BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIRS
8th April, hb, eb, £20, 9781804298299 On the 100th anniversary of his birth a collection of Tony Benn’s most important speeches and political writing. With an introduction from his daughter.
Christopher Hill Michael Braddick 25th February, hb, eb, £35, 9781839760778 Luminous biography of one of the 20th century’s most influential historians.
Vertebrate Publishing
Oblivion Running Jamie Doward 3rd April, pb, eb, £14.95, 9781839812491 A book about running away from things. Doward spent years running from his past, his shame, his responsibilities, from others, but mostly from himself.
Viking
Ask Me How It Works Deepa Paul 1st May, hb, £18.99, 9780241698396 Vibrant and surprising memoir about love, desire and marriage, one question at a time.
Vintage
Hourglass Dani Shapiro 20th March, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781529909999 New York Times bestselling author of Inheritance delivers her most intimate and powerful work: a piercing, life-affirming memoir about marriage and memory, sorrow and love.
Newborn Kerry Hudson 6th February, pb, £10.99, 9781529931471 New memoir Hudson about her struggle to build a safe, loving home for her baby, the very opposite of the home she grew up in.
Maurice and Maralyn Sophie Elmhirst 6th February, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781529931495 Extraordinary true story of shipwreck, survival and love.
Guest Privileges Gaar Adams 20th March, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781529933604 Intimate and illuminating account of queer lives and migration, homemaking and community in the Gulf, from a brilliant new
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voice in narrative non-fiction.
Breaking Through Katalin Kariko 20th February, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781529936391 The story of one woman’s extraordinary deter- mination through decades of obscurity and rejection and her breakthrough discovery that saved millions of lives.
Vintage Classics
Fearless and Free Josephine Baker, Anam Zafar (tr), Sophie Lewis (tr) 6th February, hb, £18.99, 9781784878344 The iconic Josephine Baker in her own words. Funny, candid and unconventional, the wildly famous but elusive Baker tells her own story in this enchanting memoir.
Voltaire Foundation
Antoine Lasalle, Traducteur De Francis Bacon Sylvie Kleiman-Lafon 28th May, vol 2025: 05, pb, £75, 9781836242451 Life and work of an 18th-century translator and an account of the reception of his translation of Francis Bacon.
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Disclosure: Unravelling the Spycops Files Kate Wilson 29th May, hb, eb, £20, 9781399614290 Searing true story of the woman who took on Britain’s secret police in court and won.
One Day I’ll Remember This Helen Garner 13th March, hb, eb, £30, 9781399606738 Strewn with devastating honesty, sparkling humour and steel-sharp wit, these expertly arranged diaries offer a window into the life and work of one of Australia’s greatest living writers.
Empire Windrush Onyekachi Wambu 5th June, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781399601924 Inspiring anthology of some of the best Black British writing on the Windrush generation. New writing from Bernardine Evaristo, Margaret Busby and Mike Philips.
The Chain Chimene Suleyman
The Bookseller Buyer’s Guide Non-fiction
3rd July, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781399606486 Memoir exposing one man’s control over many women and an exploration of the trauma he left behind and the sisterhood that formed in his wake.
Power and Glory Alexander Larman 27th March, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781399615495 Dramatic conclusion of the Windsors trilogy draws on never-before- seen correspondence and diaries from monarchs and politicians.
Fathomless Riches Richard Coles 13th March, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781399628457 A life of sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll laid out in Cole’s first memoir.
Bringing in the Sheaves Richard Coles 9781399628464 The follow-up in which the number one Sunday Times bestselling author reflects on life as a parish priest.
Last Word’s Uncommon Women Celia Hayley 13th March, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781474610612 Official companion book to BBC Radio 4’s Last Word, a rich tapestry of women’s lives in the 20th and 21st centuries.
After the Tall Timber Renata Adler 13th February, pb, eb, £16.99, 9781474615907 Harrowing exposé of the inner workings of American politics from a fearless voice in journalism.
The Cove Beth Lynch 3rd July, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781474606950 Literary memoir about the author’s relationship with a cove in Cornwall.
The KLF John Higgs 17th July, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781399610360 The strange tale of the death, life and legacy of the hugely successful band, updated with new material for the 10th anniversary of publication.
Sing a Black Girl’s Song Ntozake Shange 5th June, pb, eb, £22, 9781399625791 Never-before-seen, unpublished works including essays, plays and poems from the archives of the seminal Black feminist writer.
