Published By: Whitefox PublishingPages: 120Released On: 22/01/2026 After years of writing about work, wellness and productivity, Emma Gannon hit a wall: chronic burnout left her unable to get out of bed. Something had to change. A Year of Nothing follows Emma’s quiet rebellion against the cult of doing. Over four seasons, she steps away fromContinue reading “A Year of Nothing – Emma Gannon”
Category Archives: Memoirs
I Shop, Therefore I Am – Mary Portas
Published By: CanongatePages: 336Released On: 02/10/2025 It’s the 1990s: Britpop is dominating the charts, Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell stare out from the cover of every glossy magazine and British fashion is ripe for reinvention. Leading the charge is a twenty-something Mary Portas who has been brought in to revitalise the department store Harvey Nichols,Continue reading “I Shop, Therefore I Am – Mary Portas”
Art Work – Sally Mann
Published By: Particular BooksPages: 288Released On: 09/09/2025 Art Work, by photographer and writer Sally Mann, offers a spellbinding mix of wild and illuminating stories, practical (and some impractical) advice, and life lessons for artists and writers—or anyone interested in the creative path. Written in the same frank, fearless, and occasionally outrageous tone of her bestsellingContinue reading “Art Work – Sally Mann”
Little Ruins – Manni Coe
Published By: CanongatePages: 352Released On: 28/08/2025 Looking to begin a new chapter after years on the move, Manni Coe and his partner take a risk and buy ‘The Corner’, a crumbling but beautiful 150-year-old farmstead tucked into a remote valley in Andalusia, surrounded by olive trees. It’s perfect for their unconventional family of three: Jack,Continue reading “Little Ruins – Manni Coe”
Why My Wife Had to Die – Brian Verity
Published By: Envelope BooksPages: 220Released On: 17/09/2024 Huntington’s disease leads to physical and mental deterioration. There is no cure. It is handed down genetically, with a 1 in 2 chance of inheritance that cannot be determined until the disease shows itself, often not until the sufferer is in their 40s. Many do not know theyContinue reading “Why My Wife Had to Die – Brian Verity”
Greedy Guts – Gina Tonic
Published By: CoronetPages: 224Released On: 06/03/2025 Nobody talks about the nuances of life as a fat woman. To navigate friendship, careers, sex and chairs with handles in a body bigger than those around you. Growing up fat, working class and happy in the depths of South Wales, Gina Tonic was raised in one of theContinue reading “Greedy Guts – Gina Tonic”
Love Lay Down Beside Me and We Wept – Helen Murray Taylor
Published By: UnboundPages: 288Released On: 20/02/2025 Depressed and suicidal, Helen was admitted to a psychiatric ward and sectioned under the Mental Health Act. At her lowest, she almost succeeded in taking her own life. But somehow, she endured and later, she recovered. love lay down beside me and we wept sprang from these emotionally shattering experiences. AmidContinue reading “Love Lay Down Beside Me and We Wept – Helen Murray Taylor”
The Attraction of Cuba – Chris Hilton
Published By: Envelope BooksPages: 314Released On: 01/11/2023 Chris Hilton went to Havana in the early 2000s to escape the drudgery of everyday life in England―and, boy, did he escape it. Suddenly he found himself mixed up with a variety of gangland chancers, some Cuban, one British, all living on the edge of legality. There wasContinue reading “The Attraction of Cuba – Chris Hilton”
I Don’t Do Disability and Other Lies I’ve Told Myself – Adelle Purdham
Published By: Dundurn PressPages: 232Released On: 03/12/2024 With the arrival of her daughter with Down syndrome, Adelle Purdham began unpacking a lifetime of her own ableism. In a society where people with disabilities remain largely invisible, what does it mean to parent such a child? And simultaneously, what does it mean as a mother, aContinue reading “I Don’t Do Disability and Other Lies I’ve Told Myself – Adelle Purdham”
Too Young For Cancer – Katie Coleman
Published By: Alcove PressPages: 320Released On: 12/11/2024 A Stage IV cancer survivor reflects on treatment and recovery in this inspiring memoir that reveals the biases of the healthcare system—and the power of community. New Year’s Eve 2020 was supposed to be a turning point to better days for twenty-nine-year-old Katie Coleman. Instead, she found herselfContinue reading “Too Young For Cancer – Katie Coleman”