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Rights Catalogue 2021
03 Fiction
04 Fiction Super Lead
05 Crime/Thrillers
12 Historial Fiction
13 Women’s Fiction
17 Literary Fiction
22 Science Fiction & Fantasy
35 Non-ction
36 History
42 Literary Memoir – White Rabbit
43 Music – White Rabbit
47 Science
50 Wellbeing & Lifestyle
55 Sport
57 Commercial Memoir
59 Cookery
FICTION
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WINNIE M LI is an American author, writer and
activist. Li’s first novel, Dark Chapter, was based
on her own experience of a stranger rape in 2008.
The book won the Guardian’s Not the Booker Prize
in 2017, was nominated for The Edgar Award for best
first novel and shortlisted for The Authors’ Club
Best first novel award
ORION
EDITOR Francesca Pathak | June 2022
336pp | Manuscript available
RIGHTS World
RIGHTS SOLD US: Emily Bestler Books (Simon &
Schuster) | Italian: Newton Compton
| Russian: Corpus Books
Winnie M Li
Complicit
You know what’s going on. Would YOU speak
up? Anatomy of a Scandal meets Disclaimer
with a dash of Daisy Jones and the Six.
You know what it’s like: a comment here, a
closed door there, turning a blind eye to get
ahead. My name is Sarah Lai. You won’t have
heard of me. A decade ago, I was on the cusp
of being a big deal. Now, instead of working in
Hollywood, I teach students about it. And these
are the two most important lessons you need
to know about the lm industry:
1) Those with the money have all the power.
2) Those with the power get whatever they want.
Ignore these rules and the whole system will
crumble. Stick to the rules and you’ll succeed.
But at what cost? Ask yourself, what would you
have done?
An Orion Fiction super lead for 2022.
SUPER
LEAD
FICTION SUPER LEAD
‘A masterful example of the slow burn thriller,
highlighting the still all too true fact
that often the real terror for women is
simply existing in a man’s world.’
– Araminta Hall
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CRIME/THRILLERS
M.J. Arlidge
Truth or Dare
The gripping new book from the master of the
killer thriller MJ Arlidge.
A crimewave sweeps through society and no
one is safe. The rising tide of crime threatens
to drown the city and, along with it, D.I. Helen
Grace. Each crime – a vicious arson attack, a
violent carjacking,a fatal assault - is a piece of
a puzzle, with many more pieces still to come.
As they all fall into place, Helen Grace grapples
with the case that may be the end of her . . .
OVER 100,000 COPIES SOLD OF ALL FALL DOWN
TRUTH OR DARE SAW AN INCREASE OF 76%
INCREASE IN PRESALES
16% GROWTH IN NET SALES SO FAR
PAPERBACK COMING DECEMBER 2021
‘Chilling’ The Times
‘Gripping’ Sunday Express
‘Truly excellent’ The Sun
‘ Helen Grace is one of the best heroes to come
along in years’ Jeery Deaver
M. J. ARLIDGE is a million copy internationally
bestselling author whose books have been translated
into 31 languages.
ORION
EDITOR Emad Akhtar | June 2022 | 320pp
Manuscript due October
RIGHTS World
RIGHTS SOLD Dutch: Boekerij | Portuguese: 2020
Editora | Greek: Dioptra | French:
Les Escales | Danish: Jentas
INTERNATIONAL
BESTSELLER
2022 will see the launch of another
thrilling DI Grace instalment.
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Isabel Ashdown
The Starlings
A compulsive thriller exploring social advantage
and privilege, for readers who enjoyed Big Little
Lies and Little Fires Everywhere.
Security, a sparkling sea view and the best kind
of neighbours - The Starlings gated community
has it all. The residents are like family to each
other, in a place where doors are left open and
children run free. But that all changes when
an idyllic street party takes a dark turn, and
popular resident Bill Adams is found dead at
the foot of his neighbour’s stairs. Who knows
what really happened to him? And what
answers are harboured within the old building,
a former asylum?
With several critically acclaimed novels already to
her name, ISABEL ASHDOWN first burst onto the
thriller scene in 2017 with her bestseller Little
Sister. She has since seen two of her thrillers
shortlisted in the prestigious Dead Good Reader
Awards, and her dark family dramas continue to hook
readers across the globe.
TRAPEZE
EDITOR Sam Eades | July 2022 | 304pp
Manuscript due January 2022
RIGHTS World
Ben Aaronovitch
Rivers Of London
Series
Discover the million-copy bestselling series
everyone is talking about.
Ben Aaronovitch’s highly-acclaimed series
featuring PC Peter Grant has been translated
into fourteen languages and has sold over
2 million copies worldwide (in Germany it is
a major sensation and has sold over 1 million
copies). Every title has been a Sunday Times
bestseller (False Values was #1!) and is perfect
for both crime and genre fans alike. TV rights
are optioned by Simon Pegg and Nick Frost’s
production company Stolen Pictures.
Before becoming a bestselling author,
BEN AARONOVITCH was a screenwriter for
TV’s Doctor Who and a bookseller.
GOLLANCZ 2011 to present
EDITOR Emad Akhtar
RIGHTS World excluding US, French, German
(acquired from Zeno Agency)
SERIES PUBLISHERS Czech: Argo | Polish: MAG
| Russian: Eksmo |Spanish:
Atico de los Libros
CRIME/THRILLERS
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CRIME/THRILLERS
R.J. Ellory
Darkest Season
A sophisticated, bone-chilling thriller set in an
isolated mining community in Quebec.
Running from a troubled childhood, Jack left
home as soon as he could and never looked
back, until the day a stranger calls, begging
him to return to Jasperville, Quebec. Jack’s
brother, the little boy he left behind all those
years ago, has viciously attacked a man and
left him for dead. Nobody knows why he did it,
though Jack suspects it has something to do
with the Jasperville girls who were lost all those
years ago. As he begins the long journey home
through the frozen, unforgiving landscape, Jack
isn’t wondering why his little brother lost his
mind. He’s wondering why it took so long.
R.J. ELLORY is a bestselling thriller writer,
recipient of many awards, including the Nouvel
Observateur Crime Fiction Prize, the USA Excellence
Award for Best Mystery and the Theakston’s Old
Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. His works have
been translated into 26 languages.
ORION
EDITOR Celia Killen | February 2022
320pp | Manuscript available
RIGHTS Translation
US AM Heath
Sharon Bolton
The Dark
The fth instalment in the Lacey Flint series
from Richard and Judy bestseller Sharon Bolton.
When a baby is snatched from its pram, o-
duty police ocer Lacey Flint is there to prevent
disaster. But who would want to hurt a child?
Lacey’s colleague, DI Mark Joesbury, has been
expecting something like this. Joesbury and
his team have detected a new terrorist threat
from an extremist group, known online as
‘incels’. They soon come under pressure when
they discover that the snatched child was just
the rst in a series of violent attacks designed
to terrorise women. Even worse, the leaders of
the movement seem to have singled out Lacey
as the embodiment of everything they hate,
placing her in terrible danger.
SHARON BOLTON is the bestselling, award-winning
author of fifteen bestselling thrillers. She has
been awarded the CWA Dagger in the Library, for her
entire body of work. Sharon moved to Orion in 2018
and her sales have gone from strength to strength.
Her previous novel The Split has been one of Orion’s
bestselling fiction titles this year.
ORION
EDITOR Francesca Pathak | May 2022
304pp | Manuscript available
RIGHTS US
TRANSLATION The Ampersand Agency
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Mari Hannah
Her Last Request
The next novel in the brilliant Kate Daniels series.
A Hidden Clue
A victim reaches out from the grave to the SIO
who will investigate her death. This is not what
DCI Kate Daniels expects to nd concealed at a
crime scene.
A Desperate Plea
The note contains a last request: ‘Find Aaron’.
But is Kate searching for a potential second
victim, or a killer?
The Countdown is on...
Following the clues, Kate becomes the
obsession of her adversary who will stop at
nothing to get what he wants. Will she nd
Aaron before he does?
MARI HANNAH is a multi-award-winning crime writer
(Polari, CWA Dagger in the Library). Her Kate
Daniels series is in development with Stephen Fry’s
production company, Sprout Pictures.
ORION
EDITOR Francesca Pathak | September 2021
416pp
RIGHTS World
RIGHTS SOLD Dutch: Luitingh-Sijthoff
Paul Finch
Never Seen Again
The new nail-biting thriller from the Sunday
Times bestselling author of One Eye Open, perfect
for fans of Peter James and Mark Billingham.
Jodie Martindale and her boyfriend were
kidnapped a decade ago. Her boyfriend was
found dead the next week. Jodie was never seen
again. Journalist David Kelman, once a hotshot
but now washed up, illegally comes into
possession of Jodie’s brother’s old phone. And
on that phone is an unheard voicemail from
two years ago. The voice is unmistakeably that
of Jodie Martindale. The message begins an
obsession for Kelman, which takes him down a
rabbit hole of lies, to a dark and deadly truth...
PAUL FINCH is a former policeman turned Sunday
Times bestselling crime and thriller writer.
ORION
EDITOR Emad Akhtar | March 2022 | 432pp
Manuscript available
RIGHTS US
TRANSLATION Blake Friedmann Agency
CRIME/THRILLERS
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CRIME/THRILLERS
Kate Johnson
The Molly Higgins
Mystery series
Charming, sassy, contemporary cosy crime
mysteries set in a gorgeous Cornish village -
Shortlisted for the RNA Jackie Collins Romantic
Thriller Award 2021.
Molly Higgins never expected to be caught up
in murder investigations, but life in beautiful
Port Trevan is not always plain sailing. Molly
worked hard to open her very own place on the
Cornish coast. Her café is the hub of the village
and people often turn to her for more than a
cream tea. With a gutsy loveable heroine and
a delightful cast of characters Kate Johnosn’s
delightful and funny romantic mysteries are
perfect for fans of M.C Beaton.
KATE JOHNSON has written several paranormal and
contemporary romances, including the popular Sophie
Green series.
ORION
EDITOR Rhea Kurien | 2020-21 | 288pp
RIGHTS World
Laura Jarratt
Disappeared
An emotional, complex thriller that explores
motherhood, love and the desperate need to
protect it... at any cost.
One day Cerys walks out of her comfortable
life, never to return. Standing on a hillside at
night with no phone, no possessions, watching
her car set alight, she believes this is the
end - that’s when Lily walks into her life. The
two women strike a erce bond, and are both
running from things that soon threaten to
catch up with them. Can these two women
keep each other safe... Or are the pasts they’ve
escaped too much for either of them to bear?
LAURA JARRATT is a Carnegie Medal and Waterstone’s
Children’s Book Prize nominated author. Her previous
book Mother was her debut adult novel.
TRAPEZE
EDITOR Zoe Yang | February 2022 | 288pp
Manuscript available
RIGHTS World
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Chris Lloyd
Paris Requiem
A gripping murder mystery and a beautifully
drawn portrait of Paris under Nazi Occupation.
When conicted hero Detective Eddie Giral is
called to a rundown Paris jazz club to investigate a
murder, it’s not the state of the victim that shocks
him, it’s the fact that he recognises the body. And
he was supposed to be in prison. Eddie put him
there himself.
