Guardian columnist Lindy West wasn’t always loud. It’s difficult to believe she was once a nerdy, overweight teen who wanted nothing more than to be invisible. Fortunately for women everywhere, along the road she found her voice – and how she found it! That cripplingly […]
Queen Victoria has a little problem: there’s a petty thief at work in Buckingham Palace. Mary Quinn takes the simple case, going undercover as a domestic servant. But before long, a scandal threatens to tear apart the Royal Family. One of the Prince of Wales’s […]
Can’t Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings and spotlights upcoming releases. The town of Rotherweird stands alone – there are no guidebooks, despite the fascinating and diverse architectural styles cramming the narrow streets, the avant-garde science and offbeat customs. Cast adrift […]
The Norse myths are woven into the fabric of our storytelling – from the novels of Tolkien to the worlds of comics and superheroes. They are also an inspiration for Neil Gaiman’s own award-winning, bestselling fiction. Now Gaiman reaches back through time to the original […]
A girl named Rose is riding her new bike near her home in Deadwood, South Dakota, when she falls through the earth. She wakes up at the bottom of a square hole, its walls glowing with intricate carvings. But the firemen who come to save […]
Kent, 1940. In the idyllic village of Chilbury change is afoot. Hearts are breaking as sons and husbands leave to fight, and when the Vicar decides to close the choir until the men return, all seems lost. But coming together in song is just what […]
Scarlett has never left the tiny isle of Trisda, pining from afar for the wonder of Caraval, a once-a-year week-long performance where the audience participates in the show. Caraval is Magic. Mystery. Adventure. And for Scarlett and her beloved sister Tella it represents freedom and […]
Goldsboro Books is my favourite bookseller and the reason why I have so many beautiful new books. Based in London, Goldsboro specialises in modern, signed, first-editions. They were the only bookshop in the world to have signed copies of J.K. Rowling’s The Cuckoo’s Calling. Goldsboro also […]
There are so many amazing books being released this year that it was extremely difficult to narrow it down to the following books. In the end, I went with the books I’ve already pre-ordered, as that obviously proves how excited I am for them. A […]
Nearly a year has passed since Amani and the rebels won their epic battle at Fahali. Amani has come into both her powers and her reputation as the Blue-Eyed Bandit, and the Rebel Prince’s message has spread across the desert – and some might say out of control. […]
