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Nightwalk – Chris Yates

“Last November, the sudden appearance of a hundred wintering ravens in a wood in Cranborne Chase, where I have lived for twenty-five years without seeing more than a few solitary specimens, reminded me that there is always something ready to flame up again in the landscape, just when it seemed the fire had gone out.”

In Nightwalk we accompany Chris Yates on the most magical of journeys into the very heart of the British countryside. Chris is one of Britain’s most insightful and lyrical writers and his acute observation of the natural world and ability to transcend it exquisitely sets him apart from his contemporaries. Time slows down for a deeper intimacy with nature, and through Chris’s writing we hear every rustle of a leaf, every call of a bird. He widens the power of our imagination, heightening our senses and revealing beauty in the smallest details.

Chris Yates is lauded as one of the great writers on the countryside, although until now he has confined himself to describing water, fish and fishing. This is his first book on the overall natural world and Nightwalk places him amongst the luminaries of nature writing such as Robert Macfarlane, Roger Deakin and Richard Mabey.

Nightwalk in available now

978-0-00-741554-0  £14.99 HB

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The Last Highlander – Sarah Fraser

 

Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat, was one of Scotland’s most notorious and romantic figures. A double-agent and spy, he became the most famous supporter of Bonnie Prince Charlie and the last nobleman to be executed for treason.  Sarah Fraser’s gripping adventure and swash-buckling spy story The Last Highlander uses the events of Lovat’s life to recreate this extraordinary period of history. It’s a brilliant read that will appeal to fans of books Ben Macintyre and C.J. Sansom.

Sarah Fraser is in a unique position to tell this story. Until recently she was married to Kit Fraser, one of the Lovat-Fraser clan and she continues to live in the highlands of Scotland.  Lord Simon Lovat was a shrewd and calculating soldier of unlimited ambition, wit and double-dealing who died a martyr for his country and for an independent Scotland. Born into the unpredictable world of the late seventeenth-century as a younger son of a junior branch of the Frasers, Simon determined to enforce his claim to be chief of the Fraser clan and enjoy the income from its lands.

In July 1745, Bonnie Prince Charlie landed on Eriskay – a tiny Hebridean island and launched his last and greatest attempt to seize back his throne, joined after victory at Preston Pans by Simon Fraser and his clans. They reached Derby before retreating ignominiously and facing final defeat at the hands of the British at Culloden. Fraser – one of Scoltand’s most colourful characters – was found hiding in a tree. Sarah argues that the defeat at Culloden led directly to the end of traditional Gaelic civilization; to the brutal clearances and ‘pacification’ of the Highlands which followed and the lost civilisations of Scotland that were destroyed after 1745 by English repression.

Sarah will be promoting widely around publication, including media interviews and events with independent bookshops in Scotland.

The Last Highlander is published on 10th May

978-0-00-722949-9 £20 HB

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In the Media: The Art of Fielding – Chad Harbach

‘It’s already booked its place on the dinner party bookshelves among the Murakamis, the McEwans, the Zadie Smiths and the Rushdies’ Observer

‘It is deliciously old-fashioned: it simply gets on with the business of creating vivid, layered characters and telling a good, engrossing story’ Daily Telegraph

‘This is a charming, moving and slyly profound novel. You might even say Chad Harbach hit this one out of the park’ Sunday Telegraph

‘Charming, warm-hearted, addictive’ Guardian

‘A terrifically engaging novel… you will be rewarded by a page-turning, beguiling and wonderfully warm-hearted read’ Sunday Times

 Following an ecstatic reception of the hardback in January, the publicity for the paperback of The Art of Fielding is looking to be just as positive with reviews anticipated across the paperback slots of the national newspapers. First interview will run in the Observer Magazine on 6th or 13th May as part of a feature on the Brooklyn literary scene, followed by a feature in GQ magazine, and an interview on BBC SIX Music. 

Chad will then be coming to the UK on 28th May with events lined up at Lutyens & Rubinstein Bookshop, Foyles Bookshop, Charleston Festival, Topping & Co Bookshop, Hay Festival, and the Dublin Writers Festival

Online activity for the hardback was prolific with blanket reviews across the literary blogs and social media. Activity has been stepped up again on Twitter and Chad will also be tweeting live from the Hay Festival @FourthEstateUK.

