Published By: Canongate Pages: 224Released On: 29/01/2026 Mairéad works tirelessly in a run-down West End theatre’s wardrobe department – mending shoes, fixing broken zips and even handwashing underwear. She must also sidestep groping hands backstage and withstand the relentless bullying of the show’s producer. The job was meant to be the first step towards theContinue reading “The Wardrobe Department – Elaine Garvey”
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Grace – Chika Unigwe
Published By: CanongatePages: 256Released On: 15/01/2026 It is Baby’s birthday, but Grace has not seen her first born in twenty-six years. Now a wife, mother to twin daughters and the owner of a successful medical clinic, Grace has carefully constructed a new life. And now, the secret she’s kept for decades is about to resurfaceContinue reading “Grace – Chika Unigwe”
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”
The Healing Power of Korean Letter Writing – Juhee Mun
Published By: CanongatePages: 160Released On: 11/09/2025 Letters have been here all along, quietly influencing countless people in profound ways. They encourage, they bring happiness, while to some they even provide the will to keep on living. Geulwoll is a Korean word for ‘letter’. It is also the name of a small, unassuming letter shop, locatedContinue reading “The Healing Power of Korean Letter Writing – Juhee Mun”
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”
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This – Omar El Akkad
Published By: CanongatePages: 208Released On: 13/03/2025 One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This is an urgent and necessary reckoning about what it means to live in the West today. As an immigrant, Omar El Akkad believed the West offered freedom and justice for all. Over the past twenty years he reported on the variousContinue reading “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This – Omar El Akkad”
How to Stop Time – Matt Haig
Published By: CanongatePages: 325Date Released: 06/07/2017 “The first rule is that you don’t fall in love”, he said… “There are other rules too, but that is the main one. No falling in love. No staying in love. No daydreaming of love. If you stick to this you will just about be okay.” A love storyContinue reading “How to Stop Time – Matt Haig”
Father Christmas and Me – Matt Haig
Published By: CanongatePages: 290Released On: 12/10/2017 It isn’t always easy, growing up as a human in Elfhelm, even if your adoptive parents are the newly married Father Christmas and Mary Christmas. For one thing, Elf School can be annoying when you have to sing Christmas songs everyday – even in July – and when youContinue reading “Father Christmas and Me – Matt Haig”
The Girl Who Saved Christmas – Matt Haig
Published By: CanongatePages: 329Released On: 03/11/2016 If magic has a beginning, can it also have an end? When Amelia wants a wish to come true she knows just the man to ask – Father Christmas. But the magic she wants to believe in is starting to fade, and Father Christmas has more than impossible wishesContinue reading “The Girl Who Saved Christmas – Matt Haig”
A Boy Called Christmas – Matt Haig
Published By: CanongatePages: 266Released On: 12/11/2015 You are about to read the true story of Father Christmas.It is a story that proves that nothing is impossible.If you are one of those people who believe that some things are impossible, you should put this book down right away. It is most certainly not for you.Because thisContinue reading “A Boy Called Christmas – Matt Haig”
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