In the run up to Christmas, publications have been sharing their favourite reads of 2021 and it has filled us with festive cheer to see so many authors we represent on their lists. Made up of recommendations from critics and writers, we hope our compilation below provides some inspiration for cosy fireside reading or a… Read more »
With global temperatures on the rise and many of us feeling the effects of climate anxiety, environmental crises are becoming ever more entangled with our daily lives. To coincide with this month’s UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), currently taking place in Glasgow, we have curated a pick of titles that celebrate the resilience and beauty… Read more »
First marked in the UK in October 1987, Black History Month aims to promote and celebrate Black contributions to British society and to reflect on the diverse histories of those of African and Caribbean descent. It goes without saying that we should be reading books by Black authors all year round, however, we’d like… Read more »
We are so pleased that Meg Rosoff’s The Great Godden (Bloomsbury; paperback June 2021) has been shortlisted for the Young Adult Fiction category of the 2021 Books Are My Bag Readers Award. The award is truly one of a kind, putting together a panel of passionate booksellers across the country to create a shortlist and… Read more »
Picture this. It’s a (relatively) warm summer’s day in July, and you’ve recently moved to a new city to start a job in an industry you’ve been trying to break into for the better part of a year. You catch a bus to the office even though you could have walked (and perhaps could have… Read more »
We are overjoyed that Damon Galgut’s The Promise (Chatto & Windus, June 2021) has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Previously shortlisted in 2006 for The Good Doctor and in 2010 for In A Strange Room, Damon Galgut joins a remarkably strong line-up, starring the likes of Patricia Lockwood and Richard Powers. Director of… Read more »
Félicitations to Martin Walker who has been awarded the Prix Charbonnier for his Bruno novels, set in the Périgord region of France. The Prix Charbonnier was created in 1991 to recognise M. Daniel Charbonnier of San Franciso, a past President of the Alliances Françaises Federation USA. Its purpose is to celebrate people of national stature… Read more »
After three inspiring and exciting weeks, the curtains have closed on the 2021 Edinburgh Book Festival, which hosted its first spectacularly successful hybrid programme of live events accompanied by on-demand catch up. We were over the moon that three of our authors formed part of this year’s line-up: acclaimed ceramicist and writer Edmund de Waal,… Read more »
We were over the moon to see Conversations on Love become a Sunday Times Bestseller, coming in strong at No.8. Based on her highly successful newsletter of the same name, Natasha Lunn’s book sets out to understand how relationships work and evolve over a lifetime. She turns to authors and experts to learn about their… Read more »
This summer saw the passing of the Animal Welfare Sentencing Act: a landmark legislation increasing the maximum prison term for animal abusers from six months to five years. The Act shows a rising preoccupation about the way we treat animals, introducing one of the toughest sentences in Europe for cruel abuses of animals (such as… Read more »