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A life-affirming coming-of-age novel about friendship, family and the bittersweet beauty of growing up!For Billie, summer has already meant Pearl Beach - foaming white waves and lazy mornings, old Aunt Edith and above all, her best friend Andy. But this year, Andy is determined to grow up. Billie wants to change too, but why does growing up feel like losing their friendship forever?Then Aunt Edith gives Billie the diary she kept as a teenager. Inside is a tale of extraordinary survival - of feeling persecution and crossing oceans, of agonizing betrayal and breathtaking first love. Guided by Ediths past, can Billie find the courage to face her own future?Praise for Pearl BeachThis poetic novel flows with lyrical ease Jamila Gavin, author of My Soul, A Shining TreeA delightful coming-of-age verse novel Tia Fisher, author of Crossing the LineA stunning book that perfectly interweaves poetry and history Grainne OBrien, author of Solo

From the author of The Doughnut Club, comes a warm, heart-filled story, for every reader who needs help being true to themselves.Max hadnt thought about meeting his donor parent until his mums suggested it. After a tough year starting secondary school, where he was bullied, his confidence has been knocked and hes struggling to enjoy the music he used to love. With a charity concert coming up, the last thing Max wants to do is let down his friends. Maybe meeting his donor, Hari, will help him figure out who he wants to be.Hari is Ellas dad and was a sperm donor before she was born. Shes fine with it, but shes not fine with the idea of sharing him with some other kid shes never met. With her mum working abroad and her best friend starting a different senior school, Ellas dealing with enough change already. Now this decision her dad made in his past is messing with her future and shes not happy.When Max ends up gatecrashing Ellas family weekend, things do not go to plan, and they are both pushed to the edge in more ways than one.Will they stay stuck, or will they find a way to come together and the path to their true selves?Also by Kristina Rahim: The Doughnut Club (Shortlisted for the 2025 Books Are My Bag Readers Award) "Rahim weaves complex matters into a mystery with an absorbing plot, driven by its plucky, warm-hearted heroine" The Telegraph"A poignant, joyful, and warm-hearted celebration of family, friendship, and the things which make us all unique" Simon James Green

dis is my home. De only home I have. My whole life. My history here. And de only future I go have is here.September, 1956. As colonial Trinidad marches towards independence, a gentlemans club in downtown Port of Spain is entangled in a different kind of custody battle.Owned by Englishman Mansion, it promises its guests a comfortable environment in which to relax and indulge. But when the impetuous Diamond drifts in, cutting deals and putting lives at risk, the temperature begins to soar: one wrong move and everything could shatter.Martina Lairds debut play Driftwood is a deeply evocative story of self-determination and the search for family and belonging. It was runner-up for the 2024 Verity Bargate Award, and was first performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company at The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon, in 2026, before transferring to Kiln Theatre, London, directed by Justin Audibert.A bold and blistering exploration of colonialism and capitalism its funny, provocative and simply impossible to forget Anupama Chandrasekhar, Verity Bargate Award judgeSo vivid you can smell the heat and taste the sweat rich, human and full of vigour Driftwood is a play that captures the imagination and uncovers the past Anthony Lau, Verity Bargate Award judge

Told with charm and humour. Anyone who has ever fought with a project in a shed will recognise this tale of wonder and woe! Danny Hopkins, editor of Practical Classics magazineHarrys life had been stuck in neutral until he discovered Peggy lying in a field. It then promptly went into reverse. Is Peggy the romantic interest of this story or two tons of automotive scrap metal?Harrys subsequent restoration project takes us on a journey through a life that has more bumps than the A12 and a cast of eccentric characters who are caught up in the joy of attempting the impossible, just for the sheer love of it.This is the story of one mans attempt to restore an Austin 1100. Along the way it also becomes the story of one mans attempt to restore himself; and as anyone whos ever tried their hand at restoration knows, you cant rebuild something without taking it apart first.When Harry Met Peggy is for anyone who wants to follow their dream but has forgotten to take out breakdown insurance for it.

