BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIRS
recreation of the novelist’s 10-month trip around the US Brooks brings to life both the man and America in its Gilded Age.
North Atlantic
Truth Demands Abby Reyes 6th May, pb, £17.99, 9781623175214 “Essential reading, filled with exactly the kind of truth that this precarious moment demands”—Kaira Jewel Lingo, author of We Were Made for These Times.
Notting Hill Editions
The Catastrophe Hour Meghan Daum 15th April, pb, eb, £11.99, 9781912559688 From the New York Times bestselling author of The Unspeakable comes a new collection of classic Daum essays that show the author’s wit and intellect.
Changing My Mind Julian Barnes 18th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781912559695 In this engaging and erudite essay Barnes explores what is involved when we change our minds—about words, politics, books, memories, age and time.
NYRB Classics
The Dead Girl Melanie Thernstrom, Daphne Merkin 15th April, pb, eb, £17.99, 9781681379142 Classic, true-crime memoir of the 1984 murder of Berkeley student Roberta Lee, written by her close friend. Gripping, heartbreaking and a portrait of a generation.
Oldcastle Books
The Pen is Mightier Edward Tudor Pole 22nd April, hb, eb, £25, 9780857306050 Behind-the-scenes account of the punk world, a career in showbusiness and a lifetime on stage.
One
Why Fish Don’t Exist Lulu Miller 3rd July, pb, £10.99, 9781805337614 At once a life-affirming memoir on how to live well in a world of chaos and an astonishing scientific biography.
The Madman’s Guide to Stamp Collecting Robert Irwin
10th April, hb, £16.99, 9781805337744 Readable, one-of-a-kind journey through the world of stamps and collecting by a maverick historian.
Unearthing Kyo Maclear 13th February, pb, £12.99, 9781911590972
Emotional memoir about a family secret revealed by a DNA test, the lessons learned in its aftermath, and the transformative possibilities of growing plants.
Oneworld
and civil and human rights activist.
The Colonialist William Kelleher Storey 1st May, hb, eb, £30.99, 9780199811359 Critical biography of Cecil Rhodes elaborates his life and times, showing how his racist politics had an impact on mining, industry, transportation, warfare and society while discussing his contro- versial and enduring legacies.
Pallas Athene
Picasso Gertrude Stein 10th March, pb, £13.99, 9781843682417 One of the classic texts on the artist, republished with full illustration as originally conceived.
A Bright Cold Day Nathan Waddell 5th June, hb, £22, 9780861549764 Pioneering biography of George Orwell told through moments of everyday life.
Open Borders Press
The Convoy Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse, Ruth Diver (tr) 27th February, hb, eb, £20, 9781916788701 Novelist and short-story writer’s harrowing memoir documents and recon-structs her escape, at the age of 15, from the Rwandan genocide of 1994. A French bestseller.
Oxford University Press
A Man on Fire Douglas R Egerton 31st March, hb, eb, £26.99, 9780197554050 Few American lives covered as much ground as that of Thomas Wentworth Higginson. Here’s a biography that captures all the facets of an American whirlwind.
A Real Negro Girl Laurie A Woodard 26th April, hb, eb, £26.99, 9780197626214 Explores the life and career of performing artist, writer
Battleship Yamato Jan Morris 10th March, hb, £14.99, 9781843682691 In a grand, ironic elegy Morris tells the story of the Imperial Japanese Navy’s Yamato, its most powerful warship.
Pan
The Biggar Picture Dan Biggar 22nd May, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781035028078 Revealing autobiography from the most decorated Welsh 10 of all time.
Never Rick Astley 3rd July, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781035049417 Official autobiography of singer, songwriter and musician.
A Life Reimagined Jill Halfpenny 27th February, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781035037599 With warmth and compassion Halfpenny shares her experiences of loss.
Literature for the People Sarah Harkness 20th February, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781035008940 Evocative history of Daniel and Alexander Macmillan, two poor but idealistic young men who created a Victorian publishing empire.
Papillote Press
Lost and Found Alison Donnell 30th April, pb, £13, 9781739130312 Fascinating A-Z
provides a fuller picture of the Caribbean’s rich literary history by celebrating the lives and works of its neglected and lost writers.
