can make better, accessible, scientifically-informed predictions about the world around us.

• Are you destined to be a fisherman if your surname is Fish?

• Is winning the National Lottery not once, but twice as unlikely as it sounds?

• Why did so many Pompeiians stay put while Mount Vesuvius was erupting?

• How do you prevent a nuclear war?

Ever since the dawn of human civilisation, we have been trying to make predictions about what’s in store for us. We do this on a personal level, so that we can get on with our lives efficiently. But we also have to predict on a much larger scale, often for the good of our broader society.

For just as long, we have been getting it wrong. From religious oracles to weather forecasters, and from politicians to economists, we are subjected to poor predictions all the time. Our job is to separate the good from the bad. Unfortunately, the foibles of our own biology, the biases that ultimately make us human, can let us down when it comes to making rational inferences about the world around us. And that can have disastrous consequences.

How to Expect the Unexpected will teach you how and why predictions go wrong, help you to spot phony forecasts and give you a better chance of getting them your own predictions correct.

About the author:

Kit Yates is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Mathematical Sciences and co-director of the Centre for Mathematical Biology at the University of Bath. He completed his PhD in mathematics at the University of Oxford in 2011. He is the author of The Maths of Life and Death, which was a Sunday Times Science Book of the Year. This is his second book.

Serbia (Laguna)

Slovakia (Albatros)

Slovenia (Ucila International)

Spain (Blackie Books)

Sweden (Pafina Forlags)

Taiwan (Commonwealth Publishing)

Turkey (Can Sanat Yayinlari Yapim)

Romania (Grup Media Litera)

Russian (Exem Licence)

US (Simon & Schuster)

Quercus

September 2023

Editor: Katy Follain

Extent: 224

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An Atlas of Endangered Alphabets Tim Brookes

A global exploration of the many writing systems that are on the verge of vanishing, and the stories and cultures they carry with them.

If something is important, we write it down. Yet 85% of the world’s writing systems are on the verge of vanishing - not granted official status, not taught in schools, discouraged and dismissed.

When a culture is forced to abandon its traditional script, everything it has written for hundreds of years - sacred texts, poems, personal correspondence, legal documents, the collective experience, wisdom and identity of a people - is lost.

This Atlas is about those writing systems, and the people who are trying to save them. From the ancient holy alphabets of the Middle East, now used only by tiny sects, to newly created African alphabets designed to keep cultural traditions alive in the twenty-first century; from a Sudanese script based on the ownership marks traditionally branded into camels, to a secret system used in one corner of China exclusively by women to record the songs and stories of their inner selves: this unique book profiles dozens of scripts and the cultures they encapsulate, offering glimpses of worlds unknown to us - and ways of saving them from vanishing entirely.

About the author:

Tim Brookes is universally regarded as the pioneer and authority in the field of script loss and revitalization on a global scale. He is a frequent speaker/presenter at conferences on endangered languages and global communications, and the author of sixteen books.

Greenfinch

August 2023

Editor: Kerry Enzor

Extent: 224

The Secret Lives of Molecules Kathryn Harkup

This book is all about what happens when elements get up close and personal. How individual atoms combine and connect to take on new properties and shapes that define how they interact with everything around them.

It explores 52 carefully selected molecules that help make us and the world around us. It explores their impact on our lives and how they keep us engaged with life and living. They include the good, the bad, the delightful and the downright disgusting.

About the author: Kathryn Harkup is a chemist and author. Her first book was the international best-seller, A is for Arsenic. She has also written about the science of Frankenstein in Making the Monster, all the ways to die in a Shakespeare play in Death By Shakespeare and investigated the scientific background to horror’s most famous fiend in her most recent book Vampirology.

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The Secret Lives of the Elements

When we think of the periodic table we picture orderly rows of elements that conform to type and never break the rules. In this book Kathryn Harkup reveals that there are personalities, passions, quirks and historical oddities behind those ordered rows, and shows us that the periodic table is a sprawling family tree with its own black sheep, wayward cousins and odd uncles. The elements in the periodic table, like us, are an extended family - some old, some newborn, some shy and reticent, some exuberant or unreliable.

Dr Harkup tells the weird and wonderful stories of just fifty two members of this family - remarkable tales of discovery, inspiration and revolution, from the everyday to the extraordinary. Some elements are relatively anonymous; others, already familiar, are seen in a new light; and old friends have surprising secrets to share. From our green-fingered friend magnesium to the devil incarnate polonium, this eclectic collection of engaging and informative stories will change the way you see the periodic table for ever.

Rights sold in The Secret Lives of the Elements: China (Dook Media Group); Germany (Laurence King Verlag)

Greenfinch

January 2023

Editor: Kerry Enzor

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A Toolkit for Your Emotions

42 ways to feel better

Dr Emma Hepburn

53 tools and techniques for managing everyday emotions including anxiety, shame, stress and anger and welcoming in feelings of happiness and contentment.

Dr Emma Hepburn is the most well-known psychologist on Instagram (@ thepsychologymum, 134k followers) and has won numerous awards for her contribution to mental health awareness. In A Toolkit for Your Emotions, Emma takes a deep dive into how we feel and explains all the tools you need to intercept and redirect challenging emotion. From joy to anger, shame to stress and anxiety, Emma has practical and effective ways to feel instantly calmer and more content.

Each topic is illustrated with Emma’s well-loved illustration to make them accessible, meaningful and memorable.

About the author:

Dr Emma Hepburn is a clinical psychologist, with expertise in neuropsychology, who has over 15 years’ experience of working with and treating mental health difficulties in both the public and private sector. She is passionate about bringing psychology and evidence-based mental health information beyond the clinic room to a wider audience and encouraging people to proactively look after their mental health. Her illustrative work has been used by a number of organisations including The American Association for the Prevention of Suicide, The Royal Society of Public Health and the Samaritans (India). She writes as @thepsychologymum on Instagram (134k followers) and has recently won a Bronze Lovie (Best of European Internet) award, as well as a Peoples’ Choice Lovie, for her social media work and has been shortlisted for the mind Media Awards.

Rights sold in A Toolkit for Modern Life: Belgium (Zuidnederlandse)

France (Larousse)

Japan (Discover 21)

Korea (The Business Books and CO)

Spain (Edaf)

Thailand (Amarin)

Vietnam (Vietnam AZ Communication & Culture Co.)

Rights sold in A Toolkit for Happiness: Russia (Eksmo)

Quercus

May 2023

Editor: Katy Follain

Extent: 320

US & Translation Rights

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Lessons in Life Andria Zafirakou

What can the best teachers in the world tell us about our children? What advice can they give to help us raise happy, confident and caring kids?

Teachers spend a lot of time with their pupils - talking and listening to them, observing and guiding them. What can we learn from teachers about helping kids become compassionate, contented and successful grown-ups, as well as conscientious global citizens?

In Lessons I’ve Life, Andria Zafirakou - the 2018 Global Teacher Prize winner - talks to 30 of the best teachers in the world willing to share their insight and wisdom, gained from years of working with children of all ages. They include:

Ranjitsinh Disale (Global Teacher Prize winner 2020) turned a cattle shed in the drought-prone village of Paritewadi in India into a primary school, where he teaches his pupils how to broaden their horizons, and to become advocates for change;

Peter Tabichi (Global Teacher Prize winner 2019), a maths and physics teacher in the Rift Valley Province, Kenya who inspires his students to care about their studies and to believe in a future they can be part of, despite the famines they have witnessed.

Esther Wojcicki (California Teacher of the Year 2002), a leading American teacher who challenged traditional school rules in her lessons to allow her students to take control, learn to believe in themselves and feel empowered.

Andrew Moffat (MBE for services to equality in education 2017), a primary teacher in Birmingham who created a teaching resource called ‘Challenging Homophobia in Primary Schools’ to help his pupils understand the importance of tolerance and open-mindedness.

The result is an inspiring, moving and fascinating read that will help parents identify a child’s potential and give them the tools to shine.

Andria Zafirakou was born in north-west London to Greek-Cypriot parents. She has worked her entire teaching career at Alperton Community School. Her willingness to go above and beyond for her students saw her win the Global Teacher Prize, dubbed the ‘Nobel of Teaching’, in March 2018. With the prize money of $1 million, Andria set up Artists in Residence, a charity that brings professional artists into disadvantaged schools across the UK. In 2019, she was appointed an MBE for her services to education. She is a Culture Leader for the World Economic Forum and a member of the Global Future Leaders Council, and has been named one of the top ten most influential people in London by the Evening Standard.

Quercus

September 2023

Editor: Katy Follain

Extent: 272

Your Sexual Self 33 days to explore, heal and celebrate your sexuality

Lucy-Anne Holmes

A mind-opening journal that invites you to explore your sexual pleasure and find your inner power.

In Your Sexual Self, author, actor and campaigner Lucy-Anne Holmes shares everything she has learned about how liberating and empowering sexual self-knowledge can be. Weaving in her personal experiences as well as the wisdom she has acquired in her journey to becoming a sexual priestess, she has written this journal to help us gain profound insights into ourselves and our behaviour when it comes to this complex human instinct.

Over the course of 33 days, Holmes gently guides us through tasks, practises and meditations, including:

• Two-minute love blasts

• Sensual stimulations for the mind and the body

• Recitations to relax

• Journaling for self-discovery

and much more.

Thanks to a slow and rewarding step-by-step and interactive approach, Holmes steers us through this fundamental human experience to help us become more at peace with ourselves and fulfilled.

About the author:

Lucy-Anne Holmes is a writer, actress and campaigner living in Sussex. She is the author of three previous novels which were published in ten countries, and of Don’t Hold My Head Down, her funny and eyeopening personal sexual odyssey. Lucy-Anne was also the founder of the No More Page 3 campaign to convince the owners and editors of The Sun newspaper to cease its Page 3 feature, which showed photos of topless models. The newspaper withdrew this feature as a result of the movement. She is also the author of Women on Top of the World

Quercus

October 2022

Editor: Jon Butler

Extent: 256

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Climb Your Mountain

Everyday lessons from an extraordinary life

Sir Ranulph Fiennes

‘Life is too short to waste time on second-class ambitions. Go for the big ones.’

Now in his late seventies, Sir Ranulph Fiennes looks back on a lifetime of exploration, and draws powerful, inspiring lessons that we can all use when faced by the tribulations of everyday life.