Poignant, thought-provoking and very funny JOANNA CANNONDarkly comic and deeply felt GRACE FLAHIVEFull of wit, heart and charm, Ghost Month asks a timeless question: do we only value life when we are reminded that it will end?Perhaps youve already noticed little things, strange details. A shadow not attached to anything. A face in a window which might be a trick of the light. They come at dusk. Today. Every September, the spirits of the dead return before vanishing four weeks later in a puff of green ash.The haunting has become a holiday - part Christmas, part Halloween, full of annual reckonings with the past. The ghosts arent real in any way that can hurt you, so its hard to tell the silent spectres from ashen commuters: they linger on train platforms, they crowd buses, they take up space on your sofa. The proper term these days is people without pulses. This year, four strangers prepare for a visit from their dearly departed. The season forces them to confront all the things that haunt them, not just their dead. As suppressed truths emerge from the shadows, each of them will end Ghost Month changed in ways they never imagined. Happy Haunting.

his cheekbones so beautiful I have to close my eyes in case he blinds meA young man relives the youth he spent in a refuge for wayward boys. In his memories, the forces of faith, power and money dominate this starkly unsettling institution, where not everything is as it seems. The boys call it Gomorrah.Gomorrah is a mirror to the contradictions of 1970s Ulster, a place where violence, control and desire meet. Now, years later, the man must make peace with his past to find his way in the world.Do You Come From Gomorrah? opened at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, in April 2026.

Long overlooked but now recognised as a quietly radical masterpiece, The Waking of Willie Ryan reveals John Broderick as one of the most incisive chroniclers of midcentury Ireland. Set in a midlands town where beauty and brutality uneasily coexist, the novel follows the return of Willie Ryan once scapegoated for his relationships with men, institutionalised, and written out of local memory who comes home to die and, in doing so, unsettles the pieties that once destroyed him. Brodericks portrait of Willie is unforgettably tender: a gay man whose dignity, vulnerability and refusal to serve expose the hypocrisies of a society built on fear. Through crystalline prose and an unsparing eye, Broderick maps the forces clerical authority, bourgeois respectability, inherited shame that shaped Irish life in the 1960s. A pioneering exploration of queer Irish experience and a devastating critique of provincial cruelty, The Waking of Willie Ryan stands alongside the great modern Irish novels for its moral clarity, elegance, and emotional force.

A full-tilt sprint through the Glaswegian criminal underground David Goodman, author of A Reluctant SpyDestined to become a very big name Peter JamesThe vibe is Taggart rewritten by Mick Herron The TimesDCI Alison McCoist is up to the oxters in Glasgows shadiest police unit, with a list of guilty secrets growing longer by the day.Fran Forbes has just bolted from the scene of a gangland massacre with only a shite-stained tracksuit and a memory stick full of cryptocurrency to his name.Ally is tasked with looking into this latest underworld rammy and ends up working with some bampots even dodgier than her polis pals. Can she keep Fran from being turned into mince by a Russian OCG and finally free herself from the fankle of police corruption shes caught in? An enemy from Allys past is determined her story wont have such a happy ending...

A wild and sometimes shocking ride ... Doctors, take noteTelegraphAmbitious and fascinating Book of the Day, GuardianAbsolutely fascinating Dr Julie SmithEntrancing David RobsonA groundbreaking investigation into the nocebo effect - the placebos evil twin - urging us to rethink the mind-body connection.Illness is not simply a matter of biology. Our thoughts, conscious or otherwise, can make us feel pain or become unwell. If you experienced side effects from your Covid vaccine, the chances are that these were caused by your belief that you would experience them. When a nurse tells you this is going to hurt, it generally does - but perhaps it shouldnt.In this revelatory study, neuroscientist Helen Pilcher explores the hidden impact of the nocebo effect - the placebos evil twin. Medical studies have proven the nocebo effect to cause pain, nausea, paralysis, seizures, and even blindness. The nocebo effect impacts how we grow sick and grow old, explains why people who dont have food allergies have dietary intolerances, and why, during the pandemic, so many teenagers caught tics through social media. From Havana Syndrome to hex deaths, chronic pain and mystery illnesses, this book explains what happens when illness, psychology and society meet - and shows us what we can do to become less ill and more well.

When Brian Dillon was sixteen his mother died and he simply gave up all schoolwork. While he courted exam failure, his real education was going on elsewhere: with books, music, films and television. When at last he made it to university, his head was already full of avant-garde writing, art and ideas. Could academia live up to the hopes and dreams he had invested in it? Halfway through college his father died, and the stakes of reading and writing seemed even higher. Ambivalence explores what learning meant to its author, what it enabled and denied, between the ages of seventeen and twenty-six, when he left his native Dublin. Its at once a memoir of that city in the 1980s and 1990s, an uncynical portrait of the adolescent and early-adult mind, and an intimate defence of radical thinking about literature and life. In vivid present-tense fragments, Dillon describes his first encounters with writers such as Virginia Woolf, Walter Benjamin, Samuel Beckett, Roland Barthes and Jacques Derrida. He recalls being seduced by ambivalence, ambiguity and androgyny on the page and in the life he hoped his reading would transfigure. The era he describes seemed to demand new ways of thinking about aesthetics and politics. Today, when rights are fragile, arts and humanities attacked, and students dismissed as radicals or narcissists, Ambivalence is an argument for the poetic and revolutionary force of changing yourself and even the world by changing what you know.