Eddie soon discovers that across Paris, dangerous
prisoners are being released without a trace.
As he follows a trail of whispers from the seedy
underbelly of Paris to the bleak countryside,
he’ll realise he’s not only hunting dangerous
enemies… he’s also being hunted.
Which will lead him to a nal, terrible discovery:
Eddie’s enemies don’t want him dead. They want
him on their side.
CHRIS LLOYD is a crime writer and Spanish
and Catalan translator. His previous novel
The Unwanted Dead was shortlisted for the
CWA Historical Dagger Award.
ORION
EDITOR Emad Akhtar | April 2022 | 368pp
Manuscript due October 2021
RIGHTS World
Alex Knight
Darkness Falls
A rip-roaring thriller that taps into the ‘what
would you do?’ market.
Thessaly is driving through the night when she
pulls into a 24-hour roadside diner to take a
break. She’s exhausted, but when she hears a
chillingly familiar voice from the next booth,
she wonders if she’ll ever sleep again.
The voice is unmistakable. It belongs to
Casper Sturgis, the man who murdered
Thessaly’s brother twenty years ago, and then
disappeared without a trace.
Thessaly makes the decision to follow the killer.
As Thessaly begins to unravel the second life of
Casper Sturgis, she nds that digging into the
past can have deadly consequences...
ALEX KNIGHT is a British novelist who lives
near Glasgow.
ORION
EDITOR Francesca Pathak | September 2021
368pp | Manuscript available
RIGHTS Translation
US Luigi Bonomi Associates
CRIME/THRILLERS
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CRIME/THRILLERS
A.J. Park
Don’t Speak
What do you do when the one person you
thought you could trust might just be the killer
you’ve been hunting...?
DS Amelie Davis is utterly devoted to her
husband. After years of abuse at the hands of
her father, she thought she would never trust
another man. Then Edward came along and
proved her wrong.
But one night Amelie receives a phone call from
an unknown number. The voice on the other
end asks: Do you really think you know your
husband? Struggling with a dicult murder
case at work, and watching her husband’s every
move with increasing paranoia, Amelie grapples
with the fear that her husband is not the man
she thought she knew at all. In fact, he might
just be the man she’s been hunting . . .
A.J. PARK is the pseudonym of e-book bestseller
Karl Vadaszffy who regularly tops the digital
charts. His 2020 print debut for Orion, The First
Lie, was a resounding success: ‘A.J. Park is a
master of suspense’ Sophie Hannah; ‘A real page
turner. I finished it in one go!’ Martina Cole
ORION
EDITOR Celia Killen | November 2021
384pp | Manuscript available
RIGHTS World
Chris McGeorge
Kingmaker
A royal locked room mystery by the author of
Guess Who?
Balmoral. Christmas 2022. During a violent
snowstorm, the royal family gathers to
celebrate Christmas, an event that promises
to dene the status of the monarchy going
forward. King Eric, 89, has decided to step
down as ruler and promises to share his nal
intentions with his family. He knows that his
speech will not please everyone, or even maybe
anyone, but he knows it is the right thing to do,
and they will all see that in time. It is to be the
end of an era.
And it will be. Although not necessarily in the
way Eric intends.
A lover of Golden Age crime, CHRIS MCGEORGE is the
author of four successful thrillers.
ORION
EDITOR Francesca Pathak | November 2022
320pp | Manuscript due May 2022
RIGHTS World
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ALSO AVAILABLE:
Lionheart (2020)
Crusader (2021)
Ben Kane
King
The thrilling third instalment in the epic
LIONHEART series from Sunday Times
bestselling author, Ben Kane.
With Jerusalem in Saracen hands, and a
peace treaty agreed with Saladin, Richard
the Lionheart is free at last to travel back
to his strife-ridden kingdom. After suering
shipwreck, captivity, and treachery at the
hands of his brother, John, Richard eventually
restores order in England, before undertaking
the quest to recover territories lost to Philippe
Capet, and to re-establish his dominance over
the French king.
BEN KANE is one of the most successful historical
writers in the industry. Ten of his thirteen novels
have been Sunday Times Top 10 bestsellers and every
title garners much critical acclaim.
ORION
EDITOR Francesca Pathak | April 2022
432pp | Manuscript available
RIGHTS World
RIGHTS SOLD Russian: Azbooka-Atticus
HISTORICAL FICTION
Kayte Nunn
The Last Reunion
A page-turning and heartbreaking WWII love
story from international bestselling author
Kayte Nunn.
Burma, 1945. Five young women are looking
for adventure, ghting a forgotten war
in the jungle attached to the Fourteenth
Army. Running a mobile canteen, navigating
treacherous roads and dodging hostile gunre,
they soon become embroiled in life-threatening
battles of their own – battles that will haunt the
women for the rest of their lives.
KAYTE NUNN is a former book and magazine editor,
and the author of five previous novels, including
the international bestselling The Botanist’s
Daughter, The Forgotten Letters of Esther Durrant
and The Silk House.
ORION
EDITOR Charlotte Mursell | October 2021
384pp
RIGHTS Translation
RIGHTS SOLD Italian: Newton Compton | Romanian:
Litera
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WOMEN’S FICTION
Kirsty Capes
Love Me, Love Me Not
A new novel by a ‘rare new talent’ (Guardian)
Lucy Banbury isn’t the sort of person that
everyone gets along with – she’s prickly and
secretive, and she likes things ordered ‘just
so’. But things couldn’t be going better for
her – she swims three times a week, she’s on
the cusp of a huge promotion at work and
she’s dating someone perfect on paper. But
when she discovers, at a family wedding, that
she’s adopted, her whole world is shattered.
Those cracks she’s taken years to plaster over
are beginning to surface and she’s not sure
how much longer she can keep all her secrets
hidden, all whilst pretending to be someone
she’s not… Because how can you pretend to
love your life, when nobody loves you?
‘An incredible debut novel. Kirsty Capes is one
to watch’ RED
‘The literary equivalent of gold dust’
Benjamin Zephaniah
KIRSTY CAPES’ debut Careless was published this
year and quickly hailed as the must-read debut of
the year. Praise poured in from the press and the
writing community alike.
ORION
EDITOR Charlotte Mursell | July 2022
320pp | Manuscript due November 2021
RIGHTS World
Poppy Alexander
12 Days Of Christmas
An escapist festive romance set in Cornwall.
Freya is back in Cornwall for the rst time in
a long time. But even though Christmas is
looming, after the recent loss of her mother,
she’s never felt less festive. So, she sets herself
a challenge: to cook her way through the 12
days of Christmas! And it gives her an idea:
she’s always dreamed of opening a restaurant;
maybe it’s nally time to follow her heart? But
she never thought that following her heart
might mean falling for the man next door:
handsome Finn Harrison...
POPPY ALEXANDER is the author of a number of
romantic and heart-warming novels. She also writes
under the pen name of Rosie Howard.
ORION
EDITOR Charlotte Mursell | November 2021
368pp | Manuscript available
RIGHTS World
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Kate G. Smith
You’ve Got Mail
A witty, charming and all too relatable debut
romcom, perfect for fans of Sophie Ranald,
Mhairi McFarlane and Joanna Bolouri.
When Grace is dumped by email from a
relationship she isn’t even in, she adds it to the
list of ways her life hasn’t quite panned out:
twenty-ve, single, and working a dead-end
job she doesn’t enjoy. She res o an angry
response to Mr Obnoxious - how dare he try
to dump someone over email?! Everything
changes when her boss asks her to go to a
conference and her partner is Jack, Grace’s
long-time crush. But Mr Obnoxious keeps
sending her emails and Grace keeps replying.
Only to make sure he doesn’t send any more
heart-breaking emails, obviously. Grace’s life is
suddenly brimming with possibilities. But is it
all too good to be true?
KATE SMITH is a writer, editor and member of the
Romantic Novelists’ Association.
ORION
EDITOR Rhea Kurien | November 2021
368pp | Manuscript available
RIGHTS World
Julie Cohen
Unity
An extraordinary story about the power of
human connection, and the mysteries of love,
from the bestselling author of Together.
A married woman spends the summer in her
native Maine hometown with her husband - a
couple teetering on the sharp edge of divorce,
hoping this holiday will help them close the
distance between them. But the reason that
she left all those years ago still echoes when
she arrives - and the angry silence she faces
from her childhood best friend is impossible to
escape on the small island. As the past rises up
in the present, the secrets between them all
threaten to surface too.
JULIE COHEN is the bestselling award-winning author
of Together and Dear Thing, both Richard and Judy
Book Club picks. She is Vice President of the RNA
and regularly teaches creative writing workshops.
Her works have been translated in 17 languages.
ORION
EDITOR Charlotte Mursell | July 2022
304pp | Manuscript due November 2021
RIGHTS US
TRANSLATION Teresa Chris Literary Agency
WOMEN’S FICTION
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WOMEN’S FICTION
Elle Spellmann
Two Doors Down
A charming and uplifting story of friendship
and love, perfect for fans of Beth O’Leary and
Clare Pooley.
Eric and Steph are lonely. They’re strangers;
they live on the same street, on either side of
number 26. Neither Eric nor Steph have met
their neighbour at number 26, but both used
to take comfort in hearing their neighbour
playing piano at the same time every night - it
made them feel less alone. Now the music has
stopped and number 26 lies silent. Brought
together by their mutual concern, Eric and
Steph begin to grow closer and it looks like
they might discover that the solution to their
problems has been just two doors down the
whole time.
ELLE SPELLMAN writes warm women’s fiction about
friendship. Trapeze launched her debut Running into
Trouble in 2020.
TRAPEZE
EDITOR Zoe Yang | January 2021
288pp | Manuscript available
RIGHTS World
RIGHTS SOLD Italian: Garzanti
Helen Rolfe
The Farmhouse of
Second Chances
An uplifting new novel about second chances,
making a community and nding where
you belong.
Joy Weatherford has turned her beautiful
old farmhouse into a safe haven for anyone
who needs a helping hand, a place to stay,
and a new beginning. Libby has exchanged
her high-ying job in New York for a break in
the Somerset countryside. She’s soon drawn
into Joy’s world, and into her family of waifs
and strays - including Drew, whom Joy once
helped get back on his feet. This could be a
new beginning for them both, but Drew is still
struggling to forget his past . . .
HELEN ROLFE writes glowing contemporary women’s
fiction about family, friendship, secrets, and
community. There’s always a happy ending!
ORION
EDITOR Charlotte Mursell | February 2022
368pp | Manuscript available
RIGHTS World
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Rachel Winters
New York, I Love You
A big-hearted love story set in the Big Apple.
Penelope Meadows is about to get engaged
to the perfect man, until she discovers mid-
proposal that her boyfriend has been sleeping
with someone else. Heartbroken, she throws
herself into work. But when Penelope nds a
letter addressed to Dear My Future Wife, she
sets o on a journey around old New York to
discover the mysterious man behind the letter
and the woman he loved. Following the trail
of the past, might it turn out to be a map to
her future?
RACHEL WINTERS is the author the international
bestseller Would Like to Meet.
TRAPEZE
EDITOR Sam Eades | July 2022 | 304pp
Manuscript due November 2021
RIGHTS World
Jane Turner
The Way From Here
A life-arming story about eight 50-something
women who are all asking the same question
about what is next in life for them.
