Following a teenager orphaned by the 9/11 attack as she comes in contact with her estranged family, Catherine Airey's striking debut CONFESSIONS mines girlhood, womanhood and the delicate spot in between with elegance and urgency: waterstones.com/book/confessio…

Tune into 48 mins on BBC Woman's Hour to listen to Catherine Airey dicussing her novel #Confessions which is out now and should be top of your TBR! Viking Books UK Laura Dermody ❤️ bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Just wanted to take a moment to say thank you. Sign the petition here - #SaveThePCC 38d.gs/SaveThePrinceC…

**Looking for recommendations** Can anyone recommend a catering company based in London they've worked with recently that can put on a selection of canapés for a large event (approx 200 guests) of delicious food? Thanks in advance! #cateringlondon #recommendations #eventslondon

DELIGHTED to see HUNCHBACK by Saou Ichikawa and translated by Polly Barton on the The Booker Prizes longlist! 💖‘Lingers long in the mind long after you turn the final page’ BBC 💻‘One of the most talked about books of the year’ Foyles 💖‘A tender and defiant story' AnOther

'Gloriously transgressive...Ichikawa uses the vantage point of her disability for a particular insight into human nature.' Guardian Books on Saou Ichikawa's International Booker Prize longlisted Hunchback. Viking Books UK The Booker Prizes 🌸Out now! 🌸 theguardian.com/books/2025/mar…

The The Times and The Sunday Times paywall is down this weekend so pls read this review of International Booker longlisted #Hunchback: ‘It’s a brilliant, riveting book that lets us tune into voices we have long kept suppressed.’ Viking Books UK 💖 thetimes.com/culture/books/…

We're thrilled to be hosting the Merseyside launch of Robert Macfarlane's IS A RIVER ALIVE?. Join us on 8th May, when Robert will be in conversation w/ Andy Miller, at West Kirby Grammar School. We can't wait! Tickets & info here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-evening-w…

The most epic tour I have ever organised! Huge thanks to all the bookshops and festivals involved. Summer and autumn dates to follow but please do join us to celebrate the publication of IS A RIVER ALIVE? this spring. 🌊🍄‍🟫🌳 Penguin Books UK

Tune into this morning's BBC Woman's Hour to listen to author of You Didn't Hear This From Me: Notes on the Art of Gossip, Kelsey McKinney talk about the culutal implications of gossip and where this ancient art origiated. V interesting convo, book out now! bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

Finished copies of GIRL, 1983 are here. Ali Smith has called it ‘a masterpiece’. Set between Paris, Oslo and New York, this beautiful moving story meditates on themes of time, memory and power. Reply here if you would like a review copy.

Only Nell Zink could select 'bird' (more specifically a nightingale) for one of her cultural picks for The Observer. Full interview below. Zink's new novel, Sister Europe is out this month, 24 April. #SisterEurope Viking Books UK 🍸 theguardian.com/culture/2025/a…

ICMYI: This week non-fiction triumphed with new titles from renowned writers Robert Macfarlane, ROB COWEN and Lamorna Ash 👇 thebookseller.com/news/books-in-…

Hello — Is A River Alive? has been adapted as Radio 4’s Book of the Week next week. Five episodes, read by me—& we’ve folded in field recordings & some beautiful Max Richter music. First episode, Anima, broadcasts tomorrow at 11.45am. You can listen here: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Last week we launched Robert MacFarlane’s Is A River Alive? and today we found out it’s a Sunday Times number 1 bestseller!! 🌀 (I am so happy!) 🩵

Thrilled to share that Confessions by Catherine Airey has been shortlisted for the 4th annual Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize! 🎉 A bold, unforgettable debut getting the recognition it deserves. #WDFP #Confessions