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Kin is an Oprah's Book Club pick!

'This is a masterpiece of a novel that contemplates the meaning and complications of love and friendship, and it will live with you long after you turn the last page.'

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Charleston — American Lives As the United States nears its 250th anniversary, Tayari Jones meets fellow novelist Jay McInerney to explore American ideas of belonging, identity and memory.

The 2026 programme for Charleston Festival is now live!

Join Tayari Jones on 25th May to hear all about her wonderful new novel, Kin!

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The Last of Earth by Deepa Anappara review – into Tibet’s ‘Forbidden Kingdom’ The follow-up to Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line explores the history of colonial exploration through a perilous 19th-century odyssey

Deepa Anappara's The Last of Earth is the
@theguardian.com's Book of the Day!!

‘An epic, perilous odyssey… The Last of Earth is scrupulous in its excavation of our spooky, imperfect pasts.’

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Oneworld wins five-way auction with ‘unprecedented advance’ for Female Life on Planet Earth Oneworld has acquired Female Life on Planet Earth by Iranian novelist Laleh Khadivi in a five-way “hotly contested” auction with the publisher offering an “unprecedented, strong six-figure advance”.

We're delighted to be publishing Laleh Khadivi's Female Life on Planet Earth in September!

www.thebookseller.com/rights/oneworld-wins-five-way-auction-and-offers-unprecedented-advance-for-female-life-on-planet-earth

To celebrate the launch of her latest novel KIN, Tayari Jones will be touring the UK in May and June! 🤍🖤

Details of the events and how to get tickets can be found on our website!

🥀🕸️Happy Halloween! 🕸️🥀

We've got a wonderful array of spooky titles in our backlist for the horror and the eerie gothic fiction lovers! 🩸

A wonderful review of The Surgeon, The Midwife, The Quack in @thetimes.com this weekend!

Humanish by Justin Gregg review – how much of a person is your pet? From prosthetic testicles for dogs to sociable reptiles, a behavioural scientist explains what we get wrong – and right – about animal minds

Great to see Justin Gregg's Humanish is a @theguardian.com Book of the Day!

‘Illuminating and lively… Gregg’s work is both a dissection and an ode to the irresistible allure of anthropomorphism.'

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PREORDER NOW: The world's first ever history of queer bookshops is out May 26! I'm so proud of this book. It's been a huge amount of research and it's such a fascinating story. Now thanks to @Waterstones you can get 25% off your preorder. 🏳️‍🌈 @oneworldbooks.bsky.social
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It’s a cover reveal!!

From the Women’s Prize for Fiction winner Tayari Jones comes this beautiful story of mothers and daughters, friendship and sisterhood out on 26th March 2026!

#tayarijones #womensprizeforfiction #blackhistorymonth #fictionbooks #adultfiction

.@bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social are running a giveaway until 24th September!

If you fancy a chance of winning a £250 gift card all you need to do is buy a book! Head over to our page to have a browse 📚📖

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To celebrate the launch of her upcoming book, Heiresses,
@drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social will be taking part in various events across the UK over the next few months!

To find out how to get tickets head over to our website!

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Two brilliant YA novels from Rock the Boat on this wide-ranging recommended reading list for 16-yr-olds: Happy Head by Josh Silver and The Heart of the World by Amie Kaufman! @oneworldbooks.bsky.social

Map Monday - Edenglassie - The Book Trail Map Monday - Edenglassie Discover the maps of books with TheBookTrail Literary Travel Agency and Bookmap Emporium! Travel by the book

Oh did you see this on #Mapmonday?

Do you know where Edenglassie is?

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Forthcoming from @oneworldbooks.bsky.social

With Women in Translation Month now in full swing we thought we’d curate a reading list of books from the queen of the spine-tingling tale, Samanta Schweblin!

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One month today the book I’ve been working on for the last seven years will be published by @oneworldbooks.bsky.social You can pre-order #Heiresses now through all good bookshops! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/heir...

Tickets are now available for Vanessa Beaumont and Caroline Kirby's event at Henley Literary Festival on Sunday 5th October!

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We have lots of brilliant authors attending Edinburgh Book Festival @edbookfest.bsky.social in August!

You can find information about each event and links to buy tickets over on our website ➡️ bit.ly/44tZNwv

We're delighted that Melissa Lucashenko will be visiting the UK later this year and, to celebrate the launch of Edenglassie, she will be doing a small book tour across the UK!

To find out how to buy tickets, head over to our website ➡️ bit.ly/edenglassie-...

Our backlist BOTM for July is Pretend I'm Dead by Jen Beagin!

First published in 2018, Pretend I'm Dead is Jen Beagin's debut novel. Fans of her latest novel Big Swiss will no doubt love this one filled with her signature dark humour and wit.

Find out more here! bit.ly/4ly6KlU

We're thrilled that Sweet Bean Paste has been selected for the #BigTastyRead booklist, full of delicious foody books to inspire people to read more!

To find out more and check out the rest of the list head over to their website ➡️https://bit.ly/bigtastyread
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Tayari Jones on the cover of this week's issue of ‪@thebookseller.com‬! Plus an exclusive Q&A 👀

Last night was the 10 year anniversary of our children's imprint Rock the Boat and we spent the evening in the beautiful Phoenix Gardens!

It was an evening of magic, chatter, food, drink and lots celebration. Here's to 10 more years of stories that rock the boat!! 💙🥂

Watch Grenfell: Uncovered | Netflix Official Site Survivors, witnesses and experts tell the story of the tragic fire that engulfed a residential tower block in London — and the investigation that ensued.

‪@peteapps.bsky.social‬, author of Show Me the Bodies, features in this heart-wrenching and insightful documentary telling the story of the tragic Grenfell fire of 2017 and the investigation that followed and continues today.

Available to watch on Netflix: www.netflix.com/gb/title/81683138

Head over to our website for our Summer reads recommendations! ☀️🌴

From literary thrillers and historical fiction, to short stories and speculative time-slips, we’ve got you covered.

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Podcast with John Man, author of “Conquering the North: China, Russia, Mongolia: 2,000 Years of Conflict” China, famously, built the Great Wall to defend against nomadic groups from the Eurasian steppe. For two millennia, China interacted with groups from the north: The Xiongnu, the Mongols, the Manchu…

Drops today: this week's ARB @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast features Nicholas Gordon in conversation with John Man about his recent book “Conquering the North: China, Russia, Mongolia: 2,000 Years of Conflict” @oneworldbooks.bsky.social asianreviewofbooks.com/podcast-with...

Following the lives of nine heiresses, @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social peers beneath the demure, empire-waisted image of the Georgian heiress to reveal a murky world of inheritance, fortune-hunting and human exploitation.

Available to pre-order now⬇️
Amazon: bit.ly/4lcPIty
Waterstones: bit.ly/4efwNfm

A fabulous event at the Women’s Prize Live! in sunny Bedford Square with @tayari.bsky.social interviewed by Naga Munchetty. A wonderful discussion, much laughter and great questions. @womensprize.bsky.social @oneworldbooks.bsky.social

Thanks to all who attended the fab launch for @victoriashepherd1.bsky.social's 'Stony Jack & the Lost Jewels of Cheapside' last night, at the very atmospheric cafe below St Mary Le Bow Church💎📿

Copies & tickets for an event @dauntbooks.bsky.social here:

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