Having crossed both Polar ice caps on foot, climbed Everest and the Eiger, served in the SAS and circumnavigated the world along its polar axis - a 53,000 mile odyssey that has never been repeated - ‘Ran’ looks back from the summit of an incredible life and teaches us how to:

Learn self-discipline, and master fear Plan for success, and make your own luck

Learn from failure and strive to succeed Keep going, whatever life throws at you

About the author:

Sir Ranulph Fiennes was the first person to reach both poles by surface travel and the first to cross the Antarctic Continent unsupported. In the 1960s he was removed from the SAS Regiment for misuse of explosives but, after joining the army of the Sultan of Oman, received that country’s Bravery Medal on active service in 1971.

He is the only person yet to have been awarded two clasps to the Polar medal for both Antarctic and the Arctic regions. Fiennes has led over thirty expeditions, including the first polar circumnavigation of the Earth, and in 2003 he ran seven marathons in seven days on seven continents in aid of the British Heart Foundation.

In 1993 Queen Elizabeth II awarded Fiennes the Order of the British Empire (OBE) because, on the way to breaking records, he has raised over £14 million for charity. He was named Best Sportsman in the 2007 ITV Great Briton Awards and in 2009 he became the oldest Briton to reach the summit of Everest.

Quercus

July 2023

Editor: Jane Sturrock Zoe Blanc

Extent: 304

Game On, Puppy!

The fun, transformative approach to training your puppy from the founders of Absolute Dogs

Tom Mitchell and Lauren Langman

What if there was a way to make puppy-training not only possible, but enjoyable?

The absoluteDogs games-based approach is like a breath of fresh air, providing a toolkit to make the impossible possible in a fun and rewarding way. If dogs are trained using inspiration, not intimidation, the breakthrough moments dog owners long for become a daily reality, and the struggle disappears. Instantly, all the hard work pays off, and people start having the dog-owner relationship they always dreamed of.

The aboluteDogs philosophy covers:

• How to prepare yourself, your family and your home for your puppy.

• How to become an expert at understanding what your dog is telling you.

• The theory for transforming struggles into strengths, plus advice on its practical application.

• What to do in the first 24 hours, the first week and the first six months to set yourself up for success.

• The importance of socialising your dog and how to go about it.

• The basics: toilet training, sleep and socialising.

Next steps: e.g. recall, loose leash walking, four paws on the ground. Concept training: games to build alone-time confidence, optimism and reduce reactivity.

About the author:

Tom Mitchell and Lauren Langman are world-renowned dog trainers. They have used their exceptional combined experience to create the absoluteDogs Training Academy as well as the Naughty But Nice and Pro Dog Trainer courses. Tom is a veterinarian, behaviourist, dog trainer, and author. He brings science and passion to his work, which supports dogs of all abilities and temperaments to have focus, self-control and joy. Lauren is a dog trainer, author, and world-level competitor in the fast-paced dog sport of agility. Lauren also owns and runs a highly successful dog-training centre of excellence in Devon, UK. Tom and Lauren believe that a positive playful approach using simple games can change a dog’s life. Together, they bring years of experience and generously share their knowledge to help more and more dog owners overcome their struggles and turn them into strengths.

My Russia War or Peace?

Mikhail Shishkin

In his timely new book, Mikhail Shishkin, argues that Russia is not a ‘riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma’: we just don’t know enough about it. So what is the real story behind Putin’s autocratic regime and its invasion of Ukraine?

In My Russia: War or Peace? Shishkin traces the roots of Russia’s problems, from the ‘Kievan Rus’ via the Grand Duchy of Moscow, empire, revolution and Cold War, to the now thirty-year-old Russian Federation. He explores the uneasy relationship between state and citizens, explains Russian attitudes to people’s rights and democracy, and proposes that there are really two Russian peoples: the disillusioned and disaffected, who suffer from ‘slave mentality’, and those who embrace ‘European’ values and try to stand up to oppression.

Both deeply personal and taking a broader historical view, My Russia is a passionate, eye-opening account of a state entangled in a complex and bloody past, as well as a love letter to a conflicted country. Will Russia continue its vicious circle of upheaval and autocracy, or will its people find a way out of history - and how can we help?

About the author:

Born in 1961 in Moscow, Mikhail Shishkin is one of the most prominent names in contemporary Russian literature, and is the only author to have won all three major Russian Literary Prizes. He lives in Zurich.

October 2022

Editor: Paul Engles

Extent: 272

US Rights Available

What We Leave Behind

A Birdwatcher’s Dispatches from the Waste Catastrophe

Stanislaw Lubienski

”Everything looked perfect. Sand - unique Baltic sand, the best in the world - and the calm sea. But wait. Something was amiss. Something was wrong”

It starts with a day at the beach. A single white sock that somehow spoils everything. It’s enough to send writer and ornithologist Stanislaw Lubienski on a quest to understand what we throw away, where it goes and whether it will be our legacy.

By analysing items he unearths on his trips into nature - a plastic bottle, a tube of Russian penis-enlargement cream, a cigarette butt, an empty aerosol can - tracing their origins and explaining the harm they can do, he shows how consumer society has developed out of control, to the point of environmental catastrophe. He also looks with a birdwatcher’s eye at how various animals have come to adapt to and even rely on our rubbish, and interrogates the cultural significance of waste and the origins of our throw-away lifestyles.

Finally, he adds a personal touch by examining his own “environmental neurosis” and by going out with refuse crews to watch them work. While Lubienski never hectors his readers, nor shames them, his clear-eyed, persuasive and humble polemic reminds us what we, as individuals, can and cannot do to address an apocalyptic issue while there’s still something worth saving.

Translated from the Polish by Zosia Krasodomska-Jones

About the author:

Stanislaw Lubienski, born in 1983, is an esteemed ornithologist and writer. A regular contributor to newspapers and magazines, he is the co-author of a series of films about the life of migrants in Warsaw. His previous book, The Birds They Sang about his experiences as an amateur ornithologist, was published in English translation in 2020 by Westbourne Press.

In Poland it won the readers’ vote for the Nike award 2017.

Katharina Bielenberg

Water and Peace

A journey through the world’s most explosive conflict zones in search of deep water Dr Alain Gachet

Water scarcity is often the cause of conflict, whereas abundant water can bring peace. With the growing impact of climate change, an estimated one third of the world’s population lacks fresh water. By 2050 it could well be over half, some five billion people.

Alain Gachet, known as the “Wizard of H2O”, explores and unravels the interrelated humanitarian, environmental, scientific and geopolitical concerns generated by water scarcity. An archaeological explorer and mining engineer, Gachet has developed a technology (using Nasa satellite imagery) to identify massive aquifers beneath the earth’s surface using a mathematical algorithm that could completely change our future.

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As well as exploring our current environmental crisis (and offering some solutions), Gachet gives an account of his extraordinary adventures as a mining engineer both before and since he became an expert in deep groundwater - in Congo; in Libya, where he encounters Gaddafi; in Darfur, where he works alongside refugee agencies to provide water to vast camps, often at risk to his life; in Iraq and in Kurdistan, where he encounters both the Peshmerga and the Yazidi people; and in the Turkana region of Kenya, where his discoveries of vast underwater reservoirs have been transformative to the lives of the people in an area plagued by drought and disputes over livestock for generations.

About the author:

Alain Gachet, CEO and Founder of RTI Exploration, born in Madagas car in 1951, is a nuclear physicist specialized in Quantum Mechanics, a mining engineer, petroleum geologist and geophysicist. He has worked as an international expert for the United Nations and the USGS on the ‘Science for Diplomacy’ programme. After working for twenty years in oil exploration, Alain Gachet made a major change in shifting from oil to water. He created RTI (Radar Technologies In ternational) in 1999, to explore deep aquifers all over the world, us ing a secret algorithm based on quantum mechanics, geology and geophysics.

Arcadia

Editor: Katharina Bielenberg

Türkiye

Cycling through a country’s first century

Julian Sayarer

From Thracian borders with Bulgaria to a sparkling Aegean coast, Julian Sayarer cycles across Anatolian hills towards the Black Sea, Kurdish southeast and the Armenian frontiers.

Whereas books on Türkiye - renamed on the eve of its first centuryoften root themselves in history, romanticism, religion or civilizational terms, Sayarer brings to life this living, breathing community of peoples and place at the meeting point of Asia, Africa and Europe; a mid-point not only of East and West, but of all the unfurled globe. The result is a love letter to a country and its neighbours, but one that gives a cleareyed view of Türkiye and its place in a changing world.

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His own extensive time in the country and his roots there enable him to lift the reader out of old clichés of Türkiye as a ‘bridge’ between East and West, and Orientalist ideas that do more to obstruct than enlighten. Taking the large ideas of politics, strategy and history that govern so much of his writing, Sayarer uses the bicycle and its roadside encounters to bring everything back to the human level.

At the end of his journey the reader is left with a much clearer understanding of the country and the roles of religion, race, Islam, and the essential and universal nature of political power, both in Türkiye and elsewhere.

About the author:

Julian Sayarer cycled a half dozen times across Europe to his second nation of Turkey before before breaking a world record for a circum navigation by bicycle - riding 18,049 miles through 20 countries in 169 days. He is the winner of the Stanford Dolman Travel Writing Award for Interstate (2016), an account of hitchhiking through middle America, and is the author of Messengers (2016), All at Sea (2017), Fifty Miles Wide (2020) and Iberia (2021). Julian combines a background in politi cal science to create a critically acclaimed travel writing style - politics at roadsides. In this 12mph view of the world in passing, he uses human stories and journeys to document global issues for a broad audience. His writing has appeared in the London Review of Books, the Guardian, Aeon Magazine, among others, and in numerous cycling publications.

Quercus

October 2022

Editor: Richard Milner

Extent: 336

About the author:

Chased By Pandas

My life in the mysterious world of cycling

Dan Martin

This is Dan Martin’s long-awaited autobiography. Known, thanks to his racing style and attitude, for being one of road cycling’s last romantics, Dan has always shied away from revealing too much about himself and his story. Now, having retired at the end of the 2021 season aged 35 and no longer bound by the constraints of the racing circuit, Dan feels the time is right to tell his story in the same forthright and honest manner that he rode his bike.

This book reflects Dan’s generous and outspoken spirit, his resilience to pain, crashes, bad luck and, finally, his acceptance of destiny. Each chapter’s title has a sub-title based on a typical cyclist’s fear: the fear of losing a race, the fear of retiring from the sport, the fear of mountains or downhills, the fear of doping and, ultimately, the fear of death. Dan also discusses every aspect of the professional cyclist’s life - food, discipline, money, dreams, friendship and betrayal. Dan is unashamed when it comes to exposing these dark feelings, his weaknesses and how he tried to deal with them, his attitude exemplifying Mark Twain’s quote: “Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear”.

