Our first Author of the Month for 2025 is the Japanese poet and novelist Yoko Tawada.

From the publisher: A brilliant reinvention of the detective novel, set in Renaissance Florence and packed with art, scandal, murder and scheming – from the author of the international bestseller HHhH ...

Russian short fiction, the lives of gay men before decriminalisation, falling for wild things, a Marx for the 21st century and my desert island book, The Letters of Emily Dickinson. Maroon me now!

From the publisher: Translated by John HoweBy walking, you escape from the very idea of identity, the temptation to be someone, to have a name and a history ... The freedom in walking lies in not ...

It’s a funny thing to look back over the year, to look at everything you have read and spot unifying themes and flavours – connections you didn’t consciously know you were making at the time. There is ...

The theme for 2024’s Black History Month is ‘Reclaiming Narratives’; here’s a selection of inspiring titles by Black authors which do just that, from Diane Abbott’s account of her experience as the ...

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We send all orders via Royal Mail: within the UK, choose from 1st Class, 2nd Class or Special Delivery; for the rest of the world, International Standard or International Tracked. Delivery and ...

We send all orders via Royal Mail: within the UK, choose from 1st Class, 2nd Class or Special Delivery; for the rest of the world, International Standard or International Tracked. Delivery and ...

We send all orders via Royal Mail: within the UK, choose from 1st Class, 2nd Class or Special Delivery; for the rest of the world, International Standard or International Tracked. Delivery and ...

A selection of new titles to ease me through the rainy summer: some mysteries, some thrillers, some eerie stories, some ghosts that roam with the living. I’m keenly awaiting the publication of Pedro ...