When Kate’s younger daughter Ella goes o
to university, she realises her life has become
consumed by the minutiae of family life, and
the life she’s ended up with is not the life
she’d planned.
In her ‘empty nest’, Kate starts to wonder: what
now? Decades after abandoning her university
pastime of rowing, Kate gingerly joins a local
ladies rowing team and rediscovers her passion
for the pleasing rhythmic sensation of paddle
slicing through water.
More than anything, though, Kate nds that the
team of strong women bring new adventures
and unlikely friendships she hadn’t even realised
she missed having...
JANE TURNER was once an international businesswoman.
The Way From Here is her debut novel.
ORION
EDITOR Charlotte Mursell | May 2022 | 320pp
Manuscript due October 2021
RIGHTS World
WOMEN’S FICTION
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LITERARY FICTION
Niamh Campell
We Were Young
A startling new Irish talent, perfect for fans of
Sally Rooney and Jonathan Franzen.
We Were Young is the story of Cormac, a
photographer who escaped a small town and
dysfunctional family through talent and charm.
Approaching forty, however, he nds himself
‘the leftover man’: dating former students,
staying out all night and past his prime
professionally. Set in Dublin, We Were Young is
a dazzlingly clever, deeply enjoyable novel from
an award-winning new literary voice.
• Niamh won the 2020 Sunday Times Short Story
Audible Award – beating Roddy Doyle, Joseph
O’Neill and Catherine Lacey
• This Happy was adored by authors including
David Nicholls, Sebastian Barry, Sophie
Mackintosh and Diana Evans
Prize nominations for This Happy:
• Shortlisted for Kerry Group Irish Novel of the
Year Award 2021
• Shortlisted for AN Post Irish Book Award
for Sunday Independent Newcomer of the
Year 2020
• Shortlisted for the John McGahern Book Prize
• Shortlisted for the Kate O’Brien Award
Irish newcomer NIAMH CAMPBELL received rapturous
applause and accolades for her debut novel This
Happy and is already one of the most garlanded
authors on the W&N list. She was the winner of the
2020 Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award.
W&N
EDITOR Lettice Franklin | February 2022
288pp | Manuscript available
RIGHTS World
‘In 30 years from now will some literary critic
be asking what is meant by “Campbellesque”?
That would not surprise me in the slightest.’
– Irish Times
PRIZE
WINNER
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Olivia Manning
The Levant Trilogy
A reissue of Olivia Manning’s classic
World War II trilogy.
As Rommel advances in war-torn Egypt, the
lives of the civilian population come under
threat. One such couple are Guy and Harriet
Pringle, who have escaped the war in Europe
only to nd the conict once more on their
doorstep, providing a volatile backdrop to their
own personal battles. Olivia Manning brilliantly
evokes here the world of the Levant - Egypt,
Jerusalem and Syria - with perception and
subtlety, humour and humanity.
‘Among the very best ction about the
Second World War.’ The Sunday Times
OLIVIA MANNING was the author of more than twelve
novels including The Balkan Trilogy, The Doves of
Venus, The Playroom and The Remarkable Expedition.
She was awarded the CBE in 1976 and died in 1980.
W&N
EDITOR Lettice Franklin | August 2022
576pp | Manuscript available
RIGHTS World
RIGHTS SOLD US: New York Review of Books|Greek:
Ekdoseis Metaixmio
David Keenan
Monument Maker
The new novel by one of the most exciting and
entertaining writers to have emerged from
Scotland in the past decade.
Monument Maker is a monumental modernist
novel in the tradition of Roberto Bolaño’s 2666,
David Foster Wallace’s Innite Jest and Thomas
Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow. Detailing a lost
summer’s romance, the book expands into a
meditation on the history of religious art, and
the power of love to redeem suering. Set in
the region of the great cathedrals of France,
the book its between voices and genres, now
contemporary romance, now art history, now
historical rendering, now science ction epic.
‘I sometimes think David Keenan dreams
aloud. His prose has the eortless enigmatic,
unsettling quality of dream.’ Edna O’Brien
DAVID KEENAN is the author of four critically-
acclaimed novels; the cult classic This is Memorial
Device; For the Good Times, which won the Gordon
Burn Prize; The Towers The Fields The Transmitters;
and Xstabeth, which was selected by the Guardian as
one of the Literary Highlights of 2020.
WHITE RABBIT
EDITOR Lee Brackstone | August 2021
912pp | Manuscript available
RIGHTS World
RIGHTS SOLD US: Europa Editions
LITERARY FICTION
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LITERARY FICTION
Susannah Wise
Okthenthat’sgreat
The entertaining new novel about mortality and
the point of life, from an exciting new talent.
For several months middle-aged poet Marnie
has experienced sightings of her long-dead
twin sister, Perdita, and developed writer’s
block. As a consequence, she has sought the
help of octogenarian Harley Street shrink,
Schlap. An experienced psychoanalyst, Schlap
has problems of his own which have aected
his memory. Marnie’s long-suering partner
and their three teenage kids are not helping
matters, either. Marnie is forced down a rabbit
hole of increasingly bizarre events, disorienting
her and unravelling her sense of what is real.
Is she entangled in overlapping quantum
universes, or is she losing her mind?
SUSANNAH WISE is an actor and writer living
in London, who studied at the Faber Academy.
Her novel This Fragile Earth was longlisted for
the Mslexia prize.
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400pp|Manuscript available
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Justin Robertson
The Tangle
Ballard meets Hammer horror in this
spectacularly grotesque literary debut
from renowned DJ Justin Robertson.
Justin Robertson’s debut novel is a trans-
dimensional trip into the mysterious knot
of nature where salvation, revelation and a
terrible reckoning dwell in the ancient roots ...
A time travelling account of what occurs
when unknowable frontiers are breached and
humanity nds itself, once again, lost in the
woods. The Tangle invites us into a grotesque
world of eco-horror, echoing with the spirit of
writers such as Saki, Ballard, M R James, Ursula
Le Guin, Brian Catling and Thomas Ligotti.
The novel will be illustrated with Justin’s
haunting artwork.
JUSTIN ROBERTSON is a renowned DJ, music
producer, painter and broadcaster, with a degree
in philosophy. A leading figure in the dance music
world, he has worked with the likes of Bjork, New
Order, Noel Gallagher & Erasure.
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Emily Itami
Fault Lines
A funny, sharp and moving story of modern love
in Japan from a dazzling new writer.
Mizuki has a hard-working husband, a beautiful
apartment, two adorable children and a
crushing sense of loneliness. One rainy night,
she meets Kiyoshi. In their aair she nds
passion, excitement and freedom – but how
long can it last, and at what cost?
‘Itami captures the magic of Tokyo and makes
it part of the couple’s relationship, complete
with cherry blossoms, tiny bars and excellent
food.’ i newspaper
EMILY ITAMI grew up in Tokyo before moving to
London. This is her first novel.
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Czech: Horst | Italian: Mondadori
Will Burns
The Paper Lantern
Selected by the Guardian as one of ten best
debut novels of 2021.
Set during the lockdown of 2020, The Paper
Lantern is a novel about class, Empire, and an
existential crisis threatening to unravel the
fabric of the British nation. Balancing memoir
and ction, it speaks powerfully about the
impact of coronavirus on the national psyche.
‘Full of acute social observations, it’s a time
capsule in the making.’ – Mail on Sunday
WILL BURNS is a poet and writer. He won the Faber
New Poets prize in 2013.
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Spanish: Ediciones B
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Giles Foden
Freight Dogs
An unforgettable story of survival from one of
the greatest chroniclers of Africa.
1996, Uganda. 19 year old Manu is the latest
recruit of the ‘freight dogs’, a group of mercenary
pilots tasked with transporting weapons. Fleeing
Congo’s bloody war, Manu falls in love with ying
– but trouble follows closely behind, no matter
how fast he ies. Just at the point he seems
about to nd peace, the past erupts back into
his life.
‘Every new novel by Giles Foden is something
to celebrate - my hand leaps to the shelf.’
Paul Theroux
‘Freight Dogs is an ambitious and intricate
novel... Foden has cleverly reworked the
grand African adventure novel epitomised
by Rider Haggard and Wilbur Smith, or later,
John le Carré’s The Constant Gardener or
Michael Crichton’s Congo...’
Aminatta Forna, Guardian
‘Sharp and fast-paced… Foden takes us
deep into the heart of a complex conict,
showing how even the innocent can get
caught up in acts of horrifying violence.’
Alex Preston, Observer
‘Full-throttle adventure’
Anthony Cummins, The Mail on Sunday
GILES FODEN is the critically acclaimed author
of The Last King of Scotland. He was born in 1967
to English and Irish parents and spent most of his
early life in Africa. He is Professor of Creative
Writing at UEA.
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Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson
The Principle of
Moments
A stunning science ction debut exploring
racial injustice in our past, present and future
across time and space.
Asha Akindele lives in a future gripped by
oppression, just one more human forced to
assemble weapons for a war they’ll never win.
Then she discovers she has a sister imprisoned
by Emperor Thracin and is forced to make
a choice: remain a slave, or escape and
risk everything.
With the help of time-traveller Obi, who just
wants to return to London, 1811, and his almost-
boyfriend, Prince George, Asha must travel
through the stars to save a sister she’s never
met - and in doing so save worlds. ESMIE JIKIEMI is the winner of the Gollancz BAME
Award 2020 and is a hugely exciting new voice, with
incredible talent and imagination, at the beginning
of her career
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432pp | Manuscript due October 2021
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Joe Abercrombie
The Age of Madness
Trilogy
A gripping new epic fantasy trilogy set in
the world of the First Law, from bestseller
Joe Abercrombie
A LITTLE HATRED (Book I)
War. Politics. Revolution. The chimneys of
industry rise over Adua and the world seethes
with new opportunities. But old scores run deep
as ever. As the age of the machine dawns, the
age of magic refuses to die. The Age of Madness
has arrived.
THE TROUBLE WITH PEACE (Book II)
Unrest worms into every layer of society. The old
ways are swept aside, and the old leaders with
them, but those who would seize the reins of
power will nd no alliance, no friendship and no
peace, lasts forever.
THE WISDOM OF CROWDS (Book III)
Chaos. Fury. Destruction. Some say that to
change the world you must rst burn it down.
Now that belief will be tested in the crucible
of revolution: the Breakers and Burners have
seized the levers of power, the smoke of riots
has replaced the smog of industry, and all must
submit to the wisdom of crowds.
JOE ABERCROMBIE is the author of the First Law
Trilogy and three standalone novels set in the First
Law world. Joe’s novels have been shortlisted for
the World Fantasy Awards, British Fantasy Awards,
John W. Cambell Award and the David Gemmell Legend
Awards. The Sunday Times bestselling first law books
have been sold across 27 languages and have sold
more than 2 million copies worldwide and over 380k
copies in audiobook format.
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Hungarian: Konyvmolykepzo | German:
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‘Delightfully twisted and evil’ – The Guardian
‘Joe Abercrombie is doing some terric work’
– George R. R. Martin
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James Barclay
The Queen’s Assassin
A compelling standalone fantasy adventure
with a striking new hero and a political
landscape more dangerous than the battleeld.