Written with his long-time friend and best-selling author Pierre Carrey, this is the story of a rider who never sought to conform to modern cycling’s norms and someone who, in many ways, embodies an age in cycling which has long since disappeared. This is the celebration of a true cyclist’s career, which will appeal to anyone who’s embraced the weekend ride whilst dreaming of the mountains.

Born in 1986 in Birmingham, Dan Martin is the nephew of Irish cycling legend Stephen Roche. Dan’s racing showed bravery and suffering in every way. The good vibes he sent through the peloton were rewarded by a Most Aggressive Rider prize at the 2018 Tour de France, where he took his trophy on the final podium on the Champs-Elysées.In his free time, Dan wrote a monthly column in Europe’s greatest cycling magazine, Procycling, over an unusually long period, from 2008 to 2021. He shared some of his views on a cyclist’s life but his most significant stories and strong opinions have been held back for this book. Dan is a proud husband of Jess, a British long-distance runner who competed in the 2016 Olympics, in Rio, and a proud father of twin daughters, Ella and Daisy, born in September 2018. Retired from the pro peloton since the end of 2021, Dan is now an active investor in growth and start-up companies as a Partner of Rubix Ventures Inc. and he is building plans to keep a close eye on cycling, especially on young riders that he would like to guide, advise and share his positive energy with.

Greenfinch

January 2023

Editor: Emily Arbis

Extent: 208

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August 2023

Chinese Astrology

Decode the Zodiac to Live Your Best Life

Marites Allen

Discover the ancient wisdom of the Chinese zodiac to get lucky in life, work and love.

Are you a charismatic tiger, a lucky rabbit or perhaps a witty monkey?

Whatever your zodiac animal, this essential beginner’s guide to Chinese astrology will help you to understand yourself more deeply and make better decisions in everyday life.

This stunningly illustrated, vibrant guide provides a practical and beautiful introduction to the rich, complex tapestry of the Chinese zodiac, and is filled with profound insights to help you navigate career, love and home life.

You will learn how each of the 12 animal signs of the zodiac influence our personalities, strengths and weaknesses, and compatibility with others. Within each chapter, there will be advice for readers born in the year of each animal about how to use this self-knowledge to improve their work, friendships and relationships.

There are also special features spreads which explore the Legend of the Twelve Animals, the Wheel of Love, Lunar New Year celebrations, and more.

About the author:

Marites Allen is an internationally recognized Feng Shui master and Chinese astrology expert who has trained with various masters from Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong and China. She is the first Filipina to be awarded the prestigious title of “Master in Feng Shui” by the International Feng Shui Association in 2013. Marites has been an international Feng Shui consultant for over 20 years, and has frequently appeared in global press, radio and TV, including This Morning, the Sun, the Express and CNN. She lives in London with her family and splits her time between the UK and South East Asia.

Quiet Escapes

50 inspiring destinations to find your Zen

Emma Thomson

Discover the world’s most peaceful destinations.

In Quiet Escapes, award-winning travel writer Emma Thomson curates 50 inspirational trips from across the globe, each carefully selected to help you find your Zen. Including a host of natural wilderness adventures, remote island retreats, sacred pilgrim routes and unexpected oases of quiet in urban areas, this definitive guide equips you with the very best places to unwind and enjoy some true quiet reflection.

From stargazing in New Zealand to feeding mind, body and soul in Bali, an art safari in Zambia to a quiet city break in Switzerland, you will be spoilt for choice when planning your next calming escape.

About the author:

Emma Thomson specialises in remote destinations and responsible tours. In September 2018 she wrote a piece for The Independent about burning out and going on a ‘holiday for the heart’ in Wales which involved silence outside of sharing therapy sessions. She writes for National Geographic Traveller, The Telegraph, The Times, The Independent, London ES, The Sunday Times, Wanderlust, Metro and FT. She has featured on BBC Radio 4’s From Our Own Correspondent and presented for TV. Winner of Travel Writer of the Year 2019.

The Flightless Traveller

Seeking options that are enjoyable and kind to the planet, award-winning travel writer Emma Gregg shows you how to get a no-fly holiday off the ground.

The Flightless Traveller presents 50 inspirational, life-affirming trip ideas for those who would like to fly less, or not at all. They include eco-friendly city breaks and coastal retreats, bike rides and sailing voyages, short jaunts on vintage railways and incredible intercontinental journeys.

Some shed new light on wonderful, well-known places. Others reveal destinations, activities and experiences you might have never considered before. Best of all, they make the journey an essential part of the adventure.

Greenfinch

May 2023

Editor: Kerry Enzor

Extent: 208

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How Plants Can Save Your Life

50 Inspirational Ideas for Planting and Growing

Ross Cameron

Filled with 50 inspirational ideas for planting and growing, this book explores how embracing the natural world can promote a powerful, long-lasting and positive impact on our well-being.

Growing plants and (if we are lucky enough) creating gardens is deeply rewarding, but has also been proven to be vital for our health.

Gardening helps improve our mood, relax us, take us away from our everyday problems, and promote positive emotions. It reduces anxiety and stress, delays in the onset of dementia, promotes joy, as well as improving physical health and even self-esteem.

This new book explores the ways we can introduce plants into our lives and thus embrace some of the benefits the natural world provides for our well-being. Divided into 50 sections, each one highlights a plant-based activity, how this is good for your health and provides links to the underlying concept that supports health and well-being.

Written by a leading scientific authority on environmental horticulture, this unique book will offer readers a wealth of ideas on planting and growing as well as explaining the latest science research behind those ideas.

About the author:

Dr Ross Cameron is Research Director within the Department of Landscape Architecture at the University of Sheffield. He has published over 70 academic papers/book chapters on landscape plants and urban green spaces. He is co-author of Environmental Horticulture - The Science and Management of Green Landscapes and he wrote the health and wellbeing chapter in Science and the Garden. He a professional horticulturalist and advisor to the Royal Horticultural Society.

March 2023

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House of Flowers

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Ashlee Jane

A step-by-step guide to creating beautiful floral arrangements in your home through every season, with stunning photography of each floristry project.

Discover how to bring the joy of flowers into your home with 30 stunning projects.

From vase arrangements to planters, floral crowns to wreaths, life is better with flowers in it. With clear, step-by-step instructions, Ashlee Jane expertly leads you through her inspirational ideas for floral arrangements to bring the calming power of flowers and foliage into your home.

There is something for every occasion here, from small vase arrangements to larger planter projects and everything in between. Including styling tips, a directory of favourite flowers and gorgeous ideas on every page, you will be inspired to fill your home with flowers every week.

About the author:

Ashlee Jane is an expert florist and founder of The Suffolk Nest, which aims to make floristry accessible to all - whether you’ve never arranged flowers before, or are already a fully-fledged florist. Ashlee has inspired her 290,000 followers on Instagram to create flower arrangements to enjoy in their homes through her weekly live tutorials.

30 floristry projects to bring the magic of flowers into your home

Greenfinch

August 2023

Editor: Kerry Enzor

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The Ethnobotanical: A world tour of indigenous plant knowledge

Dr Sarah Edwards

A stunning history of indigenous plant knowledge, from origin myths to medical applications

Since the beginning of humanity’s existence, plants have provided us with everything we need for our survival - they sustain us with air to breathe, food to eat, materials to make clothes and shelter with, and medicine to treat and prevent disease. Their beauty can also enhance our mood and provide spiritual and emotional nourishment.

Western science has ‘discovered’ and named innumerable plant species over the course of its colonial history. To many Indigenous peoples, however, plants have been recognised for centuries as sentient beings, imbued with spirit and agency to help humanity. Publishing in partnership with the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, The Ethnobotanical offers a unique and beautiful perspective on plants and their roles in the lives of peoples from across the planet.

About the author:

Dr. Sarah Edwards is an ethnobotanist and biodiversity informaticist who worked for many years at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and now lectures at the University of Oxford. She is also the current plant records officer for Oxford Botanic Garden and Arboretum. Sarah was awarded her PhD from the University of London in 2006, and was a postdoctoral research fellow at UCL School of Pharmacy until 2013, where she is currently an Honorary Research Associate. Her research has included investigating medicinal plant use in the favelas of north east Brazil; traditional plant knowledge in collaboration with Aborig inal communities in northern Australia; environmental factors in the aetiology of equine grass sickness; and the evidence base of herbal medicines. Sarah is the lead author of the book Phytopharmacy: An Evidence-Based Guide to Herbal Medicinal Products (Wiley 2015).

August 2023

Editor: Emily Arbis

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Botanic Gardens of the World: The story of science, horticulture, and discovery in 40 gardens

Deborah Trentham

Today there are 1,775 botanic gardens around the world, forging the way in conservation efforts and scientific research, but the roots of these horticultural institutions are much older. From early blueprints such as the 4th century BC garden of Aristotle, the first true botanic gardens are generally considered to be the Garden of the University of Padua established in 1543.

Designed as spaces of study and research, botanic gardens are where the lavish beauty of the natural world collides with cuttingedge scientific developments. Throughout history the role of botanic gardens has shifted according to the context of the time, from primarily places of medical research to key theatres in the age of exploration, and more recently with a focus on conservation in the face of the escalating climate challenges.

From the Renaissance gardens of Italy to the futuristic Singapore Botanic Gardens, this gorgeous book tells the story of these unique institutions. It is a history of science and learning, of politics and national interests, of societal concerns and individual passions. But, most of all, it is a compelling history of the power and possibility of the natural world, that we are still merely scratching the surface of.

About the author:

Deborah Trentham is founder and lecturer of The Garden Historians, established in 2013 to promote the study and teaching of garden history. Trentham has taught garden history and garden design at prestigious institutions including Imperial College London, Birbeck University of London, Capel Manor College, and KLC School of Design at Chelsea Harbour and Hampton Court Palace.

A beautifully illustrated history of botanic gardens around the world and their pivotal role in scientific study, medical research, and conservation.

Greenfinch

September 2023

Editor: Kerry Enzor

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Seaweed: A Global Natural History

Professor Juliet Brodie

Seaweeds - or marine algae - are one of the most diverse and dazzling organism groups on the planet. They have existed for over 1.6 billion years and survived every extinction event on the planet. Capable of thriving in some of the most extreme environments on earth, marine algae are found within in sea ice of the Arctic Ocean, as well as extreme acid, alkali and salt environments, and have been recorded at ocean depths of over 200m.

