“O’Connor’s beautifully evocative debut explores the liminal spaces between aspiration and disappointment, adolescence and adulthood, land and sea. . . highly impressive”

Hannah Beckerman for Observer New Review on Elizabeth O'Connor's WHALE FALL

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'evocative and haunting. . . written with a care and restraint that is rare in a debut novel. It teems with visceral imagery'

Jude Cook for @guardianbooks on Elizabeth O'Connor's first novel WHALE FALL

Out this Thursday

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There are still a couple of tickets left for Wednesday night's event at the L&R Bookshop launching Elizabeth O'Connor's acclaimed debut novel WHALE FALL.

Elizabeth will be in conversation with Sophie Mackintosh, author of The Water Cure.

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There are countless literary spell-weavers who have captured our imaginations over the centuries.

Here The Starndard collect together the best books about witches and witchcraft in fiction and non fiction.

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Huge congratulations to Madhumita Murgia for winning Science and Technology Journalist of the Year!

This Wednesday Phlox Books will be welcoming Niamh Mulvey for an evening in conversation with Tomiwa Owolade. They'll be discussing Niamh’s novel ‘The Amendments’, the identities we inherit, and how societal change shapes the stories we tell. Tickets here: buff.ly/3Utkx2n

‘He wanted to ask her the reason she was here alone, but every question he thought of seemed wrong. It occurred to him that he really wanted to ask if she had thought about him much over the years and if she had ever regretted not staying.’

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On May 1 Daunt Books Summertown is hosting Emmeline Clein in conversation with Alice Slater 🐌 to discuss Dead Weight - Clein's punchy social commentary on disordered eating. They'll be talking body image, 'diet culture' and toxic beauty standards. Tickets here: buff.ly/3UjMmKu

Look what's arrived! The most beautiful cover design and endpapers for The Garden Against Time, the new book from Sunday Times bestselling author Olivia Laing.

Available from your local indie, or pre-order from Waterstones now 🌷
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This month, the tour for Dr Agnes Arnold-Forster's NOSTALGIA kicks off ahead of it's publication on 25th April - get your tickets via the venue websites!

What are the most influential books of the twenty-first century so far? We have some suggestions. . . 👉 buff.ly/3Q5BjSu

Subterfuge in the art world, weight loss drugs, the importance of childhood, and the end of the world - sign up to an eclectic night of speakers and ideas with 5x15

13 May 2024
Virtual (Zoom)
from 7pm

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On this week's The Spectator Book Club podcast you can hear Dorian Lynskey discussing his latest book, Everything Must Go, which investigates the way humans have imagined the end of the world from the Book of Revelations to the present day.

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'For a book about Armageddon, it's very uplifting.'
Caitlin Moran on Dorian Lynskey's, Everything Must Go - out now.

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On our Bookshop.org page today, you can find five page-turning novels about the end of the world as recommended by @dorianlynskey, author of Everything Must Go: The Stories We Tell About The End of The World.
Feat.Margaret Atwood and Colson Whitehead

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This has to be one of the most beautiful-looking books we’ve ever seen. Picador Books

Just look at those sumptuous spredges! It’s got signed illustrated endpapers too — and it’s only available through independent bookshops.

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Just read advance copy of this poignant, crafted, haunting novel #LongIsland by ⁦The Laureate for Irish Fiction⁩ #colmtóibín . It mesmerised me- all day I did nothing but read. Often sequels disappoint but this holds its own with #Brooklyn ⁦⁦Pan Macmillan⁩ ⁦Cormac Kinsella⁩

☢️ Happy publication day to Dorian Lynskey with Everything Must Go: The Stories We Tell About the End of the World, a cultural history that weaves together politics, history, science, high and popular culture in a book that is deeply illuminating about both us and our times.

Early NetGalley readers are loving AIR AND LOVE by Or Rosenboim 🍋

At once an intriguing exploration of personal and universal historical sagas and also an integral presence of food in preserving heritage and building identity, AIR AND LOVE is available 23rd May 🍋