Parthian Books
Behind the Scenes: The Dramatic Lives of Philip Burton Angela V John 3rd April, eb, £20, 9781914595738 Biography drawing upon a number of previously unseen sources provides a fresh angle on the compelling story of the schoolmaster responsible for training and trans- forming Richard Jenkins into Richard Burton.
My Oxford Catherine Haines 3rd March, pb, eb, £8, 9781917140065 Philosophical case for regarding eating disorder as pilgrimage and exorcism, both painful and salvational. Winner of the New Welsh Writing Awards 2017 for memoir.
Earwitness Ed Garland 3rd March, pb, eb, £8, 9781917140089 Genre-busting essay collection of memoir, sound studies and bibliotherapy amplifies the connections between reading, auditory perception and a young man’s mental wellbeing. Winner: New Welsh Writing Awards 2018.
Birdsplaining Jasmine Donahaye 5th June, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781917140324 Roaming across 19th-century Palestine and 21st century California, Scotland and Wales, Donahaye grapples with difficult questions about our relationship to other species, to one another and to the past.
Slatehead Peter Goulding 5th June, pb, eb, £10, 9781917140331 Part creative non-fiction, part memoir and sports documentary, set in Thatcher’s Britain and the present day. Winner of the New Welsh Writing Awards and shortlisted for Wales Book of the Year 2021.
Measuring the Distance Dai Smith 1st February, pb, eb, £10, 9781917140393 A mix of deceitfully plain reportage, fictive history
and fictional forays into the past.
Penguin
I Heard Her Call My Name Lucy Sante 6th March, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781804940884 Tender, funny and urgent memoir about the marvels and obstacles of transitioning in later life.
Our Fight Ronda Rousey 17th April, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781804946091 Inspirational story of resilience and recovery from UFC and WWE star.
Inside Mercedes F1 Matt Whyman 8th May, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781804947388 Exclusive, access-all-areas inside story of the team.
The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians James Patterson 27th March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781804947975 Featuring original interviews, a non-fiction title that highlights the magic of books and reading.
This Time Next Year David Jason 22nd May, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781804952771 Entertaining inspiration from star of Only Fools and Horses.
We All Shine On: John, Yoko And, Me Elliot Mintz 10th July, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781804994238 The first memoir from the inside to tell the story of John Lennon’s and Yoko’s life from the Beatles split to Lennon’s death in 1980.
Phoenix
Saltwater Mansions David Whitehouse 12th June, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781399621977 From the author of About a Son comes a deeply moving work of creative non-fiction about a mysterious disappearance and an unsettling obsession.
Breasts
Jean Hannah Edelstein 3rd April, hb, eb, £12, 9781399622370 Told in three parts, this is a powerful memoir about one woman’s relationship with her body and a relatable story for anyone who has ever had—or lost—breasts.
Picador
How to Lose Your Mother Molly Jong-Fast 26th June, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781035029334 The mother-daughter relationship comes under witty scrutiny as Jong- Fast explores what it is like to live in your more famous parent’s shadow.
My Good Bright Wolf Sarah Moss 3rd April, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781035035823 Bestselling author presents a boundary- breaking memoir about the battleground of the female body and how reading and thinking can save you.
Storm Pegs Jen Hadfield 3rd April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529038033 Love letter to life on the remote British islands of Shetland and to a wilder way of living from one of our most celebrated poets.
Siblings and Rivals Judith Mackrell 19th June, hb, eb, £25, 9781529095845 Easily readable, insightful, dual biography of British brother and sister artists Augustus and Gwen John.
Naked Portrait: A Memoir of Lucian Freud Rose Boyt 29th May, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781035024926 Scorching memoir of Boyt’s relationship with her father.
How Was It for You? Eve Smith 19th June, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781035024537 Eye-opening, honest and frequently funny, How Was It for You? is a memorable peep behind the shadowy scenes of the sex industry.
Air and Love Or Rosenboim 15th May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529098129 Gloriously evocative recounting of a family’s
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