Professor Juliet Brodie, internationally renowned expert on marine algae, reveals their beauty and complexity - showing how they are vital not only to our global ecosystems but to the future of the planet. Professor Brodie explains the evolutionary significance, symbiotic relationships and strange sex lives of these curious organisms, and profiles 45 different species from around the world - each chosen to reflect a unique or fascinating aspect on these extraordinary organisms. Beautifully illustrated throughout with specially commissioned artwork this is a book for every naturelover to treasure.

About the author:

Professor Juliet Brodie, a leading global expert on marine algae. Juliet is an active research leader - currently undertaking two major research projects in the Falkland Islands and South Geor gia. Her research has taken her to all corners of the world over a 30-year career. She is a faculty member at the Natural History Mu seum and has been involved in numerous outreach programmes and exhibits, as well as leading the Big Seaweed Search project. In 2020 she was awarded the prestigious medal of the Linnean Soci ety for service to science.

An enchanting exploration of the remarkable world of seaweeds.

Screen Style Marnie Fogg

Screen Style celebrates the beautiful, stylish and often covetable outfits and costumes brought to us by iconic series of the small screen: from Mad Men to Empire, Peaky Blinders to Bridgerton. Not only have costume designers used clothes to define character, but the characters themselves have become role models for what to wear transforming actors into instant influencers.

Illustrated with over 200 screen stills, this book covers 50 diverse television series that have helped set the standard for fashion on screen.

LKP Professional

September 2023

Editor: Kara Hattersley-Smith

Extent: 224

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About the author:

Marnie Fogg is a fashion expert and media consultant with extensive experience in the fashion industry. She has interviewed many contemporary designers and is the author of Boutique: A ‘60s’ Cultural Phenomenon; Print in Fashion: Design and Development in Fashion Textiles; The Fashion Design Directory; Fashion: The Whole Story, and The Fashion Swatch Book.

The Style Thesaurus Hannah Kane

There has yet to be a definitive, gender-neutral book on the meaning of style, and this is the gap The Style Thesaurus fills. At once a lexicon of fashion and a style guide, it is the essential wardrobe companion for all fashion lovers.

Style can be used to fit in or to stand out, to send different messages and, with the right knowledge, it can also be adjusted according to mood or occasion.  The Style Thesaurus examines the semiotics of a wide range of looks, investigates their roots in history and culture, and shows how they can be curated or combined.

About the author:

Hannah Kane is a journalist, writer and Editor-in-Chief of independent style and culture magazine PHOENIX. She is an Associate Lecturer at the London College of Fashion, teaching fashion journalism, product management, and marketing communications. She also teaches at the privately-owned London College of Style in trend forecasting, art direction, styling, and shoot production.

Quercus

July 2023

Editor: Emma Capron

Extent: 400

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24 Hours to Fall in Love Molly James

The clock is ticking, don’t let love run out. . .

Rena has been in love with her best friend for ever, but when he meets The One, she knows something must change. After endless bad dates, Rena is ready for drastic action, so when a dating advert pops up on her screen, she signs up immediately:

24 hours to fall in love. A guaranteed love match by the end of the day or your money back.

When Rena wakes up, she goes about her day as normal. But what she doesn’t know is that she is bound to repeat this day over and over again, until she finds true love. 24 hours they said, but there was no mention of how many times those 24 hours would play out…

Groundhog Day meets The Lock-In in this hilarious dating caper.

About the author:

A former magazine journalist, Molly James is the author of 12 escapist novels including multiple bestsellers. Excited to take her writing in a new direction, Molly now brings a twist of magical realism to her heart-based humour, creating worlds the reader will want to return to over and again...

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October 2022

Editor: Florence Hare

Extent: 336

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Driving Home for Christmas Joanna Bolouri

Three Christmases. Two broken hearts. One hell of a journey.

Driving home marks the start of the holidays for Kate and Ed, who have made this journey every Christmas of their ten-year long relationship. Normally the seasonal hits blare from the car stereo, and they are guaranteed to be wearing ridiculous jumpers in anticipation, but this year a frosty silence fills the car...

A massive argument leads to the immediate collapse of their relationship. But the show must go on, so they decide to brave their families together one last time.

With three Christmases to celebrate, an old flame waiting under the mistletoe and a shed load of expectation around their future together, this most wonderful time of year is anything but. There will be turkey, tiffs and tantrums galore, but it’s sure to be a Christmas they’ll never forget.

A hilarious and heartfelt seasonal romance from the author of All I Want for Christmas. Perfect for fans of Sophie Cousens and Lucy Vine.

About the author:

Joanna Bolouri worked in sales before she began writing professionally at the age of thirty. Winning a BBC comedy script competition allowed her to work and write with stand-up comedians, comedy scriptwriters and actors from across the UK. She’s had articles and reviews published in The Skinny, the Scottish Sun, the Huffington Post and HecklerSpray. She lives in Glasgow with her daughter.

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The Fates

Rose Blythe

Three sisters, united by one destiny: to master the lives of every being other than their own…

On the slopes of Mount Olympus, hidden away from the prying eyes of Zeus, three young sisters huddle together. Their mother, the titan Themis, teaches them the roles that they will take up in the world as the goddesses of Fate.

Clotho, the creator, sits at the great loom of fate from the moment each child is born, twisting, pulling and spinning the threads of all beings into life.

Lachesis, the middle of the three, is responsible for deciding the details of destiny. She relies on a magic rod to measure and test the thread. It is up to her to make sure it is strong enough to withstand a lifetime. After the thread is spun and measured, it is up to Atropos to make the final cut. As the eldest of the Fates, it is she who decides how each life will conclude before moving on to the next.

But as the sisters grow in years and wisdom, their watch over the lives of millions of mortals begins to chafe. One mortal, the great warrior Atalanta, draws their eye, and as the life of her lover, Meleager, hangs in the balance, the goddesses of fate find that their hands are tied… But can power be reclaimed by letting go of their Nyx-given right?

As the mortal world plays out beneath them, the sisters must decide if they should walk away from their own destiny, or risk imprisoning themselves as masters of fate forever. . .

About the author:

Rose Blythe is the writer of several well-reviewed novels published under a different name. During her career as a writer, she has published three solo collections of poetry and her award-winning short stories, poems and essays have been widely anthologized. Her debut novel was longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize and the Polari First Book Prize, and subsequent publications have been widely recommended by The Times, The Guardian and The Sunday Times. The Fates sees Rose take her writing in an exciting new direction.

Quercus

April 2023

Editor: Florence Hare

Extent: 352

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Dream a Little Dream Rosie Archer

Trixie and her fellow lumberjills are back in Scotland, newly stationed at the MacKay estate. When they arrive, they are shocked to find the place dilapidated and the taciturn and secretive Noah MacKay not at all happy to be meeting them.

It quickly becomes apparent that MacKay was expecting men from the forestry commission to take charge, rather than four young women. Trixie, Jo, Hen and Vi decide he needs to be proven wrong –after all, don’t they have stamina, skill and strength?

But as the girls work to prove their worth, secrets from their own pasts threaten to follow them to Sutherland.

About the author:

Rosie Archer was born in Gosport, Hampshire, where she still lives. She has had a variety of jobs including waitress, fruit picker, barmaid, shop assistant and market trader selling second-hand books. Rosie is the author of several Second World War sagas set on the south coast of England, as well as a series of gangster sagas under the name June Hampson.

August 2022

Editor: Florence Hare

Extent: 352

August 2023

Editor: Florence Hare

Extent: 352

The House at Helygen Victoria Hawthorne

An atmospheric historical suspense novel rich with family secrets. The House at Helygen is a twisted tale of dark pasts, murderous presents and uncertain futures.

2019

When Henry Fox is found dead in his ancestral home in Cornwall, the police rule it a suicide, but his pregnant wife, Josie, believes it was murder. Desperate to make sense of Henry’s death she embarks on a quest to learn the truth, all under the watchful eyes of Henry’s overbearing mother. Josie soon finds herself wrestling against the dark history of Helygen House and ghosts from the past that refuse to stay buried.

1881

New bride Eliza arrives at Helygen House with high hopes for her marriage. Yet when she meets her new mother-in-law, an icy and forbidding woman, her dreams of a new life are dashed. And when Eliza starts to hear voices in the walls of the house, she begins to fear for her sanity and her life.

Can Josie piece together the past to make sense of her present, or will the secrets of Helygen House and its inhabitants forever remain a mystery?

The Darkest Night

An atmospheric and haunting story of family secrets, betrayal and dark pasts revealed. Perfect for fans of Kate Morton and Eve Chase.

When Ailsa Reid becomes the subject of a trial by media at the school where she works, she escapes to the comfort of her grandparents’ house in Scotland. But she arrives to find her grandmother, Moira, has gone missing. She was recently diagnosed with dementia and Ailsa is desperate to make sure she’s safe. But to find Moira, Ailsa must rely on the help of her estranged mother, Rowan, who abandoned her at birth.

In their search for Moira, Ailsa and Rowan delve into their family’s dark past. Soon they uncover a web of secrets kept between mother and daughter across generations, all beginning with a story about witches burned on the hill above the Reid house centuries ago.

About the author:

Victoria Hawthorne lives with her partner, two wild golden retrievers, and an even wilder cat. As Vikki Patis, she is the bestselling author of psychological thrillers. The House at Helygen was her debut historical suspense novel.

MacLehose Press

June 2023

Editor: Katharina Bielenberg Extent: 416

The Choice Michael Arditti

A rich and powerful exploration of desire, sin and redemption, by one of our best chroniclers of faith in the 21st century.

It wouldn’t have happened had Clarissa Phipps, rector of a small country parish, not returned to church late one evening to find Brian, the chief bell-ringer and husband of her closest friend, entangled with fifteenyear-old David. While David insists that he and Brian are in love, Clarissa is forced to act. Will she choose friendship or conscience, sympathy or her official duty of care?

The tragic fallout forces Clarissa to reflect on another choice that she made many years before, regarding the renowned artist, Seward Wemlock, whose controversial panel of Adam and Eve hangs in the church. Had she acted on the whispers that reached her when she was interviewing him for the BBC, would she have protected his young models and preserved the integrity of the church?

The Choice is a rich and powerful exploration of desire, sin and redemption, questioning whether it’s possible to separate the art from the artist and, indeed, whether it’s right to try. Michael Arditti, whom Philip Pullman has hailed as ‘Our best chronicler of the rewards and pitfalls of present-day faith’, examines the fault lines in both religious and secular society, from the AIDS crisis and the struggle for women’s ordination in the 1980s to the culture wars of today. Richly comic and deeply compassionate, The Choice is a remarkable synthesis of the sacred and profane.

