BOOKS
this ancient craft, along with a brief history of nails.
Jenny Rushmore Ahead of the Curve: Learn to Fit and Sew Amazing Clothes for Your Curves Quadrille, 14th, PB, £26, 9781787136304 Billed as the first sewing book designed to empower curvy and plus-size women to feel body confident by stitching a wardrobe that fits. It contains five basic garment patterns, along with directions on how to master the perfect fit for your body shape.
Charles Tyrwhitt The Modern Gentleman’s Handbook: Gentleman Are Not Born, They Are Made Ebury, 7th, HB, £12.99, 9781529108842 Produced in association with the menswear chain, an informative but tongue-in-cheek guide to modern style and social etiquette for men; from smart casual dressing to must-have cocktail recipes.
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9780751580808 From the reason the chainsaw was invented (to aid childbirth), to what computer inventor Charles Babbage got up to in his spare time (he baked himself in an oven to see what would happen), the Bafta-winning journalist, Twitter favourite and author of 52 Times Britain Was a Bellend returns with a guide to the most morbidly fascinating facts you “wish you could forget”.
Daniela Geremia & Lauren Farnsworth Colour Quest: Winter Wonders: An Extreme Colour by Numbers Challenge Michael O’Mara, 14th, PB, £9.99, 9781789293029 From twinkling trees to stunning reindeer: more than 20 beautiful wintry images. “Colour the numbered shapes and you’ll free the images concealed on the page.”
Alex Waite Van-Lifers: Beautiful Conversions for Life on the Road Te History Press, HB, £20, 9780750997188 From horse boxes to ambulances, this illustrated gift book is a celebration of creative van and vehicle conver- sions alongside their very inventive owners.
Humour, gift & activity
Amy-Jane Adams The Regency Colouring Book Michael O’Mara, 28th, PB, £9.99, 9781789293838 Discover the magic of Regency England in 60 illustrations and colour in everything from the walls of the Prince Regent’s Palace to the windswept flower beds of country gardens, and carriage- lined city streets.
James Felton You Don’t Want to Know Sphere, 7th, HB, £12.99,
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Nathan Joyce A Celebration of Dolly Parton: The Activity Book Portico, 14th, PB, £7.99, 9781911622703 Spanning Dolly’s long and illustrious career, this includes greatest hits illustrations and graphics to colour in, anagrams of favourite songs, and a tour of Dollywood, along with quizzes, puzzles, word clouds and more.
Dingleberry Marx Crap Divination: The Dark Art of Reading Dark Marks: How to Interpret Toilet Runes Pyramid, 7th, HB, £6.99, 9780753734674 This “turd-teller’s Tarot” and good old- fashioned Christmas cistern-topper promises to lift the lid on toilet marks, and unlock the secrets of your secretions, “sifting through the crap to find the sweetcorn of truth”. The author “knows his shit”.
Katie Mockridge Be Drag Fabulous: How to Live Your Best Drag Queen Life Lom Art, 14th, HB, £9.99, 9781912785469 “Get ready to slay like the fierce queen you are” with this compilation of life advice inspired by the best drag queens from across the world, distilled into 75 lessons.
Kerby Rosanes Kaleidomorphia: A Kaleidoscope of Colouring Challenges Lom Art, 14th, PB, £9.99, 9781912785643 This follow-up title to Rosanes’ Colourmorphia features a 16-page full- colour section of some of the most striking images, coloured in by the author’s fans.
psychoanalyst and author argues for a radical embrace of one’s inner loser, showing how loss can be turned into an art. A lead title for Peninsula this autumn.
What joy to have this second volume of diaries from Sedaris, the source of all his inimitable stories. Theft by Finding: Diaries Volume One was one of my favourite lockdown reads.
us how to employ justice spells, banish unwanted energy and more in the cause of change both personal and global.
Margerie Swash & Emanuel Santos (illus) The Woman, the Mink, the Cod and the Donkey: An Affectionate Parody of a Little-Known Book Sphere, 14th, HB, £9.99, 9780751584318 The autumn’s second Charlie Mackesy spoof is an affectionate pastiche featuring the illustrated travels of a woman looking for a pub that is open, accompanied by an unlikely cohort of animal friends. It shows the value of travel insurance and why it’s important always to wear breathable pants.
