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Words will go their own way, and carry the poet with them, on many a wild goose chase, in and out of the past, haunted by and revisiting the island where he came of age. In the new collection from the Welsh Forward Prize-shortlisted poet, nature writer and editor of the eco-literary magazine Archipelago, McNeillie explores his deep sense, in his older age, of not belonging anywhere other than in mind and in the wild.McNeillie recovers and renews Pytheas the Greeks exploration of fourth century BC Britain and Thomas Pennants account of Wales, but A Wild Goose Chase lays these historical accounts of the natural world beside the authors own experiences. The poems moving and not unmelancholy late recollections blur temporal and spatial boundaries as they stay alive to the impacts of climate change and globalization.

A Working Mother is a wildly entertaining cautionary tale: while Bettys husband, Adam, broods and drinks (to be matched at times by Betty, just to be sociable) she flirts with their best friend Brendan and tries to avoid the roving hands of her new employer. Theyre all driving Betty crazy. A sharp, darkly humorous novella that explores the life of a working-class woman caught in a destructive relationship and an unforgiving society. Agnes Owens sharp wit, humour and lean prose is beautifully displayed in this tragi-comedy. Published to celebrate Agnes Owens centenary year in 2026.

"And I struggle to find my place in this dark novel. I yearn for passion and despair for that is what makes good literature while Ishwari seeks a life of joy for herself and her son."A powerful novel from the author of Panty about a woman who runs away from home, seeking to free herself from the shackles of society and familial attachments, and instead devote her attentions to writing a novel. When she realises that her five year old son Roo has followed her, Ishwari struggles with her identity as a mother and the responsibilities that brings, versus the guilty knowledge that she cannot want her own child when his existence requires her to suppress her own dreams.Ishwari and Roo wander the streets at night, looking for a place to stay, until an elderly caretaker takes pity on them and offers them an empty room on the terrace of a guest house. Ishwari gets work as a caregiver to the handsome gentleman who lives next door, while Roo, who is lame, spends all day locked up in the room on the roof. Pulsating with raw energy, Abandon gives voice to the perpetual conflict between life and art.

AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOWPoignant and tender. FERDIA LENNONA dynamic voice. IRENOSEN OKOJIELushly written and formally audacious . . . moving. NICOLAS PADAMSEEThis is the story of one mans weekend, a weekend in which everything could changeThese lines could change everything /He sips more of his tinny / Imagines a new lifeAidys just punched a co-worker, but he hasnt got time to deal with the fallout. With a deadline fast looming he must get home, knuckle down and finish the story hes been working on, a story he hasnt been able to stop thinking about. Its the story of a falling plane and of a grieving mother.Set across one weekend, About to Fall Apart is the exhilarating story of a man of mixed heritage - living on the Irish border - as he tries to stay positive, reconnect with his children and maybe, even, find his own birth mother.

Beauty, to us physicists, is something weve never seen before.A PhD student hunting dark matter collides with A disillusioned illusionist A teenage medium with a secret A murdered mathematician A trail-blazing astronomer Together, they investigate the greatest unsolved mystery of the universe. Aether explores physics, faith, and magic in rich theatrical spectacle to uncover humanitys insatiable fascination with the unknown.Emma Howletts play was first seen in TheatreGooses production at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2025. It published alongside a run at Jermyn Street Theatre, London, in 2026.

Part sequel, part reimagining, and wholly delightful Jodi PicoultAn absolute delight. Funny, moving and filled with heart Jennie Godfrey, author of The List of Suspicious ThingsIt is a truism, frequently invoked by the members of the Meryton Womens Guild, that one is only ever as happy as ones unhappiest child. So, with five daughters and four grandchildren, it was a miracle Mrs Hester Bennet ever raised a smile. At best, she was only ever tentatively pleased, and even then understood that her contentment rested on the edge of a gaping precipice into which she would inevitably tumble the second Kitty or Lydia (it was almost always those two) messaged in the clutches of yet another existential crisisLydia, home from Paris on New Years Day in a welter of hangover and humiliation, finds herself swearing off drink, drugs and sex for the next 12 months. Through her unfamiliar sobriety, shell see a landmark year for all the Bennet sisters, including a disruptive 40th birthday, an engagement and a funeral: and, maybe, coming to terms with the results of a run-of-the-mill run-in with a jackknifed lorry on a wet stretch of the M1A sharply funny and unexpectedly tender modern sequel to Pride & Prejudice, this is a story of sisterhood, survival, and second chances. For fans of Marian Keyes, Dolly Alderton, and anyone whos ever wondered what the Bennet sisters would be like in the age of therapy, WhatsApp, and wellness trends gone rogue.