Gathering Blossoms Under Fire Alice Walker, Valerie Boyd (ed) 3rd April, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781780228273 The unseen journals of Alice Walker, literary star and author of The Color Purple.
Wellcome Collection
Nine Minds Daniel Tammet 3rd July, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781800811133 Celebration of neuro- diversity. An introduction to nine extraordinary people on the autism spectrum.
Wesleyan University Press
Simone Forti Ann Cooper Albright 8th February, pb, £26.50, 9780819501103 Forti created a unique oeuvre at the intersection of dancing and art. This is the first critical biography of this improvisor, written by a dance scholar.
Meditations: The Assorted Prose of Barbara Guest Barbara Guest, Joseph Shafer (ed), Marjorie Welish 6th May, hb, £29.50, 9780819501738 Gathers in one volume for the first time an extensive collection of the prose work of one of the major voices of 20th-century American literature.
White Lion Publishing
BTS
Filippo Zambello, Mattia Ferrari (illus) 17th April, hb, £14.99, 9781836001041 Visual celebration of Bangtan Sonyeondan, the K-Pop super-group who took over the world and, with their powerful, independent missions, aspire to make it a better place.
Harry Styles Filippo Zambello 17th April, hb, £14.99, 9781836001065 Celebrate Styles and his message of inclusivity and love in this graphic biography.
White Rabbit
Words for My Comrades Dean van Nguyen 8th May, hb, £25, 9781399615433 Biography of the legendary American rapper Tupac Shakur, his
William Collins
The Godless Deep Richard Holmes 22nd May, hb, eb, £25, 9780007386932 What happens when a poet lives too long and becomes respectable? A book about the science and scepticism of the 19th century.
Queen Victoria and Her Prime Ministers Anne Somerset 27th March, pb, eb, £12.99, 9780008106256 It is generally accepted that Queen Victoria reigned but did not rule. That claim could not be more wrong.
Rebel Girl Kathleen Hanna 22nd May, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780008365356 Explosive memoir from Bikini Kill’s Hanna reveals dark times and light and
A Very Private School Charles Spencer 13th March, pb, £10.99, 9780008666118 Courageous memoir presents a clear-eyed, firsthand account of Spencer’s childhood boarding school and the culture of cruelty and abuse he experienced there.
Letters From Everest Tom Newton Dunn (ed), George Mallory 22nd May, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780008702915 Unique collection of previously unpublished letters from mountain- eering legend George Mallory to his family.
Looking At Women, Looking At War Victoria Amelina 13th February, hb, eb, £20, 9780008727505 With a foreword by Margaret Atwood.
personal politics and position as a symbol for revolution.
Base Notes Adelle Stripe 13th February, hb, eb, £20, 9781399608602 With warmth, wit and unflinching humour, Base Notes documents that lost, last tribe that rarely gets served by contemp- orary literature—the Northern working class.
Earth to Moon Moon Unit Zappa 15th May, pb, £10.99, 9781474623858 Creative, honest and funny account of an LA childhood growing up as the first daughter in the wildly unconventional and dysfunctional Zappa family.
The Blues Brothers Daniel de Vise 10th April, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781399621885 The story of the huge friendship between John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, the golden era of improv, and the making of a comedic film classic that shaped popular culture.
Wildfire
We Will Not Be Saved Nemonte Nenquimo, Mitch Anderson 10th April, pb, £12.99, 9781472289711 First memoir by an indigenous tribal leader in the Amazon who fought Big Oil to preserve her tribe’s territories and thousands of acres of pristine rainforest.
how they fuelled her revolutionary art.
Thou Savage Woman Blessin Adams 13th February, hb, eb, £16.99, 9780008500177 Lady killers, femme fatales and stories of murder most foul have gripped public imag- ination for centuries.
A Thousand Miles From Care Steve Johnson 3rd July, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780008592523 Soon to be a major movie, this is the heartbreaking story of the 30-year quest Johnson undertook to uncover the truth about his brother’s death.
Never Had a Dad Georgie Codd 5th June, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780008603069 Hilarious and heartfelt memoir about the intimate things we mean when we talk about family.
The Old Gays’ Guide to the Good Life Mick Peterson, Bill Lyons, Robert Reeves, Jessay Martin 5th June, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780008637309 From @theoldgays a book of inspirational stories and aspirational advice for living life at the fullest.
Queen James Gareth Russell 13th March, hb, eb, £25, 9780008660857 James Stuart did not always love wisely but he never failed to do so boldly.
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