Published By: OrionPages: 336Released On: 05/11/2026 Nothing ever happened to her. And then everything did. Esme Good is an unremarkable young woman working a dull job in a city much like the one you’re picturing now. Her only escape is The Elsewheres: tiny potions which allow her to visit alternate versions of herself. Sadly, theseContinue reading “Everything Happens So Much – Andrew Hunter Murray”
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In One Brief Moment All Eternity – Elif Shafak
Published By: VikingPages: 608Released On: 15/10/2026 During a time of great turmoil, Gustave Flaubert created literature’s most scandalous heroine: Madame Bovary. He then poisoned her with arsenic. But what if, 175 years later, Emma – and the women history overlooked – could seize the quill from his hands and tell a different story? In OneContinue reading “In One Brief Moment All Eternity – Elif Shafak”
Stay Another Christmas – Phillipa Ashley
Published By: PenguinPages: 384Released On: 05/11/2026 After a life-changing accident, Katie’s plan for Christmas is simple: rent a spectacular island house in the Lake District, gather the people she loves, and enjoy snowy walks, crackling fires and the promise of a fresh start. What she doesn’t plan on? Her ex-boyfriend turning up. Still reeling fromContinue reading “Stay Another Christmas – Phillipa Ashley”
Lessons in Harmony – Jonathan Coe
Published By: VikingPages: 240Released On: 12/11/2026 The year is 1907 and Maurice Ravel is one of the most admired young composers in France. In Belle Epoque Paris he cuts a charismatic, dandyish figure, whose technically flawless music hides a deep emotional core, and whose unpredictable talent is as hard to pin down as his mysteriousContinue reading “Lessons in Harmony – Jonathan Coe”
The Falling – Carole Hailey
Published By: AtlanticPages: 400Released On: 05/11/2026 Cassie had an unconventional childhood, growing up with a father who spent all of his time preparing for the apocalypse. Instead of going to school, she had an eccentric curriculum at the kitchen table with her mum, and instead of going out to play, she either snuck off toContinue reading “The Falling – Carole Hailey”
Operation Doodlebug – Tia Fisher
Published By: Piccadilly PressPages: 256Released On: 05/11/2026Reading Age: 9-12 It’s 1944 and Stan’s hopes of keeping his family together until the war is over are shattered when his father signs up to fight. Left with his mother in Croydon as Hitler sends over waves of V1 rockets, Stan suffers endless air-raid sirens and long nightsContinue reading “Operation Doodlebug – Tia Fisher”
Hollow Bones – Jodi Picoult
Published By: Michael JosephPages: 464Released On: 05/11/2026 I reach up and unravel my braid. When my hair is loose and whipping around my face, I take the red ribbon I’ve woven through it and press it just beneath my mother’s etched name, underlining. She was here. She was mine. When Molly Fitzgerald was two months old,Continue reading “Hollow Bones – Jodi Picoult”
The Enigmas – Emilia Hart
Published By: The Borough PressPages: 384Released On: 18/03/2027 It is 1940, and Beatrice Bone does not want to turn twenty-eight. She longs for adventure like the heroines of her favourite novels, but instead finds herself locked away in her parents’ house by a mother determined to keep her safe from a world at war. ThenContinue reading “The Enigmas – Emilia Hart”
A Dash of Christmas Spirit – Susan Buchanan
Pages: 273Released On: 22/09/2026 Jacob introduces ever tastier treats to the Sugar and Spice cafe’s menu as the Christmas Spirit knits her magic into the lives of those finding this Christmas tough.Florence is struggling to make ends meet and afford the present she knows her son wants for Christmas. Her ex-husband flaunting his new girlfriendContinue reading “A Dash of Christmas Spirit – Susan Buchanan”
Rituals: A Folk Journey Through the Seasons – Tim Downie
Published By: Ebury SpotlightPages: 304Released On: 29/10/2026 Tim brings to life the mystical stories that shape the character of our isles. Push through the bramble and briar to embark on a journey through the seasons, encountering wonders from clowns to coffins, horn dances to blazing tar barrels, punkies to soulcakers. Filled with detailed insights intoContinue reading “Rituals: A Folk Journey Through the Seasons – Tim Downie”
