SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
Beauty, Fashion & Lifestyle
What do Vikings know about
raising children? Quite a lot it seems, according to this new book by the author The Year of Living Danishly in which she takes a deep dive into the parenting culture of Denmark and other Nordic nations to find out what they get right.
Chris Bryant James and John Bloomsbury Publishing, 15 February, hb, £25, 9781526644978
Social & Local History
The pitiful story of James Pratt and John Smith, convicted of homosexuality in
1835 and hanged at Newgate. Bryant draws on fresh archival evidence to re-create the lives of the two men, as well as the conditions under which most people lived in 19th-century Britain.
Caroline Quentin Drawn to the Garden Frances Lincoln, 15 February, hb, £20, 9780711290556
Gardening
Engaging and giftily packaged,
a first gardening book from the green-fingered actress who posts from her Devon garden on Instagram. Blending memoir, gardening tips, recipes, poems and more, it is illustrated with her own drawings and paintings.
Ingrid Seward My Mother and I Simon & Schuster Non-Fiction, 15 February, hb, £20, 9781398515178
Biography & Memoirs
“Vivid and revealing” portrait of the relationship
between King Charles III and his mother, the Queen, by the editor-in-chief of Majesty magazine. It’s the story of how Charles was shaped and moulded by his heritage, and yet didn’t receive the affection and respect he craved from his mother until her old age.
Alexander Christie-Miller To the City William Collins, 15 February, hb, £25, 9780008416041
General History In an “extraordinary
literary début”, the former Times correspondent in Turkey blends reportage, history and travel- writing as he walks along the crumbling defensive walls of Istanbul to find a fresh perspective on the city. “Walk with him and see the danger, beauty and hope”, says William Collins.
James Timpson The Happy Index HarperNorth, 15 February, hb, £20, 9780008654740
Business & Economics
The c.e.o. of the Timpson Group returns with 10
management lessons which encapsulate the way he runs his own business, and focus on the benefits of an upside-down
mindset whereby you actually let the people you hire run your business.
Jon Savage The Secret Public Faber & Faber, 15 February, hb, £20, 9780571358373
Music From the secret sexuality of stars
such as Little Richard to the ambiguity of David Bowie, glam rock and Sylvester’s “You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)”, this new work by the author of England’s Dreaming et al is billed as a “monumental” history of LGBTQ+ influence on popular culture and how pop music helped moved gay culture from the margins to the mainstream.
Bryony Gordon Mad Woman Headline Non-Fiction, 15 February, hb, £20, 9781035408689
Biography & Memoirs
Ten years on from her acclaimed book about
mental illness, Mad Girl, this follow-up finds Gordon peri- menopausal and parent to an almost-adolescent. From burnout and binge eating to fluctuating hormones, she begins to question whether she got mental illness right 10 years before. Is it simply a chemical imbalance, or rather a normal response from your brain telling you something isn’t right?
Jason Fox Embrace the Chaos Bantam, 18 February, hb, £22, 9781787636729
Beauty, Fashion & Lifestyle
Challenge your limits, embrace
change and reboot your life with this “revolutionary” programme of personal challenges and exercises, from the star of “SAS Who Dares Wins”.
Doubleday, 22 February, hb, £22, 9780857527776
Current affairs
The acclaimed historian and author of Bluestockings
brings out of the shadows the life of Bodichon, the first wave feminist, founder of Girton College Cambridge, suffrage pioneer and committed activist for human rights. She was also one of Victorian England’s finest female painters and was connected to a wide circle of luminaries including Florence Nightingale, Gertrude Jekyll and George Eliot.
Len Pennie poyums Canongate Books, 22 February, hb, £14.99, 9781805301387
Poetry Performance poet Pennie who writes
mainly in the Scots language and champions minority languages, survivors of domestic abuse and the destigmatisation of mental illness has a substantial online following, including 610,000 on TikTok. The poems in this jaunty and enjoyable collection; including letters to her younger self and adaptions of fairy tales written to process an abusive relationship move deftly between English and Scots.
