BIOGRAPHIES & MEMOIRS Random House
Bitter Crop Paul Alexander 13th February, hb, £27, 9780593315903 Revealing look at the tumultuous life of jazz legend and American cultural icon Billie Holiday.
Raven
No Comment Jess McDonald 23rd May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781526621740 Memoir of a young woman who went from working at an advertising agency to being a qualified detective in nine months.
Reaktion SERIES
Critical Lives pb, eb, £12.99, 978178914 Major series of short, critical biographies that present the work of important cultural figures in the context of their lives. Zora Neale Hurston Cheryl R Hopson 1st June, vol 117 7957 Antoni Gaudí Michael Eaude 1st February, vol 115 8374 J-K Huysmans 1st June, vol 116 8725
Tangled Paths Hans C Hönes 1st March, hb, eb, £25, 9781789148510 Unravels the complex life and personal struggles of influential art and cultural historian Aby Warburg.
Geoffrey Chaucer Mary Flannery 1st May, hb, eb, £16.95, 9781789148633 New biography of Chaucer and a fresh interpretation of his works.
Olivier Messiaen Robert Sholl 1st May, hb, eb, £25, 9781789148657 Explores the life, ideas and music of visionary composer Olivier Messiaen.
Renard Press
Three Guineas Virginia Woolf 24th May, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781804470343 Written in response to three letters, Woolf’s Three Guineas on war, education and work i8s a level-headed and compassionate voice of reason in a storm of anger and repression.
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Michael Volpe 27th April, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781804470862 Considers the roots of Volpe’s identity, delving into family secrets and lies and the events that propelled his unlikely but successful career in opera.
The Decorative Arts William Morris 24th April, pb, eb, £5, 9781804470978 Passionate argument against the homogenisa- tion of production and a cry for art to make itself seen in design.
Our Common Land Octavia Hill 24th April, pb, eb, £5, 9781804470985 Debates public access to parks and rights we now take for granted. A forgotten part of our cultural history by one of the founders of the National Trust.
River
Turbulent Times: The Diaries of Prince Chakrabongse 1916-1920 Narisa Chakrabongse 8th April, hb, £25, 9786164510180 Following the success of Letters from St Peters- burg, recounting the early years of Prince Chakrabongse’s life, these diaries are full of sadness and tumult.
riverrun
Shakespeare’s Sisters Ramie Targoff 12th March, hb, eb, £25, 9781529404890 Vividly drawn joint biog- raphy of four extraordi- nary Renaissance women writers who have been rescued from obscurity by scholar and critically acclaimed author Targoff.
The Real Work Adam Gopnik 14th March, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781529414653 New Yorker writer embarks on a wildly creative inquiry into perhaps the oldest question: how do we learn a new skill?
Once Upon a Raven’s Nest Catrina Davies 11th April, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781529425024 Story of a working-class man from Exmoor whose lifetime spanned the period of the Great Acceleration and whose childhood took place in a world extremely different to our own.
The Bookseller Buyer’s Guide Non-fiction My Russia
Mikhail Shishkin, Gesche Ipsen (tr) 15th February, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781529427813 Passionate, eye-opening account of a state entangled in a complex and bloody past and a love letter to a conflicted country.
Sandycove
The Racket Conor Niland 6th June, pb, eb, £16.99, 9781844886418 A contemporary of Federer, Nadal and the Williams sisters brings us inside the strange and fascinating world of pro tennis.
Rowman & Littlefield
Scala Arts & Heritage
George Gershwin and Modern Art Olivia Mattis 8th April, hb, £50, 9781785515392 Offers the first examina- tion of Gershwin’s
engagement with modern art through his own artwork, his collection and the art inspired by his music.
Sceptre
Strange Relations Ralf Webb 25th July, hb, eb, £22, 9781399713214 Investigation of masculin- ity, bisexuality and queer- ness routed through the lives and works of four mid-century writers.
Straight Acting Will Tosh 13th June, hb, eb, £25, 9781529390476 Alternative biography of Shakespeare seen through the lens of queer Elizabethan England.
