🎉 Happy Publication Day! 🎉
The Edge of the Plain @JDcrawf
Belonging @passingplace
None of the Above @travisalabanza
All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days @RRRDonner
A Corruption of Blood @ambroseparry
Borges and Me Jay Parini
Imagine a Country @valmcdermid & @ProfJoSharp
@Jdcrawf @passingplace @travisalabanza @RRRDonner @ambroseparry @valmcdermid @ProfJoSharp & Walking Through Clear Water in a Pool Painted Black by Cookie Mueller
Congratulations and happy publication day to all these incredible authors!
You can find all these titles in your friendly local independent bookshop, or online @bookshop_org_UK
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@Jdcrawf @passingplace @travisalabanza @RRRDonner @ambroseparry @valmcdermid @ProfJoSharp @bookshop_org_UK #TheEdgeofthePlain blends history, travel and reportage into an engaging exploration of borders old and new, from the shifting borders in the Italian alps to the tender fault lines between Mexico & the US; it explores their history and how they shape our world today.
@Jdcrawf @passingplace @travisalabanza @RRRDonner @ambroseparry @valmcdermid @ProfJoSharp @bookshop_org_UK #Belonging asks what it is to have and make a home, reflecting on family, history, identity, place and nature, it’s a ‘beautifully written meditation on rural surroundings’ Sunday Times, which calls us to reflect on how our place, language and family make us who we are.
@Jdcrawf @passingplace @travisalabanza @RRRDonner @ambroseparry @valmcdermid @ProfJoSharp @bookshop_org_UK #NoneoftheAbove is an electric memoir about what it means to live outside the gender boundaries set by society, it’s a book about doubt, growth and reflection, which offers ‘welcome nuance to those willing to listen’ @indybooks
@Jdcrawf @passingplace @travisalabanza @RRRDonner @ambroseparry @valmcdermid @ProfJoSharp @bookshop_org_UK @indybooks #AllTheFrequentTroublesofOurDays (a @BBCRadio4 Book of the Week) tells the unknown story of Midred Harnack, the woman who led one of the largest anti-Nazi resistance groups in Germany during the height of WWII! ‘Astonishing’ @nytimesbooks
@Jdcrawf @passingplace @travisalabanza @RRRDonner @ambroseparry @valmcdermid @ProfJoSharp @bookshop_org_UK @indybooks @BBCRadio4 @nytimesbooks #WalkingThroughClearWaterinaPoolPaintedBlack is published in the UK today for the first time, with a new introduction from #olivialaing! Legendary writer/actress/ex-biker/columnist Cookie Mueller’s short stories chronicle her high-risk, high-reward life in glorious technicolour
@Jdcrawf @passingplace @travisalabanza @RRRDonner @ambroseparry @valmcdermid @ProfJoSharp @bookshop_org_UK @indybooks @BBCRadio4 @nytimesbooks #ACorruptionofBlood (shortlisted for @The_CWA historical dagger) is a vivid historical mystery of family secrets, sinister murders & a divided city set in 19th Century Edinburgh. Follow Raven & Fisher as they discover that wealth & status cannot alter a fate written in blood…
@Jdcrawf @passingplace @travisalabanza @RRRDonner @ambroseparry @valmcdermid @ProfJoSharp @bookshop_org_UK @indybooks @BBCRadio4 @nytimesbooks @The_CWA #BorgesandMe is a suitably Labyrinthine tale of Jay Parini’s student encounter with an ageing Jorge Luis Borges, and their roadtrip through the Scottish highlands, it’s a remarkable snapshot of an era, interspersed with Borges’ teachings on literature, philosophy and love
@Jdcrawf @passingplace @travisalabanza @RRRDonner @ambroseparry @valmcdermid @ProfJoSharp @bookshop_org_UK @indybooks @BBCRadio4 @nytimesbooks @The_CWA #ImagineaCountry collects visions of possible futures for Scotland from an astonishing array of Scottish voices – from Ali Smith to Alan Cumming, Carol Ann Duffy to Sanjeev Kholi, Anne Glover to Don Paterson, it’s a collection to inspire change, hope, and imagination
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