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🎉 We are thrilled that ELECTRIC SPARK has been shortlisted for the 2025 Ballie Gifford Prize ⚡️

Huge congratulations to Frances Wilson, and all the other shortlisted authors.

We’re delighted that Richard Strachan’s The Unrecovered has been chosen as Waterstones Scottish Book of the Month!

Unsettling and evocative, deeply atmospheric and brilliantly engaging, The Unrecovered is an unforgettable historical debut inspired by a real life legend.

'An enormous treat . . . beautifully vivid, claustrophobic and macabre . . . a masterful page-turner' Bridget Collins, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Binding

House of Splinters will soon be haunting shelves near you.

Pre-order here: https://t.co/qvI9PXgETJ

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Alan’s message for the London rat superfans 🐀🐀🐀

#IHearANewWorld

Alan Moore introduces I Hear a New World, the electrifying second instalment in the Long London series.

Electrifying, absurd, magical and more true than you might believe...

May 2026.

The Waterstones Special Edition: https://www.waterstones.com/book/i-hear-a-new-world/alan-moore/9781526643292

Alan Moore introduces I Hear a New World, the electrifying second instalment in the Long London series.

Electrifying, absurd, magical and more true than you might believe...

May 2026.

The Waterstones Special Edition: https://www.waterstones.com/book/i-hear-a-new-world/alan-moore/9781526643292

YouTube video by Bloomsbury Publishing ✨ Why is Fantasy Fiction so important? ✨

✨ Why is Fantasy Fiction so important? ✨

At the Oxford Bloomsbury Fantasy Summer School, we caught up with our Editors and authors to talk about why fantasy is so important. youtube.com/shorts/D9KuBHYWLqk?cbrd=1

😾 Will There Ever Be Another You – Patricia Lockwood

From one of our most original, inventive and prodigiously funny writers, this is a phosphorescent, wild and profound investigation into what keeps us alive in unprecedented times.

Read more: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/will-ther...

🌨️ Time of the Child – Niall Williams

A heartbreaking and life-affirming novel about small towns and second chances - from the international bestselling author of Four Letters of Love

Read more: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/time-of-t...

💉 This Might Surprise You – Hayley Gullen

This is a cancer story you'll actually want to read. With humour and honesty, it details Hayley Gullen's fight for individuality during the toughest time of her life.

Read more: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/this-migh...

❤️ Someone Like Me – Penny Lancaster

Penny tells her full story for the first time, with a natural empathy and humour that she hopes will help others on their own life journey.

Read more: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/someone-l...

🧂 Salt and Saffron – Kamila Shamsie

"Coming back to Karachi is like stepping into the sea again after months on land."

'Beautifully written in cunning, punning, glancing prose' Independent

Reissue

Read more: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/salt-and-...

🔴 The Queer Thing About Sin – Harry Tanner

A gripping new journey through ancient history, uncovering the origins of homophobia and the untold stories of those who dared to love.

Read more: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/queer-thi...

🎨 Pick a Colour – Souvankham Thammavongsa

From Giller Prize and O. Henry Award winner Souvankham Thammavongsa comes a revelatory novel about loneliness, love, labor, and class.

Read more: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/pick-a-co...

𓂀 The Last Dynasty – Toby Wilkinson

A definitive and thrilling new account of the last great dynasty of ancient Egypt, from Alexander the Great to Cleopatra.

Read more: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/last-dyna...

🗣️ The Language-Lover's Lexipedia – Joshua Blackburn

Want to uncover the secret of Ikea product names? Learn the art of Scottish insults? Or understand why pedants are pedantic? Here you will find all this and more.

Read more: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/languagel...

🗺️ Kartography – Kamila Shamsie

Reissue

"For a second I was almost jealous of the clouds. Why was he looking to them for an escape when I was right here beside him?"

'Perceptive, funny and poignant' TLS

Read more: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/kartograp...

🌊 In the City by the Sea – Kamila Shamsie

For every bullet shot by an oppressor there springs to life a star…

'Full of fun, longing and wit … a debut of spirit and imagination, loaded with intelligent charm' Ali Smith

Reissue

Read more: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/in-the-ci...

🖌️ The History of Art in One Sentence – Verity Babbs

What's so special about Dutch paintings of cheese? Why were the Pre-Raphaelites obsessed with gingers? Find out in one sentence with comedian and art historian Verity Babbs

Read more: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/history-o...

🚣‍♂️ Floating Home – Adam Lind

Are you living with purpose? What makes you truly happy? Do you want to make a change in your life?

After the devastating loss of his father, Adam Lind made a choice to pursue a life less ordinary.

Read more: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/floating-...

🍲 The Actually Delicious One Pot Cookbook – Poppy O'Toole

From curries and stir fries with big, bold flavours to simple, crowd-pleasing desserts. No.1 bestselling author Poppy O'Toole brings her delicious, creative magic to one-pot cooking.

Read more: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/poppy-coo...

❤️📚 It's a huge publication week at Bloomsbury! We have a gorgeous stack of books just waiting to be devoured. What has taken your eye?

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❤️ We are hugely proud to be publishing Still Bobbi, the captivating memoir from the legendary entrepreneur Bobbi Brown.

Featuring stories of authenticity, resilience and reinvention from the iconic entrepreneur.

Still Bobbi is out today.

🎉 Happy publication day to Will There Ever Be Another You by Patricia Lockwood! 🎉

From one of our most original, inventive and prodigiously funny writers, this novel is a phosphorescent, wild and profound investigation into what keeps us alive in unprecedented times.

Not every house is a home...

A brand new spine tingling tale from the award winning, Sunday Times bestseller, Laura Purcell.

Dare you enter the House of Splinters?

Pre-order here: https://bit.ly/3IlAu7t

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We're so excited to be publishing the new novel from the authors of the bestselling smash-hit Aisling series, OUR DEADLY SUMMER by Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen.

Friends don't let friends bury bodies alone...

Coming May 2026. Pre-order now: https://m.cmpgn.page/tP5vGS

From the world of The Silent Companions comes Laura Purcell’s most chilling tale yet.

Pre-order your signed Waterstones exclusive edition today: https://bit.ly/4jroIpE

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🎧 We're thrilled to be shortlisted for the inaugural British Audio Awards! Congratulations to all the nominated audiobooks.

🌲 The Wood at Midwinter
🛫 Bad Publicity
✨ Kobna Holdbrook-Smith for The Great When
🎻 Emilia Clarke for The Instrumentalist

🔥 She's a Sunday Times top five bestseller! 🔥

Huge congratulations to Samantha Shannon as Among the Burning Flowers blazes her way to the top of the charts!

Take your first steps into the epic. Yscalin, land of sunshine and lavender, will soon be ablaze.

The spine-tingling return to the world of The Silent Companions from the Queen of the Ghost Story.

Just one month until Laura Purcell's House of Splinters haunts your shelves…

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