As a healer, she had sworn to do no harm. If she
wishes to survive, she may have to . . .
When Naida, a revered military surgeon, is
taken from the battleeld where she thrives to
a political court where her life hangs ever more
precariously in the balance, she learns that
there are great secrets and conspiracies afoot
. . . and that her dangerous truth could change
the course of a nation.
JAMES BARCLAY is the author of Gollancz’s best-
selling trilogies The Chronicles of the Raven and
The Legends of the Raven, which have sold hundreds
of thousands of copies and been published in nine
languages.
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EDITOR Gillian Redfearn | April 2022
320pp | Manuscript available
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Ben Aaronovitch
Rivers of London
Series
Discover the million-copy bestselling series
everyone is talking about.
Ben Aaronovitch’s highly-acclaimed series
featuring PC Peter Grant has been translated
into fourteen languages and has sold over
2 million copies worldwide (in Germany it is
a major sensation and has sold over 1 million
copies). Every title has been a Sunday Times
bestseller (False Values was #1!) and is perfect
for both crime and genre fans alike. TV rights
are optioned by Simon Pegg and Nick Frost’s
production company Stolen Pictures.
Before becoming a bestselling author,
BEN AARONOVITCH was a screenwriter for
TV’s Doctor Who and a bookseller.
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Miles Cameron
Against All Gods
An epic new trilogy based on the Greek
mythology of gods and heroes, for fans of
Dan Simmons and Madeline Miller alike.
The gods play their games, looking down on
the mortal realm and moving men as pawns.
Sacricing lives, towns, even civilisations as
they make moves against each other, oblivious
to and uncaring of the suering it causes.
Yet there is one among them who exists to sow
chaos, to challenge the way of things, and to
stir up trouble. One who is ready to meddle in
the world of men. Not as part of the immortal
game, but because they believe it’s possible
for men to challenge… and even topple … the
gods themselves.
Toronto based MILES CAMERON is a hugely successful
full-time writer, and also writes historical fiction
under the name Christian Cameron.
GOLLANCZ
EDITOR Gillian Redfearn | June 2022
400pp | Manuscript due November 2021
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Stephen Baxter
Galaxias
A new standalone SF epic from the master
of the genre.
By the middle of the 21st century, humanity has
managed to overcome a series of catastrophic
events and maintain some sense of stability.
Space exploration has begun again. Science has
led the way. But what would happen to the world
if the sun went out? Solar panels are useless, and
the world begins to breeze. Earth begins to fall
out of its orbit, and the end is nigh.
Dealing with pressing climate change issues,
space exploration and the future of our planet,
Galaxias is the ercely intelligent new epic from
an award-winning author.
STEPHEN BAXTER is the pre-eminent SF writer of his
generation. With Terry Pratchett he has co-authored
the Long Earth novels. Published around the world
he has also won major awards in the UK, US, Germany,
and Japan.
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Mary Gentle
The Landing
A smart, funny, epic science ction novel about
rst contact asking what humanity might do
when faced with the unknowable.
Aeris Warren-Finch is NASA’s Acting Director of
the New Earth Object Lab, overseeing the transit
of a large unidentied object past Earth’s orbit.
But when the object multiplies and dierent
modules land across the planet, Aeris is
stranded within its connes and left to wander
in search of safety. With a ragtag team of
survivors, Aeris must nd a way home before
they run out of water, food and ideas.
The question is: when every direction reveals
new and strange geographies, which way is the
right way to go?
MARY GENTLE is a highly acclaimed writer of
science fiction and fantasy. She’s completed two
Master’s degrees and is an expert sword-fighter.
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EDITOR Brendan Durkin | April 2022
432pp | Manuscript due September
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Louise Carey
Outcast
The breakneck sequel in a hi-tech dystopian
SF thriller series.
When a bomb goes o at InTech HQ, everything
changes for Tanta’s corporation. Order
becomes disorder. Safety becomes danger.
Calm becomes chaos. Tasked with getting
to the bottom of the attack, Tanta discovers
that there’s a dark secret at the heart of the
case, one that will reveal more about her own
corporation than Tanta would like. And the
closer Tanta gets to the mystery, the more she
comes to realise something terrible: Sometimes
facing the truth can be the hardest thing of all.
LOUISE CAREY is the co-author of the graphic novel
Confessions of a Blabbermouth and of fantasy novels
The City of Silk and Steel and The House of War and
Witness. Inscape is her first solo series.
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EDITOR Brendan Durkin | January 2022
416pp | Manuscript available
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S.J. Morden
The Flight of the
Aphrodite
A thrilling standalone science ction space
adventure from award-winning author
S.J. Morden
Commander Mariucci and his hand-picked
research team know they will have to muster
all of their expertise, creativity and teamwork
to survive the very harshest of conditions in
orbit around the king of planets. But when they
intercept a peculiar radio transmission, they
have to investigate.
With a degrading ship and crew at breaking
point, there’s every chance they will tear
themselves apart before they ever nd the
answer to the ultimate question - are we alone
in the universe? And more importantly - what
do we do if we aren’t?
DR S. J. MORDEN has won the Philip K. Dick Award
and been a judge on the Arthur C. Clarke Award. He
is a bona fide rocket scientist with degrees in
Geology and Planetary Geophysics. He is the author
of One Way and No Way.
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EDITOR Rachel Winterbottom | March 2022
400pp | Manuscript available
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Lucy Kissick
Plutoshine
A stunning hard SF debut from an actual
planetary scientist, with heart and warmth
in the coldest part of the solar system.
A mysterious accident on Pluto has left one girl
mute, her father comatose, and her brother
changed beyond all recognition... but until the
accident is understood, all of humanity’s plans
must wait. Plutoshine does for Pluto what The
Martian did for Mars. This wonderfully heart-
warming and emotive novel is as much about
friendship, and the ties that cross divides of
space and species, as it is about the science
behind terraforming and the next logical step
for humankind.
LUCY KISSICK is a planetary scientist studying
ancient Martian lakes. She also works with the
European Space Agency and won the inaugural
Writers & Artists Working Class Writer prize with
Plutoshine, her debut novel.
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EDITOR Marcus Gipps | February 2022
400pp | Manuscript available
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Richard Morgan
Gone Machine
An atmospheric standalone follow-up to the
sensational Thin Air.
The son of a Martian corporate aristo has gone
missing under mysterious circumstances; a
charismatic tech-messiah believed long dead
appears to be back in business at the head of
his cult; and high above the Martian surface,
military grade orbital platforms are falling out
of the sky like storm-struck birds. Once again,
Hakan Veil nds himself in the midst of rising
chaos, and once again it looks like he’s the only
one equipped to deal with the crisis. Full of
corruption, abduction and a mysterious return
from the dead in the Red Martian dustbowls.
• Altered Carbon is now a major Netix series
• Rights have been sold in 28 territories
RICHARD MORGAN is the winner of the Arthur C.
Clarke, John W. Campbell and Philip K. Dick Awards.
His books are published around the world, with
rights sold in 28 territories, and his stunning
debut novel Altered Carbon has been adapted into
a major Netflix series starring Joel Kinnaman and
Anthony Mackie.
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EDITOR Gillian Redfearn | July 2023
448pp | Manuscript due January 2022
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Adam Roberts
The This
A thought-provoking and thrilling SF novel
about a brand-new social media phenomenon
hiding a terrible secret, and a far future war
between hive AIs and humanity.
The This is the new social media platform
everyone is talking about. Allow it to be injected
into the roof of your mouth and it will grow into
your brain, allowing you to connect with others
without even picking up your phone. For one
journalist, it will change the world forever.
In the far future, war between a hivemind of AIs
and the remnants of humanity is coming to its
inevitable end. But one woman has developed
a weapon which might change the course
of the war. It’s just a pity she’s trapped in an
inescapable prison on a hivemind ship.
ADAM ROBERTS is the author of numerous novels.
He is Professor of 19th Century Literature at Royal
Holloway, London and has also written a number of
critical works on both SF and 19th Century poetry.
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EDITOR Marcus Gipps | February 2022
320pp | Manuscript available
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Christopher Priest
Expect Me Tomorrow
The new novel from a genre-leading author of
SFF ction.
Expect Me Tomorrow will explore Victoriana,
identity, the special relationship between twins,
time slips, Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality,
all coming together in a near future depiction of
political and environmental fracturing.
‘Priest writes with charm, grace, and
a wistful individuality’
- Guardian
‘Priest’s mesmeric power is formidable’
– Independent
‘A novelist of distinction’
– Sunday Times
CHRISTOPHER PRIEST is a contemporary literary novelist
and a leading figure in modern SF and fantasy. His
novel The Prestige is unique in winning both a major
literary prize (The James Tait Black Award and a
major genre prize The World Fantasy Award).
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EDITOR Marcus Gipps | September 2022|
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Alastair Reynolds
Eversion
The thrilling and spectacular new standalone
from a masterful SF storyteller, for fans of
Dan Simmons’ The Terror and David Mitchell’s
Cloud Atlas.
Hunting for a mysterious lost object in the
depths of eastern Europe, a small group of
explorers encounter a set of challenges along
their way. As they are about to lay their hands
on the enigmatic object, the story resets. The
same group of explorers are trying to locate a
mythical artefact, using a zeppelin to explore
a set of icy fjords, and encountering a set of
challenges along their way. Only the doctor
in their group has an unsettling feeling of
deja vu – and just as he’s about to raise the
alarm, the story resets. Now our group of
explorers are on a vast ship hunting for a lost
civilisation . . . only this time their surgeon is
sure something is wrong – and has to convince
his fellow explorers that they are caught in a
trap, before it’s too late…
INTERNATIONAL COVERS:
ALASTAIR REYNOLDS is one of the world’s finest
writers of far future space opera. His first novel
Revelation Space has now sold over 100,000 copies
in the UK and has been translated into eighteen
languages. He has won the British Science Fiction
Award and been shortlisted three times for the
Arthur C. Clarke Award.
www.alastairreynolds.com | @AquilaRift
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488pp | Manuscript available
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‘Reynolds is easily one of the modern masters
of science ction... addictive, page-turning stu.’
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Jeremy Szal
Blindspace
The nal chapter in an explosive, adrenaline
lled military sci- adventure.
Vakov Fukasawa is a Reaper. An elite ex-
soldier injected with a dangerous drug called
stormtech: the DNA of a genocidal alien race,
the Shenoi. It makes him stronger, faster, more
aggressive. At a price. A price that, if the House
of Suns cult and their mission to awaken the
Shenoi isn’t stopped, all of humanity will have
to pay. Vakov and his mist crew of eccentric
aliens, troubled bounty hunters and rogue
hackers will take any risk to stop the alien
awakening. Only there’s one risk Vakov hasn’t
shared: the one he himself poses…
JEREMY SZAL was the fiction editor for the Hugo-
winning StarShipSofa until 2020 and has a BA in Film
Studies and Creative Writing. Stormblood was his
first novel.
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EDITOR Gillian Redfearn | November 2021
672pp | Manuscript available
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Mike Shackle
The Last War Trilogy
WE ARE THE DEAD (Book 1)
A debut epic fantasy full of crunching
revolutionary action, twisted magic, and hard
choices in dark times.
