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The Letters of Muriel Spark (Volume 1)

Muriel Spark

The first of two volumes of the letters of Muriel Spark, one of the greatest and most fascinating writers of the twentieth century.In 1944, on her return to England after a disastrous marriage, Muriel Spark was unknown as a writer except to a handful of close friends;...

It's Terrible The Things I Have to Do To Be Me

Philippa Snow

'A brutal and brilliant study of female celebrity ... a joy to read, fizzing with intelligence' Megan Nolan, Telegraph'Wildly entertaining' Dazed'Snow's prose is beautiful, white-hot and breathless, like a sports car speeding through the canyon'...

Kingmaker

Sonia Purnell

Where Are You From? No, Where are You Really From?

Audrey Osler

A story of migration, identity and belonging, drawing on the stories of people from Audrey Osler's mixed-heritage family, over three centuries. Whether or not we trace our families from beyond the shores of Britain, we British people deserve a better understanding of...

Before the Light Fades

Natasha Walter

The Unfamiliar

Kirsty Logan

SHORTLISTED FOR THE SALTIRE SOCIETY SCOTTISH BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDAn unconventional, unexpectedly funny, brutally honest memoir about infertility, pregnancy and motherhood'You and your partner want a baby. But your two bodies can't make a baby together.'If you want a...

The Rooster House

Victoria Belim

A Stone is Most Precious Where It Belongs

Gulchehra Hoja

'This gripping memoir shows the courage and cost of telling a truer story' GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE DAY'Revelatory' SUNDAY TELEGRAPHA powerful and urgent memoir by Uyghur activist Gulchehra Hoja - a remarkable woman who went from being a beloved star on Chinese children's...

Good for a Girl

Lauren Fleshman

Shirley Hazzard: A Writing Life

Brigitta Olubas

Cosmopolitan, richly intelligent, beautiful, questing - Shirley Hazzard's writing reflects her life. The acclaim it attracts is immeasurable.Brigitta Olubas tells the story of a girl from the suburbs of Sydney, Australia who fell early under the spell of words and...

Have I Told You This Already?

Lauren Graham

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER from the beloved star of Gilmore Girls 'Insightful, honest, funny, and moving' BUZZFEED 'Candid, genuine and as per usual hilarious ...A treat' GLAMOUR'Graham is fast and furiously funny' E! ONLINELauren Graham has graced countless television...

Our Red Book

Rachel Kauder Nalebuff

A Scottish MP celebrates making period products freely available.A father admits embarrassment at buying pads for his daughter.A Jewish grandmother describes getting her first period in front of Nazi soldiers.A trans woman, a trans man and a non-binary person share...

The Hyacinth Girl

Lyndall Gordon

Zarifa

Zarifa Ghafari , Hannah Lucinda Smith

Mean Baby

Selma Blair

**The Instant New York Times Bestseller**Selma Blair has played many archetypal roles: gullible ingenue in Cruel Intentions. Preppy ice queen in Legally Blonde. Fire-starter in Hellboy. Muse to Karl Lagerfeld. Face of Chanel. Cover model. Advocate for the multiple...

Girl, Interrupted

Susanna Kaysen

Crazy isn't being broken or swallowing a dark secret. It's you or me amplified. If you ever told a lie and enjoyed it. If you ever wished you could be a child forever. In 1967, after a session with a psychiatrist she'd never seen before, eighteen-year-old Susanna Kaysen...

Will She Do?

Eileen Atkins

'She is the cur's cods, the terrier's testicles, the business. I will go farther and declare that Atkins is the finest actor appearing in the world right now' - A. A. GillWill She Do? is the story of a girl from a council estate in Tottenham, born in 1934 to an...

The Fran Lebowitz Reader

Fran Lebowitz

Acerbic, wisecracking and hilarious, this is the definitive essay collection from New York legend and satirist, Fran Lebowitz, star of Martin Scorsese's hit Netflix series, Pretend It's a City.'The gold standard for intelligence, efficiency and humour. Now and forever'...

The Tick of Two Clocks

Joan Bakewell

'An inspiration to anyone who still finds old age too distressing a prospect to take seriously' The TimesOld age is no longer a blip in the calendar, just a few declining years before the end. Old age is now a major and important part of life: It should command as...

Below the Edge of Darkness

Edith Widder

A pioneering marine biologist takes us down into the deep ocean in this 'thrilling blend of hard science and high adventure' (New York Times)Edith Widder grew up determined to become a marine biologist. But after complications from a surgery during college caused her to...