Outspoken

The inspiring memoir of the warrior for women who’s defied the Taliban at every turn – doctor, public official, founder of schools and hospitals, and Nobel Peace Prize nominee ‘I have three strikes against me. I’m a woman, I speak out for women, and I’m Hazara, the most persecuted ethnic group in Afghanistan.’ Dr Sima […]

One Illumined Thread

A beautiful, enthralling and powerful story of three women separated by centuries, yet connected by a thread of longing and a singular creative spirit – for readers of Geraldine Brooks, Sarah Winman, Maggie O’Farrell and Pip Williams. In ancient Judea, under the brutal rule of King Herod, a woman yearns for a child but is […]

My Fourth Time, We Drowned

The Western world has turned its back on refugees, fuelling one of the most devastating humanitarian crises in history. In 2018, Sally Hayden received a message on Facebook: ‘Hi sister Sally, we need your help.’ It was from an Eritrean man who had been held in a Libyan detention centre for months. Everyone with him […]

Invisible in a Bright Light

A middle grade novel about a crystal chandelier shaped like a galleon that splinters into a thousand pieces, a girl abandoned as a baby on the steps of an opera house and a dangerous game called the Reckoning. From I, Coriander to Invisible in a Bright Light , Sally Gardner’s first middle grade novel in […]

Shadow Girl

A poignant story about foster care children with a supernatural twist, from the award-winning author of Ways to Live Forever. Clare knows she’s at least partly to blame for her problems at school, but she’s learned that it hurts to make friends when you’re a foster kid and you’ll just be moved on again. It’s […]