SECTION SPONSOR Rowman & Littlefield
life-affirming account of coming to terms with his own mortality in what will be the final chapter in his personal story.
Penguin Life
I’m Not As Well As I Thought I Was Ruby Wax 4th April, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780241554913 Honest exploration of mental health and how to overcome the unexpected challenges it can bring.
Pen & Sword History
The Mysterious Death of Katherine Parr June Woolerton 30th March, hb, £20, 9781399054447 Dives into the calamitous events leading up to the last hours of a once powerful queen.
Elizabeth Heyrick Jocelyn Robson 30th March, hb, £20, 9781399068383 First full-length biography of Heyrick sets her life in the context of the British anti-slavery movement.
Jane Austen: Daddy’s Girl Zoee Wheddon 28th February, hb, £20, 9781399071123 Through retracing the footsteps of Rev Austen readers gain an insight into some of the author’s thoughts, ideas and writing processes.
War and Peace Richard Barrons 30th March, hb, £25, 9781399054980 Personal memoir from 4-star general.
Picador
Naked Portrait: A Memoir of Lucian Freud Rose Boyt 16th May, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781035024919 Searing memoir of Boyt’s relationship with her father, the renowned artist.
My City Marvin Rees 20th June, hb, eb, £20, 9781035009169 Taut and insightful memoir and manifesto from the first mayor of Black African heritage to lead a European city.
Air and Love Or Rosenboim 23rd May, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781529098099 Gloriously evocative account of one family’s journey from Samarkand
and Riga to Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.
How Was It for You? Eve Smith 20th June, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781035024513 Rare, punchy and provocative peep behind the scenes of the sex industry.
Dead Weight Emmeline Clein 4th April, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781035014330 Fusing memoir and cultural history, this is an essential exploration of disordered eating in the internet era.
Will You Care If I Die? Nicolas Lunabba 22nd February, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781035022571 Uplifting memoir about race, class, friendship, love and what it means to care for one another.
Went to London, Took the Dog Nina Stibbe 20th June, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781035025312 Ten years after the publication of the prize- winning Love, Nina comes the author’s diary of her return to London in her sixty-first year.
Rental Person Who Does Nothing Shoji Morimoto, Don Knotting (tr) 27th June, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781035012824 The true life adventures of Morimoto, who launched a business in Japan in which he rents himself out to do nothing.
The Archaeology of Loss Sarah Tarlow 11th April, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781529099553 Astonishing memoir explores the realities of care-giving, family life and the art of dying.
Time Come Linton Kwesi Johnson 11th April, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781035006335 Dynamic selection of Linton Kwesi Johnson’s most powerful prose writings brought together for the first time.
An Unquiet Mind Kay Redfield Jamison 4th April, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781035038909 Picador Collection reissue of the classic memoir of enormous candour and courage, teeming with the wit and wisdom of its creator.
Is This Ok? Harriet Gibsone
25th April, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781035001002 Extraordinarily honest and hilarious account of growing up as a millennial woman in the era of the early internet, from bad MSN boyfriends to the tyranny of Instagram mumfluencers.
Into the Wild Jon Krakauer 8th February, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781035038572 The true story of college graduate Chris McCandless who walked away from the only life he ever knew and entered the wild. Reissued as part of the Picador Collection.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Rebecca Skloot 7th March, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781035038619 Internationally bestselling story of a young woman whose death in 1951 changed medical science forever. Part of the Pica- dor Collection.
Pitch
David Sharpe, Enigma on Track David Sharpe, Brian Gardner 19th February, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781801506793 Former international athlete known for his trademark late finishes and erratic lifestyle. He rose from a humble back- ground to become a world champion.
We Were Really There: The Rebirth of Manchester City David Bernstein, Tim Rich 11th March, hb, eb, £25, 9781801506908 Bernstein was the man responsible for beginning the revival of Manchester City, from a club languish- ing in the third tier to Guardiola’s treble win 25 years later.
Sweeper Keeper Peter Kenny Jones 25th March, hb, eb, £25, 9781801506946 Tommy Lawrence’s impact on Liverpool FC during Shankly’s revolution at the club cannot be ignored. Known as “the Flying Pig”, this Scotland international revolutionised the role of goalkeeper.
Land of Hope and Glory Ron Shillingford, Maurice Hope 13th May, hb, eb, £25, 9781801507110 Classic Windrush story features Hope, an immi- grant Caribbean who
BIOGRAPHIES & MEMOI S
grows up in hostile London, becomes an Olympian and goes on to become a world cham- pion boxer.
