27th February 2026


Promoted


Lutyens & Rubinstein


Untitled Tom Lamont Eleven-year-old Gus discovers a trove of texts, emails and instant messages exchanged between her estranged parents, and sets out to discover more about their shared past.


Agent Jane Finigan UK Sceptre


The Thin Land Sarah Larkham-Hall YA fantasy in which Tessa “Rabbit” Young wakes up in the Thin Land, where she must navigate unknown vistas, from the Forest of Lost Souls to the Isthmus Bridge, and harness courage she did not know she had.


Agent Daisy Parente


Solace in Winter Mary Lawson The newest from the Booker-longlistee is set in Solace, 1969, where as the snow falls a series of chance encounters will change the lives and loves of an old man, a young American and a dog in need of a home.


Agent Felicity Rubinstein


UK Chatto, German Blessing, Canada, under offer in Czechia


White Powder Empires Kulvinder Nagre What does salt, flour and sugar have in common with cocaine? This book will explore the hidden history of how our needs and desires for these powders have been exploited to build and reshape the modern world.


Agent Jane Finigan


Trial of the Space Invaders: The Case That Changed Video Games Simon Parkin Part courtroom thriller, part investigative mystery and part origin story for the most popular entertainment medium in the world.


Agent Jane Finigan UK Sceptre, US Scribner


UK & Commonwealth Virago, North American The Dial Press


The Twelve Dares of Barbara Wilde Annie Monday Big-hearted debut that is an exploration of grief, friendship and the indignities of ageing.


Agent Shanika Hyslop


UK & Commonwealth Quercus, North American Crown, German HarperCollins


The Kindling LK Steven A dystopian novel for fans of The Power, which asks the question: what happens to human creativity if it has nowhere to go?


Agent Chloe Seager


UK & Commonwealth HarperVoyager, Spanish Urano, Options in 11 territories


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UK & Commonwealth Hutchinson Heinemann, North American Crown, German Droemer, French Albin Michel, Italian Aboca, Dutch, simplified Chinese and five others


Maelstrom Hope Tala The singer-songwriter’s heartfelt debut about siblings pulling together to overcome a trauma.


Agent Liv Maidment


Madeleine Milburn Agency


The Things You’ll Never Know Ashley Audrain A bold and thought- provoking multi-timeline suspense novel about motherhood and identity.


Agent Madeleine Milburn


UK & Commonwealth PMJ, US Pamela Dorman, German Penguin, French JC Lattes, Italian Rizzoli, Canadian, Finnish, EU Portuguese, South American Portuguese, options in six others


Everything Is Material Maikel Kuijpers A history of humankind explored through our relationships with the materials that shape the modern world.


Agent Emma Bal


An Incomplete History of Josephine Pyke by the Historian Herself Anna Fitzgerald From the winner of the John McGahern Debut Novel Prize for Girl in the Making comes a brilliantly written, quirky intimate narrator, Josephine Pyke, who provides an account of her life with all the earnestness of one who sees herself as having made a vital contribution to the world. Born in 1950, she is simply seen in that time as “odd”. Told in an utterly unique voice and a worldview that is deeply sympathetic but also light and comical, Josephine Pyke is an incredibly loveable and unforgettable character.


Agent Marianne Gunn O’Connor


What the World Needs Now – A Rom-Com Lisa Heathfield Bobby’s quest for the perfect wedding dress has taken her from her family home in Cornwall to North Wales. But then, a delayed train and a split- second decision propel Bobby into another world where she finds herself falling in love with Vincent, the man she hitches a ride with. With its irresistibly romantic premise, winning protagonists and portrait of a kind, rural Britain, this is a special novel about what it means to follow your heart.


Agent Marianne Gunn O’Connor


Marianne Gunn O’Connor


The Baggage Handler Pascoe Foxell North A kinetic, blackly comic speculative thriller. In a world where you can transfer your emotions to another person, a gig worker struggles under the weight of the many, many feelings he has been paid to store – so much grief, heartache, jealousy, rage and lust, all stacking up and up inside him. And when he receives a mysterious, disturbing transfer of guilt – guilt over killing someone – he truly begins to unravel, needing to solve the murder before it destroys him from the inside out. A fresh take on a crime novel.