About the author:

Michael Arditti is a novelist, short story writer and critic. His novels are The Celibate (1993), Pagan and her Parents (Pagan’s Father in the USA) (1996), Easter (2000), Unity (2005), A Sea Change (2006), The Enemy of the Good (2009), Jubilate (2011), The Breath of Night (2013), Widows and Orphans (2016), Of Men and Angels (2018) and The Anointed (2020). His short story collection, Good Clean Fun, was published in 2004. He was awarded a Harold Hyam Wingate scholarship in 2000, a Royal Literary Fund fellowship in 2001, an Oppenheim-John Downes memorial award in 2003 and Arts Council awards in 2004 and 2007. He was the Leverhulme artist in residence at the Freud museum in 2008. His novels have been short- and long-listed for several literary awards and Easter won the inaugural Waterstone’s Mardi Gras award. In 2012 he was awarded an Honorary DLitt by the University of Chester. He is currently theatre critic of the Sunday Express.

Quercus

April 2023

Editor: Jon Butler

Extent: 400

Rights sold: Canada (Penguin Random House)

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The Defector Chris Hadfield

Late 1973. The Watergate Scandal is in full swing, while the Arab-Israeli ‘Yom Kippur War’ explodes into life in the Sinai Peninsula, each side backed by the world’s two superpowers. In one of the fierce dogfights that ensues in Israeli airspace, a state-of-the-art Soviet MIG fighter is pursued at breakneck speed over the arid scrublands below . . . and promptly disappears.

It soon becomes clear that the pilot is a defector, desperate to come over to the US side. His knowledge will be useful to the American military, certainly: but the chance to study his MIG is a prize beyond value in the race to dominate the skies.

Houston Flight Controller and former test pilot Kaz Zemeckis, still coming to terms with the aftermath of the events of The Apollo Murders, is drafted in by US intelligence to bring the pilot and his plane to the US as his ‘handler’. Kaz must debrief the Soviet pilot as quickly as possible; but every defection brings with it a huge risk. To learn from your enemy, you must first bring them close: and once in Area 51, the most secret military research centre on the planet, it soon becomes clear that Kaz is dealing with a Soviet operative with the technical ability, and now the opportunity, to gain access to either a prototype Stealth fighter or a thermonuclear device . . .

For Chris Hadfield’s second novel in what he envisages as a long career ahead writing fiction, we move from Space, to another rich and exciting part of Chris’s professional CV: his time as the top test pilot in both the US Air Force and the US Navy, and as a Cold War fighter pilot intercepting armed Soviet bombers in North American airspace. Just as Gregg Hurwitz called The Apollo Murders ‘an explosive thriller by a writer who has actually been to space and back’, here we have the nerve-shredding rush of combat, as told by one of the world’s top pilots. But for anyone missing Space, rest assured that the book’s twist really delivers. For just as we have Kaz Zemeckis returning to action from Chris’s first thriller, we also get to spend time with the fantastic Russian cosmonaut Svetlana Gromova - whose own defection will team her up with Kaz in the spectacular, supersonic hunt for the double-agent that brings The Defector to a close.

Chris Hadfield is one of the most seasoned and accomplished astronauts in the world. The top graduate of the U.S. Air Force test pilot school in 1988 and U.S. Navy test pilot of the year in 1991, Colonel Hadfield was CAPCOM for 25 shuttle missions and NASA’s Director of Operations in Russia.

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Quercus

July 2023

Editor: Stefanie Bierwerth

Extent: 368

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Anatomy of a Killer Romy Hausmann

Berlin, 2017: several young girls have been disappearing for the past fourteen years. Red ribbons show the police the way to their bodies, but there’s no trace of the killer.

One evening, internationally renowned philosophy professor and anthropologist Walter Lesniak is arrested on the suspicion of the murders in the presence of his daughter, Ann.

’Professor Death’ becomes the headline of the tabloid press and Lesniak himself refuses to cooperate with the police. Ann is certain this is all some kind of mistake. And she will prove it. Yet, with the arrest of her father, she begins a journey into the unknown . . .

PRAISE FOR ROMY HAUSMANN:

‘Hausmann is a force to be reckoned with’ - David Baldacci

A peerless exercise in suspense - Financial Times

Claustrophobic, terrifying and fiercely compelling - Daily Mail

If you read only one thriller this year, choose this one - Alice Feeney

[B]eautifully written, intriguing and very compelling - Peter James

About the author:

Romy Hausmann was born in East Germany in 1981. At the age of twenty-four she became chief editor at a film production company in Munich. Since the birth of her son, Romy has been working as a freelancer in television. Her thriller debut, Dear Child, became a number one bestseller in Germany and is being published in twenty countries. Sleepless is her second thriller. Romy lives with her family in a remote house in the woods near Stuttgart.

MacLehose Press

September 2022

Editor: Katharina Bielenberg

Extent: 320

The Invisible Peter Papathanasiou

By the author of The Stoning (“Crime debut of the year” The Times) - a fresh and distinctive new voice in Outback Noir

Burnt-out from policework, Detective Sergeant George Manolis flies from Australia to Greece for a holiday. Recently divorced and mourning the death of his father, who emigrated from the turbulent Prespes region which straddles the borders of Greece, Albania and North Macedonia, Manolis hopes to reconnect with his roots and heritage.

On arrival, Manolis learns of the disappearance of an ‘invisible’a local man who lives without a scrap of paperwork. The police and some locals believe the man’s disappearance was preplanned, while others suspect foul play. Reluctantly, Manolis agrees to work undercover to find the invisible, and must navigate the complicated relationships of a tiny village where grudges run deep.

It soon becomes clear to Manolis that he may never locate a man who, for all intents and purposes, doesn’t exist. And with the clock ticking, the ghosts of the past continue to haunt the events of today as Manolis’s investigation leads him to uncover a dark and long-forgotten practice.

About the author:

Peter Papathanasiou was born in northern Greece and adopted as a baby to an Australian family. His writing has been published internationally by The New York Times, Guardian, Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Canberra Times, Daily Telegraph, The ABC, SBS, Huffington Post. He also holds an MA in Creative Writing from City University, London, and a PhD in Biomedical Sciences from the Australian National University. His first book, a memoir Son of Mine was published in 2019 by Salt.

MacLehose Press

November 2020

Editor: Paul Engles

Extent: 304

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The Lost and The Damned Olivier Norek

Introducing Olivier Norek: Former police officer, writer on Spiral and an awardwinning, million-copy bestseller.

”Slick, sick and not for the faint-hearted. It will make you cry out (for more)” Mark Sanderson, The Times

“Exhilarating . . . This is not conventional crime” Barry Forshaw, Independent

A corpse that wakes up during the autopsy. A case of spontaneous human combustion.

There is little by the way of violent crime that Capitaine Victor Coste has not encountered in his fifteen years policing France’s most notorious suburb - but nothing like this.

As he struggles to find a link between the cases, he receives a pair of anonymous letters highlighting the fates of two women whose deaths were never explained - two more blurred faces among the ranks of the lost and the damned.

Why were their murders not investigated? Coste is not the only one asking that question. Someone out there believes justice is best served on a cold mortuary slab.

Turf Wars

by the author of THE LOST AND THE DAMNED, a Times Crime Book of the Month

A second blistering crime novel set in France’s most notorious suburb, by a police officer turned million-copy bestseller and key writer on Spiral

The summary execution of three dealers - one murdered in full view of a police surveillance team - is the signal for hell to be unleashed in France’s most notorious suburb.

Now there’s a new kingpin in charge, using his ruthless teenage enforcer to assert an iron grip on his territory. And the local mayor, no stranger to the criminal underworld, is willing to make a pact with the devil if it will secure her a third term.

November 2021

Extent: 336

Enter Capitaine Coste and his team, ready to break the rules to prevent the drugs squad from throwing an elderly stash-minder to the lions as bait. But when the blue touchpaper is lit on the estates, it will be all they can do to save their own skins from the inferno.

Once again, Norek draws on all his experience as a police officer in France’s capital of crime - the same experience he drew on as a writer for the hit TV series Spiral - making Turf Wars the most authentic crime novel you’ll read all year.

November 2022

Extent: 400

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Breaking Point

When a routine kidnapping case goes badly wrong, Capitaine Vincent Coste breaks his golden rule: he starts to take things personally.

And with his career hanging by a thread - his resignation letter parked in his superior’s desk draw - he is plunged into his most testing ordeal yet.

A raid on the vault at the Bobigny law courts. Five vital pieces of evidence swiped. Four men who can no longer be held: an armed robber, a foreign legionnaire, a kidnapper and a paedophile. But what is the connection between them?

With Coste and his team at a loss, it’s the moral outrage of another criminal that will throw up a lead: one they’ll follow to their breaking point - and beyond. What readers are saying about Olivier Norek You can see the similarities with the TV series Spiral, which can only be a major positive!

A hard hitting and gritty French crime read that makes an impact.

A great thriller, sardonic, humorous, dark.I loved this book. Well written and had an authentic feel to it. A complete page turner.

Translated from the French by Nick Caistor

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BETWEEN TWO WORLDS

About the author:

Olivier Norek served as a humanitarian aid worker in the former Yugoslavia, before embarking on an eighteen-year career in the French police, rising to the rank of capitaine in the Seine-Saint-Denis Police Judiciare. He has written six crime novels, which have sold more than a million copies in France and won a dozen literary prizes.

The new Standalone by Olivier Norek “. . . everything he writes is thrilling” Literary Review

MacLehose Press

April 2023

Editor: Katharina Bielenberg

Extent: 240

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Foul Deeds and Fine Dining

A Pellegrino Artusi Mystery

Marco Malvaldi

Pellegrino Artusi, the great gastronome and amateur detective, is back.

It is 1900 and Pellegrino’s famed cookbook is in its fifth edition. Flushed from his fortune and success, our hero joins a weekend party at the Tuscan castle of the wealthy agricultural entrepreneur, Secondo Gazzolo.

In this castle of winding corridors, secret passageways and clandestine meetings, Pellegrino finds a curious collection of guests, each with their own purpose for being there.

But when one of the party is found dead in his locked bedroom, seemingly the victim of suffocation, it is up to Pellegrino and his old friend, the detective Ispettore Artistico, to solve what really happened, for the science of food is every bit as complex, rigorous and tantalising as the sublime art of investigation.

A perfect “locked room mystery” that will have your brain and your tastebuds tickled.