Xu is a writer to watch Isabel Banta, author of HoneySmart, engaging, and thought-provoking Jean Kwok, New York Times bestselling author of The Leftover WomanAs seen on Womans HourA Love Reading DEBUT OF THE MONTH and STAR PICKElizabeth Zhang knows her place in the world. She knows shes in the tenth percentile for likability, the seventieth percentile for attractiveness, and the ninety-ninth percentile for academics.With a hard-working ethic instilled in her by immigrant parents, armed with impeccable grades, Elizabeth thinks she is set for Harvard Law School. Until she is rejected for being too ordinary, which she translates to mean shes just another boring Asian female. But when her classmate Laura Kim gets in, everything falls apart. Why was Laura accepted? What makes her so interesting?At first, she follows her because shes just curious. What Laura eats for lunch. Where Laura shops. The answer for Elizabeths failure must lie somewhere in Lauras life. But still, Elizabeth just cant see it. The only thing she sees is that Laura has taken her spot at Harvard.A spot she knows she deserves. A spot that shell simply have to take back.Layered, subversive, and satirical, this novel brings to light how, in the face of societal expectations and self-inflicted pressures, a person can unlock the darkest parts of themselves and show how far theyre willing to go to achieve their vision of success.

When reporter Martha Strangeways is summoned to investigate the discovery of body parts on a remote railway track, shes drawn into a strange case, as her own past comes back to haunt her The atmospheric, chilling series continuesA taut tale of murder and mutilation you will race to reach the final chapter D. V. BishopQuite literally chilled me to the bone Alison BelshamIntricate. Intriguing. Atmospheric A.G Slatter___________RitualsSecretsA killer who will protect them at any costMartha Strangeways has settled into a quiet life in Strathbran, after the horrific events that traumatised the village a year earlier. But all this is turned upside down when her friend at Glasgow CID, DI Derek Summers, calls on her to help with a disturbing case: a human ear, with an unusual Celtic earring, has been found next to a railway line in the Highlands.And when the body of a young woman wearing matching jewellery turns up at a landmark church shortly after, the mystery deepens. Why has she been laid out in a ritualistic fashion? Does her trek along the little-known Cailleach Way have anything to do with her death? And who is running the Facebook Group where she posted details of her journey to the shrine of the Bone Mother goddess?As Martha tries to unpick the threads, she finds herself entwined with a ghost from her own past, and in conflict with the owner of a project that threatens to destroy the goddesss sacred land.With Halloween approaching, and someone determined to protect the goddess at all costs, can Martha and Summers catch the killer before they strike again and this time much closer to home?___________An easy book to while away a few hours with Strong on characterisation, atmosphere and storytelling, its a novel that sprints along with justifiable confidence HeraldA gripping thriller steeped in Scottish folklore weaves ancient legend with a tense, modern story that kept me turning the pages Lilja SigurardottirA chilling gothic mystery building to a breathtaking and seriously unnerving climax Eve SmithAnother brilliant offering from a writer fast making a name for herself Mari HannahAbsorbing and terrifying highly recommended Lin AndersonPraise for Crow MoonA bloody good read Val McDermidDark, gothic, and dripping with dread, this spellbinding debut is a triumph C.J. CookeDark, atmospheric and addictive SunMeets the definition of "eagerly awaited" more than most debuts Herald ScotlandCompelling, atmospheric and unsettling, Crow Moon takes readers on a twist turning thrill of a ride a stylish debut in a series we will all be following! Louise WelshExceptionally atmospheric and excruciatingly tense a belter Emma ChristieA page-turning plot, beautifully realised setting, and characters that are still walking and talking in my head a compassionate and captivating new voice Emma StylesThe story and its characters feel bound to the landscape The constant presence of crows, watching, listening, gathering and even swooping down to attack, infuses the already sinister atmosphere with a dash of the Gothic Herald ScotlandHugely accomplished and extremely creepy Trevor WoodAn extraordinary debut: intriguing, unsettling, heavy on atmosphere and with a formidable leading lady Mari HannahThe most impressive debut Ive read in years Yrsa Sigurdardottir**Shortlisted for the Val McDermid Debut Award****Shortlisted for the Bloody Scotland Debut Prize**

