NATURAL HISTORY & PETS
butterflies we take a look at their lifecycle, alongside many other fascinating facts, illustrated by brilliant photography.
Granta
Sarn Helen Tom Bullough 22nd February, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781783788118 From the author of Addlands and featuring illustrations by Jackie Morris an immersive and evocative, non-fictional journey through Wales. A revelatory meditation on the nation’s past, present and future.
Move Like Water Hannah Stowe 6th June, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781783788606 From a young marine biologist, sailor and artist a beguiling book about our relationship with the sea and the creatures who inhabit it.
The Flitting Ben Masters 6th June, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781783789719 Richly layered, nuanced and deeply moving memoir about how butterflies become the vital connection between a son and his dying father.
Greenfinch
Unseen Universe Caroline Harper 2nd May, hb, eb, £30, 9781529430509 Upmarket, gift-worthy book of images and breakthrough scientific discoveries from Nasa’s revolutionary James Webb Space Telescope.
Greystone
The Internet of Animals Martin Wikelski, Keith Gaddis 30th May, hb, £18.99, 9781771649599 Illuminating account of animal migration and science that reveals the source of their untapped knowledge.
HarperCollins Australia
Wise Words From David Attenborough 11th April, hb, £9.99, 9781460763360 Unauthorised collection celebrating the world’s favourite naturalist and his perspective on plants, animals, sustainability and beyond. Each quote demonstrates the power of words and positive thinking in our lives.
HarperNorth
A Brief History of the Countryside in 100 Objects Sally Coulthard 29th February, hb, eb, £22, 9780008559427 The untold story of rural Britain revealed through its artefacts.
Helm
Field Guide to Birds of Greater Southern Africa Terry Stevenson, John Fanshawe, Keith Barnes 29th February, hb, eb, £60, 9781399403221 Spectacular field guide includes all resident, breeding and migrant species found in the region.
SERIES
Where to Watch Birds pb, eb, £27.99, 978139940 Standard reference for all birders provides in-depth details of all the major birding sites in the UK. Where to Watch Birds in Southeast England David Callahan 25th April, vol 16 3603 Where to Watch Birds in Surrey and Sussex Matthew Phelps, Ed Stubbs 15th February, vol 15 4235
Wisdom From the Hidden Life of Trees Peter Wohlleben, Jane Billinghurst 4th April, hb, £9.99, 9781778401404 Illustrated collection of insights from the international bestseller The Hidden Life of Trees. For anyone who wants to forever remember the wisdom of the forest.
Identifying Migratory Birds by Sound in Britain and Europe Stanislas Wroza 18th July, pb, eb, £25, 9781399410069 Identify migrants at dusk or at night with this book. Detailed text on flight and contact calls, annotated sonograms and QR codes to the calls themselves.
Hodder Press How to Read a Tree
Tristan Gooley 4th April, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781529339628 Discover the simple principles that explain the shapes and patterns visible in trees and what they mean.
Many Things Under a Rock David Scheel 7th March, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781529392647 Riveting exploration of the octopus from a world- leading, marine biology expert.
Iff
I Am Taurus Stephen Palmer 23rd February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781803414669 Taurus is 20,000 years old. I Am Taurus is a 30,000-word, non-fiction work aimed at the Smart Thinking market.
John Beaufoy
A Naturalist’s Guide to the Butterflies of Borneo Honor Phillipps 21st March, pb, £12.99, 9781906780692 Easy-to-use photographic identification guide to 122 butterfly species and a selection of moths most commonly seen in Borneo, covering Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei and Kalimantan.
An ID Guide to Trees of Britain and North-west Europe Gail Ashton, Dominic Couzens 21st March, pb, £14.99, 9781913679453 Identifies 89 common trees.
A Field Guide to the Birds of Malaysia Kim Seng Lim, Kim Chuah Lim, Ding Li Yong, Dana Gardner (illus) 21st March, pb, £24.99, 9781913679712 Comprehensive guide to the 829 bird species of the country, Sabah and Sarawak included. Species are clearly illus- trated over 170 plates.
Johns Hopkins University Press
The Beast Within Jessica Serra 1st April, pb, eb, £16.50, 9781421447506 Are humans the only creatures who love, laugh, cry, possess morals and wage war? This book upends the assumptions that underpin our very human hypothesis.
