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  • Picture This: Non-Fiction Picture Books Telling Life Stories – A Guest Blog by SF Said

    by Sam Fisher
    We're thrilled to welcome SF Said, author of Varjak Paw, as a guest blogger/bookseller, to share an incredible selection of contemporary non-fictio...

  • Indie Fiction Subscription #6: Les Fugitives

    by Sam Fisher
    Les Fugitives sprang to life in 2015, publishing Francophone authors whose work had not yet been translated into English. We love their description...
    Posted in fiction sub

  • February Pre-Orders: Things Suck, Read Great Books

    by Sam Fisher
    What could be more perfectly February than pre-ordering an amazing book? With Valentine's Day, Galentine's/Palentine's Day AND Chinese New Year com...

  • Poetry Subscription #3: Introducing Jo Brandon

    by Sam Fisher
    This January seems like a good time to think about cures… and Jo Brandon has them, with her new collection Cures, published by the excellent Valley...

  • Indie Fiction Subscription #5: Introducing Faber & Faber

    by Sam Fisher
    … as if Faber need any introduction. Founded in 1929, Faber have been making literary history by risking it all on new voices for nearly a century ...
    Posted in fiction sub

  • We Need New Stories: January Pre-orders

    by Sam Fisher
    It's a bumper month for fiction lovers – and just as well, because we could all use stories that stop us doom-scrolling while telling us, in extend...
    Posted in pre-orders

  • Midwinter Wonderland

    by Sam Fisher
    We thought we'd celebrate the solstice with our final list of 2020: here's 21(ish) titles that make us think of midwinter, and think at midwinter. ...
    Posted in booklist

  • Indie Fiction Subscription #4: Introduction DEAD INK

    by Sam Fisher
    Based in Liverpool since 2016, Dead Ink are underground superstars. If you haven't read a Dead Ink title yet, then authors such as Naomi Booth and ...
    Posted in fiction sub

  • Guest Bookseller: Andy Miller Recommends #YourNextBook

    by Sam Fisher
    Way back in March when we were biking books around E8, some of our favourite writers and publishers stepped up as guest booksellers on Twitter, mak...
    Posted in booklist

  • Books of the Year 2020

    by Sam Fisher
    In time-honoured tradition, we're here to announce our Xmas picks: click on the titles below to browse and buy, with a 10% automatic discount at ch...
    Posted in booklist

  • Guest Bookseller: Octavia Bright Recommends #YourNextBook

    by Sam Fisher
    Way back in March when we were biking books around E8, some of our favourite writers and publishers stepped up as guest booksellers on Twitter, mak...
    Posted in booklist

  • Guest Bookseller: #YourNextBook, Recommended by Jen Calleja

    by Sam Fisher
    Way back in March when we were biking books around E8, some of our favourite writers and publishers stepped up as guest booksellers on Twitter, mak...
    Posted in booklist