'I don't sit around waiting for the muse, I go to work'
Barbara Kingsolver talks to The Sunday Times about her difficult childhood, life in Appalachia after the opioid crisis – and The Sunday Times Award for Literary Excellence.
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'I read this book in 3 hours' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'A perfect Christmas present' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Sheer perfection' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Early readers love Do You See What I See? by Peter Swanson, out today in hardback. Add this festive crime novella to your Christmas list now 🎅
‘An incredible exploration of wasted potential and the beauty that can be found in the midst of disaster‘ Sunday Times
Support your local independent bookshop by pre-ordering our exclusive indies edition of Partita by Barbara Kingsolver ✍️
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'Partita wrestles with the questions that have fuelled her whole career – namely, who is art for, what makes it good, and what can it actually accomplish?'
Casey Cep profiles and interviews Barbara Kingsolver for The New Yorker 📖
https://t.co/0I3d3Yiv9u
On Radio 4's weekly discussion programme, Adam Rutherford is joined by the poet and writer Lavinia Greenlaw to talk about On Difficulty (and Poetry), her exploration of why difficult experiences, ideas and works of art can be so rewarding.
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‘A true romance’ Clare Carlisle
‘In Château Rouge, time unfolds as a succession of small, sensuous pleasures’ Literary Review
Château Rouge, the beautiful new novel from Amit Chaudhuri, captures modern Paris as a place of beauty, intrigue, community, and complexity.
Sebastian Barry is on the latest episode of BBC Radio 4's Take Four Books discussing three influences for The Newer World.
Listen here 🎧 https://t.co/Tvzag3OUG3
‘Burn and Rave swerves around the bends of the human heart, and then miraculously delivers you home. It left me inspired, consoled and thankful’ Samantha Harvey
Burn and Rave from the #1 bestseller Max Porter. Publishing 11 February 2027.
Pre-order now: https://t.co/zpELMVoCkH
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Wintering and Enchantment comes a heartfelt meditation on the secret labour of care. Introducing Tending by Katherine May, designed by Holly Ovenden and available to pre-order now in hardback 🌱
https://t.co/DoLzzmPL5e
Introducing Women and Children, the phenomenal new novel from Lillian Fishman, the critically acclaimed author of Acts of Service.
Women and Children will publish Spring 2027.
Cover to be revealed and proofs in now.
'Inspiring, tragic and deeply moving’ TLS
'Every page has pleasures from top to tail' The Times
'Blazes with authenticity and poignancy' Financial Times
The Newer World by Sebastian Barry is out now 📚
https://t.co/YcumRgVbvz
How do we lose touch with the things we love?
And is it possible to find our way back to them?
These questions drive Nadia Beard on a quest to reclaim the dreams of her childhood in The Melody of Things, published today 🎶
https://t.co/beRznMAtq8
'A wonderful atmospheric setting, interesting flawed characters, plenty of unexpected twists' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Early Reader Review
Peter Swanson's new Christmas murder mystery Do You See What I See? is out two weeks today in hardback ❄️
https://t.co/Lxa4Iea6IC
Presenting the cover for Miss Lambert Steps Aboard Danger, the new novel from Kazuo Ishiguro.
Publishing 9 March 2027, pre-order a signed copy now from Waterstones and selected indies.
Cover design by Pete Adlington @designbyfaber