BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIRS
Five Love Affairs and a Friendship Anne de Courcy 27th April, pb, £10.99, 9781474617437 Scenes from the turbulent life of the rich and glamorous Nancy Cunard.
Masquerade: The Lives of Noel Coward Oliver Soden 16th March, hb, £25, 9781474612807 Sparkling biog by author of Michael Tippett celebrates Coward as a pioneer in life, art and sexuality.
When the Mountains Dance Christine Toomey 30th March, hb, £20, 9781474614634 Memoir set in rural Italy and a journey through history that recaptures the devastation caused by a series of earthquakes.
A Life of One’s Own Joanna Biggs 11th May, hb, £18.99, 9781474621229 Piercing mix of memoir, criticism and biography examining how women writers across the centuries carved out intellectual freedom for themselves and how others might do the same.
Last Word’s Uncommon Women Celia Hayley 27th April, hb, £22, 9781474607643 The official companion book to BBC Radio 4’s Last Word, a rich tapestry of women’s lives in the 20th and 21st centuries.
Busy Being Free Emma Forrest 25th May, pb, £9.99, 9781474620642 “Unputdownable memoir about love and heartbreak, sex and celibacy, growing up and starting again”—Sheerluxe.
The Ballast Seed Rosie Kinchen 8th June, pb, £9.99, 9781474618182 Lovely memoir of unex- pected pregnancy and of growing things and caring for plants and how they return the favour.
The Cure for Sleep Tanya Shadrick 27th April, pb, £9.99, 9781474618090
Memoir with the quality of fable invites readers, however late in life, to wake up and step out of their self-made confines.
Spring Tides Fiona Gell
25th May, pb, £9.99, 9781474621861 Alluring account of the sea, island life and a battle to preserve the marine habitats of the Isle of Man by marine biologist and poet.
Constable James Hamilton 16th February, pb, £12.99, 9781474612920 Fresh biography of the revolutionary British land- scape painter from the author of Gainsborough, Observer Book of the Year.
Welbeck
Max and Mia’s Story Louise Allen 13th April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781802791204 Money is not enough to paper over the problems when a wealthy family falls apart. This is a foster- caring experience like no other.
Ready Steady Go Paul Oakenfold 22nd June, pb, £9.99, 9781802791297 World-renowned DJ and dance music pioneer tells his incredible story of a career at the beating heart of dance.
When You Lose It Gay Longworth 25th May, pb, £8.99, 9781802792195 Taut memoir of two battling narratives and a mother-daughter relationship stretched to its absolute limits.
Who I Am Melanie C 6th July, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781802793383 An amazing life story in her own words and a full and honest account of what life was really like in the Spice Girls.
Our NHS Stephanie Snow 22nd June, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781802793468 Heartening anthology relates the rich history of the NHS through the ordinary people who have experienced it.
Calling Detective Crockford Ruth D’Alessandro 2nd March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781802793680 Tells the tale of a female police detective in postwar Britain navigating a man’s world.
The Traitor of Colditz Robert Verkaik 16th March, pb, £8.99, 9781802795196 Drawn from previously
unseen records, Verkaik’s account brings to light an extraordinary Second World War story—how MI9 took on the Nazis and exposed the traitors in their midst.
White Lion
Connected Women Kate Hodges, Sarah Papworth, Lucy Mangan 7th March, hb, £12.99, 9780711255876 Explores the links between 84 pioneering women to show the indomitable strength of womankind.
365 Gays of the Year (Plus 1 for a Leap Year) Lewis Laney, Charlotte MacMillan-Scott 2nd May, hb, £16.99, 9780711273702 Celebration of queer history told through an LGBTQ+ figure a day.
White Rabbit
Come My Fanatics: The Story of Electric Wizard Dan Franklin 27th April, hb, £25, 9781474625401 Fully approved biography of the Wizard, the Dorset doom metal band who have set the bar for heaviness for over two decades.
Happy Trails Andrew Lauder, Mick Houghton 27th April, hb, £20, 9781474623599 The madcap story of one of the most influential British A&R men in the business, from the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band (1968) to the Stone Roses (1989).
The Sound of Being Human Jude Rogers 2nd February, pb, £9.99, 9781474622943 How music shapes every emotional stage of our lives, from one of the most high-profile female pop writers in the UK today.
Wildfire
Down and Out: Surviving the Homelessness Crisis Daniel Lavelle 2nd February, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781472279125 At once a powerful memoir, unflinching polemic and probing investigation into modern homelessness in the UK, by award-winning investigative journalist.
