BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIRS
20th July, hb, eb, £20, 9781399803304 Original, investigative memoir uncovers the secrets of Borger’s family history and how the Holocaust determined the fate of their lives.
Kiki Man Ray Mark Braude 8th June, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529300505 The story of Alice Prin, aka Kiki, and her tumultuous relationship with the iconic photographer.
Letting the Cat Out of the Bag Sion Rowlands 16th March, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781529395228 Sneak peek behind the curtains and professional veneer of vets. Sprinkled with wacky moments, wicked humour and a cornucopia of animals.
All My Wild Mothers Victoria Bennett 2nd February, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781529398618 Intimate weaving of memoir and herbal folklore, All My Wild Mothers is a story of rewilding our wastelands, and the transformation that happens when we do.
Ultimo Press
The Uncaged Sky Kylie Moore-Gilbert 27th April, pb, £9.99, 9781761151477 A tale of courage and resilience, this relates Moore-Gilbert’s harrowing ordeal in Iran’s notori- ous Evin prison. Power- ful meditation on hope, solidarity, freedom and survival.
Unbound
The Green Hill Sophie Pierce 2nd March, hb, £16.99, 9781800181809 Thoughtful book about grief and the solace granted by nature: one woman’s story of navigating through loss towards a fragile, complicated kind of joy.
When Grief Equals Love Lizzie Pickering 11th May, hb, £16.99, 9781800182271 A moving account of loss, with practical advice on navigating life after bereavement.
Under the Knife Liz O’Riordan 6th July, pb, £12.99, 9781800182417 A unique medical memoir: the inspiring story of a woman who experienced breast cancer both as a surgeon and a patient.
This is Not About You Rosemary Mac Cabe 6th July, pb, £10.99, 9781800182431
Memoir about dating and romance, or lack thereof, from one terrible man to the next.
Doro Brendan Woodhouse 22nd June, hb, £16.99, 9781800182554 The story of Doro Ģoumãňęh, Gambian fisherman, refugee, survivor, friend and hero.
Unicorn
An Irishman Abroad Tarka King 1st March, hb, eb, £30, 9781911397250 King recalls his feral youth, brief UK public school education, exten- sive travel, soldiering in the Middle East at the height of the Cold War, and return to Ireland.
Four French Holidays Anne Hall, Hugh Schofield 1st March, hb, eb, £25, 9781911397274 What four 20th-century novelists—Rumer Godden, Daphne du Maurier, Stella Gibbons and Margery Sharp—have made of their holidays in France.
Bardskull Martin Shaw 2nd February, hb, £18.99, 9781789651560 The legendary storyteller and interpreter of myth delivers his first original narrative: a magnificent, unclassifiable work of the imagination.
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Lanxang and the Last Lao King Xanouvong 31st March, hb, eb, £40, 9781911397403 The invasion of Vieng Chan (Vientianne) by Siam in 1779 left the kingdom of Lao LanXang in danger of collapse. The 12-year-old prince later returned, after being forcefully taken to Siam, to become king.
The Bookseller Buyer’s Guide Non-fiction
University of Alberta Press
Come My Children Hekmat Al-Taweel, Ghada Ageel (ed), Barbara Bill (ed) 13th July, pb, eb, £18.99, 9781772126761 Hekmat Al-Taweel (1922-2008) was a Palestinian Christian from Gaza City. Her narrative sheds light on Muslim–Christian relationships in Gaza and contradicts Western stereotypes.
An Anthology of Monsters Cherie Dimaline 16th February, pb, eb, £11.99, 9781772126822 Author of The Marrow Thieves gives a deeply personal narrative of an intricate dance with lifelong anxiety.
University of Chicago Press
Travels in the Americas Albert Camus, Alice Kaplan (ed), Ryan Bloom (tr) 5th April, hb, eb, £16.99, 9780226694955 Camus’ lively journals from his eventful visits to the United States and South America in the 1940s available again in a new translation.
University of Iowa Press
The American Sonnet Laura Smith (ed), Dora Malech (ed) 1st February, pb, £37.95, 9781609388713 Poet and scholar team collects an impressive range of sonnets, including the work of Phillis Wheatley, Gertrude Stein, Lucille Clifton and Langston Hughes.
Verso Books
The Fearless Benjamin Lay Marcus Rediker 11th April, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781786634726 The extraordinary story of one of the first British men to oppose slavery.
