More Pyg…

More from the star of the world’s first ‘pigaresque’ novel, a beguiling and charming memoir of Toby, an exceptionally gifted pig who escapes the butcher’s knife, gains an education and becomes the most famous animal of his time…

Introducing Pyg, or, Toby the Pig…

This, the world’s first ‘pigaresque’ novel, is the beguiling and charming memoir of Toby, an exceptionally gifted pig who escapes the butcher’s knife, gains an education and becomes the most famous animal of his time…

An extract from Death Comes To Pemberley, by P.D. James

In a pitch-perfect recreation of the world of Pride and Prejudice, P. D. James elegantly fuses her lifelong passion for the work of Jane Austen with her talent for writing detective fiction….

An extract from Chango’s Beads and Two-Tone Shoes

The latest novel from Pulitzer Prize-winning William Kennedy – a tale of revolutionary intrigue, heroic journalism, crooked politicians, drug-running gangsters, Albany race riots, and the improbable rise of Fidel Castro.

Eat Him If You Like

Read an extract from Eat Him If You Like, by Jean Teulé, a cannibalistic story based on real events in nineteenth-century France. Published by Gallic Books on November 1st.

Middlesex Reading Group Guide

Sprawling across eight decades – and one unusually awkward adolescence – Jeffrey Eugenides’ long-awaited second novel is a grand, utterly original fable of crossed bloodlines, the intricacies of gender, and the deep, untidy promptings of desire.

The Dovekeepers

Read an extract from Alice Hoffman’s The Dovekeepers – “… This novel is a testament to the human spirit and to love rising from the ashes of war. But most of all, this novel is one that will never be forgotten by a reader.” Jodi Picoult.

Get to know the Women of the Cousin’s War

The Women of the Cousin’s War is a beautifully illustrated work with rare portraits and source materials, as well as fascinating insights into the inspiration behind Philippa Gregory’s writing. Watch out for a competition later this week!

A Q&A with Louise Levene

An interview with Louise Levene, author of Ghastly Business, a wickedly witty book of murder and media frenzy in the 1920s.

The Lady of the Rivers

Read the opening chapter of the latest in Philippa Gregory’s Cousins’ War series, The Lady of the Rivers…

The Lost Kings – A Code

Bruno Hare tells a tale of his time spent in Pakistan, researching his novel, Lost Kings, a rollicking tale of adventure and derring-do set on the far frontiers of Empire in the best tradition of Kipling and Rider Haggard.

Explore the genesis of The Lost Kings

Bruno Hare introduces us to the wild lands that inspired his first novel, The Lost Kings, a rollicking tale of adventure and derring-do set on the far frontiers of Empire in the best tradition of Kipling and Rider Haggard.

Win a bumper bundle of Bloomsbury books! [closed]

Phew! Try repeating that over and over and quicker and quicker. Anyway…

Bloomsbury have kindly given three Bookhugger readers the chance to win a selection of their latest and forthcoming titles.

Discover Ghosts by Daylight

Read an extract from Janine di Giovanni’s searing, profoundly moving love letter, Ghosts by Daylight, a powerfully raw portrait of marriage and motherhood in the aftermath of war.

An interview with James Forrester, author of The Roots of Betrayal

Watch an interview with James Forrester, author of The Time Traveller’s Guide to Medieval England which was a Sunday Times top ten bestseller, and the highly acclaimed Sacred Treason, as he immerses us in his latest Elizabethan crime mystery.

Watch the trailer and read the extract for Roots of Betrayal

The brilliant new Elizabethan thriller from the highly acclaimed author of Sacred Treason…

Win a copy in Bookhugger’s July competition next week!

An extract from Ghastly Business

Interwar London: a time when a woman’s body was only mentioned if someone had dismembered it; when the scars of the Great War were still fresh and when a pretty young bluestocking needed to tread very carefully in order to avoid becoming yet another of its casualties.

Read an extract from The Butterfly Cabinet, by Bernie McGill

An unforgettable story of two women linked by their roles in a tragedy at the end of the Victorian era, The Butterfly Cabinet is published this month by Headline.

Watch The Maid trailer

The girl who led an army.
The peasant who crowned a king.
The maid who became a legend.
The legend that was Joan of Arc.

Read an extract from Far to Go, by Alison Pick

A powerful and profoundly moving story about one family’s epic journey to flee the Nazi occupation of their homeland in 1939, and above all to save the life of a six-year-old boy…

Watch an interview with Kerry Young

I was just a boy when I come to Jamaica.

Kerry Young, author of Pao, published next month through Bloomsbury, discussed the inspirations behind her novel – her father, and the country of Jamaica.

Armand Cabasson interviewed by Scott Pack

Armand Cabasson is a prize-winning author and psychiatrist who lives in the north of France. He is a member of the French Napoleonic Society and has used his extensive research to create The Napoleonic Murders series. Featuring Quentin Margont, these novels create a vivid portrait of the Napoleonic campaigns.