 AND the London Underground 6 sheet advertising campaign is currently live!

 

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New Talent Spotlight – Anjali Joseph

Another Country is the superb second novel from Anjali Joseph, author of the multiple-award winning Saraswati Park.

Paris, London, Bombay: three cities form a backdrop to a journey through Leela’s twenties at the dawn of the new millennium, as she learns to negotiate the world, work, relationships and sex, and find some measure of authenticity.

Sharp, funny, and melancholy, Another Country brings a cool eye to friendship, love, and the idea of belonging in its movements through old and new worlds. As with her debut, Saraswati Park, Anjali Joseph’s beautiful, clear writing captures exactly both emotions and surroundings.

Alongside Zadie Smith, Mohsin Hamid and Chris Cleave, Anjali Joseph was chosen as one of the Telegraph’s ‘20 under 40’ best UK writers. Her first novel, Saraswati Park, won two of the UK’s most prestigious first novel prizes (the Desmond Elliott and the Betty Trask) and the Vodafone Crossword Award, India’s foremost literary prize.

Another Country is published on 7th June

978-0-00-746277-3 £12.99 HB

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Sacrilege by S.J. Parris

Perfect for fans of C.J. Sansom and The Name of the Rose, Sacrilege is the third historical thriller featuring Giordano Bruno, heretic, philosopher and spy.

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Hilary Mantel talks about Anne Boleyn

Watch Hilary Mantel, author of the Man Booker Prize-winning ‘Wolf Hall’ and its sequel ‘Bring Up The Bodies’, talking about the primary focus of her new novel, Anne Boleyn.

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Spotlight on Octavia’s Bookshop, Cirencester

Octavia’s Bookshop in Cirencester has been open for just over a year and is going from strength to strength. Whilst more than half the stock in the shop is dedicated to children’s books, the selection of adult titles – bestsellers and beautiful reference books – is also increasing.

Recently nominated as one of the three Best Small Bookshops in Britain by The Telegraph, Octavia Karavla has also been shortlisted in two categories at The Bookseller Industry Awards: Children’s Independent Bookseller of the Year sponsored by Walker Books and the Sue Butterworth Young Bookseller of the Year sponsored by HarperCollins.

Not only does Octavia have a strong events programme, but she also has a growing children’s book group, with 78 children currently involved. Recent books enjoyed were Wither and Divergent. Over 70 children were in her shop on World Book Day too! Octavia has also started offering book vouchers for party bags and this is proving very successful.

Find out more about what’s going on at Octavia’s Bookshop by visiting: http://www.octaviasbookshop.co.uk/

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Paddington Races Ahead is your Children’s Fiction Book of the Month for May

Today sees the publication of “Paddington Races Ahead”, a brand new book by Michael Bond. Four years after the previous novel which, at the time, he said would be the last, Paddington Bear’s creator has once again put pen to paper to the delight of his many fans.

And this month, Paddington Races Ahead is your Children’s Fiction Book of the Month.

“My legs are a bit short for the pole vault!” repeated Paddington hotly. “But they’ve always been that way.”

Somehow Paddington Bear always manages to find himself in unusual situations. So it is no surprise when he gets into a spot of bother with some shaving cream, causes a London bus to be evacuated, and is mistaken for a famous Peruvian hurdler by a film crew. There’s never a dull moment when a certain bear is around!

Paddington Races Ahead, £10.99, HB

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The Hueys by Oliver Jeffers is the Children’s Book of the Month for May!

Meet the Hueys in The New Jumper - a fabulously quirky group of characters in an irresistible new series from Oliver Jeffers.

The thing about the Hueys is that they are all the same… They all look the same, think the same and do the same things. Until one day, Rupert knits himself a nice new jumper…

How will the other Hueys react?

A hilarious story about individuality.

The Hueys – The New Jumper will come with a gorgeous height chart (free with every purchase in every independent bookstore).

And if you are planning to host a Hueys in-store event, why don’t you download these fantastic activity sheets?

Contact us at independentthinking@harpercollins.co.uk to receive some lovely bookmarks and postcards.

The Hueys – The New Jumper, Age 2+, £10.99, HB 

 

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