Three years since the sudden death of her beloved husband Etienne Grenaud, and the end of her life in the beautiful French village of Monpazier, 30 year-old Ava is at a loose end. Now back in London, she spends most of her time with her semi-regular hookup Archie and working on the unfinished draft of her book: The Grief Diary. But when her Editor tells her to head back to Monpazier to focus on finishing the book, Ava finds herself learning how to navigate life back in the small town without Etienne.Ava struggles to come to terms with her feelings towards the town, especially after the arrival of Etiennes estranged brother, Florian, which digs up resentment from the past. But with the support of new friends, including her Octogenarian Landlady, Ava rediscovers the person she was before her husband, and finds out what her life could look like, After Ever After.

¿Y si alguien del futuro ya estuviera reescribiendo nuestro presente?William Gibson lleva décadas fijando su mirada en el futuro, desde que acuñó el término ciberespacio y lo popularizó en su novela especulativa clasica Neuromante a principios de los años 80.Ahora Gibson esta de vuelta con Agency, un thriller de ciencia ficcion fuertemente influido por los acontecimientos mas actuales.San Francisco, 2017. Clinton esta en la Casa Blanca, el Brexit nunca ocurrio y Verity Jane tiene un nuevo trabajo.Verity Jane, una talentosa "susurradora de aplicaciones", acepta trabajar como beta tester de un nuevo producto: un asistente digital, accesible a traves de unas gafas de aspecto ordinario. "Eunice", la IA de apariencia humana en las gafas, manifiesta un rostro, un pasado fragmentario y un astuto dominio de la estrategia de combate. Al darse cuenta de que sus enigmaticos empleadores aun no saben lo poderosa y valiosa que es Eunice, Verity decide que lo mejor es que no lo descubran.Mientras tanto, un siglo mas tarde, en Londres y en una linea temporal completamente distinta, Wilf Netherton trabaja entre plutocratas y saqueadores, supervivientes del lento pero inexorable apocalipsis conocido como el Jackpot. Su jefa, la enigmatica Ainsley Lowbeer, puede observar pasados alternativos e influir en sus resultados finales. Verity y Eunice son su proyecto actual. Wilf puede ver lo que Verity y Eunice no: su propia version del jackpot, a la vuelta de la esquina, y el papel que ambas podrian desempeñar en el.En un juego de poderes cruzados, entre cleptocracias, espias corporativos y algoritmos con libre albedrio, Agency explora los limites de lo humano, lo tecnologico y lo geopolitico con la lucidez implacable de William Gibson.Mas que ciencia ficcion: una lectura urgente sobre el poder, la historia y la posibilidad de elegir.

Something old, something red, something stolen, something dead.Sunset Hall, a house-share for the old and unusual, is gearing up as energetically as its aged inhabitants can for Bernadettes big wedding day. However, with the RSVPs comes an anonymous note that threatens to cast a pall over the upcoming festivities. Agnes is in (somewhat begrudging) wedding planning mode and she and the not-so-sprightly gang of pensioners decide to hide the note from the betrothed, not wanting to cause stress. It is up to Agnes to dig into this poison pen letter, determined to help the wedding go off without a hitch . . . aside from the bodies theyve already had to hide from the blushing bride.