THE BOOK THAT NEEDS TO BE READ TO BE BELIEVED Utterly brilliant, a genre-defying masterpieceIve never read anything like this beforeSingular, unsettling and unforgettableA modern classic in the makingUnsettling, cerebral and deeply addictiveMonumental... One of those novels that reminds me why I read fiction in the first placeIm just sad that I wont be able to read it for the first time againIN THE SUMMER OF 1993, broke student Alex Lane joins a team clearing out Solace House, a Victorian mansion bequeathed to the university by a reclusive hoarder called Flayne. The other students are a mixed bunch, but Alex quickly falls into a close friendship with the lively, redheaded Ella.When the crew begins sorting through piles of junk, they stumble upon Flaynes journals, in which he details his obsession with his missing mother, his discovery of a place called Bewise, and - most mysteriously - his belief in another realm lying parallel to ours, along with coded instructions as to how it might be reached.As the students delve deeper into the houses secrets, one of them becomes obsessed with deciphering Flaynes strange opus and its promise of another world... and they may be willing to sacrifice everything, and everyone, to get there.

Offers a deliciously readable, frequently funny rundown of some of the institutions most colourful misadventuresSunday IndependentAn excellent read. Its thriller-like prose is pacy, its subjects are well-researchedIrish ExaminerShane Ross brings a sharp eye to the controversyIrish Times Since it arrived on the airwaves in 1961, RTE has been buffeted in different directions, eventually slipping into a steady decline which accelerated over the past decade into a catastrophe.The 2023 revelations regarding secret payments to star presenter Ryan Tubridy werent the first time Irelands national broadcaster has found itself caught up in scandal.Shane Ross, author of #1 bestsellers The Bankers and Mary Lou McDonald, winds back the clock to examine RTEs history of broadcasting excellence alongside the accusations of corruption, waste and ineptitude it has faced along the way.With clarity and wit, Ross rakes over RTEs colourful past while also considering what the future might hold for this once beloved institution.

From the multi-award-winning author of No Ballet Shoes in Syria, comes a story of sibling love and loss, healing and hope."Catherine is a wonderful storyteller" Phil EarleFrog has always known her younger brother Tad is unwell. He has Spinal Muscular Atrophy (called SMA-PME for short) but that has never been an obstacle for their unbreakable bond. They share a room and do everything together, Frog happy to do whatever Tad needs.But when Tad is taken into hospital, Frog finds it difficult to be in their bedroom alone and starts camping in the garden. She only plans to be there while Tad is away but she finds an unexpected calm amongst the sounds and smells of nature and a space of her own that shes never had before.When Tad comes up, their bedroom has to change to accommodate all his hospital equipment and Frog isnt sure where she fits in their family anymore. She retreats back into the garden, using the excuse of a sponsored camp out for charity. But as Tads condition worsens, Frog needs to face the truth that she may not have much longer with him.Working to bring the small wonders of the natural world to Tad, can Frog find a way to make this last summer together unforgettable?More beautiful stories by Catherine Bruton:No Ballet Shoes in Syria, Nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2020 Bird Boy, Nero Book Awards Shortlist for Childrens Fiction 2024 Following FrankensteinAnother Twist in the Tale

Do less. Be more.With eye-opening, research-based insights Drained offers a powerful toolkit to help women create richer, less overwhelming lives filled with meaning and joy.For so many women, mental load is a heavy burden that goes far beyond managing a list of household chores and logistics: its a complex form of emotional labour that requires thinking five steps ahead, keeping relationships intact, creating experiences that keep all members of the family happy and thriving, and more.Its a hidden struggle that leaves many women feeling burned out. But what if we stopped blaming ourselves for feeling overwhelmed and instead made practical, impactful changes to our lives to prioritize our energy?In Drained, sociologist and host of the MissPerceived podcast Dr. Leah Ruppanner outlines eight distinct types of mental load performed across seven unique stages, highlighting what makes mental load so uniquely heavy for women, and offers practical strategies to reallocate your responsibilities and reclaim your sense of self.Offering new research presented with clarity and compassion from a world-leading expert, Drained is a must-read guide to help women build better, more balanced, joyous lives.Urgent and transformative...a must-read for all women to help them reset how they spend their energy, and lead more balanced, fulfilling, joyful lives -Eve Rodsky, bestselling author of Fair PlayThis book is a revelation -Anne-Marie Slaughter, author of Unfinished BusinessAn essential blueprint for happier, healthier relationships and lives -Brigid Schulte, New York Times bestselling author of OverwhelmedIf we want to tackle the care gap and the pay gap, burnout, parents mental health and womens leadership, we need to understand the mental load, and we need to tackle it. And our first step is to read Drained -Kate Mangino, author of Equal Partners