Corey Keyes Languishing Torva, 22 February, hb, £16.99, 9781911709589
Psychology An exploration of the science of
emotional exhaustion which shows that our obsession with happiness complicates the process of finding it. Only by shifting our focus from feeling good to functioning well can we unlock the key to flourishing, Keyes explains, providing quizzes and exercises alongside case histories.
Tamarin Norwood The Song of the Whole Wide World Te Indigo Press, 22 February, pb, £9.99, 9781911648734
Literature & Criticism
A few months into her pregnancy, writer and
academic Norwood learned that the baby she was carrying would live for only a short time after his birth. This short, intimate and beautifully crafted memoir relates how she,her husband and their three-year- old son navigated the unfamiliar waters of anticipatory sorrow as they prepare for what is to come.
Nicolas Lunabba Will You Care If I Die? Picador, 22 February, hb, £16.99, 9781035022571
Biography & Memoirs
This “disarmingly direct” memoir about social class,
Dr Arun Verma (intro) Roots and Rebellion Jessica Kingsley, 21 February, pb, £12.99, 9781839972836
Biography & Memoirs
This anthology of real-life stories celebrates subtle
everyday acts of resistance against racial injustice; from challenging microaggressions in the workplace, to sending care packages to relatives in occupied states and much more.
Jane Robinson Trailblazer
Leslie Jamison Splinters Granta Books, 22 February, hb, £16.99, 9781783788910
Biography & Memoirs
An exploration of the science of emotional
exhaustion which shows that our obsession with happiness complicates the process of finding it. Only by shifting our focus from feeling good to functioning well can we unlock the key to flourishing, Keyes explains, providing quizzes and
race, friendship and unexpected love charts the story of the author—who works with the youth of Malmö’s underclass in Sweden—and his friendship with Elijah, an unruly teenage boy of mixed heritage who reminds him of his own troubled past.
Marianne Brooker Intervals Fitzcarraldo Editions, 28 February, pb, £10.99, 9781804270837
Biography & Memoirs
In 2009, the author’s mother was diagnosed
with Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis. Brooker— winner of the 2022 Essay Prize —blends memoir, polemic and feminist philosophy as she
exercises alongside case histories.
Elizabeth Flock The Furies Viking, 22 February, hb, £18.99, 9780241678015
Biography & Memoirs
This compelling book profiles three women who
chose to use lethal force to gain power, safety and freedom after institutions had failed them. Brittany Smith, a woman from Alabama who killed a man who raped her; Angoori Dahariya who led a gang in Uttar Pradesh dedicated to avenging victims of domestic violence; and Cicek Mustafa Zibo who fought in an all-female militia battling ISIS in Syria.
writes of caring her mother, following the latter’s decision to refuse food and water in a bid to end her suffering.
Edwina Dunn When She’s in the Room HarperCollins, 29 February, hb, £20, 9780008607531
Current affairs
Dunn is recognised as a pioneer of Big Data and is the brains
behind the Tesco Clubcard, the first and largest loyalty card programme. This book sets out a road map for helping to empower women and recognise their potential in leadership and decision-making roles.
Juano Diaz Slum Boy BRAZEN, 29 February, hb, £20, 9781914240829
Biography & Memoirs
Born into the slums of Glasgow in the late 1970s,
four-year-old John’s life is filled with the debris of alcoholism and poverty. Eventually he is placed into the care system and adopted into a strict Catholic and Romany Gypsy community. This memoir of how he found his way to his true identity has garnered early praise from Andrew O’Hagan.
Cathy Newman The Ladder William Collins, 29 February, hb, £18.99, 9780008567460
Beauty, Fashion & Lifestyle
Offering inspiration and wise
counsel from prominent women including Angela Rayner, Rosamund Kissi- Debrah, and Joan Bakwell, this book turns over ideas of change, anger, illness, imposter syndrome, self- knowledge, purpose, how to not panic in a crisis and how to stop worrying you’re boring.
Carrie Sun Private Equity Bloomsbury Publishing, 29 February, hb, £25, 9781526634740
Biography & Memoirs
The daughter of Chinese immigrants to the
US, Sun excelled in school and later went to work at one of the most prestigious hedge funds in the world. This memoir charts her journey of self-discovery inside a top Wall Street firm, and is an “urgent indictment of
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