04 Feb
Siobhan Dowd born 1960. In 2008 she became the first ever posthumous winner of the most prestigious prize in children's literature, the Carnegie medal for her novel Bog Child. Read books by Siobhan Dowd
The Tiger's Wife Tea Obreht
February 2012 Book of the Month.
Shortlisted for the Galaxy International Author of the Year Award 2011.
THE ORANGE PRIZE WINNING DEBUT FROM A TRULY EXTRAORDINARY TALENT.
A Special Edition of The Tiger's Wife... Format: Paperback - Released: 20/02/2012
Other Featured Books this Month
Good People Ewart Hutton
February 2012 eBook of the Month.
Small town hypocrisy shamelessly satirised in a twisting murder plot in rural Wales. An entertaining, cleverly plotted debut. Format: Hardback - Released: 02/02/2012
A Book for All and None Clare Morgan
February 2012 Debut of the Month.
A beautiful, haunting literary debut from an extraordinary new talent who we can see scooping future literary prizes. When you are the Director of the Creative Writing... Format: Paperback - Released: 16/02/2012
Attachments Rainbow Rowell
February 2012 Debut of the Month.
This is such a funny, warm, heartfelt, touching and unforgettable novel and as a bloke I’m not even sure I’m the target reader at all! Set in... Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
Care of Wooden Floors Will Wiles
February 2012 Debut of the Month.
Inhabiting the spaces in-between everyday events - a place where tiny oversights can have disastrous, farcical and even fatal consequences. This is a unique, bold and brilliant... Format: Hardback - Released: 02/02/2012
The Legacy of Eden Nelle Davy
February 2012 Debut of the Month.
A ‘Piece of Passion’ from Nelle’s editor, Jenny Hutton:When we first read The Legacy of Eden we were left breathless. Nelle is a phenomenal talent, writing... Format: Paperback - Released: 03/02/2012
The House of Dust and Dreams Brenda Reid
February 2012 Debut of the Month.
Set in Greece in 1936 this is a charming tale of friendship, resilience and love in the face of war seen through the eyes of Evadne a... Format: Paperback - Released: 16/02/2012
The Book of Lies Mary Horlock
February 2012 Debut of the Month.
A well-written insight into the twisted mind of an unashamed murderer, as she admits in the second paragraph of this book (see link to the Opening Extract... Format: Paperback - Released: 16/02/2012
The Sky's Dark Labyrinth Stuart Clark
February 2012 Debut of the Month.
A vivid, thrilling portrayal of the lives and work of Kepler and Galileo and their struggles with the social and political forces around them. It's the first... Format: Paperback - Released: 17/10/2011
Trust Nobody June Hampson
The publisher created a new category with the publication of this novel, that of ‘gangster saga’ and it’s not far off the mark. A gangland 60’s saga set in Gosport with a strong heroine and some memorable characters. It’s got... Format: Paperback (a Format) - Released: 01/02/2007
White Heat M. J. McGrath
Nothing on the tundra rotted ...The whole history of human settlement lay exposed there, under that big northern sky. There was nowhere here for bones to hide. On Craig Island, a vast landscape of ice north of the Arctic Circle,... Format: Paperback - Released: 03/02/2012
The Midwife of Venice Roberta Rich
Hannah Levi is famed throughout Venice for her skills as a midwife but, as a Jew, the law forbids her from attending a Christian woman. However, when the Conte appears at her door in the dead of night, Hannah's compassion... Format: Paperback - Released: 16/02/2012
22 Britannia Road Amanda Hodgkinson
After living wild in the forests for years, carrying a terrible secret, all Silvana knows is that she and Aurek are survivors. Everything else is lost. While Janusz, a Polish soldier who has criss-crossed Europe during the war, hopes his... Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
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Rupture Simon Lelic
Shortlisted for the Galaxy New Writer of the Year 2010.
September 2010 Debut of the Month.
CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger Finalist 2010.
It...
Pigeon English Stephen Kelman
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2011.
Shortlisted for the Galaxy New Writer of the Year Award 2011.
Shortlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2011.
Shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award 2011.
A...
Today David Miller
August 1924. John Conrad arrives at his parents' home on the outskirts of Canterbury, where family and friends are assembling for the bank holiday weekend. His crippled mother has been...
Pear-Shaped Stella Newman
Girl meets boy. Girl loses boy. Girl loses mind. Sophie Klein walks into a bar one Friday night and her life changes. She meets James Stephens: charismatic, elusive, and with...
Catch Your Death Louise Voss, Mark Edwards
January 2012 MEGA Book of the Month.
A shining example of the power of self-publishing, this was an eBook sensation in 2011 and...
Before I Go to Sleep S. J. Watson
January 2012 Book of the Month.
Featured on The TV Book Club on More4 on 29 January 2012.
Winner of the Galaxy Crime &...
Tiny Sunbirds Far Away Christie Watson
Winner of the Costa First Novel Award 2011.
Set in the Niger Delta, Tiny Sunbirds Far Away explores the world of twelve-year-old Blessing and her family. Part comic, part tragic, it...
The Month Before's Featured Books
A Life Apart Neel Mukherjee
One of our Debuts of the Year 2011.
February 2011 Debut of the Month.
A Life Apart is a scalding novel about dislocations and...
Plugged Eoin Colfer
One of our Debuts of the Year 2011.
May 2011 Debut of the Month.
From the bestselling and exceptionally gifted writer of the
Pigeon English Stephen Kelman
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2011.
Shortlisted for the Galaxy New Writer of the Year Award 2011.
Shortlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2011.
Shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award 2011.
A...
Before I Go to Sleep S. J. Watson
Winner of the Galaxy Crime & Thriller of the Year 2011.
Shortlisted for the Galaxy New Writer of the Year 2011.
One of our Debuts of the Year 2011.
When God Was a Rabbit Sarah Winman
One of our Debuts of the Year 2011.
Winner of the Galaxy New Writer of the Year Award 2011.
Shortlisted for the Galaxy Paperback of the Year 2011.
An utterly charming family...
Everything and Nothing Araminta Hall
A gripping psychological suspense read. Everything and Nothing is a stunningly assured debut, superbly evoking
an atmosphere of inexorable and sinister menace that builds to a
mesmerising climax in...
Postcards from the Heart Ella Griffin
One of our Debuts of the Year 2011.
September 2011 Debut of the Month.
Gorgeously grown-up romantic comedy from a brilliant new Irish voice....
The Little Girl of the Favela M. K. Bates
Part crime, part love story, set against a vividly painted and exciting backdrop of Brazil, Germany
and England. It's a debut novel worth a second look.
Cuckoo Julia Crouch
December 2011 Debut of the Month.
What a debut! This is an utterly gripping psychological drama about a friend who has it all...
Sanctus Simon Toyne
One of our Debuts of the Year 2011.
The certainties of the modern world are about to be blown apart by a three thousand year-old conspiracy nurtured by blood and lies...
Spiral Paul McEuen
One of our Debuts of the Year 2011.
December 2011 Debut of the Month.
It’s not surprising that academic turned author, Professor Paul McEuen,...
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee
Winner of the Guardian First Book Award 2011.
Shortlisted for the Wellcome Trust Book Prize 2011.
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction 2011.
A magnificent, beautifully written biography of cancer --...
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