Un mundo apocalíptico donde la lluvia debe ser traducida, el silencio canta más fuerte que el habla y los pájaros cableados repiten grabaciones de sus ancestros extintos.Al 2040 empieza con una pregunta puntuada como si de una afirmacion se tratara: Estamos / acaso ya extinguidos. De quien es / el mapa. Sus poemas son cantados por alguien que esta escribiendo esos mismos versos mientras mira por la ventana de una sala de radioterapia, y lo que ve fuera son los retazos de una tierra en ruinas: un mundo apocaliptico donde la lluvia debe ser traducida, el silencio retumba mas fuerte que el habla y los pajaros, conectados a la red, repiten grabaciones de sus extintos ancestros.En estos poemas visionarios, Jorie Graham hace a la vez de historiadora, de cartografa y de profeta, y, con imagenes de precision cinematografica, nos muestra multiples futuros potenciales, que abarcan desde vistas aereas de costas remodeladas hasta primeros primerisimos planos de un gusano excavando en la tierra. Todo ello con la banda sonora de sirenas entre los escombros, contemplando la perdida de las especies que los habitaron y de quienes les dieron nombre.Con la crisis climatica en suspenso, este libro funciona como una carta abierta urgente destinada al futuro, a la par que vamos siendo cada vez mas conscientes de la profunda belleza de este mundo que estamos destruyendo, mientras buscamos con apremio una orientacion que, quiza, ya no este a nuestro alcance.

Una saga familiar adictiva sobre la herencia, el privilegio de clase y la responsabilidad que ello conlleva en un mundo cambianteLa familia Brooke se reúne durante cuatro días en su mansión inglesa del siglo XVIII para despedir a Philip, el patriarca en torno al cual han orbitado sus vidas. Frannie, la hija mayor y heredera, quiere transformar la propiedad en un refugio natural frente a un mundo en declive. Milo, en cambio, sueña con convertirla en un paraiso new age para superricos, mientras que Isa, la hermana menor, distanciada de Philip durante años, acude al funeral en plena crisis de pareja. Los secretos y sentimientos que afloran esos dias les haran replantearse el papel que hasta ese momento han ocupado en la familia.Albion es una novela luminosa y profundamente contemporanea que indaga en las dinamicas familiares y en las heridas del colonialismo; en ella Anna Hope renueva la clasica novela de casa de campo inglesa y nos habla tambien de las raices del privilegio, de la responsabilidad que este conlleva y de la importancia de los valores que transmitimos a nuestros hijos.Hope aborda algunos de los problemas mas urgentes y complejos a los que se enfrenta el mundo actual y los transforma en un drama familiar fascinante. Jonathan CoeSi Succession y Downton Abbey tuvieran un hijo, seria algo parecido a esta novela. Kirkus ReviewsLa clasica novela de "casa de campo inglesa" reimaginada para nuestros tiempos: un retrato excepcionalmente bien dibujado de una familia en conflicto, que tambien aborda con astucia cuestiones relacionadas con la renaturalizacion, la herencia y el colonialismo. Claire FullerSu mejor obra hasta la fecha. Tiene algo de Retorno a Brideshead y tambien de las memorables Cronicas de los Cazalet, de Elizabeth Jane Howard. John Boyne

Radically lyrical, politically astute, this new collection features six writers whose every word is an act of affirmation. As it must be, for their art to flourish beside one of the worlds great languages.In Alcatraz: Poems from the Contemporary Welsh, we find youthful energies tackling climate change, global extinctions, even human life beyond our planet. Whether in Wales or Palestine, Manhattan or the island of Alcatraz itself, we learn that todays Welsh language poetry, with its unique perspective, is as valid as any verse in the world. And, possibly, more vital.If these translations take liberties, none are unforgivable. The spirit of each poem remains unblemished. Here, veteran writers, such as Menna Elfyn, Karen Owen and Iwan Llwyd, mix with the next generations Iestyn Tyne, Llyr Gwyn and Sian Northey. Alcatraz is an essential work for anyone interested in the good health of modern poetry in the UK.