Come on a hilarious adventure in a brand-new world. Join in the monster fun, perfect for reading for pleasure and encouraging imaginative play youll never want to leave Jolly Monster Town!A highly-original new full colour chapter book series, this is Coco Wyo meets Jamie Smart!Twiggy the Log Monster is so excited for her sleepover party. She wants everything to be perfect. And she definitely doesnt need anyone elses help or does she?Join her in Jolly Monster Town for an adventure unlike any other!Spot Twiggys friends Ralph the Pufferfish Monster and Uno the Cyclops Cat, and help discover what happened at the turnip farm. Will the sleepover party be saved?Look out for more monster-ific adventures: Jolly Monster Town: The Treasure Hunt

PLANOS PERFEITOS NO RESISTEM AO DESTINO.O visconde Gabriel Atwood finalmente vislumbrava uma reviravolta em sua sorte sobretudo porque o mundo inteiro acreditava que ele estava morto, graças a traiço de um inimigo implacavel. Sua unica salvaço era alcançar seu antigo mentor e atual duque de Blackmore, antes que seus perseguidores descobrissem que os rumores de seu falecimento eram, na verdade, uma estrategia.Mas, ao chegar a imponente propriedade do duque na vespera de Natal, Gabriel depara-se com uma casa vazia e mergulhada na escurido, percebendo com desespero que o amigo optara por celebrar as festas em outro lugar. Exausto e ferido, ele busca refugio nas redondezas, sem imaginar que seu caminho se cruzaria com o de uma familia excentrica e uma mulher que mudaria tudo...Enquanto isso, Esperança Shackleford no sentia o menor entusiasmo para as festas de fim de ano. Ter que suportar toda a familia sob o mesmo teto ja era um desafio, mesmo que fosse numa propriedade imponente da alta sociedade. De fato, com duas irms casadas com membros influentes, sua familia estava se acostumando com extravagancias muito acima de sua posiço social.Diferente de seus parentes, Esperança era movida pela praticidade, e no por caprichos ou otimismo. Especialmente em relaço ao pai, que frequentemente trocava o dever religioso pelo prazer de se intrometer onde no era chamado. Para ela, a promessa de um Natal focado em alegrias simples era pouco mais que uma fantasia impossivel.Tudo muda com a chegada inesperada de um forasteiro belo e misterioso, disfarçado de vagabundo, que desmaia durante um sermo natalino. Ao acolhe-lo, Esperança percebe que ele esconde segredos perigosos intrigas politicas, espies e ameaças de morte. O que começa como uma relutante ajuda se transforma em uma aventura recheada de riscos, sorrisos familiares e uma atraço irresistivel, provando que ate as pessoas mais praticas podem ser abaladas pelo destino...

1. ESPOSA DEDICADA2. MÃE EXEMPLAR3. ASSASSINA POR CONVENIÊNCIA.ATÉ ONDE ELA IRÁ PARA PRESERVAR A FACHADA PERFEITA?Lalla Rook é uma mulher com uma agenda implacável: impulsionar o marido rumo à socied

Negli anni Settanta del Novecento nella piccola Varese accade un fenomeno mai piu replicato nello sport professionistico. Per dieci stagioni di fila la locale squadra di pallacanestro di proprieta di Giovanni Borghi, il capitano dindustria che con il marchio Ignis aveva segnato lepoca del boom economico portando frigoriferi e lavatrici nelle case degli italiani, si qualifica alla finale di Coppa dei Campioni, la massima competizione continentale (oggi Eurolega). Vincendone la meta. Unepopea sportiva che segna generazioni di ragazzini che sognano, negli anni a venire, di tirare a canestro come Bob Morse, saltare come Manuel Raga, passare il pallone come Aldo Ossola e svettare a rimbalzo come Dino Meneghin. Tutto intorno, una provincia in grande trasformazione che sta per incubare i primi vagiti di un movimento destinato a terremotare la Prima Repubblica, partendo proprio da Varese: la Lega Nord di Umberto Bossi.