Ernesto Che Guevara Latin America Diaries Seven Stories, 14th, PB, £13.99, 9781644211007 New edition of Guevara’s second trip through Latin America following his graduation from medical school in 1953, reveal- ing the emergence of a committed revolutionary now known as “Che”. His Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War is out the same month in Penguin Classics (0141994031).
Lucinda Hawksley Letters of Great Women: Extraordinary Correspondence from History’s Remarkable Women Welbeck, 14th, HB, £25, 9781787394490 An illustrated compilation of inspiring and compel- ling correspondence from women throughout history, including Mary Anning, Mary Seacole, Rosa Parks, Greta Thunberg and Queen Salote Tupou III.
Alexis E Thomson Tarot Colouring Lom Art, 28th, PB, £9.99, 9781912785544 Celebrating the mystery and power of Tarot, this colouring book illustrates prominent cards from both the Major and Minor Arcana decks, including the High Priestess and the Wheel of Fortune.
Language, literature & essays
Josh Cohen Losers Peninsula Press, 7th, PB, £6, 9781999922344 Why have we come to fear losing? And what might we win if we were to give up this fear? Considering the values that often divide society into a contest between winners and losers, the
Mark McGurl Everything and Less: The Novel in the Age of Amazon Verso, HB, £20, 9781839763854
In opening the floodgates of popular literary expres- sion as never before (via self-publishing), the age of Amazon shows a democratic promise, as well as what it means when literary culture becomes corporate culture in the broadest but also deepest and most troubling sense. So says McGurl, a professor of literature at Stanford, in this book illustrated with funny infographics and schematics throughout.
David Sedaris A Carnival of Snackery: Diaries Volume Two Little Brown, 7th, HB, £20, 9781408707852
Mary Wellesley Hidden Hands: The Lives of Manuscripts and Their Makers Riverrun, 7th, HB, £25, 9781529400939 From the Cuthbert Bible to Shakespeare, I love the sound of this account of the artisans, artists, scribes and readers, patrons and collectors who made and kept the beautiful, fragile manu- scripts that have survived the ravages of fire, water and deliberate destruction to the present day. Richly illustrated, it gives us, in seven thematic chapters, a vivid picture both of the development of English culture and the wider European culture of which it is part.
Douglas Wolk All of the Marvels: An Amazing Voyage Into Marvel’s Universe and 27,000 Superhero Comics Profile, 7th, HB, £20, 9781788169288 For this “landmark, but ludicrously fun” piece of cultural criticism, the New York Times comics critic reads all 27,000 comics that make up the Marvel universe thus far, from Alpha Flight to Omega the Unknown. Published ahead of Marvel’s 60th anniversary.
Mind, body, spirit
Frankie Castanea Spells for Change: A Guide for Modern Witches Orion Spring, 14th, HB, £12.99, 9781398703544 Castanea, one of the most popular witches on TikTok with a following of over a million, is at the centre of a thriving community of modern practitioners who strive to use witchcraft to enrich their day-to-day lives, and improve the world around them. In her first book, she shows
Jennifer Lane The Wheel: The Witch’s Way Back to the Ancient Self September, 7th, HB, £14.99, 9781912836901 In the wake of a stress- related illness, Lane set out to rediscover the solace and purpose that witchcraft had given her as a teenager. The result is this exploration of how the pagan year can dove- tail with our modern need to work and be digitally connected. “Full of wise words, crackling rituals and natural beauty.”
Anita Mangan & Sarah Ford The Chinese Zodiac: A Seriously Silly Guide Portico, 14th, PB, £9.99, 9781911622543 “Alternative and hilarious” look at all 12 signs of the Chinese zodiac, including animal and human facts, and drawing on themes such as personality, love, health and lifestyle. Cutely illustrated.
Alex Naranjo & Marlene Vargas Your Intuition Led You Here HQ, 28th, HB, £14.99, 9780008389840 Combining wellness and mysticism, the authors suggest a variety of tried-and-tested rituals for relationships, success, protection, healing and cleansing, using crystals, candles, altars, incense, oils and more. Aimed at beginners and those who are “magic curious”.
Brenda Rosen The Crystal Healer: How to Use Crystals to Heal Body and Mind Pyramid, 7th, HB, £7.99, 9780753734629 More than 20 practical exercises to help you harness the healing power of crystals, whether for stress relief and anxiety management, to balancing your chakras and enhancing spiritual
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