Translated from the Italian by Howard Curtis.

About the author:

Marco Malvaldi was born in Pisa in 1974, and is both a crime novelist and a chemist. He is best known for his BarLume series set on the Tuscan Coast, and also for The Art of Killing Well, for which he was awarded both the Isola d’Elba Award and the Castiglioncello Prize.

MacLehose Press

June 2023

Editor: Katharina Bielenberg Extent: 320

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The Invisible Web: The Black Forest Investigations Oliver Bottini

Berlin: A man is beaten up, the attacker escapes undetected. As a trail leads to Freiburg, Chief Inspector Louise Bonì is sent to investigate.

It’s a complex case: the attacker appears to be a professional, the victim a secret service informer, the only witness knows more than she’s saying, and the domestic intelligence service is hovering in the background but refusing to cooperate. Industrial espionage appears to be at play, focused on the burgeoning solar energy sector.

Bonì’s investigation keeps being obstructed, so yet again she has to rip up the police handbook in her attempt to find out how the different threads of the web are linked. But by the time she discovers the truth, it’s already too late for one of those involved . . .

Inspector Louise Bonì’s fifth case, Oliver Bottini weaves a web of tension that traps all those who come too close.

Translated from the German by Jamie Bulloch.

About the author:

Oliver Bottini was born in 1965. Five of his novels, including ZEN AND THE ART OF MURDER and A SUMMER OF MURDER of the Black Forest Investigations have been awarded the Deutscher Krimipreis, Germany’s most prestigious award for crime writing. ZEN AND THE ART OF MURDER was shortlisted for the 2018 CWA International Dagger. He lives in Frankfurt. www.bottini.de.

Riverrun

May 2024

Editor: Jon Riley

Extent: 400

Taking Izmail Mikhail Shishkin

In this 1999 work, now available for the first time in the English language, Mikhail Shishkin displays at full force the writing talents that have won him international recognition for books like Maidenhair and The Light and the Dark.

The Izmail of the title is a border fortress town, taken and lost by Russian forces numerous times in history. Here it is taken as a metaphor for the task of mastering life itself, and the scope of the task is conveyed through a masterfully interwoven panoply of scenes from different times and settings in Russia: in this tour de force of structure, style and scholarship the interaction of the scenes creates a genuine sense of the complexity of life.

As Mikhail Shishkin’s father says to him in the autobiographical chapter Conclusion: ‘This life, Mishka, has to be taken like a fortress!’ Among other things, Taking Izmail is a young writer’s own brilliant storming of that fortress.

About the author:

Born in 1961 in Moscow, Mikhail Shishkin is one of the most prominent names in contemporary Russian literature, and is the only author to have won all three major Russian Literary Prizes. He lives in Zurich.

MacLehose Press

May 2024

Editor: Rose Green

Extent: 178

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Adapting Clara Dupont-Monod

This is the story of a child, a child born with black eyes that float in and out of focus, a child soft and round, with translucent legs veined with blue and unable to take his weight, an eternal baby. This is the story of his place in the Cévennes house where he was born, overlooked by mountains and surrounded by the stones of the garden walls.

This is the story of his siblings: the eldest, who loves the child intensely, who spends his days cheek-to-cheek with his baby brother, showing him the world around them; the sister who rejects the child and hates him for consuming the attention of her parents and brother, for turning her family upside down; and the youngest, born after the child dies, who lives in his memory and has the life that could have been.

Told with tender, lyrical precision, Adapting is a compelling hymn to unexpected strength and resilience, a reminder that even when tragedy strikes, love will persevere.

More than 300,000 copies sold in the original French edition.

Translated from French by Ben Faccini

About the author:

Clara Dupont-Monod studied ancient French at the Sorbonne, and began her career in journalism writing for Cosmopolitan and Marianne. Her novels often draw on medieval myths and history, and have been nominated for the Prix Goncourt and the Prix Femina, two of France’s most prestigious literary awards. Her first novel to be translated into English, The Revolt, which tells the story of Eleanor of Aquitaine, was published in 2020. She lives in Paris.

MacLehose Press

February 2024

Editor: Elise Williams

Extent: 288

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Before the Queen Falls Asleep Huzama Habayeb

A daring and captivating novel about a Palestinian family, told with love, wisdom and black humour.

Born a girl to parents who expected a boy, Jihad grows up treated like the eldest son, wearing boy’s clothing and sharing the financial burden of head of the household with her father.

Now middle-aged, each night Jihad tells her daughter a story from her life. As Malika prepares to leave home to attend university abroad, her mother revisits the past of their Palestinian family, tenderly describing their life in exile in Kuwait and her own experiences of love and loss as she grows up.

Huzama Habayeb weaves a richly observed and affectionate portrait of a Palestinian family displaced from their homeland, exploring with humour and poise the love and betrayal that pursues Jihad and her family from Kuwait to Jordan to Dubai. This is a novel whose words will resound long after you finish the final page.

Translated from Arabic by Kai Heikkinen

About the author:

Huzama Habayeb is a Palestinian author and journalist. She was born in Kuwait, where she lived and worked as a journalist until she was forced to leave by the Gulf War. She settled in Jordan, establishing her reputation first as a short story writer, publishing her four prizewinning collections between 1992 and 2001, before publishing her first novel in 2007. Her first novel to be translated into English, Velvet, won the 2017 Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature and the 2020 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation. Before the Queen Falls Asleep is her second novel to be translated into English.

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Between Day and Night

Roland Schimmelpfennig

A thrilling, filmic immersion into Berlin’s legendary club scene - a skillfully told novel about the fragility of life.

Berlin, Görlitzer Park: The body of a young woman in a white wedding dress floats in the canal. Who is she, and where does she come from? Suspended drugs investigator Tommy trawls Berlin’s clubs and criminal clans to uncover the woman’s story.

On his odyssey through the city, he meets survivors and fighters, the lost and stranded from all over the world: from the Japanese tattoo master to the Indian fire-eater. Wide awake and dead tired, suspended between a dreamscape and reality, Tommy dives deeper and deeper into the Berlin underworld and into his own past.

A breathless noir novel that is as hardhitting as it is emotional, exploring the fragility of life and our longing for community.

Translated from the German by Jamie Bulloch

About the author:

Roland Schimmelpfennig, born in 1967, is Germany’s most celebrated contemporary playwright. He began his career as a journalist before studying to be a theatre director, and his plays have now been performed in more than forty countries. Schimmelpfennig is the recipient of the highest Playwriting Award in Germany, the Else-Lasker-Schüler-Prize, to honor his entire Oeuvre. One Clear, Ice-cold January Morning at the Beginning of the 21st Century is his first novel, shortlisted for the Leipzig Bookfair Prize in 2016. His play Winter Solstice is on tour across the U.K. in 2018. He lives in Berlin.

MacLehose Press

January 2024

Editor: Elise Williams

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Comrade Papa Gauz

Following the death of his parents, Dabilly, a young white man, seeks a life of colonial adventure in the Cote d’Ivoire. It is 1880 and Dabilly joins a beleaguered French general trying to set up trading routes into a coast as yet untouched by colonisation.

A century later and a young Black boy born to communist parents in Amsterdam begins to research his family history. When he is sent to Cote d’Ivoire to visit his grandmother, he will discover traces of an ancestor he never knew existed.

GauZ’ looks across continents and centuries to create a portrait of two very different men, tracing the paths and histories that connect them and plunging us deep into the history of colonisation in the Cote d’Ivoire.

Translated from French by Frank Wynne

About the author:

GauZ’ is an Ivorian author, journalist and screenwriter. After studying biochemistry, he moved to Paris as an undocumented student, working as a security guard before returning to the Côte d’Ivoire. His first novel, Standing Heavy, came out in 2014 and won the Prix des libraires Gibert Joseph, and was followed by Comrade Papa, which won the 2019 Prix Éthiophile, and Black Manoo. GauZ’ is the editor-in-chief of the satirical economic newspaper News & co, and has written screenplays and documentary films.

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Eliete: A Normal Life Dulce Maria Cardoso

Eliete is a normal woman in her early forties, born just after the Carnation Revolution. There is hardly anything extraordinary about her life, and yet she enthralls us with her desire to live, and to understand people and things.

Her daughters are mostly on the internet and abroad; her husband is easier to meet on Facebook than at home. Who cares if Eliete, who feels strongly that her youth is gone, allows herself to experiment on Tinder? She would prefer to reignite her relationship with her husband, but he doesn’t seem interested. Eliete stays cool and doesn’t despair. Then suddenly she finds someone and something different - an inkling of love?

Is Duarte a real-life version of one of the heroes in the teenage magazines of her childhood? And what on earth does it mean when her dementiasuffering grandmother says that Portugal’s former dictator is part of their family story?

With precise language and acute psychological insight, Cardoso creates a multifaceted character of great strength. Ironic, but by no means distanced, Eliete reflects on an apparently ordinary life against the background of a three-generation story of the 20th and 21st century in Portugal.

Translated from Portuguese by Angel Gurria-Quintana

About the author:

Dulce Maria Cardoso is a Portuguese writer, who spent her childhood in Luanda, Angola after her parents moved there when she was an infant. Her family returned to Portugal following the Angolan War of Independence in 1975. She studied law at the University of Lisbon and worked as a lawyer before becoming a full-time writer. Her first novel, Campo de Sangue, won the Grand Prize Acontece de Romance, Violeta among the Stars won the EU Prize for Literature and O Chão dos Pardais won the Portuguese Pen Club Award.

MacLehose Press

February 2022

Editor: Katharina Bielenberg

Extent: 256

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My Pen Is the Wing of a Bird

New Fiction by Afghan Women

Various authors

An anthology of contemporary women’s short fiction in translation, featuring work by emerging women writers from across Afghanistan.

“My pen is the wing of a bird; it will tell you those thoughts we are not allowed to think, those dreams we are not allowed to dream.”

A woman’s fortitude saves her village from disaster. A teenager explores their identity in a moment of quiet. A petition writer reflects on his life as a dog lies nursing her puppies. A tormented girl ties to find love through a horrific act. A headmaster makes his way to work, treading the fine line between life and death.

My Pen Is the Wing of a Bird is a landmark collection: the first anthology of short fiction by Afghan women. Eighteen writers tell stories that are both unique and universal - stories of family, work, childhood, friendship, war, gender identity and cultural traditions.

This collection introduces extraordinary voices from the country’s two main linguistic groups (Pashto and Dari) with original, vital and unexpected stories to tell, developed over two years through UNTOLD’s Write Afghanistan project. My Pen Is the Wing of a Bird comes at a pivotal moment in Afghanistan’s history, when these voices must be heard.