A FOOL’S HOPE (Book 2)
With more uninching action, A Fool’s Hope
sees Jia’s revolutionaries dig in their heels as
they learn that wars aren’t won in a day.
UNTIL THE LAST (Book 3)
In the breakneck conclusion to The Last War
series, Jia’s heroes nd out that to beat the
ultimate evil, sometimes the price is more than
you can pay…
MIKE SHACKLE is an advertising director who lives
in Dubai with his family. We are the Dead was his
debut novel.
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Rebecca Zahabi
The Collarbound
A ground-breaking fantasy novel from a
revolutionary new voice.
On the other side of the Shadowpass, rebellion
is brewing and refugees have begun to trickle
into the city at the edge of the world. Looming
high on the cli is The Nest, a fortress full of
mages who oer protection, but also embody
everything the rebellion is ghting against.
As the rebellion carves a path of destruction
towards the city, The Collarbound follows an
unlikely friendship between a man trying
to escape his past and a woman trying to
uncover hers, until their secrets threaten to
tear them apart.
REBECCA ZAHABI writes science fiction and fantasy.
Two of her short stories have been published in The
Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction and her first
novella was longlisted for the Penguin WriteNow
competition 2016-17. Her first interactive novel
came out with Choice of Games LLC in April 2020.
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EDITOR Rachel Winterbottom | May 2022
432pp | Manuscript available
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Alexander Dan Vilhjalmsson
Shadows Of The
Short Days
A striking Icelandic debut, set in a world where
wild and industrialised magic meet.
On frost-covered streets beneath the northern
lights, an outcast guerrilla artist and a rebellious,
drug-addicted sorcerer will start a revolution.
The Storm Beneath
A Midnight Sun
A Nordic noir urban fantasy standalone, returning
to the world of Shadows of the Short Days
Kari, a professor of sorcery, is recruited for
a career-making venture - an excavation of
an ancient power. He must go deep into the
magical wasteland, nd what is buried there,
and turn the tide of the war forever. But will
the world be ready for the storm he unearths?
ALEXANDER DAN VILHJÁLMSSON is an Icelandic
author who lives in Reykjavík. He writes in both
Icelandic and English and is the founder and editor
of Iceland’s first SFF magazine, Furðusögur (Weird
Stories). Alexander is also the vocalist and lyricist
for Icelandic black metal band Carpe Noctem.
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528pp/320pp|Manuscript available
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Jonathan Sims
Thirteen Stories
One apartment building, many stories. A chilling thriller that’s
perfect for fans of grounded horror like Get Out, Us and It Follows.
JONATHAN SIMS is a writer, performer and games designer. TV rights have been
optioned in Thirteen Storeys following a major 10-way auction to an award-
winning production company.
EDITOR Rachel Winterbottom | October 2020 | 400pp
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Chris Humphreys
The Coming Of The Dark
The second instalment in the thrilling dark fantasy series
about immortality, war and survival, from the bestselling
historical author Chris Humphreys.
CHRIS HUMPHREYS is a well-known author of historical fiction.
The Immortals’ Blood series is his first trilogy for Gollancz.
EDITOR Marcus Gipps | September 2020 | 352pp
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Joanne Harris
Honeycomb
An entrancing mosaic novel of original fairytales from
#1 bestselling author Joanne M. Harris, beautifully illustrated
by the multiple award-winning Charles Vess.
JOANNE HARRIS is a Sunday Times bestselling author with a love of Norse
history, myths and fairy tales.
EDITOR Editor: Gillian Redfearn | June 2021| 432pp
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Catherine the Great and Potemkin (2000); Stalin (2003); Young Stalin (2007); Jerusalem (2011);
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Simon Sebag Monteore
The World
A new epic history of the world by the
internationally bestselling historian Simon
Sebag Monteore.
The World by Simon Sebag Monteore is a fresh
new history of the world, told in the style of
the author’s most recent books Jerusalem: The
Biography and The Romanovs: 1613-1918. It is
the story of humanity from prehistory to the
present day, examining power, literature, war,
art, science and daily life, and features the lives
of a stunningly eclectic cast of the unknown
and the great, each of whom are connected
in a multitude of ways. Monteore weaves a
compelling narrative introducing the reader to
the exuberance, ingenuity, idiosyncrasy, cruelty
and misery of human experience, the variety
of character and of culture, and presents the
history of the world in all its complexity as no
writer has done before.
• Simon Sebag Monteore’s books have been
published in 48 languages
SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE is the internationally
bestselling author of a number of prize-winning books
that have been published in forty-eight languages.
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German: Klett Cotta | Norwegian:
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Portuguese: Planeta| Portuguese:
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HISTORY
Simon Gareld
All The Knowledge
Of The World:
The Extraordinary story of the Encyclopaedia
An illuminating and compelling history of
the Encyclopaedia by acclaimed author
Simon Gareld.
All the Knowledge in the World will examine
the history of the encyclopaedia from Pliny’s
Historia Naturalis and the Chinese Four Great
Books of Song by Li Fang to the universal
packages of information sent up in the
Voyager spacecraft. Arranged around a clever
architecture, the book will hear from door-to-
door encyclopaedia salespeople, describe the
particular pleasures of discovering an error in
Encyclopaedia Britannica, and talk to those
who have attempted to read, as a physical and
metaphysical exercise, entire multi-volume
sets from A to Z, as well as learning the lengths
famous people will go to in order to change
unfavourable entries on Wikipedia.
Acclaimed author and international bestseller,
SIMON GARFIELD’s books include Just My Type,
On the Map, Mauve and Dog’s Best Friend.
WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON
EDITOR Jenny Lord | September 2022
352pp | Manuscript due November 2021
RIGHTS World
Artemis Cooper
A View Of Paris:
A Cultural history
A ground-breaking new cultural history of
Paris, published to coincide with the 2024
Paris Olympics.
In this sweeping and beautiful biography
of a city, Artemis Cooper tell the story of
the cultural life of Paris. It is a story which
covers Paris as seen in literature, art, fashion,
architecture and music, and its iconic cultural
hubs. From the great sprawling novels of
Hugo, to the wild exuberance of Picasso, to
the Eiel Tower, in whose shadow the rst
Paris Olympiads were held in 1900 and 1924.
This cultural history of Paris aims to reect a
creative tension that the Revolution uncovered
but never resolved: the tension between order
and anarchy, authority and liberty, classical
and Romantic, the old and the new.
ARTEMIS COOPER is the author of several acclaimed
biographies on Elizabeth Jane Howard, Patrick Leigh
Fermor, and Elizabeth David. With her husband,
Antony Beevor, she wrote Paris After the Liberation,
1945-1949.
WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON
EDITOR Maddy Price | May 2024
384pp | Sample chapters available,
Manuscript due June 2023
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Greg Jenner
Ask A Historian:
57 Things You Always Wanted To Know,
But Didn’t Know Who to Ask
A roller coaster ride through history revealing
the best facts, gures, stories and characters
from ancient times to today.
Responding to 57 genuine questions from the
public, Greg takes you on an entertaining and
informative delve into the curiosity cabinet of
history. Covering health & medicine, ideas &
technology, fashion & beauty and more, Greg
will answer questions such as: How old is curry?
Who was the richest person that ever lived?
How fast was the medieval Chinese postal
system? How old is sign language? And what
were history’s weirdest medical procedures that
actually worked?
GREG JENNER is a public historian, broadcaster,
lecturer and author. He has written two previous
books, A Million Years in a Day and Dead Famous: An
Unexpected History of Celebrity.
WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON
EDITOR Maddy Price | October 2021
352pp | Manuscript available
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James Hamilton
Constable:
A Portrait
A fresh biography of the revolutionary British
landscape painter John Constable (1776-1837).
John Constable (1776-1837), the revolutionary
nineteenth-century painter of the landscapes
and skies of southern England, is Britain’s best-
loved but perhaps least understood artist. The
major Constable exhibitions held since 2000
in London, Paris, New York and Washington
attracted unprecedented numbers of visitors
and wide press coverage. While his paintings
reect visions of landscape that shocked and
perplexed his contemporaries, he could himself
also shock and perplex with his argumentative
and revealing letters. James Hamilton’s
biography reveals a complex, troubled man,
and will explode previous mythologies about
this timeless artist.
JAMES HAMILTON is an art and cultural historian.
His books include Turner: A Life, shortlisted for
the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and A Strange
Business: Making Art and Money in Nineteenth-
Century Britain, which in 2014 was named Art Book
of the Year by the Sunday Times.
WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON
EDITOR Kate Moreton | February 2022
432pp | Manuscript available
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TRANSLATION Felicity Bryan Associates
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HISTORY
Suzannah Lipscomb
and Helen Carr
What Is History, Now?
A ground-breaking collection from a diverse
mix of historians, including Peter Frankopan,
Simon Schama, Bettany Hughes, addressing the
burning issue of what history means today.
Inspired by the inuential text What Is History?,
and published on its 60th anniversary, this is
a ground-breaking new collection addressing
the burning issue of how we interpret history
today. What stories are told, and by whom,
who should be celebrated, and what rewritten?
What Is History, Now? covers topics such as
the history of racism and anti-racism, queer
history, the history of faith, the history of
disability, environmental history, escaping
imperial nostalgia, hearing women’s voices and
‘rewriting’ the past. Featuring a diverse mix of
writers, both bestselling names and emerging
voices, this is the history book we need NOW.
Professor SUZANNAH LIPSCOMB is an award-winning
historian, author, and broadcaster. She is the
author of five books on the sixteenth century and
has written and hosted historical documentaries
for TV.
WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON
EDITOR Editor: Maddy Price | September 2021
352pp
RIGHTS World
Alexander Larman
The Windsors
At War
The sequel to the critically acclaimed The Crown in
Crisis, detailing the dramatic events that befell the
Royal Family from 1937 to 1947.
The Windsors at War will tell the story of the
turbulent and seismic decade in between 1937
and 1947, from the abdication of the crown to
Elizabeth and Philip’s wedding in 1947. Taking
in events such as the bombing of Buckingham
Palace in May 1940, the Duke of Windsor’s ill-
advised visit to Germany in October 1937 and
the death of the Duke of Kent in a plane crash in
August 1942, Larman’s meticulously researched
and dynamic narrative will be a thrilling and
denitive account of this tumultuous period
of British royal history.
‘Well-researched and well-written…’
Andrew Roberts
ALEXANDER LARMAN is a historian and journalist.
He is the author of four previous acclaimed books
of historical and literary biography, including the
recent critically acclaimed The Crown in Crisis:
Countdown to the Abdication.
WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON
EDITOR Maddy Price | March 2023
320pp | Manuscript due November
RIGHTS US
TRANSLATION Johnson & Alcock
OPTION PUBLISHER St. Martin’s Press
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Luke Pepera
Motherland:
500,000 Years of African History, Cultures
and Identity
A ground-breaking new comprehensive history
of Africa and how it has shaped the world we
know today.
In Motherland, Luke Pepera takes us on a
personal journey to explore the pre-colonial
archaeology and history of Africa, the diverse
cultures that emerged from it, and examine
what it means to reclaim and reconnect
with this extraordinary heritage. Ten
thematically-linked chapters explore aspects
of African identity from nomadic culture and
matriarchal societies to beliefs about the
afterlife and the tradition of oral storytelling.