Scribe
Life on the Run: One Family’s Search for Peace in War-torn Ukraine Sergey Maidukov 19th May, hb, £19.99, 9781538185735 Sergey Maidukov and his family were driven from Ukraine by Russia in 2022, this is their story, as they search for moments of love, courage and hope.
The Pulling Adele Dumont 14th March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781914484834 An affecting essay collection about the author’s experience with trichotillomania, the compulsive need to pull out one’s own hair. For readers of Ill Feelings and Poor Little Sick Girls.
The Mountains Are High Alec Ash 8th February, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781914484377 Beautifully written and candid memoir about a young journalist who leaves his old life in buzzy Beijing and moves to a rural valley in China’s Yunnan province.
Muppets in Moscow: The Unexpected Crazy True Story of Making Sesame Street in Russia Natasha Lance Rogoff 2nd June, pb, £14.99, 9781538187531 The incredible true story of the author’s odyssey to create “Sesame Street” in Russia and how a team of Russians and Americans created an unprecedented hit in a post-communist era.
Taking Sides Sherine Tadros 14th March, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781915590633 Praised as “engaging, intelligent” (the Irish Times) and “riveting” (Lyse Doucet), this deeply moving memoir of an award-winning war corre- spondent turned activist is now in paperback.
Scribner
The Passion of Private White Don Watson 1st February, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781398506954 Account of a 50-year relationship between a Vietnam veteran and an
isolated clan in north- east Arnhem Land. A unique, astonishing window into Australia’s deep past and precarious present.
Making a Scene Constance Wu 23rd May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781398516830 From influential star a powerful and poignant memoir-in-essays full of funny and intimate observations that will resonate with readers.
The Hard Parts Oksana Masters 4th July, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781398519961 Remarkable story of how Masters triumphed over extraordinary challenges to become a Paralympic champion and an inspiration to so many.
The Paris Trilogy Colombe Schneck, Lauren Elkin (tr), Natasha Lehrer (tr) 23rd May, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781398529397 Three semi-autobiograph- ical takes on a woman’s life form an elegant, powerful exploration of sexuality, bodily auton- omy, friendship, loss and renewal.
Scribner Audio
The Paris Trilogy Colombe Schneck, Lauren Elkin (tr), Natasha Lehrer (tr) 23rd May, audiofile, £14.99, 9781398531789 Details above.
Seagull
Letters Around a Garden Rainer Maria Rilke, Will Stone (tr), Will Stone 5th April, hb, £9.99, 9781803093345 Glimpse into the life and letters of Rilke through this selection of corre- spondence with a young horticulturist about plans for the rose garden at the chateau of Muzot.
Semiotext
Life of the Party Harmony Holiday 19th March, pb, £16.99, 9781635902013 An archive and annotation of Black music-performance culture, produced alongside Holiday’s first solo museum exhibition, Black Backstage.
If You’re a Girl Ann Rower, Sheila Heti 30th April, pb, £16.99, 9781635902020
Trailblazing book that influenced a generation of writers and proves that mature reflection needn’t be lacking in attitude.
Sluts: An Anthology Michelle Tea (ed) 7th May, pb, £15.99, 9781635902129 What it means to be sexually promiscuous in contemporary American culture.
September
Ruskin Park Rory Cellan-Jones 6th June, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781914613616 Can we ever know the truth about our parents? “A tribute to an individual woman and a whole generation and class”—Sunday Times. From the journalist, podcaster and #sophiefromromania tweeter.
Seren
A Casual Life Euron Griffith 18th March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781781727225 From disastrous first gigs to major record deals, from North Wales to the clubs of Soho, Griffith’s memoir is a roller-coaster ride wrapped in six T-shirts.
Ambassador of Nowhere Richard Gwyn 21st March, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781781727492 Poet and translator recalls time spent travelling Latin America, musing on the relationship between translation and travel, and how the places we visit form part of who we are.
Serpent’s Tail
Wish I Was Here M John Harrison 7th March, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781800812987 One of our greatest and most original living writers sets out the perils of the writing life with joyful provocation.
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