This preview highlights titles to be published in March


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Stacey Thomas The Revels HQ, 28th, £9.99, PB, 9780008566692


Debut This historical début set in the


17th century follows an aspiring playwright who’s apprenticed to a notorious witch-hunter during the witch trials and is harbouring a dark secret that he can hear the songs of the dead.


reality of social media, contextualising perfor- mative perfection and celebrating the beauty of the everyday.


Kat Brown No One Talks About This Stuff: Twenty-Two Stories of Almost Parenthood Unbound, 21st, £10.99, PB, 9781800182875 This title collates 22 moving, honest, surprising and funny essays from women, men and non- binary people about their experiences of infertility.


Tom Winter In Search of Ethel Cartwright Corsair, 7th, £20, HB, 9781472158307 For fans of A Man Called Ove and Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, this is the uplifting story of an 86-year-old man’s life- changing journey.


Toya Wolfe Last Summer on State Street #Merky Books, 14th, £9.99, PB , 9781529197600 A profound coming- of-age story about the restorative power of community and the claim- ing of one’s own past, set in Chicago in 1999.


Non-fiction


Yasmin Ali Power Up: An Engineer’s Adventures into Sustainable Energy Apollo, 28th, £22, HB, 9781529382976 An essential and personal primer on the global energy system that powers our world, from an engineer on a journey to find a cleaner future.


Mehdi Hasan Win Every Argument: The Art of Debating, Persuading and Public Speaking Macmillan Business, 7th, £10.99, PB, 9781529093629 A practical guide to argu- ing, debating and public speaking from journalist and debater Hasan.


how much a human life is worth—and, if life does have a price, who gets to live and who doesn’t in a world of finite resources?


Kevin Morosky Black Women Always: Conversations on Life, Culture and Creativity Pavilion Books,14th, £22, HB, 9780008603625 Morosky and his contributors explore how Black and Brown women have found ways to overcome the barriers of racism and sexism by using creativity as a tool for empowerment. Featuring Kelechi Okafor, Candice Brathwaite, Shygirl, Aja Barber and more.


Debbie Hines Get Off My Neck MIT Press, 26th, £26, HB, 9780262048910 An exposé of the American prosecutorial system and its historic and present racial inequities— and how we can trans- form the system to one of fairness and justice.


Dr Alok Kanojia How to Raise a Healthy Gamer: Break Bad Screen Habits, End Power Struggles and Transform Your Relationship with Your Kids Bluebird, 14th, £20, HB, 9781035025886 “Dr K” offers a plan to help parents define, set and reinforce healthy boundaries around technology, communicate better with their children and help kids who have developed an addiction to gaming.


Shabaz Ali I’m Rich, You’re Poor: How to Give Social Media a Reality Check DK, 26th, £14.99, HB, 9780241689325 Written by TikTok sensation Ali, this title shines a light on the


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Jenny Kleeman The Price of Life: In Search of What We’re Worth and Who Decides Picador, 14th, £16.99, HB, 9781035004966 In a series of eye-opening encounters, journalist and broadcaster Kleeman asks


Madhumita Murgia Code Dependent: Living in the Shadow of AI Picador, 28th, £20, HB, 9781529097306 An exploration of the world created by computer algorithms and its impact on individuals, from the workers across the globe who feed arti- ficial intelligence systems with data to the impact of algorithms on our own behaviour, as consumers and citizens.


graphic storytelling about the present Iranian revolu- tion from Satrapi, author of Persepolis.


Charles Theonia Gay Heaven Is a Dance Floor But I Can’t Relax Archway Editions, 5th, £14.99, PB, 9781648230523 The breakout poetry collection of the New York poet in a multiform, poetic conversation between queer and trans artists and writers.


The Curie Society Te MIT Press 26th,£21, PB 9780262544375 The plucky young scientist heroes of The Curie Society go toe-to-toe with a powerful and sinister threat in a globe-spanning scientific adventure on the cutting edge of advanced biotech.


