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Nothing Ever Happens In Wentbridge

Janet Watson

Janet Watson's memoir of first love and loss. 'This is a luminous book about real life: about love, loss, motherhood, daughterhood, about sex, longing and fear, regret and the terrible pain of hindsight.' - Mumsnet

King of Clubs

Maureen Prest

King of Clubs is an intimate portrait of visionary showman James Lord Corrigan. Written by Corrigan’s confidant Maureen Prest, this is the only insider’s account of what really went on at his world famous Batley Variety Club, both in front of house and behind closed doors. From his origins on a travelling funfair, his audacious climb through the world of ..

Everything Now

Steve McKevitt's treatise on the culture of abundance. 'Explains why we are better fed, educated entertained and longer-lived than ever before, but not happier.' - Sunday Times

Red Army Faction Blues

Ada Wilson

'As a novel that is willing to both engage with radical politics and explore postmodern literary form, Red Army Faction Blues is a highly commendable work, audaciously conceived and well executed.' - The Review of Contemporary Fiction

British Story

Michael Nath

MORNING STAR BOOK OF THE YEAR ‘Characters are like a scent bottle. To meet them is to lift the stopper; to get to know them, never to put it back; then the scent, it spreads around the world.’ What’s haunting Kennedy? He believes that literary characters exist just like you or me, but he’s getting nowhere trying to prove it. His Falstaff project is an ..

La Rochelle

Michael Nath

Michael Nath's darkly comic and highly original debut novel. Shortlisted for the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. 'Original, funny and absolutely spot-on.' - The Independent

Rites

Sophie Coulombeau

Four teenagers make a pact to lose their virginity away from the watchful eyes of parents and priest. Fifteen years later, they reflect on the past and unravel how it all went so horribly wrong. Winner of the Next Great Novelist Award.

Because Cuba is You

Ramón Chao, Ann Wright

Ramón Chao's dazzling story of his grandmother's adventures in her native Galacia and Cuba viewed through a magical realist lens. 'Chao brings an imaginative dimension to the story of emigration.' - El Mundo

Spellbound

Stories of Women's Magic Over Men Ever since men painted on cave walls, they've been making art out of their feelings for women. Byron and Keats did it with words, Bowie and Lennon did it with music. Joel Willans's prize-winning stories feature men battling for women's hearts with weapons as diverse as chocolates and chairs. Inspired by sweet love and bit..

Jack and Sal

Anthony Cropper

Jack and Sal are two people drifting in and out of love. Jack searches for clues, for a pattern, for an explanation to life’s events. Anthony Cropper has created a delicately detailed account of a troubled relationship, with a series of micro-stories and incidents that recount the intimate lies, loves and lives of Jack and Sal and their close friend Paula..