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'Simon Rich is outrageously, lavishly gifted' - Caitlin Moran
'Simon Rich is the funniest writer alive' - Matt Haig
'Fabulously funny' - Lauren Laverne
We're over the moon that Esi Edugyan's Washington Black is on the 2018 Man Booker Prize longlist.
In the first of our new Postscript series, in which writers tell the story behind their book, Josephine Wilson explains how her experiences of engineering made it become a major part of her Miles Franklin Award-winning novel, Extinctions.
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New releases
Half Blood Blues
Repackaged edition of Man Booker and Orange Prize shortlisted novel, to tie in with publication of...
Washington Black
A stunning new novel of slavery and freedom by the author of the Man Booker and Orange Prize...
Hits and Misses
A sharp new collection from the hilarious writer who draws comparisons to Douglas Adams, James...
Bad Blood
Internationally bestselling crime writer E.O. Chirovici returns with a dark and compelling story of...
The Hidden Keys
A slick, sophisticated mystery from the Giller Prize-winning author of Fifteen Dogs and Childhood
Videos
Watch Sarah Perry discuss The Essex Serpent
05 Jan 2017
Mary Gaitstill reads from The Mare - video
15 Jul 2016
Watch Mary Gaitskill read from her highly-acclaimed new novel, The Mare.
Events
Cathi Unsworth at Noirwich Festival 2018
15 Sep 2018
Here in the medieval splendour of Dragon Hall, a short walk from the witches' ducking stool on Fye Bridge, we have the perfect setting for this spellbinding panel. Join Cathi Unsworth, Syd Moore and Roz Watkins as they delve into the dark art of writing crime laced with paranoia, superstition and magic.
Winner of multiple awards, Cathi Unsworth transports us to wartime Britain in That Old Black Magic, a heady brew of superstition, the supernatural, and undercover espionage. Syd Moore conjures up myth and murder, crimes old and new, all with a touch of humour, in Strange Fascination, an Essex Witch Museum Mystery. Roz Watkins's Devil's Dice 'teems with shivery atmosphere' (The Times) and was selected as their crime book of the month, and shortlisted for a CWA Debut Dagger.