With an Introduction by BBC Chief International Correspondent Lyse Doucet and an Afterword by Lucy Hannah.

About the author:

UNTOLD is a writer development programme for marginalised writers in areas of conflict and post-conflict. Afghanistan has millions of Pashto and Dari speakers with little or no local support for creative writing, literary translation, or literary editing. Support for writers has been hampered by cultural norms, free expression issues, chronic instability, and internal displacement. UNTOLD has been working one-to-one with women on their short stories, with English-speaking literary editors and translators working with the writers to realise the potential of their stories for publication both locally and globally in translation.

The Kindness John Ajvide Lindqvist

A shipping container is mysteriously dumped in the Swedish port town of Norrtalje. Due to their ignorance of its ownership it isn’t until a week has passed that the authorities can have it forced open. There the remains of twenty eight refugees are found, a situation of unrelenting horror. Not only that; a black sludge pours out which contaminates the river and is the cause of a new, sickening dread that affects Norrtalje’s inhabitants, causing a lack of trust, aggression, violence. It seems like an end to Kindness.

Six characters are at the centre of this extraordinary novel, six people in search of love and connection, whose extraordinary qualities will confront the metaphysical illness consuming their town.

’As Lindqvist has increasingly devoted himself to the subtle plumbing of the human soul he has become a distinctive and urgent voice in contemporary literature’ - Svenska Dagbladet

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About the author:

John Ajvide Lindqvist is a Swedish author, born in 1968. He grew up in Blackeberg, a suburb of Stockholm. He wanted to become something awful and fantastic. First he became a conjurer and came in second in the Nordic card trick championship. Then he was a stand-up comedian for twelve years, before writing Let the Right One In. That novel became a phenomenal international bestseller and was made into a film and a West End play, both called Let Me In. His books are published in twenty-nine countries worldwide.

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The North Light Hideo Yokoyama

Troubled architect Minoru Aose travels to Nagano to visit a newly constructed ‘dream house’ that he has designed. However, there is no sign of the family-of-five who should be living there, nor their belongings. The only furniture is a single chair, stood facing the north light of nearby Mt. Asma. And, from this moment, Aose becomes obsessed with finding out what has happened to the family...

• In Japan, The North Light instantly went to the #1 bestseller in the major bookstores, and received the #1 ‘Best Entertainment Fiction in 2019’ ranking.

• In Yokoyama’s unique, inimitable style, the book spotlights Japanese workplace and family tensions, past decisions and regrets, and how we can carry these with us for decades.

• Six Four was a Sunday Times bestseller in hardback and paperback, became the first Japanese novel to be shortlisted for the CWA International Dagger, was named in the Crime and Thrillers of 2016 roundups in each of the Guardian, Telegraph, Financial Times and Glasgow Herald, and has since been translated into thirteen languages worldwide.

About the author:

Born in 1957, Hideo Yokoyama worked for twelve years as an investigative reporter with a regional newspaper north of Tokyo, before becoming one of Japan’s most acclaimed fiction writers. The North Light is his fourth novel to be translated into the English language. His first, Six Four, was a Sunday Times bestseller in hardback and paperback, became the first Japanese novel to be shortlisted for the CWA International Dagger, was named in the Crime and Thrillers of 2016 roundups in each of the Guardian, Telegraph, Financial Times and Glasgow Herald, and has since been translated into thirteen languages worldwide.

Louise Heal Kawai (Translator) is from Manchester in the UK, and holds an MA in Advanced Japanese Studies from the University of Sheffield. She has lived in Japan for over twenty years, and been a literary translator for the past ten. Her Japanese translations include Seicho Matsumoto’s murder mystery, A Quiet Place, and Mieko Kawakami’s Ms Ice Sandwich.

Return of the Condor Heroes Volume 1

A Past Unearthed Jin Yong

Translated from the Chinese by Gigi Chang and Shelly Bryant

THE CHINESE “LORD OF THE RINGS” - NOW IN ENGLISH FOR THE FIRST TIME.

THE SERIES EVERY CHINESE READER HAS BEEN ENJOYING FOR DECADES300 MILLION COPIES SOLD.

”Jin Yong’s work, in the Chinese-speaking world, has a cultural currency roughly equal to that of “Harry Potter” and “Star Wars” combined” Nick Frisch, New Yorker

”Like every fairy tale you’re ever loved, imbued with jokes and epic grandeur. Prepare to be swept along.” Jamie Buxton, Daily Mail

Guo Jing and Lotus have escaped Qiu Qianren’s mountain stronghold on the condors’ backs, but Lotus carries a wound that will surely kill her.

Their only hope lies in the healing powers of Duan, the King of the South. Little do they know that to seek an audience with this mysterious figure will place him in mortal danger himself. Meanwhile, many li away on Peach Blossom Island, a plan has been hatched that could tear the two lovers apart for good. And, with Moon Festival approaching, Guo Jing is honour bound to take part in a long-awaited martial contest at the Tower of Mist and Rain in Jiaxing.

Yet the greatest threat to their happiness stems from Guo Jing’s past. He is still betrothed to Genghis Khan’s daughter. Rejoining the Mongol army could help him to avenge his father - but it may force him to take the field against the soldiers of his true homeland, splitting his heart and soul in two.

About the author:

Jin Yong is one of the world’s bestselling writers, with more than 300 million of his works sold (not including unknown numbers of bootleg copies). He is beloved across China for his wuxia (“martial arts and chivalry) novels, which have given rise to film, television, comic book and video game adaptations. He was awarded an O.B.E. in 1981, and is one of two authors on the MacLehose list who have asteroids named in their honour (the other being Georges Perec).

Jo Fletcher Books

March 2023

Editor: Jo Fletcher

Extent: 400

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Blackheart Ghosts Laure Eve

The godchildren are rising: Bladerunner meets Camelot in a riveting neo-noir thriller drenched in power and betrayal.

A half-drowned stranger turns up at the door of Garad Gaheris, retired King’s Champion, with a hell of a story to tell. The ex-knight may have uncovered a conspiracy involving the very highest echelons of London’s elite.

‘A riveting tragedy of blood and desire. A masterwork of urban fantasy - and the coolest thing you’ll read this year’ - SAMANTHA SHANNON on Blackheart Knights

Current King’s Champion Si Wyll, a master illusionist, still reeling from the betrayal of his lover and the death of his mentor, is poised to become the most dangerous man in London. Then a figure from his past surfaces, determined to blackmail him into a plot to change the balance of power for good.

‘A brilliant, bloody wild’ - JAY KRISTOFF on Blackheart Knights

And the city’s godchildren, those born with illegal magical abilities, have had enough of being put down - but who must die to ensure their ascension?

‘King Arthur as you’ve never seen him before. Eve doesn’t just capture lightning, but commands it, in a riveting tragedy of blood and desire. A masterwork of urban fantasy - and the coolest thing you’ll read this year’ - Samantha Shannon, author of The Bone Season and The Priory of the Orange Tree

About the author:

Laure Eve has written The Graces and The Curses, Fearsome Dreamer and The Illusionists and the first book of her unforgettable Arthurian duology, Blackheart Knights.

Jo Fletcher Books

May 2022

Editor: Jo Fletcher

Extent: 384

Rights sold: Bulgaria (Studio of A)

Momenticon Andrew Caldecott

From Andrew Caldecott, the bestselling author of Rotherweird, comes a dark, enigmatic, compelling new adventure: think Alice in Wonderland meets Station Eleven, played out inside the National Gallery!

The world is on the brink of utter destruction. Despite the climate activists’ best efforts, the atmosphere has turned toxic, destroying plantlife, animals, and most of humanity too.

The few survivors live in domes protected from the lethal smog, serving Tempestas and Genrich, the world’s last two great companies. They both have plans for mankind’s future, but their visions are very different - and their uneasy collaboration is coming to an end.

But not everyone is bound to Lord Sime or Lord Vane: far from these centres of power stands the Museum Dome, where persons unknown have assembled mankind’s finest paintings and artefacts. Fogg, the curator, thinks he must be the last man left alive, for in the three years he’s been there, he’s not had a single visitor, and his only company is AIPT, his automated physical trainer, who’s very good when it comes to hamstrings and push-ups, but rubbish at actual conversation.

Then a single mysterious pill - a momenticon - appears in the Museum, proving he’s not alone after all. Before Fogg knows what’s hit him, he is embroiled in a desperate fight against time and the dark forces which threaten to overwhelm all that remains.

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Momenticon 2

In this gripping sequel to Momenticon, with what’s left of the world falling apart around their ears, Tempestas and Genrich are continuing their bitter struggle for power, while our unlikely heroes strive to frustrate them. But a new adversary, unnoticed by all, is about to enter the lists, for as final extinction beckons, Nature herself is bent on vengeance.

January 2024

Extent: 480

About the author: Andrew Caldecott is a KC specialising in media law; he has represented a wide variety of clients, from the BBC and The Guardian to supermodel Naomi Campbell. An occasional playwright, he turned his hand to fiction with the bestselling ROTHERWEIRD trilogy: Rotherweird, Wyntertide and Lost Acre.

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Play of Shadows

Sebastien de Castell

Swordplay, magic, intrigue and friendships stronger than iron: the first volume in the new swashbuckling fantasy series by the bestselling author of The Greatcoats.

Damelas Chademantaigne picked a poor night to flee a judicial duel.

He has precious little hope of escaping the wrath of the Vixen, the most feared duellist in the entire city, until he stumbles through the stage doors of the magnificent Operato Belleza and tricks his way into the company of actors. An archaic law provides a temporary respite from his troubles - until one night a ghostly voice in his head causes Damelas to fumble his lines, inadvertently blurting out a dreadful truth: the city’s most legendary hero may actually be a traitor and a brutal murderer.

With only the help of his boisterous and lusty friend Bereto, a beautiful assassin whose target may well be Damelas himself, and a company of misfit actors who’d just as soon see him dead, this failed grandson of two Greatcoats must somehow find within himself the courage to dig up longburied truths before a ruthless band of bravos known as the Iron Orchids come for his head. Oh, and there’s still that matter of the Vixen waiting to duel him . . .

Our Lady of Blades

Blood Week may have been banned in Rijou, but the streets still run red - and now murder is being sanctioned by the courts. Only a reckless fool would believe they can beat the system. But then, the Greatcoats have always been more than a little reckless . . .