Ants Hans Joachim Offenberg
31st July, pb, eb, £7.50, 9781421447872 The complex world of ants, the architecture they build, the societies in which they live and the methods they use to survive.
Birds of North America Bruce M Beehler, Brian E Small (ed), Michael J Parr 10th June, hb, eb, £50, 9781421448268 Atlas helps identify 1,144 bird species recorded in the US and Canada, including Hawaii and Alaska. More than 1,200 colour photographs and illustrations.
Tortoises of the World George R Zug, Devin A Reese 24th June, hb, eb, £41.50, 9781421448350 Embark on a captivating journey into the world of tortoises with this extensively researched book illuminating the biology, natural history and conservation of these fascinating creatures.
We Live in the Water Jana Kopelent Rehak 8th April, pb, eb, £29, 9781421448428 Hypnotic story of environmental crisis and community on Smith Island in Chesapeake Bay.
What Do Bees Think About? Mathieu Lihoreau, Alison Duncan (tr) 9th July, pb, eb, £18, 9781421448589 Examines a century of research into insect evolution and behaviour to explain recent scientific discoveries, recount research anecdotes and reflects on the cognition of these fascinating creatures.
Kew
Kew Pocketbooks: Poisonous Plants 1st May, hb, £9.99, 9781842468142 Poisonous plants, illus- trated through paintings from Kew’s archives.
Laurence King
For the Love of Cats Ana Sampson 7th March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781399600132 For the Love of Dogs Ana Sampson 9781399600156 Postcard editions.
Lom Art
The Wisdom of Birds Alison Davies 15th February, hb, eb,
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PREVIEWER’S PERSPECTIVE Previewer’s perspective
Spring 2024 looks set for a smorgasbord of fantastic fiction
There are plenty of big fiction titles to look forward to in the next six months including offerings from Costa Novel Award winner Colm Tóibín and prolific US author Percival Everett
Alice O’Keeffe Books editor
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elcome to the next six months in books! If I were to pick out just one “event” title from this preview, it would be Long Island (Picador),
the sequel to Colm Tóibín’s Costa Novel Award-winning Brooklyn. Based on the sales of the first book, which also benefited from the film adaptation starring Saoirse Ronan as Eilis Lacey, Long Island looks set to be that rare thing, a genuine literary bestseller. Another Irish writer surely destined for great things
is Kevin Barry with his fourth novel, The Heart in Winter (Canongate), a rebellious love story set in Bute, Montana, in 1891.
Expect a lot of fanfare to accompany the publication
of Percival Everet’s James (Picador), the US author’s 24th (yes, 24th!) novel, a retelling of Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the perspective of Huck’s friend, the enslaved Jim. Pan Mac is in the process of publishing Everet’s key backlist titles on the Picador imprint, six titles will land just ahead of James. There’s a new state-of-the-nation opus from Andrew O’Hagan, Caledonian Road (Faber), and the wonderful David Nicholls is back with second-chance romance You Are Here (Sceptre). Also look out for sophomore novels from Jo Hamya, The Hypocrite (W&N), and Costa First Novel Award winner Ingrid Persaud who returns with The Lost Love Songs of Boysie Singh (Faber). To crime, and while the cosy end of things shows no sign of slowing sales—see the Reverend Richard Coles whose bestselling Canon Clement Mystery series continues with Murder at the Monastery (W&N)—there is also high-concept crime in the form of Stuart Turton’s The Last Murder at the End of the World (Raven Books), historical crime featuring Victorian con artists in Elizabeth Macneal’s The Burial Plot (Picador), and fans of Peter James’ long-running DS Roy Grace series will be intrigued by the standalone They Thought I Was Dead: Sandy’s Story (Macmillan). Will the disappearance of Mrs Grace finally be explained?
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Lastly, to paperbacks. And there are more than usual in this particular preview. I try very hard to pick out only the truly unmissable so perhaps I have failed to be discerning enough—or are there just loads of great ones? Among those to pile high: Eleanor Caton’s Birnam Wood (Granta), Anne Enright’s The Wren, The Wren (Vintage), Ann Patchet’s Tom Lake (Bloomsbury), Daniel Mason’s North Woods (JMP), which really deserves a big reader- ship in paperback, Curtis Sitenfeld’s Romantic Comedy (Penguin) and not forgeting Jilly Cooper’s glorious Tackle! (Penguin). Happy bookselling!
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