Winston Churchill: His Times, His Crimes Tariq Ali 23rd May, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781788735803 The life and crimes of the last, great imperialist.
Viking
Wifedom: Mrs Orwell’s Invisible Life Anna Funder 13th July, hb, eb, £20, 9780241482728 Blazing feminist text uncovering the life of Eileen Orwell, a woman forgotten by history, and the hidden creative genius of women everywhere.
The Crane Wife Christina Joyce Hauser 13th July, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780241503782 “Funny, exciting, vulnerable—truly visionary”—Alexander Chee.
Life in the Balance Jim Down 23rd February, hb, eb, £18.99, 9780241506387 Frank and unflinching account of the realities of intensive care medicine from an ICU consultant at one of London’s top hospitals.
Go the Way Your Blood Beats Emmett de Monterey 6th July, hb, eb, £18.99, 9780241570531 Powerful memoir about being born with cerebral palsy and the strange, heartbreaking experience of becoming a charity poster boy.
Vintage
George V Jane Ridley 8th June, pb, eb, £14.99, 9780099590125 The prequel to The Crown: the first truly candid portrait of George V and Mary, the queen’s grandparents and creators of the modern monarchy. By one of our finest biographers.
Working Girl Sophia Giovannitti 30th May, hb, eb, £11.99, 9781839766701 Exploration into the very similar work of selling art and selling sex from a luminous new voice.
Keats: A Brief Life in Nine Poems and One Epitaph Lucasta Miller 6th April, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781529110906 Fresh interpretation of the great Romantic poet. Short biography separates the man from the myth.
Churchill’s Shadow Geoffrey Wheatcroft 6th April, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781529110999 Critical but fair political biography that tells the story of Churchill’s life and the equally fascinating one of his legacy.
Languages of Truth: Essays 2003-2020 Salman Rushdie 6th April, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781529111996 Collection of the finest essays by the Best of the Booker winner, following his much-acclaimed Step Across this Line.
Original Sins Matt Rowland Hill 4th May, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781529113174 Extraordinarily brave memoir about faith, loss and addiction.
Quilt on Fire Christie Watson 25th May, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781529113860 Frank, funny and inspirational memoir about the search for meaning in midlife.
Birdgirl Mya-Rose Craig 29th June, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781529114317 Evocative and urgent new young voice in nature writing.
Yoga
Emmanuel Carrère 13th July, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781529114324 Strongl reckoning with mental illness and a search for truth and healing through the discipline of yoga.
All Down Darkness Wide Seán Hewitt 13th July, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781529114478
Luminous and haunting account from the poet—a story of love, heartbreak and coming of age and a fearless exploration of queer identity and trauma.
Unearthed Claire Ratinon 1st June, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781529114867 Gorgeous work of nature- writing, memoir and storytelling that will change the way we think about the natural world.
A Woman’s Battles and Transformations Edouard Louis, Tash Aw (tr) 6th July, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781529115574 Counterpoint to Who Killed My Father, a tender, radically personal-political
account of Louis’s moth- er’s life.
Mother’s Boy Howard Jacobson 2nd March, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781529115673 Funny, revelatory and tender memoir of Jacobson’s path to becoming a writer.
Putin
Philip Short 4th May, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781784700935 The monumental biography of the most influential leader on the world stage in the last 20 years.
Good Pop, Bad Pop Jarvis Cocker 1st June, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781784707910 Witty and surprising musical memoir.
Vintage Classics
The Story of a Life Volumes 1–3 Konstantin Paustovsky 2nd March, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781784873097 Remarkable new translation of Russia’s most lauded lost classics, now in paperback.
The Education of a Gardener Russell Page 6th April, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781784877743 One of the 20th century’s most famous landscape gardeners.
Watkins Media
Blackgirl on Mars Lesley-Ann Brown 14th February, pb, £10.99, 9781914420283 Radical memoir that chronicles author, educator and activist’s two years of travel searching for “home”.
Wayne State University Press
From Left to Right Nancy Sinkoff 28th February, pb, £32.95, 9780814350317 Provides the first comprehensive biography of Lucy Dawidowicz (1915- 1990), a pioneer historian in the field that is now called Holocaust Studies.
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
The KLF John Higgs 20th July, hb, £22, 9781399610353 The strange tale of the death, life and legacy of the hugely successful band, updated.
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