Rijou’s notorious Court of Blades is as corrupt as it is cutthroat, destroying lives with impunity. Now the city’s all-powerful Ascendant Houses have started buying and selling verdicts to enslave and even execute those who oppose them.

Jo Fletcher Books

September 2024

Editor: Jo Fletcher

Extent: 528

Into this depraved world of licensed death comes a mysterious duellist who dares to foil the intrigues of the city’s elite. They call her Lady Consequence, but years ago she had a different name, until her family was slaughtered and she was consigned to the hellish prison known as the House of Tears.

Lady Consequence means to rescue her idealistic younger brother, restore their House and wreak vengeance upon those who betrayed them. But a far more dangerous game is unfolding in the shadows, one which threatens the freedom of the entire nation.

Jo Fletcher Books

July 2023

Editor: Jo Fletcher Extent: 400

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The Malevolent Seven Sebastien de Castell

Seven war mages with dark pasts and special powers must come together to fight an unknown enemy - but the stakes are higher than anyone can imagine. . . and someone’s setting the seven up for a fall.

Picture a wizard. Go ahead, close your eyes. There he is, see? Skinny old guy with a long straggly beard. No doubt he’s wearing iridescent silk robes that couldn’t protect his frail body from a light breeze. The hat’s a must, too, right? Big, floppy thing, covered in esoteric symbols that would instantly show every other mage where he gets his magic? Wouldn’t want a simple steel helmet or something that might, you know, protect the part of him most needed for conjuring magical forces from being bashed in with a mace (or pretty much any household object).

Yep. Behold the mighty wizard.

Now open your eyes and let me show you what a real war mage looks like. . . but be warned: you’re probably not going to like it, because we’re violent, angry, dangerously broken people who sell our skills to the highest bidder and be damned to any moral or ethical considerations.

At least, until such irritating concepts as friendship and the end of the world get in the way.

My name is Cade Ombra, and though I currently make my living as a mercenary wonderist, I used to have a far more noble-sounding job title - until I discovered the people I worked for weren’t quite as noble as I’d believed. Now I’m on the run and my only friend, a homicidal thunder mage, has invited me to join him on a suicide mission against the seven deadliest mages on the continent.

Time to recruit some very bad people to help us on this job . . .

About the author:

Sebastien de Castell had just finished a degree in Archaeology when he started work on his first dig. Four hours later he realised how much he actually hated archaeology and left to pursue a very focused career as a musician, ombudsman, interaction designer, fight choreographer, teacher, project manager, actor and product strategist. His only defence against the charge of unbridled dilettantism is that he genuinely likes doing these things and that, in one way or another, each of these fields plays a role in his writing. He sternly resists the accusation of being a Renaissance Man in the hopes that more people will label him that way.

Sebastien’s acclaimed swashbuckling fantasy series, The Greatcoats, was shortlisted for both the 2014 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Fantasy, the David Gemmell Morningstar Award for Best Debut, the Prix Imaginales for Best Foreign Work, and the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. His YA fantasy series, Spellslinger, was nominated for the Carnegie Medal. He is published in more than a dozen languages.

Jo Fletcher Books

July 2023

Editor: Jo Fletcher

Extent: 400

The Night Field

Donna Glee Williams

A magnificent, moving ecological fable: welcome to The Real, where Pyn-Poi’s people live in harmony with nature - until a killing stink threatens their whole world.

Pyn-Poi’s mother Marak wants her to grow up to be the matriarch of the tribe, learning how to cook, to make medicines, how to care for everyone, but Pyn-Poi would rather be out among the trees like her father Sook-Sook, learning how persuade tree roots into bridges, to feel when shoots are too crowded, when drooping leaves need attention.

‘A moving ecological fable, written with her signature grace and compassion’ Elaine Isaak, author of The Singer’s Legacy

Then something starts going wrong in The Real: when the rains come, instead of nourishment, they bring a noxious stench that’s poisoning people and plants alike. Pyn-Poi is the treewoman now: it’s her job. Their only chance is for her to climb to the land beyond the Wall, where the Ancestors live, to plead for their intercession.

Pyn-Poi never expected to find a whole new world up there, with people who are very different from her own family and friends - a land where they are killing nature, and that’s killing The Real.

About the author:

Pushcart Prize-nominee Donna Glee Williams was born in Mexico, the daughter a Kentucky farm-girl and a Texas large-animal vet. She graduated from Tulane University, then earned an MFA and Ph.D. from Louisiana State University. Her years of wayfaring across twenty countries and four continents include a Fulbright Fellowship to study pesticide issues among small cotton farmers in India, which is where she found the inspiration for The Night Field. She’s worked as turnabout crew on a schooner, librarian, environmental activist, registered nurse, educator, editor and creative coach, as well as writing two fantasy novels, The Braided Path and Dreamers, as well as poetry and non-fiction. She lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Eastern America.

Jo Fletcher Books

April 2023

Editor: Jo Fletcher

Extent: 400

The Dark Lands Markus Heitz

The great pulp writer Robert E. Howard, creator of Conan the Barbarian, also introduced Solomon Kane to the world: a sombre man who dedicated his life to battling evil in all its forms.

Now Markus Heitz brings Solomon Kane’s daughter Aenlin to life: join the young adventuress as she follows in her father’s footsteps to battle dark forces, gunpowder, steel and magic - in the Dark Lands!

1629. Despite the relentless conflict of the Thirty Years’ War raging in Europe, Aenlin Kane is determined to explore the legacy of her famous father.

Aenlin may never have met Solomon Kane, but she shares with him the need to fight for good wherever she can. She and her friend Tahmina, a Persian mystic, have been recruited for a secret mission for the West India Company: they will be part of a motley crew fighting their way behind enemy lines to the southern German town of Bamberg, where the fires are already burning, ready to immolate those falsely accused of witchcraft.

Hidden by the turmoil of war, demons are openly walking the earth. Soloman Kane once fought such evil with rapier, pistols and his indomitable will. Now Aenlin is preparing to face those demons - and like her father, she will let nothing stand in her way.

About the author:

Markus Heitz trained to be a teacher after studying history and German literature, then going on to an MA in History. He spent several years as a journalist, writing in his free time, before the runaway success of The Dwarves allowed him to give up the day job. His debut epic fantasy novel, Schatten über Ulldart (Shadows over Ulldart) was the first of many of his books to win the Deutscher Phantastik Preis (Germany’s premier literary award for fantasy) in 2003. Since then he has frequently topped the bestseller charts, and his Number One bestselling Dwarves and Aelfar series have earned him a place among Germany’s most successful fantasy authors. The DOORS series, where each book follows the adventurers as they choose a different door, have earned him a whole new audience as he plays with fantasy, thriller and mystery tropes to keep the reader always interested. He currently lives in Saarland, in Germany.

50 Ideas You Really Need to Know

In a series of accessible and engaging essays, 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know introduces and explains the key concepts, ideas and theories that allow us to understand and shape the world around us.

Ancient and modern, theoretical and practical, every day and esoteric, this series offers the perfect overview to the central tenets of maths, philosophy, physics, economics, psychology, and big ideas.

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Quercus

April 2022

Editor: Katy Follain

Extent: 208

Greenfinch

April 2022

Editor: Kerry Enzor

Extent: 256

Quercus

March 2022

The Way of Nagomi Ken Mogi

Ken Mogi is a neuroscientist, writer and broadcaster based in Tokyo. He has written papers and books covering popular science, essay, criticism and self help. His books have sold close to 1 million copies and he is the author of the global bestseller The Little Book of Ikigai.

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A Biography of Life: The Story of Life On Our Planet through 47 Incredible Organisms

The Earth Dr Elsa Panciroli

Dr Elsa Panciroli is a Scottish palaeontologist and writer fascinated by the natural history of our planet. She is currently a research fellow at the University of Oxford Museum of Natural History, and associate researcher at National Museums Scotland. She gives regular talks and has written about science for The Guardian and BBC Science Focus among others and is the author of Beasts Before Us: The Untold Story of Mammal Origins and Evolution.

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Can Fish Count?

What Animals Reveal about our Uniquely Mathematical Mind

Brian Butterworth

Brian Butterworth is Emeritus Professor of Cognitive Neuropsychology at University College London, having previously taught at Cambridge University. He is currently working on the neuroscience and the genetics of mathematical abilities and disabilities. He was elected Fellow of the British Academy in 2002.

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Extent: 384

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Amy Snow Tracy Rees

A powerful, warm-hearted and uplifting tale about love and friendship

THE RICHARD AND JUDY BESTSELLER

A sparkling and compelling mystery. Amy Snow captured our hearts from the very first page - Richard and Judy, the Richard and Judy Book Club

I fell upon Amy Snow like a hungry wolf and was spellbound until the final page. Tracy Rees is the most outstanding new voice in historical fiction - Lucinda Riley, bestselling author

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Florence Grace

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Florence is such a strong, intriguing character and the plot is so clever, real and truthful. The whole book feels so very wise, as if it contains half the answers to life - Joanna Courtney, author of The Chosen Queen

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June 2016

Extent: 560

The House at Silvermoor

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July 2018

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The Love Note

I love Tracy’s writing; it’s full of colour and atmosphere, with sparkly dialogue and just the right pace to keep you turning the pages- Lucinda Riley, bestselling author

The Love Note is a clever book that’s a joy to read ... the drama rises by subtle, tiny increments until, at its climax, you have to remind yourself to breathe. These three women will stay with you for a long, long time - Claire Dyer, author of The Last Day

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The Hourglass

The gorgeous, evocative cover promises much, the rich narrative within delivers more. Tracy Rees writes from the heart and with an obvious passion for her characters. With this, her third novel, her reputation as a writer who never disappoints, is sealed - Kathryn Hughes, bestselling author of The Letter

The Hourglass is a beautifully-crafted tale of the ebb and flow of love and friendship. Rees has skilfully interwoven all the joy and pain that comes with families, friends and lovers into a multi-layered story that won’t let you go. Bittersweet, compelling and utterly engrossing, I couldn’t put it down - Karen Swan, bestselling author of Christmas at Tiffany’s

July 2018

Extent: 576

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Poland (Wydawnictwo Czarna Owca)

Romania ( Grup Media Litera S.R.L) Serbia (Laguna d.o.o.) Sweden (Piratförlaget)

About the author:

Tracy Rees was born in South Wales. A Cambridge graduate, she had a successful eight-year career in nonfiction publishing and a second career practising and teaching humanistic counselling. She was the winner of the Richard and Judy Search for a Bestseller Competition and the 2015 LoveStories ‘Best Historical Read’ award.