Kate Summerscale discusses her new book, Mrs Robinson’s Disgrace

A story of romance, fidelity, insanity, fantasy, and the boundaries of privacy in a society clinging to rigid ideas about marriage and female sexuality, Mrs Robinson’s Disgrace brings to life a complex, frustrated Victorian wife, longing for passion and learning, companionship and love.

An extract from Mrs Robinson’s Disgrace, by Kate Summerscale

Sneak a peek into The Private Diary of a Victorian Lady…

Introducing Bloomsbury Circus

Bookhugger presents the first of several extracts from Bloomsbury Publishing’s new imprint, Bloomsbury Circus.

An extract from The Forrests, by Emily Perkins

The Forrests sings with colour and memory, it speaks of family and time, dysfunction, ageing and loneliness, about heat, youth, and how life can change if ‘you’re lucky enough to be around for it’. Read an extract.

Salvage the Bones

An extract from Jesmyn Ward’s Salvage the Bones…

‘Masterful… Salvage the Bones has the aura of a classic about it.’ Washington Post

An extract from Double Cross

Their codenames were Bronx, Brutus, Treasure, Tricycle and Garbo. This is their story.

Read an extract from Ben Macintyre’s Double Cross…

Read an extract from The Coward’s Tale

The boy Laddy Merridew, sent to live with his grandmother, stumbles off the bus into a small Welsh mining community, where he begins an unlikely friendship with Ianto Passchendaele Jenkins, the town beggar-storyteller.

Double Cross

Ben Macintyre, author of Double Cross on The True Story of The D-Day Spies… their codenames were Bronx, Brutus, Treasure, Tricycle and Garbo….

This is The Coward’s Tale

‘My name is Laddy Merridew. I’m a cry-baby. I’m sorry.’ ‘And my name is Ianto Jenkins. I am a coward. And that’s worse.’

Watch author Vanessa Gebbie discuss The Coward’s Tale.

Justin Ruthven-Tyers talks about his book Phoenix from the Ashes

After a fire destroyed their house, Justin and his wife Linda irrationally decided to build a 15-ton classic yacht, as complete amateurs – starting with the trees.

Life! Death! Prizes!

Funny, bittersweet and unforgettable, Life! Death! Prizes! is a story of grief, resilience and brotherly love.

Read an extract.

An extract from So You Want To Be Captain?

A captain has many responsibilities and can make or break a team. Success is always sweet, but when it all goes wrong it can be a lonely and stressful job, especially if you are quite young. So who can you go to for help? So You Want To Be Captain? is the answer.

Justin Cartwight on Other People’s Money

Great families, great fortunes and even greater secrets collide in this gripping, satirical and acutely observed story of our time.

An extract from Phoenix from the Ashes

After a fire destroyed their house, Justin and his wife Linda irrationally decided to build a 15-ton classic yacht, as complete amateurs – starting with the trees…

Homesick extract

Tracing the fine lines of politics, tradition and community, Roshi Fernando’s stunning collection of linked stories pulls us back, back, to the knowledge of home…

An extract from Painter of Silence, by Georgina Harding

When she leaves the ward she feels the whiteness of the room still inside her, as if she is bleached out inside. It is the shock, she tells herself. She feels the whiteness like a dam holding back all the coloured flood of memory.

An Intimate Portrait of the World’s Most Mysterious Continent…

Gabrielle Walker, author, consultant to New Scientist and regular broadcaster with the BBC has written a book unlike any that has ever been written about the continent of Antarctica.

An extract from Underground Time, by Delphine De Vigan

Underground Time is a novel of quiet violence – the violence of office-bullying, the violence of the brutality of the city – in which two characters move towards an inevitable meeting…

William Boyd on Waiting for Sunrise #2

William Boyd discusses Waiting for Sunrise – a feverish and mesmerising journey into the human psyche, a beautifully observed portrait of wartime Europe, a plot-twisting thriller and a literary tour de force.

William Boyd on Waiting for Sunrise #1

William Boyd discusses the topic of parallelism in his new novel, Waiting for Sunrise.

The extract is read by Robert Hudson.

An extract from Waiting for Sunrise, by William Boyd

Waiting for Sunrise is a feverish and mesmerising journey into the human psyche, a beautifully observed portrait of wartime Europe, a plot-twisting thriller and a literary tour de force from bestselling author William Boyd.

This Isn’t The Sort Of Thing That Happens To Someone Like You

These aren’t the sort of things you imagine happening to someone like you. But sometimes they do.

Read the first chapter from best-selling author John McGregor’s new novel.