Congratulations to Rochelle Dowden-Lord on her shortlisting for the Nero Book Awards! LUSH - a heady and intoxicating debut: four people arrive at a French vineyard for a transformative experience. nerobookawards.com/nero-book-aw...

Outstanding shortlist, magnificent winner. FLESH is extraordinarily good and a major literary achievement.

From the author of The Story of Art Without Men, a book for every day of the year that will help you pay attention to what matters and see the world anew. Out next week!

The Names has been longlisted for the Carnegie Medal Excellence in Fiction. Congratulations, [email protected]

For over 50 years, the Booker Prizes have recognised the best fiction for adults. Now, we're delighted to announce the Children’s Booker Prize, supported by AKO Foundation. Find out more: thebookerprizes.com/children

Absolutely worth the wait! A new book from Harriet Lane, author of Alys, Always and Her @harrietlane.bsky.social @wnbooks.bsky.social

‘Engaging, wise, and marvellously witty’ starred Kirkus ⭐️ ‘Luminous prose, a palpable lust for life…a must-read’ starred Publishers Weekly ⭐️ The Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts is out on 4th November

‘Another masterwork’, says Kirkus.

Excellent

One of the best memoirs ever written. A masterclass. manchestermill.co.uk/andrea-ashwo... - And she has not vanished. She has been writing.

‘Unputdownable’ @thebookseller.com on Other People’s Fun by @harrietlane.bsky.social @wnbooks.bsky.social (out in October)

Category: exceptional non-fiction - April 2026 @praddenkeefe.bsky.social @picadorbooks.bsky.social

New book coming.

See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil. - Book of Lives by Margaret Atwood - 4th November 2025 @margaretatwood.bsky.social

This week’s top ten bestsellers - a gorgeous trio! #SundayTimesBestsellers

‘Action-packed’, ‘beautifully observed’ says The Times, full of praise for the new series by William Shaw. Out today! @williamshaw

Look what’s landed! Are you a work horse or a show horse? ‘Fierce, funny and unflinching’ says Coco Mellors of Workhorse by Caroline Palmer @4thestatebooks.bsky.social

Congratulations Yeal van der Wouden and The Safekeep!

The Names and The Safekeep among the 40 great novels to bring to the beach - as chosen by The Sunday Times @thetimes.com

It’s Fun to Watch Hot People Do Psychotic Things in This Novel www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/b... ‘thrilling and haunting’ The New York Times on The Compound by Aisling Rawle

There is no better film than The White Ribbon - Michael Haneke season at the BFI whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...

50 hottest books to read right now- summer reads chosen by the Guardian - delighted to see The Names by @florenceknapp.bsky.social A Different Kind of Power by @jacindaardern.bsky.social and Women’s Prize for Fiction winner The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...

The 12 best books of the year so far - chosen by the BBC Happy to see Catherine Airey’s CONFESSIONS & Florence Knapp’s THE NAMES www.bbc.co.uk/culture/arti... @john-ash.bsky.social @florenceknapp.bsky.social

‘If someone wants to be seen… then someone has to watch’ - a new book from the author of Alys, Always & Her - OTHER PEOPLE’s FUN by @harrietlane.bsky.social @wnbooks.bsky.social

Straight onto The Sunday Times bestseller list!

‘We don’t leave this life in the same bodies we were born into’ - beautiful interview with Yael van der Wouden, winner of this year’s Women’s Prize for Fiction www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...

Winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction, Yael van der Wouden. Congratulations, Yael! What a day: a paperback launch and a major award win for The Safekeep, a dream of a novel.

‘Empathy is a kind of strength’ A DIFFERENT KIND OF POWER www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

The Names by Florence Knapp is an instant Sunday Times bestseller - congratulations, @florenceknapp.bsky.social !

Margaret Atwood wins Freedom to Publish Award at the British Book Awards. Her words to publishers and booksellers: ‘I wish you strength and hope, and the courage to withstand the mobs on one hand, and the whims of vengeful potentates on the other’ www.thebookseller.com/news/margare...

What should you read next? Obviously The Names - here are the best reviewed books of the week lithub.com/what-should-...

A lifetime-spanning collection.

Griffin Poetry Prize to bestow lifetime recognition award on Margaret Atwood www.thestar.com/entertainmen... @margaretatwood.bsky.social

Carl Hiaasen - fantastic profile of America’s master satirist 💙https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/06/carl-hiaasen-florida-fever-beach/682577/ @theatlantic.com

Time well spent: afternoon at Chatto & Windus

Lush is out! ‘Rare combination of beautiful and readable’ Lottie Hazell ‘Sumptuous’ Bolu Babalola Congratulations, Rochelle! (A wunderkind sommelier, a food writer, a social media influencer & an owner of a wine brand meet in French vineyard. Wine, sex, soul searching, more wine. )🍷

The verdict on Spring’s hottest debut. (Spoiler: it’s great) www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m... @florenceknapp.bsky.social The Names

She’s out in the world! ‘An unadulterated success: moving, evocative & utterly convincing…’ The Sunday Times ‘Stands out as a compelling & original debut’ The Guardian ‘Compassionate & hopeful.’ Standard ‘Wildly original & emotionally profound’ The Observer ‘Dazzling’ The Washington Post

📣 MAJOR BOOK CLUB NEWS 📣 THE NAMES by Florence Knapp is the #ReadWithJenna Book Club Pick for May! Start reading this "truly gorgeous, heart-opening novel" (@annnapolitano.bsky.social) about fate, chance, and the choices we make now 👉 bit.ly/3FPeHDx

‘The Names is an unadulterated success: moving, evocative and utterly convincing’ The Names in The Times @florenceknapp.bsky.social www.thetimes.com/article/6c07...

‘A novel is where you can go to be indecent’ Taffy Brodesser-Akner on fiction, ‘unlikeable characters’ and what she needs to write. observer.co.uk/culture/book...

Starting today: the nation’s most loved therapist is on Substack substack.com/@philippaperry send your problems to [email protected]

When hope clings to denial, when heart says one thing and head, another, when the elephant in the room is more like a rampaging herd of elephants, a column about betrayal, obsession, age gaps and self-worth. “Ask Philippa” in its new home.

Feb 2026, we welcome @fbhutto.bsky.social to the list with THE HOUR OF THE WOLF, a portrayal of her escape from a coercive relationship, an exploration of humanity's relationship with nature & a celebration of found families dauntbookspublishing.co.uk/book/the-hou... cover by @gray318.bsky.social!

Rochelle and LUSH. ⭐️

Congratulations, Yael! Walter Scott Prize shortlist revealed. www.thebookseller.com/news/shortli...

Just in time for Friday night. Finished copies of Rochelle Dowden-Lord’s LUSH. 🍷

⭐️⭐️⭐️ a rare trifecta of starred reviews from Kirkus, Publishers Weekly and Booklist ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Tha Names by @florenceknapp.bsky.social Your life will change with The Names by @florenceknapp.bsky.social (out in May)

Shortlisted for The Booker Prize, The Women’s Prize, The Dylan Thomas Prize! Haunting, beautiful, sexy, devastating.