Cosy, hopeful and uplifting, this heartwarming post-apocalyptic romance is perfect for fans of Fable for the End of the World and Emily Henry.Thirty years after the end of the world, a young woman enters into a marriage of convenience with a man she hardly knows so she can secure vital medical care for her beloved younger sister.The world might not have ended all at once. But end it did.Kayla Hollins is a survivor. Living in the fragmented wasteland of the Canadian Pacific Northwest, shes outlived a colony, a cult, a paramilitary group, and most of her family. So when her younger sister April falls seriously ill, Kayla will do anything to save her. They trek to Salt Spring Island, a beacon of hope in their otherwise brutalized world, which is rumoured to still have a hospital. But Salt Springs utopia comes with a price. Not just anyone can enter paradise or access their medical care, and Kaylas past is chequered.Desperate, Kayla makes a deal with Sid Charles, an aspiring politician with whom she had a chance encounter before arriving on Salt Spring. If Kayla and Sid get married, it will boost Sids chances of election, and grant April automatic access to the medical treatment she desperately needs. And in two years, when Kayla is eligible for citizenship herself, they can get a divorce. Simple, right?Sid is distant and cranky, but Kayla comes to learn he is also shockingly kind. The more time she spends with him and his ragtag group of rescued boys, the more she comes to admire him. But with Aprils treatment and Sids election on the lineand the constant terror of her past being discoveredKayla isnt sure she can risk trying to change their arrangement.Trapped together in the closest thing left to paradise, Kayla and Sid both know what it means for the world to end. But as they try to rebuild with the people of Salt Spring Island, there may be time left to saveif not the worldthemselves.

After she encounters a poem about love and friendship etched on the Homomonument in Amsterdam, Hélène Giannecchini is moved to attempt to do justice to a form of relation often subordinated to romanc

Discover bestselling author Jesse Q. Sutantos debut dark fantasy following an assassin, a scholar, a con man, and a guard racing to save their world from a miracle gone wrong.Mara has no memory of life before her assassin training behind the fortress-like walls of Tchu-Morrokhai, which has been her world since she was five. Practicing discipline and strategy, sacrifice and solitude, she has dedicated herself to resisting the Divine Empresss plans of eradicating the all-but-forgotten magic. She longs for a world once again filled with magicand freedom and love. And shell do whatever it takes to find those things.In the faraway city of Velingard, Livya is the privileged daughter of the revered scientist whose invention of an indestructible new metal was the catalyst for a great revolution. Yet Livyas bored of suitors and balls, more interested in philosophical debates. But when an invite to a secret salon leads to a kidnapping attempt, Livya is suddenly on the runwith the unlikely aid of charming con man Kaian, a once dear childhood friend inexplicably turned frosty stranger.Captain Fonde has served Velingard faithfully in the twenty years since the revolution, and all has been peaceful... until now, when hes informed that their "indestructible" metal is inexplicably starting to crumble. Ships, bridges, buildings, statuestheir entire post-revolution world is literally about to come apart. Could it be that the metaland therefore the revolutionwas flawed all along? Or is there something darkerevil, ancient, inhumanat play?With stunning world-building, Jesse Q. Sutanto weaves an epic tale of characters whose lives irrevocably intertwineand unravelas paths collide across continents, racing toward an explosive twist that will forever change all of their fates...

Riveting and highly inventive Chinese-inspired science-fantasy of a royal family torn apart, painful betrayal and deadly secrets. Set on a drowning continent full of corruption and deception and strange technology this is richly envisioned and powerfulOn Pio, the floating empire of lotuses, Xlian discovers the royal advisors ploy to overthrow her brother, Yun, the emperor, in the same way they had murdered their parents, by creating a deadly flood that will make Yuns death seem as though an accident. She flees to the drowning continent of Opera, a place of high tech and near environmental collapse where companies vie to sell a chance at immortality. There Xlian seeks out her exiled brother Lang to help in her efforts to disrupt the advisors plans and remove them from court.Also residing on Opera is the outcast, No Face. Abandoned by the empire of Pio, they plot to destroy those who tore their family apart. When Xlian is caught and imprisoned and No Face discovers the shocking truth about their past, the two must work together to stop the advisors and unify their two lands or lose everyone they love to flood and revolution.

In 1947 and again in 1971, entire communities in the South Asian subcontinent crossed newly drawn borders, seeking new homes as partitions divided and reshaped nations. Kalyani Thakurs evocative novel tells the story of her people, Dalits of the Matua sect, who settled around a local water body Andhar Bil in a newly formed country. This new bil, reminiscent of the one left behind, becomes a place for the refugees to slowly, painfully, rebuild their lives.Children play in and around the bil, the novels central character, while people catch fish and cook them in ways that recall the flavours of home. Festivals and boat races unfold, jute is harvested and sold, floods push people to higher ground, marriages are arranged, and property disputes arise. The still waters of the bil hold all these stories, while the boroi tree stands in the centre, a silent witness to everything.Woven through this episodic, plotless narrative is the story of Kamalini, a young girl who, one day, will leave her beloved Andhar Bil behind for the city just as her parents generation left their villages and their cherished bil for a new land.