Do I Not Like That Gary Jordan 20th May, hb, eb, £25, 9781801507172 Balanced re-examination of Graham Taylor’s 38 games in “the impossible job”. A hugely successful club manager, was Taylor really the disaster he is portraited as when England manager?
The Fox Michael Sexton 17th June, hb, eb, £25, 9781801507264 How one man drove a tiny nation to dominate a global sport. Without formal education as a coach, Harry Hopman introduced revolutionary training to a genteel sport.
Seve Ballesteros’s Touch of Class Kenny Reid 1st July, hb, eb, £25, 9781801508865 Brings to life the story of Ballesteros’ journey from gifted boy golfer in an isolated Spain to domi- nant major champion.
Pluto Press
James Baldwin Bill V Mullen 20th February, pb, eb, £16.99, 9780745338538 BLM literary icon was one of the world’s most influ- ential African American writers. This is the first major biography of him in more than a decade.
Prestel
Portrait of the Young Man As an Art Dealer Michael Findlay 4th June, hb, £24.99, 9783791377261 Memoir from influential art dealer Findlay offers an up-close and personal perspective on New York’s vibrant art scene of the 1960s and ’70s.
Princeton University Press
One Step Sideways, Three Steps Forward B Rosemary Grant 4th June, hb, eb, £25, 9780691260594 The unorthodox and inspiring life and career of a pioneering biologist.
Profile George
Frieda Hughes 21st March, pb, eb, £10.99,
9781800814806 “He was a hectic, unprincipled bird, but it was impossible not to love him. . .” a memoir of love, obsession and feathers.
The Secret Life of John Le Carré Adam Sisman 4th July, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781800817791 The extraordinary secret life of a great novelist, told by his biographer.
Billions to Bust and Beyond Thor Bjorgolfsson 15th February, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781805220237 No-holds-barred true story of risk, loss and adventure capitalism.
Pushkin Press
A Last Supper of Queer Apostles Pedro Lemebel, Gwendolyn Harper (tr) 30th May, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781782278245 Scorchingly political, extravagantly stylish non-fiction from a queer Latin American literary star, in English for the first time.
One Man in His Time NM Borodin 4th April, hb, eb, £25, 9781782279952 Extraordinary, rediscovered classic memoir of one man’s scientific career amid the purges of Stalinist Russia.
Journey From the North Storm Jameson 28th March, hb, eb, £25, 9781805330448 Reissue of one of the 20th century’s finest literary memoirs: the sweeping story of a life in writing and politics by Jameson. With an introduction by Vivian Gornick.
SERIES
Pushkin Classics pb, eb, 978180533 Outstanding storytelling from around the world in stylishly original series design. Letters to Isabella Stewart Gardner Henry James 29th February, £9.99, vol 1 0912 The World of Yesterday Stefan Zweig, Anthea Bell (tr) 28th March, £12.99, vol 2 1155
My Thirty-minute Bar Mitzvah Denis Hirson 6th June, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781805337539 Moving and witty memoir about a Jewish childhood
in apartheid-era South Africa.
Quadrille
Brutally Honest Melanie Brown, Louise Gannon 7th March, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781837831562 Updated and expanded edition with more deep personal insight, remarkable frankness and trademark Yorkshire humour.
Quercus
On Days Like These Tim Rich 23rd May, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781529428575 Powerful tale of a father’s glory, a son’s grief and a club’s rescue.
SAS Great Escapes Two Damien Lewis 1st February, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781529429428 SAS Great Escapes Three Damien Lewis 23rd May, hb, eb, £22, 9781529429435 Likely to be more bestsell- ers by the regiment’s de facto historian.
Hero Living Rudy Reyes 23rd May, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781529429534 Inspirational, can-do book from the newest star of SAS Who Dares Wins.
Angel of the Mountains Paul Maunder 20th June, hb, eb, £22, 9781529429589 First English-language biography of the enig- matic Belgian cyclist who won the 1958 Tour de France and then disappeared.
A Place for Lost Souls Belinda Black 25th April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529429688 Psychiatric nurse recalls her eye-opening experiences at one of Britain’s secure mental hospitals during the 1980s.
Great Rides According to G Geraint Thomas 6th June, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781529434248 Bespoke collection of the best bike adventures from Tour de France winner’s career.
Si Senor: My Liverpool Years Roberto Firmino 9th May, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781529435658 Revelatory memoir from Liverpool legend and global football star Bobby Firmino.
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