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and people of his country, Cape Verde.
inspired them in Guinness’ title. A television show and podcast are in development.
Norah Hanson The End of an Era Valley Press, 1st, £12, PB, 9781915606242
Hanson takes in the landmarks both of her native Hull and life itself.
Mo Gawdat, Alice Law Unstressable: A Practical Guide to Stress-Free Living
Bluebird, 8th, £10.99, PB, 9781035022731
A new way to take control of all kinds of stress.
Katie Goh Foreign Fruit: A Personal History of the Orange
Canongate, 8th, £16.99, HB, 9781805301738
A hybrid memoir that uses the journey and cultivation of a single fruit – the orange – to reckon with the author’s own identity and unpack themes of globalisation, colonialism and migration.
Erica Hesketh In the Lily Room Nine Arches Press, 22nd, £11.99, PB, 9781916760165
A debut poetry collection on motherhood and the natural world.
B Dylan Hollis Baking Across America: A Vintage Recipe Road Trip
DK, 20th, £28, HB, 9780744097603
A cross-country culinary journey with 100 uniquely American recipes centred around baking.
Elizabeth Hsieh backbuilding Verve Poetry Press, 29th, £11.99, PB, 9781913917692
The poems in this collection address questions of uncertainty and identity after a lifelong period of spiritual brainwashing.
Sam Gonçalves How Does Change Happen?: Scenes from the Frontlines of Activism
404 Ink, 29th, £7.50, PB, 9781916637122
This book spends time with three prominent movements across environmental justice, land reform and a fight for rent control, seeking to recalibrate activist thinking –from the individual responsibility to the collective – by asking: how does change happen?
David Hurn, Richard King Wales As Is Seren, 22nd, £25, HB, 9781781727539
A definitive portrait of the landscape of Wales by photographer Hurn and author King.
Robin Ince Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal: My Adventures in Neurodiversity
Macmillan, 1st, £20, HB, 9781035036929
In this title, Ince uses his own late-stage diagnosis of ADHD to explore neurodivergence and anxiety.
account lays bare a case built on racial bias, corruption and desperation.
Lotte Jeffs, Stu Oakley Do Ask, Do Tell Bluebird, 29th, £20, HB, 9781035042074
From sticky dance floors to pushing prams; drag to hate and homophobia; dressing rooms to churches, schools and old people’s homes, this book unboxes the diversity of the queer experience. A rollercoaster ride through LGBTQ+ life, love and culture.
Judy Joo K-Quick: Korean Food in 30 Minutes or Less
White Lion Publishing, 8th, £25, HB, 9780711297586
K-Quick is touted as the go-to collection for foodies and chefs alike, from a leading voice in the Korean cuisine scene.
Jayant Kashyap Notes on Burials New Poets List, 8th, £6, PB, 9781914914959
This title asks the reader to consider different types of burials and retrievals, including personal and etymological burials, through cool, reflective poems.
staying motivated and navigating stumbling blocks in eating disorder recovery from a lived- experience perspective.
Cia Mangat Lobe New Poets List, 8th, £6, PB, 9781914914973
Lobe invites the reader into the lives of the speaker and their mother through carefully observed, thoughtful poems.
Don Mee Choi Mirror Nation And Other Stories, 2nd, £14.99, PB, 9781916751255
The South Korean military’s massacre of students in the 1980 Gwangju Uprising inspires poetry of grief as Mee Choi delves into the violent contemporary history of South Korea.
100 Diverse Voices DK, 8th, £20, PB, 9780241743911 This book features 100 contributors representing various races and ethnic backgrounds, genders, abilities, socio-economic backgrounds, and experiences, each lending their wisdom and insight on parenthood. With an introduction by Jelani Memory.
Sian Northey, Ness Owen Afonydd: Poems for Welsh Rivers
Arachne Press, 29th,£12, PB, 9781913665975
Fifty poems and their translations feature in this bilingual Welsh/English anthology, which is in praise of Welsh rivers.
SJ Kim This Part is Silent And Other Stories, 9th, £14.99, PB, 9781916751262
A work of narrative non-fiction that explores displacement, institutional power and progress.