Agent Marianne Gunn O’Connor


Queen of War and Hound of Shadows CC Prasifka A reimagining of one of Ireland’s most epic stories, which bridges the gap between romantasy and retelling. Medb was raised to be a queen, not a warrior. But the Morrígan saw something greater in her, and so she was never going to let that happen… A searing tale of desire, loyalty and revenge, where the battlefield is dangerously personal. Queen of War and Hound of Shadows is a story about one woman carving her own way in a patriarchal world, and the price she pays for it. Think A Court of Thorns and Roses meets The Song of Achilles.


Agent Marianne Gunn O’Connor


City of Talons Hilary White A stunningly written hybrid of memoir and nature writing set during a year of personal upheaval, as an urban falconer maps Dublin using birds of prey as a cipher to understand the changing face of the city. Framing this exploration is a personal journey of memory, loss, fatherhood and a bond with a trained bird. City of Talons explores the interplay between our natural and human heritage, and our capacity to both plunder and destroy, nurture and repair. For readers of Helen Macdonald, Robert Macfarlane, Olivia Laing and Amy Liptrot.


Agent Marianne Gunn O’Connor


UK & Commonwealth, Ireland Penguin Sandycove, Penguin General


Are We in Trouble Jean Pasley Haunted by memories of the extramarital affair that almost destroyed her, an elderly woman reveals her secret past to her daughters and provokes unexpected reactions. Set over the course of a single day in Dublin in 2025, Sarah, now 75, widowed and partially paralysed as a result of a stroke, is moving to sheltered accommodation. An incredibly tender and moving Brief Encounter- esque story of two people who fall desperately in love with someone other than their spouse.


Agent Marianne Gunn O’Connor Agent Sandra Sawicka


Marjacq Scripts


Sleepwalker Brian Dearborn Max’s nightmares are getting worse: terrifying visions that cast him in the role of a killer. When people in his life start meeting violent ends, Max has a horrifying realisation that they might not be dreams at all. A twisty, queer psychological horror set in the high-stakes world of 1980s Wall Street.


Agent Sonny Marr


Ghost Notes Doug Johnstone A woman’s lover is murdered, a teenager disappears and a mother becomes addicted to a “grief app” and the avatar of her dead daughter in this latest Skelfs novel.


Agent Philip Patterson UK & Commonwealth Orenda


Paradise Row Ioan Marc Jones Two years on from Gracie’s death, London cabbie Callen still cannot talk about his feelings. But if he is going to save his late wife’s favourite mural from being demolished, he is going to have to ask for help.


Agent Sonny Marr


The Unknowing Eloise Poole Unable to write anything else, a daughter reconstructs her mother’s life – literary icon, elusive parent – circling the family tragedy that shaped them both. Literary debut “for readers of Deborah Levy and Claire Keegan”.


Agent Imogen Pelham UK & Commonwealth excluding Canada


Hutchinson Heinemann


Shoot Prey Love Claire Wells A debut “survival rom- com” in which Elena escapes to the wilderness to reclaim her life – but had not counted on an obnoxiously loud, chainsaw-wielding, survivalist influencer neighbour. But then a zombie outbreak hits their remote corner of the world…


The Marsh Agency


Soldiers & Sailors Terrence Holt War novel set in a once- thriving Mississippi River town following the life of Dr Hal Adams as he flees a medical practice.


Agent on behalf of Aragi Inc US Norton


Our Noble Selves Kate Atkinson Atkinson’s latest is a tale of post-Second World War London following foreign correspondent turned war reporter Harry Flynn and an oddball team of misfits.


Agent on behalf of Kate Atkinson


UK Transworld, US Doubleday


The Group Chat Matt Baumont Comic novel following the residents of Tambo Road in Muswell Hill as they grapple with big first-world problems such as delayed bin collections and misplaced Amazon deliveries.


Agent on behalf of Larry Finlay UK Sphere


Digital Delusion: How Classroom Technology Harms Our Kids’ Learning – and How to Help Them Thrive Again Jared Cooney Horvath A specialist in human learning’s evidence- based case shows that the widespread use of laptops, tablets and educational software in classrooms is quietly undermining how children learn, think and develop.


Agent on behalf of Rachel Neumann, Wave Literary US Harmony


Green Shoes: Forty Years of a Radical Women’s Craft Collective Alison Hastie The co-founder of the Devon-based Green Shoes explores personal tragedies, relationships, motherhood and professional life.


Agent on behalf of The Indigo Press World English The Indigo Press


London Book Fair Special


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