Interwoven with Luke’s own experiences of
exploring his Ghanaian family history and his
personal questions of identity, this will be a
comprehensive, relevant and beautifully-told
new history of Africa.
LUKE PEPERA is a writer, broadcaster, historian,
and anthropologist. He was born in Ghana, and has
a degree from St Peter’s College, Oxford, where he
read Archaeology & Anthropology and studied ancient
and medieval African history.
WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON
EDITOR Maddy Price | October 2023
432pp | Proposal available
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Clare Mulley
Agent Zo
The incredible true story of Elżbieta Zawacka,
the WW2 female resistance ghter known as
Agent Zo.
Agent Zo was the only woman to reach London
during WW2 as an emissary of the Polish Home
Army command. Secretly trained in the British
countryside as part of the Polish elite Special
Forces, she was then the only female member
to be parachuted back behind enemy lines
to Nazi-occupied Poland. There, whilst being
hunted by the Gestapo who arrested her entire
family, she took a leading role in the Warsaw
Uprising and the liberation of Poland.
Through new archival research and exclusive
interviews, Clare Mulley brings this forgotten
heroine back to life, and transforms how we see
the history of women’s agency in the Second
World War.
CLARE MULLEY is an award-winning author and
broadcaster. Her last book The Women Who Flew for
Hitler was long-listed for the Historic Writers
Association Non-Fiction Crown.
WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON
EDITOR Maddy Price | July 2024
224pp | Proposal available,
Manuscript due August 2023
RIGHTS World
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HISTORY
STEIN RINGEN is an international scholar of
Norwegian origins. He is Emeritus Professor of
Sociology and Social Policy at the University
of Oxford.
WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON
EDITOR Maddy Price | June 2023
544pp | Proposal available
RIGHTS World
Stein Ringen
Scandinavia:
How a Brutal and Primitive Past Shaped a
Peaceful and Progressive Future
The untold history of Scandinavia, from the
Viking Age to the present day. A masterly
history compelling in scope.
Stein Ringen’s epic history is the rst popularly
readable narrative account of Scandinavia.
Consisting of three main periods, the chaos
and civil wars of the Viking Age (from 750 AD),
the economic upturn and rebuilding of the
thirteenth century and the Age of Perpetual
War into the eighteen century, it chronicles
1,200 years of drama, of economic rise and
fall, of crises, of kings and queens and ruthless
aristocratic repression, of never-ending
warfare. The author also answers the question,
as a Scandinavian living in Europe, what does it
mean today to be Scandinavian?
Victor Sebestyen
Budapest
The dramatic story of Budapest, a city on the
fault line between East and West in the heart
of Europe.
Throughout history the centre of gravity in
Budapest and among Hungarians has shifted
between East and West - culturally, politically,
emotionally. The shifts have sometimes been
violent. Victor Sebestyen describes revolutions,
bloody battles, the Uprising of 1956 and wars
of conquest: some won, some lost. Others were
more peaceful, although the repercussions
were no less signicant: for example, the fall of
Soviet-style Communism. The story of Budapest
is dramatic, and full of extraordinary, colourful
personalities. This is history on the grand scale.
VICTOR SEBESTYEN is the acclaimed author of
Twelve Days, Revolution 1989, 1946 and Lenin the
Dictator. His books have been published in over
sixteen languages.
WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON
EDITOR Maddy Price | May 2022
320pp | Manuscript due October 2021
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Barbara Charone
Access All Areas
The insider story of how an American woman
fell in love with rock n roll to become the
dening music publicist of her generation.
A time capsule for the last four decades of life
seen through the eyes and ears of music, and
one woman’s powerful story of nding her
way in a man’s world. This is the story of how a
music loving, budding journalist from Chicago
ended up as a London-based journalist writing
about her musical heroes (the Stones, Clapton
and Rod Stewart), before writing an authorised
biography of Keith Richards, working at a major
record label, then taking on an unknown girl
from Detroit called Madonna.
BARBARA CHARONE is the defining music PR of her
generation. She discovered Madonna and has worked
with everyone from Prince to the Pets, Depeche Mode
to the Stones.
WHITE RABBIT
EDITOR Lee Brackstone | June 2022 |
288pp | Manuscript due November
RIGHTS World
Vashti Bunyan
Wayward
Just Another Life to Live
Exquisite literary memoir: the true story
of an artist who dropped out and lived the
archetypal hippie dream.
In 1968, Vashti Bunyan gave up everything and
everybody she knew in London to take to the
road with a horse, wagon, dog and boyfriend,
writing songs along the way.
Some of the stories are hard to believe: the luck
and dangers, the trudge and the absolute joy of
the freedom of the road. From working with the
manager of the Rolling Stones, to camping in the
woods, and ghting through freezing winters,
homeless, Wayward rewrites the misleading
narrative of a barefoot girl on the road to
describe a life lived at full-tilt from the rst,
weaving in her own charming illustrations.
VASHTI BUNYAN is an English singer-songwriter who
has gained recognition and a cult following for her
haunting voice and beautiful folk songs, which have
seen her compared to Nick Drake.
WHITE RABBIT
EDITOR Lee Brackstone | March 2022 |
208pp | Manuscript available
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Bobby Gillespie
Tenement Kid
The story, in his own words, of one of the most
popular and inuential British popstars of the
past 30 years.
Bobby Gillespie is the lead singer and founding
member of Primal Scream. This rst volume
of Bobby’s memoirs will take us through his
childhood in Glasgow, his time in Jesus & Mary
Chain, the Primal Scream early days, right up
until the release of Screamadelica, the album
that has been credited with ‘starting the 90s’.
He was born in Glasgow into a family with
strong links to the socialist trade unions. He
discovered punk, like many others, and became
obsessed with music. Tenement Kid is a book
lled with the joy and wonder of a rock ’n’ roll
apostle who would radically reshape the future
sounds of n de siècle British pop.
‘Gillespie is rock and roll’s Oliver Twist.
A punk rock fairytale... Couldn’t put it down’
– Courtney Love
‘As hugely inuential and inspiring as Bobby
Gillespie’s music is, we now know his genius
includes the telling of this story and reviving
the ghosts that brought the music to life’
– Mark Lanegan
BOBBY GILLESPIE is a Scottish musician, singer-
songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He is best
known as the lead singer, founding member, and
primary lyricist of the alternative rock band
Primal Scream.
WHITE RABBIT
EDITOR Lee Brackstone | October 2021
304pp | Manuscript available
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(Brazil): Terreno Estranho | Spanish:
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Edited By Kim Gordon
and Sinéad Gleeson
This Woman’s Work:
Essays on Music
A collection about the female experience in
and of music by some of the most intelligent
and famous writers of the moment.
This Woman’s Work is a collection of essays
by sixteen female writers, writing about the
female artists, movements and pioneers that
matter to them and about their own personal
experiences. For a long time, the narrative of
music and music writing has been written by
men, for men. This book is for and about the
women who kicked in doors, as pioneers of their
craft or making politics central to their sound:
those who oer a new way of thinking about
the vast spectrum of women in music.
Contributors:
1. Kim Gordon - writing about Yoshimi
2. Sinead Gleeson - writing about Wendy Carlson
3. Ottessa Moshfegh - writing about her own
ventures into the music world
4. Juliana Huxtable - writing about sound,
noise art, sex, orgasms, blackness
5. Maggie Nelson - writing about Lhasa
6. Rachel Kushner - writing about Wanda Jackson
7. Anne Enright - writing about Laurie Anderson
8. Yiyun Li - writing about learning to love
American music
9. Leslie Jamison - writing about mixtapes
10. Fatima Bhutto - writing about the power
of music in cultures that suppress it
11. Liz Pelly
12. Jenn Pelly
13. Megan Jasper - writing about working
at Sub Pop
14. Simone White
15. Margo Jeerson - writing about jazz
and blackness
16. Zakia Sewell
KIM GORDON was in Sonic Youth, one of the most
iconic and influential alternative rock group, and
is author of the bestselling memoir, Girl in a Band.
SINÉAD GLEESON is a writer and critic with a pre-
eminent position in Irish literature and is author
of the bestseller Constellations.
WHITE RABBIT
EDITOR Lee Brackstone | April 2022
368pp | Manuscript available
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RIGHTS SOLD US: Hachette Books | Dutch: Nijgh &
Van Ditmar | Italian: Edizioni SUR
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Stephan Cleary
Nina Simone
Soul On Fire
The denitive account of the legendary
artist Nina Simone, by her ocial biographer
Stephan Cleary.
Nina Simone’s impact on the culture is
unquantiable. Her songs and her style refuse
category and her recorded canon is up there
with the greatest of late 20th century artists.
Her life was just as extraordinary, though
almost unbelievably and relentlessly tragic.
Stephen Cleary has access to documents,
acquaintances, family members and hours of
interviews with Nina Simone and will deliver the
denitive biography on this extraordinary artist.
STEPHAN CLEARY has worked in television and film
for over 30 years. He was the ghost-writer for Nina
Simone’s memoir, I Put A Spell On You.
WHITE RABBIT
EDITOR Lee Brackstone | September 2023
368pp | Proposal available
RIGHTS World
John Doran
History of
Heavy Metal
An extraordinary homage to the history of
heavy metal by true expert and metal veteran
John Doran.
Tracing its story back to its roots in the
Birmingham blues scene and across the ocean
to bands like Blue Cheer, Hendrix, The Stooges
and even Beethoven, John Doran’s magisterial
history of metal makes a case for it as a truly
radical modernist artform, often way ahead of
its time both aurally and intellectually.
Covering a bewildering and intoxicating range
of sub-genres, this vast paean to heaviness
covers the stories of legendary bands, and casts
a light on the darkness with new research, new
interviews, and the perspective of a true expert.
JOHN DORAN is the co-founder of The Quietus,
a British online music and pop culture magazine.
He also writes for publications like Vice and
The Guardian.
WHITE RABBIT
EDITOR Lee Brackstone | June 2023
608pp | Manuscript due June 2022
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RIGHTS SOLD US: Hachette Books | German: Heyne
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David Katz
People Funny Boy
The Genius of Lee Scratch Perry
The denitive biography of the most celebrated
gure in Jamaican reggae, Lee Scratch Perry.
Arguably the most inuential force in
Jamaican music, Lee Perry brought Bob
Marley to international stardom and has since
collaborated with artists such as Sir Paul
McCartney, The Clash and The Beastie Boys. The
book, which is authorised by the artist himself,
delves behind the myth of Perry to give a
fuller examination of his life and work through
extensive interviews with family members,
fellow artists, friends, lovers, enemies, as
well as the man himself to present a complex
portrait of a unique soul driven by unseen
spiritual forces.
DAVID KATZ is a writer, musician, broadcaster and
photographer, originally from San Francisco. He
has written about the sounds and culture of Jamaica
since 1984 and has contributed to The Rough Guide
To Reggae.
WHITE RABBIT
EDITOR Lee Brackstone | December 2022
592pp | Manuscript available
RIGHTS World
Simon Price
Curepedia:
An A-Z of The Cure
A playful literary biography of The Cure in the
form of an A-Z of the band: for trainspotters
and casual fans alike.