Experience the myth and magic of antiquitys most alluringand provocativegoddess as never witnessed before, in this gorgeously rendered, unflinching, and deeply vulnerable retelling from the author of Mother of Rome and Medusas Sisters.Two hundred years before the common era, Aphrodite surprises an itinerant sculptor with a shocking request: Hear my story, see me for who I truly am, and carve it into stone. Never before has the goddess posed for her likeness, and as the artist works, she shares pieces of herself.Her greatest triumphs and most grievous mistakes. The truth behind the tales of her beneficence and vengeance. And the one epic romance that slips through her perfect fingers, time and time again.Part memoir, part fantasy, and all heart, Aphrodite in Pieces begs the eternal, essential questions: what do love and beauty truly mean? And can they last?

In this hilarious gay fantasy romance, a reclusive sorcerer is forced to protect a cowardly knight after a prophecy ties their fates together. Funny, touching and inventive, this brilliant debut is perfect for fans of How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying and Dreadful.In Which Many Dangerous and Homosexual Things Happen.All his life, Sir Cameron has stayed as far away from danger as possible. He is quite frankly too handsome to die a pointless death in battle. But then the Church hands down a prophecy to his fellow knights: the only way to defeat their nemesis, the mad sorcerer Merulo, is to kill Sir Cameron. Short of ideas, Cameron throws himself on the mercy of the one person who now actually wants him to survive: the mad sorcerer.Merulo isnt thrilled to be babysitting a spoilt, attention-seeking knight, but transmogrifying him into a vulture is at least entertaining. Cameron, meanwhile, is on a voyage of self-discovery. It turns out hes really, really into surly sorcerers who lock him up and tell him what to do. Who knew?As a legion of knights surround their stronghold, the sorcerers poisonous ambitions draw ever closer to fruition. Cameron is quite invested in not dying, but he finds hes also invested in Merulo. And sometimes, supporting the sorcerer you care about means taking an interest in their hobbies. Even if that hobby is trying to kill God.Even if it might get you killed, too.Fall in love with this laugh-out loud, genre-bending romp full of concussed elves and queer romance like youve never seen before.

LA OBRA MÁS AMBICIOSA DE RICARDO MENÉNDEZ SALMÓN Una reinvención de la novela de fantasmas que reflexiona sobre el destino de EuropaEn su adolescencia, el protagonista de Arca desarrolló un don extraordinario que le permite ver lo que ha sucedido en el pasado con apenas tocar un objeto. Una habilidad que lo ha convertido en alguien muy valioso para la ley, que ha recurrido a sus servicios para resolver los crimenes mas complejos, pero tambien para empresas privadas que solicitan su ayuda a la hora de obtener un tipo de informacion que nadie mas puede proporcionar. Gracias a su talento, el fondo de inversion Hagen-Schulz le contrata para investigar la desaparicion de uno de sus empleados en Ca Barbarigo, un palacio de Venecia construido en 1550 y en cuyo interior han tenido lugar todo tipo de sucesos: amores, traiciones, asesinatos, venganzas, abandonos. Mientras el narrador intenta descifrar la relacion entre los secretos que guarda el palazzo con la extraña desaparicion, Venecia se enfrenta a un cataclismo inedito que parece anunciar el fin de los tiempos. Ricardo Menendez Salmon redefine la novela de fantasmas con elementos del genero negro y el fantastico, hasta convertirla en una meditacion a proposito del destino de Europa. Arca es la obra mas ambiciosa en la carrera de un autor que, en la tradicion de escritores como Kafka, Beckett y Orwell, reivindica el gozo y la plasticidad inagotable del lenguaje para indagar en quienes somos y en que podemos convertirnos; es un requiem, pero tambien anuncia un nuevo comienzo, y pone de manifiesto el poder de la ficcion como lugar desde el que pensar una epoca.