Sara Jin Li & Camila Rivera Rebel Girls All Things Friendship DK, 5th, £10.99, PB, 9798889641308 This fun and helpful guidebook celebrates old friends and teaches children how to make new ones.


Ngugi wa Thiong’o Homecoming Apollo, 14th, £9.99, PB, 9781035906024 In this collection of essays on African and Caribbean literature, culture and politics, Thiong’o delivers a groundbreaking critique of colonialism and capital- ism in postcolonial Africa.


Melita Thomas 1,000 Tudor People Graffeg, 28th, £40, HB, 9781802583083 This title brings the incredibly varied lives and deaths of 1,000 Tudor people into a single, accessible volume.


Will Nicholls British Wildlife Photography Awards 12 Graffeg, 12th, £30, HB, 9781802586206 Celebrating the 12th British Wildlife Photography Awards, this collection showcases the 150 winning and shortlisted images.


Katie Gee Salisbury Not Your China Doll Dutton, 12th, £28.99, HB, 9780593183984 Set against the glittering backdrop of Los Angeles in the gin-soaked Jazz Age and the rise of Hollywood, this title is a celebration of Anna May Wong, the first Asian- American movie star.


Marjane Satrapi Woman, Life, Freedom Seven Stories, 20th, £30, PB, 9781911710103 An urgent and visually stunning new collection of


Emerson Whitney Heaven Cipher Press, 21st, £10.99, PB, 9781739220785 This title seeks to under- stand Whitney’s relation- ship with his mother and grandmother and the role our childhood plays in who we become.


Sophie Williams The Glass Cliff: Why Women in Power Are Undermined – and How to Fight Back Macmillan Business, 7th, £20, HB, 9781035038732 A data-led examination of the Glass Cliff social phenomenon, whereby women are often only hired into leadership roles when a business is already underperforming, thereby undercutting their chances of success.


Children’s


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Effua Gleed, Juanita Londoño Gaviria (illus) The Princess and the Pee Frances Lincoln Children’s Books, 7th, £7.99, PB, 9780711277731 The story of Princess Amma and the royal household who are trying to solve the problem of the Princess and the Pee. The story reassures children that it’s normal to wet the bed and also that, with time, it will resolve itself.


Swapna Haddow Bad Panda: Mites, Camera, Action! Faber Children’s, 7th, £7.99, PB, 9780571379279 The third hilarious adven- ture featuring loveable Lin, everyone’s favourite Bad Panda.


Radiya Hafiza Aya and the Star Chaser Macmillan Children’s Books, 21st, £7.99, PB, 9781529038323 The third middle-grade book from Hafiza is set in a magical world inspired by Bengali folklore that puts brown girls centre-stage.


Clara Kumagai Catfish Rolling Zephyr, 14th, £8.99, PB, 9781803288055 Magic-realism blends with Japanese myth and legend in an original story for 14+ about grief, memory, time and an earthquake that shook a nation.


Julie Merberg Beck Jane Feiner (illus) My First Haggadah Downtown Bookworks, 5th, £12.99, Board, 9781950587148 This charming, fully illustrated board book introduces readers to the story of Passover, the 10 plagues, the seder plate, and the meaning behind all of the rituals, food, songs and prayers they are experiencing.


Mariajo Ilustrajo I Love Books Frances Lincoln Children’s Books, 29th, £12.99, HB, 9780711277991 A magical picture book about the joy that comes from discovering a connection with books for the very first time. Featuring eye-catching illustrations.


Christen Randall The No-Girlfriend Rule Pushkin Children’s Books,7th, £9.99, PB, 9781782694465 The No-Girlfriend Rule is a YA début romance novel that explores the world of tabletop gaming while tackling themes of identity, community and body positivity.


Camilla Reid, Nila Aye (illus) Who’s Cute? Macmillan Children’s Books, 14th, £7.99, Board, 9781035023301 A cute woodland animal book with felt flaps to lift, featuring a surprise mirror ending.


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