The Cure are arguably the biggest alternative
rock band in the world. Between 1985 and 2000
every album they released went to at least
Gold in the UK, the US or both. The book is an
encyclopaedic A-Z of The Cure examining and
ring on miscellaneous trivia, biographies
of the band members past and present,
summaries of each album and selected songs,
details of the band’s various tours and lms,
and essays on broader topics such as their
image, their politics and their inuences.
Playful, eccentric and irreverent - this
comprehensive biography is true to the spirit of
the band itself.
SIMON PRICE is a British music journalist who
has been a main feature writer at Melody Maker and
senior Rock & Pop Critic for the Independent on
Sunday. The alternative music of the 1980s is one of
his specialist areas.
WHITE RABBIT
EDITOR Lee Brackstone | June 2022
320pp | Manuscript due October 2021
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RIGHTS SOLD US: Dey Street | Spanish: Sexto
Piso German: Heyne
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Professor Michael Bannissey
When We Touch:
The new science behind our greatest sense
A ground-breaking exploration of how touch is
at the centre of our lives, health and wellbeing.
We all experience touch on a daily basis and
this ground-breaking new book uncovers why
touch is integral to our lives and how dierent
types of touch full dierent human needs.
Loneliness and lack of human interaction has
been a huge conversation during lockdown
and Michael Banissy bridges expert scientic
insights with diverse lived experiences to
explain why we touch, what touch means, how
it denes us, and what the future of touch
is likely to be. Delving into everything from
how likes and dislikes vary across people and
cultures, to how we can help those experiencing
touch starvation, it answers vital questions that
will help us to communicate via touch at home,
at work, and in public.
MICHAEL BANISSY is an award-winning Professor in
Social Neuroscience and Science Communicator. His
most recent project was the Touch Test – a science
and broadcast collaborative project with the BBC and
Wellcome Collection.
ORION SPRING
EDITOR Ru Merrit | April 2023 (tbc)
320pp | Proposal and sample chapter
available | Manuscript due February
2022
RIGHTS World
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ALSO AVAILABLE:
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived (2016);
The Book of Humans: A Brief History of Culture, Sex, War and the Evolution of Us (2018);
How to Argue with a Racist (2020)
SCIENCE
Adam Rutherford
Control:
The Dark History and Troubling Present
of Eugenics
A short, highly directed guide to a little
understood but much discussed area of science
by the Sunday Times bestselling author of
How to Argue with a Racist.
Throughout history, people have sought
to improve themselves - and society - by
eliminating disease or enhancing desirable
qualities in their children. Others have imposed
control over populations with rules about who
can marry, who can procreate and who can
live. We have referred to this age-old crafting
by biological design with a word which became
poisonous: eugenics.
But the ideas underlying eugenics are not
merely historical. We live in a time where
forced sterilisation of women is current and
where sex-selective abortion is endemic in the
most populous countries on Earth. In 2020,
new techniques in genetics and gene editing
put discussions about improving the ‘quality’
of the population, by selecting embryos
for intelligence, at the centre of the British
government. Control is an urgently needed
discussion exploring the science, history
and future of eugenics, and the practice of
population control by selective procreation.
DR ADAM RUTHERFORD is a bestselling science
writer and broadcaster who has been published in
20 territories.
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EDITOR Jenny Lord | February 2022
224pp | Manuscript due October 2021
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SCIENCE
10 THINGS YOU
SHOULD KNOW
SERIES
Uncover the ten things you must know
about the cutting-edge science of today
in this series of short essay collections
each consisting of ten captivating,
bite-size essays.
SEVEN DIALS Editor: Ru Merritt
Space (2019); Dinosaurs, Time (September 2021), Numbers, The Brain (September 2022) | 128pp
Space
by Dr. Becky Smethurst
Dr. Becky Smethurst,
astrophysicist and research
fellow at the University
of Oxford, will guide you
swiftly through the galaxies,
explaining the mysteries of
black holes, dark matter
and what existed before
the Big Bang, and much
more besides.
Dinosaurs
by Dr. Dean Lomax
Dr. Dean Lomax, multi-award-
winning palaeontologist,
author and science
communicator, brings these
prehistoric creatures to
life and takes readers on
a journey to uncover what
makes a dinosaur a dinosaur,
what dinosaurs ate, how they
evolved, what caused them to
go extinct, and more.
Time
by Colin Stuart
Is time travel possible? Does
time even exist? Colin Stuart,
bestselling astronomy author
and speaker, delves into the
big questions and uncovers
the most awe-inspiring and
revealing things we should all
know about time.
Numbers
by Colin Stuart
Discover the mysteries of
mathematics and the science
behind the numbers we
see and use every day with
bestselling astronomy author,
Colin Stuart, whose books
have been translated into 21
languages.
The Brain
by Professor Sophie Scott
Learn about the extraordinary
innite network of your brain
and how it informs who you
are, what you do and how you
see the world, with Professor
Sophie Scott, Director of
UCL’s Insitute of Cognitive
Neuroscience.
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WELLBEING AND LIFESTYLE
Dr. Harry Barry
Emotional
Connection and
Why It Matters
Discover how to make meaningful connections
with others and why this is crucial for our
mental and physical wellbeing.
In this expert-led guide, Dr Harry Barry shows
readers the many ways we can improve our
connections with others. Looking at the
neuroscience behind communication, the role
of verbal language, the importance of setting,
and more – this is a must for anyone who
struggles in networking or social situations.
DR. HARRY BARRY is a highly respected Irish
author and medic, specialising in mental health
and suicide prevention
ORION SPRING
EDITOR Ru Merritt | May 2022 | 288pp
Manuscript due November 2021
RIGHTS World
Anne-Marie
You Deserve Better:
An Imperfect Guide to Finding
Your Happiness
The empowering, no-nonsense practical guide
to taking care of yourself and taking on the
world, from singer-songwriter Anne-Marie
You Deserve Better is the must-read book from
singer-songwriter Anne-Marie that doesn’t give
you uy promises about self-care but speaks
honestly about body image, mental health,
being successful at work and more. Cause you
know what? YOU DESERVE BETTER.
ANNE-MARIE is a multi-platinum-selling artist and
has grown to become one of the world’s most loved
and successful pop stars.
ORION SPRING
EDITOR Ru Merritt | September 2021 | 240pp
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Frankie Castanea
Spells For Change:
A Guide for Modern Witches
A guide to modern witchcraft from TikTok
sensation Francesca Castanea.
Francesca Castanea is at the centre of a
thriving community of modern practitioners
who use witchcraft to enrich their lives and
improve the world. In this book, she teaches
you how to enact personal and global change
through studies of meditation, grounding,
manifestation, cleansing, protection, banishing
and binding.
FRANKIE CASTANEA is an eclectic neopagan witch of
seven years. Also known as Chaotic Witch Aunt, she
has over 1 million followers, runs a tarot-reading
business and hosts classes.
ORION SPRING
EDITOR Zoe Yang | October 2021 | 208pp |
Manuscript available
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WELLBEING AND LIFESTYLE
Leona Nichole Black
Tarot Therapy
An easy-to-follow, practical guide to
transforming your life through tarot.
Learn how to use the wisdom of tarot to bring
connection and purpose to your life. Established
tarot therapist, Leona Nichole Black, guides
readers through every aspect of life – from love
and our relationships with others to our careers
and social impact. LEONA NICHOLE BLACK is a passionate educator,
well-being advocate, and empathic Tarot Therapist.
ORION SPRING
EDITOR Editor: Ru Merritt | May 2022 |
224pp | Sample chapter and outline
available, manuscript due November
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LIFESTYLE AND WELLBEING
Dr. Mike Dilkes and
Alexander Adams
Stop Wrinkles,
The Easy Way:
How to best care for your skin and slow the
eects of ageing
Stop wrinkles, feel younger and improve your life.
From the authors of the bestselling Stop
Snoring, The Easy Way, Dr Mike Dilkes and Alex
Adams are back with reliable, no-nonsense
advice to Stop Wrinkles, The Easy Way. Packed
with practical information and clear, safe
advice from a leading medical expert, this is
a must-read for anyone looking to grow old
gracefully but gradually.
DR MIKE DILKES is a consultant Ear, Nose and
Throat surgeon at London’s Harley Street. Alexander
Adams began his professional career as a clinical
expert with GlaxoSmithKline.
ORION SPRING
EDITOR Ru Merritt | June 2021 | 96pp
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Caggie Dunlop
Saturn Returns
A guide to navigating your own Saturn Return,
from hit-podcaster and Made in Chelsea star
Caggie Dunlop.
Every 27 to 29 years, Saturn returns to the
sign it was in when you were born. Inspired
by Caggie’s hugely popular podcast, Saturn
Returns unpacks this astrological phenomenon
looming over such a pivotal time in our lives,
with chapters on relationships, self-worth and
embracing change.
CAGGIE DUNLOP starred in the hit TV show Made
In Chelsea before launching the popular podcast
Saturn Returns.
ORION SPRING
EDITOR Zoe Yang| April 2022 | 288pp |
Manuscript due October
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Louise Glazebrook
The Book Your Dog
Wishes You Would
Read
Why a happier, better-behaved dog starts with
YOU, its owner.
We’d all love to know what our dog is thinking.
The truth is that your dog is communicating
with you all the time. While most dog trainers
focus on the dog, Louise focuses on you, the
owner, giving you the skills and condence
to interpret your dog’s needs and behaviour,
making both you and your dog happier.
LOUISE GLAZEBROOK is one of the leading dog
behaviourists and trainers in the UK and the BBC
expert on dogs.
ORION SPRING
EDITOR Pippa Wright | November 2021
304pp | Manuscript available
RIGHTS World
Melanie Eusebe
Financial Wellness
and How To Find It
When you feel bad about money, it’s hard to
feel good about yourself.
We focus on health and wellness as essential
for happiness, but so often we choose to
bury our heads in the sand when it comes
to taking positive action over our nances.
Melanie Eusebe, founder of Money Moves,
shares the tools and resources you need to
reset your relationship with money, and take
charge of your nancial happiness, whatever
your situation.
MELANIE EUSEBE is a creative entrepreneur and
a director at Accenture. She co-founded the Black
British Business Awards and Money Moves financial
empowerment programme and was awarded an MBE for
services to diversity in business.
ORION SPRING
EDITOR Pippa Wright | January 2022 | 272pp
Manuscript available
RIGHTS World
WELLBEING AND LIFESTYLE
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WELLBEING AND LIFESTYLE
Nik & Eva Speakman
Everyday
Condence:
Boost your self-worth and build
unshakeable condence
Ditch the self-doubt, recognise your worth and
achieve your life goals.
The Speakmans have helped many clients lead
happier lives with their behavioural change
therapy known as ‘Schema Conditioning.’® In
Everyday Condence, the bestselling authors
tackle common condence saboteurs, from old
behavioural patterns to toxic situations, helping
you to silence your inner critic and grasp a more
condent future.
THE SPEAKMANS are resident therapists on ITV’s
multi award-winning ‘This Morning’ and host the hit
podcast Making The Change.
ORION SPRING
EDITOR Pippa Wright | July 2021 | 336pp
RIGHTS World
Gok Wan
Little Wins For A
Big Life:
A guide to living your best life
Gok Wan’s guide to happiness, one step at
at a time.