Charles Lang The Oasis Skein Press, 3rd, £10, PB, 9781915017161
Hugo Greenhalgh The Diaries of Mr Lucas: Life in 1960s Gay London
Atlantic Books, 1st, £10.99, PB, 9781838958145
An account of lost gay history based on a set of real diaries.
Jack Guinness The Queer Bible HQ, 8th, £20, PB, 9780008530501
From Elton John on Divine to Graham Norton on Armistead Maupin, today’s queer heroes write about the icons who
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Ceri Dawn Jackson The Boy from Tiger Bay Little A, 1st, £9, PB, 9781662510489
When Lynette White was murdered in 1988, the prime suspect was a white man. But a year later, five innocent Black men – including John Actie – were charged instead. What followed was one of the UK’s most appalling miscarriages of justice. Told through Actie’s eyes, this explosive true-crime
A powerful portrait of identity, masculinity and working-class lives through poems steeped in language, culture and place spanning Ireland, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Cara Lisette Your Guide to Eating Disorder Recovery: How to Get Started and Keep Going (From Someone Who Has Been There)
Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 21st, £14.99, PB, 9781805017110 A guide to getting started,
Anna Pazos Killing the Nerve Foundry Editions, 6th, £12.99, PB, 9781068693465
When she is forced back to Barcelona, the author evaluates where she is in her life – and where she should be; Pazos’ autofiction explores feminist themes of independence and ambition.
Srinath Raghavan Indira Gandhi and the Years that Transformed India
Yale University Press, 27th, £25, HB, 9780300278521
The story of Indira Gandhi’s premiership – and the profound influence she had on India.
Nisha Ramayya States of the Body Produced By Love
Silver Press, 2nd, £12.99, PB, 9781739371746
A modern, mystical journey through love.
David Roberts We Are Your Children: A History of LGBTQ+ Activism
Two Hoots, 22nd, £25, HB, 9781529015362
This celebration of queer activism showcases figures from queer history like Harvey Milk, Julian Hows, Carla Toney, Crystal LaBeija, We Wha, Vincent Jones, Marsha P Johnson, Alan Turing, Sylvia Rivera and many more.
Juliet Sargeant Start with Soil: Simple Steps for a Thriving Garden Frances Lincoln Children’s Books, 1st, £15.99, HB, 9780711289390
A practical guide to transforming soil.
Julia Thacker To Wildness: Poems The Waywiser Press, 6th, £10.99, PB, 9781911379164
In recipes, spells, odes and elegies, this title conjures “what has been lost and what remains”.
Tourmaline Marsha: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson
HQ, 20th, £20, HB, 9780008762414
The first definitive biography of revolutionary activist and LGBTQ+ icon Marsha P Johnson, unveiling her life, profound impact and enduring legacy.
Gertrude Trevelyan Trance by Appointment Boiler House Press, 30th, £14.99, PB, 9781915812445
The story of Jean, who has what her mother calls “the Sight”. She sees what no one else can: the future. She learns to control this talent and begins to work as a fortune teller.
Sol Smith The Autistic’s Guide to Self-Discovery: Flourishing as a Neurodivergent Adult
New World Library, 2nd, £17.99, HB, 9781608689989
In this first-of-its-kind book, Smith combines current research, his personal experience as an autistic adult and lessons learned as an educator to show how others living with the condition can transcend common mischarac- terisations, embrace self-acceptance, over- come shame and gain the skills to function and flourish.
Jordan Troeller Ruth Asawa and the Artist-Mother at Midcentury
MIT Press, 6th, £45, HB, 9780262049498
How a group of artist- mothers in postwar San Francisco refused the centuries-old belief that a woman could not make art while also raising children.
Magdalena J Zaborowska James Baldwin: The Life Album
Yale University Press, 27th, £18.99, HB, 9780300262209
An intimate portrait of James Baldwin, his life and works and his close relationships and private life.
Children’s
Carla Sosenko I’ll Look So Hot in a Coffin: And Other Thoughts I Used to Have About My Body
PRH USA, 6th, £23, HB, 9780593595893
An intimate, irreverent memoir about one woman’s experience living with a deformity and her quest to find freedom and joy in her body.
Shahd Alasaly A Kids Book About Humanitarianism
DK, 8th, £12.99, HB, 9780241743713
This title wants children to learn what it means to be a humanitarian and how they can help their community today using
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