Love From the Pink Palace Jill Nalder 2nd February, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781472288431 Memories of love, loss and
cabaret through London’s Aids crisis.
Who Cares Emily Kenway 27th April, hb, eb, £22, 9781472288486 Groundbreaking rethink of caregiving by writer, activist and former policy advisor.
William Collins
Fatherland Burkhard Bilger 13th April, hb, eb, £25, 9780008100759 A tale of chance encoun- ters and serendipitous discoveries, Fatherland is an extraordinary odyssey through the great upheav- als of the past century.
Mad About Shakespeare Jonathan Bate 13th April, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780008167493 From acclaimed biographer a luminous exploration of Shakespeare and how his themes can untangle comedy and tragedy, learning and loving in our modern lives.
Life At Red River Croft Annie Worsley 20th July, hb, eb, £14.99, 9780008278373
Beautiful memoir of what it means to live in the awe-inspiring Scotland Highlands.
The Young Alexander Alex Rowson 13th April, pb, £9.99, 9780008284435 “Popular history at its very best, thought- provoking and accessible. Underpinned by serious research, and written with panache, it summons up a vanished world”—Sunday Telegraph.
Last Call At the Hotel Imperial Deborah Cohen 16th March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780008305901 Effervescent account of the famous writers who, in the run-up to the Second World War, took on dictators and rewrote modern journalism.
I Used to Live Here Once: The Haunted Life of Jean Rhys Miranda Seymour 25th May, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780008353285 Intimate, revealing and profoundly moving biog- raphy of the author of Wide Sargasso Sea.
Winnie & Nelson Jonny Steinberg 11th May, hb, eb, £25, 9780008353780
In-depth research has produced a shattering account of Nelson Mandela’s relationship with Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.
Zig-zag Boy Tanya Frank 2nd March, hb, eb, £16.99, 9780008382841 A journey along the frontiers of love and madness. Frank is forced to question whether there were warning signs and whether her son will have a normal life.
Snow Widows Katherine MacInnes 16th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780008394691 MacInnes vividly depicts the lives, loves and losses of five women shaped by the unrelenting culture of Empire and forced into the public eye by tragedy.
Devil Dogs Saul David 25th May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780008395797 The dramatic tale of the first American troops to take the fight to the enemy in the Second World War.
Where My Feet Fall Duncan Minshull 16th March, pb, £9.99, 9780008414146 Where can a walk take you?
The Green Lady Sally Bayley 6th July, hb, eb, £16.99, 9780008414221 Poignant examination of relationships between children and their teachers.
I Am Still With You Emmanuel Iduma 16th February, hb, £16.99, 9780008430726 Personal investigation into the Nigerian Civil War by the country’s most gifted young writer.
The Diary Keepers Nina Siegal 21st February, hb, eb, £25, 9780008447694 Based on writings from an exceptional archive of Dutch diaries from the Second World War, The Diary Keepers illumi- nates parts of history we have not seen in this way before.
Wavewalker Suzanne Heywood 13th April, hb, £20, 9780008498498 For readers of Educated, the incredible story of how the adventure of a lifetime became one child’s worst nightmare.
Great and Horrible News Blessin Adams 30th March, hb, eb, £18.99, 9780008500221 Explores the strange history of death and murder in early-modern England.
The Earl and the Pharaoh The Countess of Carnarvon 6th July, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780008531775 One hundred years ago Tutankhamun’s tomb was discovered by Lord Carnarvon and Howard Carter. A revelatory new biography.
We Were Dreamers Simu Liu 11th May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780008546519 Liu unveils his story of being a Chinese immi- grant, his battles with cultural stereotypes, and how he landed the TV role of a lifetime.
William Morrow Paperbacks
Deaf Utopia Nyle DiMarco 25th May, pb, £12.99, 9780063062368 Bestselling memoir and deaf culture anthem by actor, producer and reality show winner.
The President’s Man Dwight Chapin 13th April, pb, £14.99, 9780063074729 In time for the 50th anniversary of Watergate, this is the last insider’s word on Nixon and the world-shattering scandal that swamped him from the man who served as the president’s personal aide and deputy assistant.
One Damn Thing After Another William P Barr 27th April, pb, £14.99, 9780063158610 Former US attorney general provides a candid account of his historic tenures serving two vastly different presidents— George HW Bush and Donald Trump.
Windhorse
Sangharakshita Nagabodhi 28th February, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781911407973 Page-turning biography of the gifted and contro- versial British Buddhist teacher who founded the Triratna Buddhist Order and Community.
W Publishing
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