The pressure to live your best life can feel
intense. The great job, the perfect partner, the
dream home. Gok says the way to feel like a
winner is to recognise all the ways in which you
are already winning. Divided into four sections,
Home, Style, Work and Relationships, this book
shows how your little wins can build into the
big, beautiful life you deserve.
GOK WAN is a fashion expert, multi-award-winning
TV presenter, bestselling author and all round
national treasure.
ORION SPRING
EDITOR Pippa Wright | April 2022 | 272pp |
Manuscript due November 2021
RIGHTS World
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Dr Giles Yeo
Why Calories
Don’t Count:
How we got the science of weight
loss wrong
What if everything you think you know about
calories is wrong?
If you burn more calories than you eat then
you will lose weight – it’s scientic fact. Except
it isn’t. Dr Giles Yeo, obesity researcher at
Cambridge University, shows how all calories
are not created equal, and corrects the weight
loss myths that we have believed for too long.
GILES YEO is a geneticist with over 20 years’
experience dedicated to researching obesity and the
brain control of food intake.
ORION SPRING
EDITOR Pippa Wright | June 2021 | 320pp
RIGHTS Translation
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WELLBEING AND LIFESTYLE
SPORT
Phil Hay
And It Was Beautiful:
Marcelo Bielsa and the Rebirth of Leeds United
The exclusive behind-the-scenes story of how
Marcelo Bielsa transformed Leeds United.
Journalist Phil Hay documents the fortunes of
Leeds United under manager Marcelo Bielsa
during their return to the Premier League for
the 2020/21 season after sixteen years. Hay’s
intimate aliation with the club allows him
to pull back the curtain on Bielsa’s innovative
tactical methods, his relationship with owner
Andrea Radrizzani and director of football
Victor Orta, and his intensely loyal backroom
team. The book portrays the extraordinary
cultural impact Bielsa has had on the city of
Leeds and beyond, as far as cult fanbases in the
provinces of Argentina.
PHIL HAY, as staff writer for the Athletic, is
the voice of Leeds United and the trusted source
of breaking club news for his 200,000-plus loyal
Twitter followers.
SEVEN DIALS
EDITOR Shyam Kumar | August 2021
304pp | Manuscript available
RIGHTS World
RECENTLY
PUBLISHED
10,000
COPIES
SOLD
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Guillem Balague
Maradona
The Boy. The Rebel. The God.
The extraordinary life of Diego Maradona, one
of the most controversial footballers of all time.
Diego Maradona, who died in 2020, became
a legend in his own lifetime. A truly global
sports icon and one of the most controversial
footballers of all time, he will always be
remembered for the ‘hand of God’ goal that
he scored against England in the 1986 World
Cup. Maradona’s career included seasons in his
home country Argentina and dazzling spells in
Europe with Barcelona, Napoli and Sevilla. Yet
his life was one of uninching media attention,
including tales of drug abuse and constant
health issues. Based on in-depth interviews and
rst-hand stories, Guillem Balague’s masterly
biography explores what fosters such adulation,
and how this adoration engendered a self-
destructive personality.
WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON
EDITOR Jenny Lord | July 2021| 384pp
RIGHTS World
RIGHTS SOLD German: Dutch: Kosmos | Edel |
Estonian: Tanapaev | Italian:
Piemme | Polish: SQN | Portugal
(Brazil): Casa de Futbol |
Romanian: Preda | Spanish: Planeta
| Norwegian: Cappelen Damm |
SPORT
GUILLEM BALAGUE is a Spanish football journalist,
prizewinning author and pundit, first for Sky Sports
and now for BBC Radio 5 Live.
WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON
EDITOR Jenny Lord | November 2021
672pp | Manuscript available
RIGHTS World
RIGHTS SOLD Swedish: Bokforlaget | French: Hugo
& Cie | Spanish: Planeta | Italian:
Piemme | Russian: Exem | Chinese: New
World Press| Vietnamese: TTV Vietnam
Ukranian: Old Lion | Polish: SQN
Guillem Balague
Messi (2021 Reissue)
The story of one of the greatest footballers of
all time, Lionel Messi. Updated to include the
inside story of his 2021 transfer to PSG.
’I have seen the player who will inherit my place
in Argentine football and his name is Messi’
Diego Maradona
Despite all the fame and adulation, remarkably
little is known about Lionel Messi, the modest
and intensely private footballing genius. Just
how did the boy from Rosario, Argentina,
become the world’s greatest player?
Guillem Balague has had unprecedented access
to Messi’s inner circle: his coaches, team-
mates and family. In addition, Pep Guardiola
has provided exclusive analysis of the player.
The result is an authoritative and compelling
account of the wonderful mystery that is Messi.
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DAME ELIZABETH ANIONWU is an emeritus professor
of nursing at the University of West London and the
first ever sickle cell nurse specialist. She was
recently named a BBC 100 Women of the Year 2020
SEVEN DIALS
EDITOR Zoe Yang | September 2021
352pp
RIGHTS World
Dame Elizabeth Anionwu
Dreams From
My Mother
The inspirational story of the trailblazing nurse
born to Irish and Nigerian parents during the
1940s, and raised by nuns.
Dreams from My Mother is the inspiring story of
how Elizabeth Anionwu overcame a background
of shame, stigma and discrimination to become
one of the UK’s greatest-ever nurses.
‘What a page turner of a book! Dame Elizabeth
uncovers the layers of her life from a childhood
dened by secrets to her journey to becoming a
Black health radical. I loved it.’ – Dua Lipa
Maggie Hartley
Behind Closed Doors
One little girl’s escape from domestic violence,
from Sunday Times bestselling author Maggie
Hartley. Perfect for fans of Cathy Class.
In one of the most shocking cases of her career,
foster carer Maggie Hartley is woken in the
middle of the night to the arrival of a little girl,
terried and soaked in blood. Eleven year-old
Nancy has found her beloved father bleeding
to death, having been stabbed by her mother.
It is clear that there is far more than meets the
eye in this shocking case. Can Maggie Hartley
help this traumatised little girl reveal the truth
about what’s happened behind closed doors?
MAGGIE HARTLEY has fostered more than 300 children
for over twenty years. Taking on the children other
carers often can’t cope with, Maggie helps children
who are deemed ‘unadoptable’.
SEVEN DIALS
EDITOR Marleigh Price | January 2022
304pp | Manuscript available
RIGHTS World
OPTION PUBLISHER Swedish: NoNa
MEMOIR
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MEMOIR
Lee Sansum
The Bodyguard
The fascinating true story of the real bodyguard
who has protected the most famous woman in
the world, Princess Diana.
Over the course of his career, Lee has worked
with the rich and famous, such as Hollywood
stars Tom & Nicole, Pele and Sylvester Stallone,
and has operated in the world’s security
hotspots, such as Northern Ireland, Libya and
Somaliland. In being part of Mohamed and
Dodi al-Fayed’s protection team, Lee also had
to protect the most famous woman in the
world, Princess Diana. He formed a close bond
with Diana and the young princes, particularly
Harry, and it was only by a stroke of luck that
he was not in the car the night Diana died.
This is Lee’s candid account of what it’s like to
work in such a high-pressure job where lives are
literally at stake.
LEE SANSUM is an expert in close protection.
He has worked with Hollywood stars, looking after
Tom & Nicole, Pele and Sylvester Stallone, and went
on to protect the most famous woman in the world,
Princess Diana.
SEVEN DIALS
EDITOR Anna Valentine | March 2022
272pp | Manuscript due October 2021
RIGHTS World
ALSO AVAILABLE:
A Year at the Château (2020)
Dick & Angel Strawbrigde
Living The
Château Dream
The story behind the hit TV show, Escape to the
Château, now a major success in the US.
In this warm and entertaining memoir, much-
loved duo Dick and Angel Strawbridge share
more tales from their life at the Château de
la Motte-Husson. Picking up from where the
Sunday Times bestselling A Year at the Château
left o, follow Dick and Angel as they continue
on their adventure and face their biggest
challenge yet: how to aord to keep their
dream alive
In 2015, DICK and ANGEL STRAWBRIDGE bought a
derelict château in the Loire Valley and became
the subjects of the hugely popular TV show Escape
to the Château, now also a major hit in the US and
streaming on Peacock.
SEVEN DIALS
EDITOR Vicky Eribo | October 2021
304pp | Manuscript available
RIGHTS World
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‘PASTA EVANGELISTS’ are Head Chef, Roberta
D’Elia, born and raised in Puglia, who co-founded
the hit subscription and delivery service with
Finn Lagun.
SEVEN DIALS
EDITOR Ru Merritt | June 2021
240pp
RIGHTS World
Pasta Evangelists
Perfect Pasta
At Home
Over 80 quick and easy recipes for delicious,
comforting pasta dishes - from pot to plate
in under 30 minutes.
Pasta Evangelists are here to share with you
their all-time favourite recipes from across
Italy’s twenty regions for easy-to-cook,
authentic dishes that will make everyone
happy. Beautifully illustrated with over eighty
recipes, ‘Make Your Own’ spreads to help you
use up the ingredients you have left in your
fridge or cupboard, along with pages on the
history of pasta shapes, regional traditions,
interviews with Nonna and more for the real
pasta lovers – this is a must have addition to
any kitchen.
Pizza Express
Pizza Express:
From Italy With Love
Create perfect pizza at home with more than
100 recipes for every occasion.
Delicious, Italian inspired pizza recipes brought
straight to your home. Featuring classic
favourites from Margherita to Sloppy Giuseppe,
as well as spicy, seafood, vegan and veggie
pizzas for all palates, PizzaExpress: From Italy
with Love brings the magic and versatility of
the restaurant pizza to your home.
PIZZA EXPRESS is an internationally renowned
popular high street restaurant chain.
SEVEN DIALS
EDITOR Vicky Eribo | September 2021
240pp
RIGHTS World
COOKERY
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LEAD
TITLE
COOKERY
Linda, Paul, Mary &
Stella Mccartney
Linda Mccartney’s
Family Kitchen
Plant-based cooking for a better world, inspired
by Linda McCartney
Over thirty years ago, Linda McCartney rst
blazed the trail for meat-free cooking, and
around the table of the family home she shared
the pleasure that eating compassionately
could bring.
Now Paul, Mary and Stella bring Linda’s kitchen
up to date, reinventing her best-loved recipes
for the plant-based cook, alongside their
favourite family stories and the dishes that
they now eat at home. Complete with intimate
family photos spanning three decades, Linda
McCartney’s Family Kitchen is not only good for
you, but for the planet too.
LINDA MCCARTNEY believed in great-tasting, meat-
free food and the shared pleasure that eating well
could bring. Paul McCartney and his daughters –
Mary and Stella – are dedicated to sharing Linda’s
passion for wholesome cooking with everyone.
SEVEN DIALS
EDITOR Anna Valentine | June 2021
256pp
RIGHTS World
RIGHTS SOLD French: Michael Lafon, German:
Südwest Verlag | Spanish: Planeta
‘I know that if Linda was with us now,
she would love this plant-based revolution,
and that’s why we decided to take a fresh look at
her legacy and her recipes and produce this book’
– Paul McCartney
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