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

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

Listen to the hedgehog podcast!

Hugh Warwick’s The Beauty in the Beast is a delightful portrait of some of the UK’s best-loved wild animals and birds and the colourful enthusiasts who champion their causes.

An extract from Time Warped, by Claudia Hammond

Have you ever tried to spend a day without looking at a clock or checking your watch? It’s almost impossible. Time rules our lives, but how much do we understand about it? And is it possible to retrain our brains and improve our relationship with it?

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.

Win a copy of Madame Mephisto, by A.M. Bakalar!

What would you talk about if you were stuck in a room with a drug dealer for five days?

Courtesy of Stork Press we have 5 copies of Madame Mephisto to give away!

Elliot Perlman reads from The Street Sweeper

On the crowded streets of New York City there are even more stories than there are people passing each other every day… only some of these stories survive to become history.

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

In the Shadow of the Titanic

Shadow of the Titanic, by Andrew Wilson, sheds new light on this enduringly fascinating story by showing how the disaster continued to shape the lives of a cross-section of passengers who escaped the sinking ship.

Are You Smart Enough to Work at Google?

Well, are you?

Read an extract from William Poundstone’s mind-numbing tome, and gain an insight into Fiendish Puzzles and Impossible Interview Questions from the World’s Top Companies!

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.

Life! Death! Prizes!

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

Read an extract.

Open up The Registrar’s Manual for Detecting Forced Marriages

Swimming for his life towards traffickers on the Italian shore, Selim enters a world where Kurdish refugees disguise themselves as tomatoes, dates of birth are a matter of opinion, and a residency permit is a ticket to paradise…

An extract from The Secret Life of William Shakespeare

The greatest writer of them all, brought to glorious life.

Discover The Last Summer, by Judith Kinghorn

Read an extract from Judith Kinghorn’s sweepingly epic and gloriously intimate commercial debut – a beautiful and haunting story of lost innocence and a powerful, enduring love.

An extract from Hunger Trace

The sudden death of David Bryant, the charismatic owner of a rambling Derbyshire wildlife park, leaves an indelible mark on three very different people…

An extract from 666 Charing Cross Road

Packed with vampires, the undead, eccentrics…

A smart, gothic and darkly funny new take on the undead by acclaimed author Paul Magrs!

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.

A Bizarre But True Tale of Androids, Kill Switches, and Left Luggage

Read an extract from Losing the Head of Philip K. Dick, by David Duffy for a chance to win one of five copies, courtesy of One World Publications.

A Book of Raunch!

Brimful of good-nature, wit, and surreal sexual vocabulary, House of Holes by Nicholson Baker is a modern-day Hieronymous Boschian bacchanal that is sure to surprise, amuse, and arouse. Read an extract.

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…