Lady Anne Glenconner, Lady-in-Waiting to Princess Margaret and Maid of Honour at the Queen’s Coronation, returns with a rich, sparkling memoir told through an A to Z of her life. From affairs of the heart and Basil’s Bar to dinners with the King and the art of entertaining each chapter reveals a vivid moment of joy, mischief or resilience.

Whether offering tips on getting out of the bath with grace, or how to lose at cards with Princess Margaret, she shares wisdom and memory in equal measure. This book is a love letter to a disappearing world and a reminder that life, at any age, should be faced with laughter, a stiff upper lip, and the odd vodka tonic.

Michail Antonio has been around the block and done the hard yards, breaking through the tough way, via grassroots non-league football not through an Academy – a testament to his resilience and commitment.

He wants you to know the truth of existing in a world where professional football and ‘real life’ collide. What happens when life inevitably gets in the way and has a negative impact on performance? What is it like to feel the full dehumanising force of his harshest online critics and yet still be expected to perform as if he doesn’t have a care in the world?

With intelligence and thoughtfulness, his book uncovers this unique way of earning a living, peeling back its layers and charting the daily realities.

He wants to show you the very ‘human’ aspects of life as an elite sportsperson, good and bad – the parts of the job that the fans don’t see or even consider.

More than anything, though, Michail Antonio would like you to see professional footballers as humans, not robots.

'Natasha Carthew writes with an insight and an acuity of vision that few can match'
Sally Huband, author of Sea Bean

''Fascinating … affecting … illuminating … [Carthew] has genuinely interesting things to say'
The Sunday Times

BEYOND THE PICTURE POSTCARDS, BRITAIN'S COASTAL COMMUNITIES ARE SUFFERING.

Crowds flood the beaches during summer heatwaves but they quickly vanish again, leaving behind drifts of rubbish and unstable seasonal jobs. Seaside property is in high demand but affordable only for landlords and gentrifiers. The cost-of-living crisis and the ongoing pains of austerity trap those at the vulnerable edges of our nation in poverty.

Having grown up in rural Cornwall, Natasha Carthew leaves the county in search of a new home. Travelling the country and exploring the villages, towns and cities of our coast, she meets the people fighting to keep these places alive. With fierce compassion, she shares their voices and their stories.

Rough Edges is a rallying cry for the beauty and importance of our coast and its people.

'Bracing, insightful and compassionate, the book shines a light on communities too often unseen and unheard'
Jini Reddy, author of Wanderland

'A forceful but compassionate polemic, delivered with Carthew's trademark robustly lyrical prose style'
Tim Hannigan, author of The Granite Kingdom

Grab a pen and paper, and gather your family and friends* for a brill-iant quiz night! Have you got what it takes to spot the reel answers from the bait?

This fin-tastic quiz book is packed with hundreds of ridiculous facts and fishy stats. Perfect for pub quizzes, game nights and shell-ebrations!

*Family and friends are optional! This quiz book is also a perfect boredom deterrent for long journeys, prolonged waits and lengthy loo breaks!

‘An essential guide for fostering nuanced and intricate conversations in today’s polarized society’ GILLIAN ANDERSON
‘Tackles thorny, volatile issues with wit and insight’ INDEPENDENT, BOOKS OF THE MONTH
‘The book we need right now’ DAVID TENNANT
‘Thought-provoking and witty’ MARIE CLAIRE
‘If you have ever felt shut down, this book is a godsend’ EMMA THOMPSON
‘Shows us that progress lies in the imperfect spaces, where our shared humanity gives empathy the freedom to stretch out’ THE TIMES
‘Finally! A book to succinctly express the complexity of our age’ TOM ALLEN

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We are understandably scared to have difficult conversations right now. But comedian and bestselling writer Deborah Frances-White is even more scared of not having them.

Having grown up in a cult which shut down any dissent, Deborah sees the same tactics being used in our rapidly changing society. She knows the value of freedom of speech, critical thinking and the ability to argue well. And as the host of hit podcast The Guilty Feminist, she has been having difficult conversations in public for almost a decade.

In her new, urgent page-turner Deborah examines how the world has come to this and what we can actually do about it. Most importantly, she explores how to change minds, including our own. Deborah invites us to boldly meet this moment in history with hope, clarity and courage. She has written, as Desiree Burch says, ‘a book to leave you transformed.’

Are you ready to talk?

For many, dusk and evening conjure thoughts of starlit skies, romance, bedtime stories and rest. For others, the small hours mean fear, vulnerability and sleeplessness. At night things go bump, the familiar world becomes mysterious and uncanny; owls and bats take wing, foxes prowl.

With new material delving deeper into all things nocturnal, Overnight is a hymn to nighttime wildlife, travel, dreams and art. Along the way, Dan Richards meets a fascinating array of people who labour while the rest of us sleep, and brings their work into the light.

From night terror chills to the warmth of dawn on the summer solstice, Overnight will change the way you think about the hours after dark.

Her journey reveals a series of questions. Does pain educate? Is pain always a physical experience of negation? How does pain push us to another level of creativity? What can we learn from wounding, from winnowing, from the stillness, the de-creation that intense pain brings? Whether it is the physical pain of an injury or illness, or the mental pain of heartache or loneliness, pain is an experience shared by all of us.

This Is the Door is a celebration of what the body can endure, and what it can achieve.