Blogs in August 2023

This Other Eden 1st August 2023

Set at the beginning of the twentieth century and inspired by historical events, This Other Edentells the story of Apple Island: an enclave off the coast of the United States where waves of castaways – in flight from society...

Read More 

If I Survive You 1st August 2023

A major debut, blazing with style and heart, that follows a Jamaican family in Miami navigating recession, racism and Hurricane Andrew. You want a home. You want to win back your girlfriend’s admiration. You want to prove that your...

Read More 

A Spell of Good Things 1st August 2023

Eniola is tall for his age, a boy who looks like a man. His father has lost his job, so Eniola spends his days running errands for the local tailor, collecting newspapers and begging, dreaming of a big future....

Read More 

A String of Silver Beads 31st July 2023

A woman seeking adventure. A bitter rivalry. The birth of an empire. 11th century North Africa. Kella is a Berber girl disguised as a boy, travelling the trade routes and beating all comers in the camel races. When her...

Read More 

Rani & Sukh 31st July 2023

A powerful and gripping novel that sweeps the reader from modern-day Britain to the Punjab in the 1960s and back again in a ceaseless cycle of tragedy and conflict. 1950s Punjab – a secret affair goes terribly wrong and...

Read More