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Publisher. Always independent. And twice we’ve won Publisher of the Year.

Canongate is an independent publisher: since 1973 we’ve worked to unearth and amplify the most vital, innovative voices we can find, wherever they come from, and we’ve published all kinds of books – thoughtful, upsetting, gripping, beatific, vulgar, chaste, unrepentant, life-changing . . . Along the way there have been landmarks of fiction – including Alasdair Gray’s masterpiece Lanark, and Yann M

artel’s Life of Pi, the best-ever-selling Booker winner – and non-fiction too. We’ve published an American president and a Guantanamo detainee; we’ve campaigned for causes we believe in and fought court cases to get our authors heard. We’re still independent, and we’re as committed to unorthodox and innovative publishing as ever.

12/09/2024

Happy Paperback Publication Day to ISLAND DREAMS and TRUE NORTH by Gavin Francis

PULLING THE CHARIOT OF THE SUN by Shane McCrae

MY LADY PARTS by Doon Mackichan

and THE OUTRUN by Amy Liptrot 🌠

ISLAND DREAMS and TRUE NORTH are beautiful additions to our canons list, combining Gavin Francis' stories of his own travels with psychology, philosophy and myth, shedding new light on the importance of islands and the far north.

PULLING THE CHARIOT OF THE SUN is a powerful memoir of a kidnapping, it's VULTURE Best Memoir of the Year and a New Statesman Best Book of the Year.

MY LADY PARTS is the savage and sparkling story of a career spent defying stereotypes by acclaimed actress Doon Mackichan.

And THE OUTRUN has a gorgeous new look to tie in with the new film release, starring Saoirse Ronan 💙

Order your copy in store or online here: https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/out-today/

12/09/2024

Happy hardback publication day to these 5 beautiful books!

NEVERLAND – Vanessa Kisuule
THE BRIDGE BETWEEN WORLDS – Gavin Francis
BETWEEN TWO WATERS – Pamela Brunton
THE MANY LIVES OF JAMES LOVELOCK – Jonathan Watts
EXIT WOUNDS – Peter Godwin

Get your copy at your favourite local bookshop, or online!
https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/out-today/

In NEVERLAND, award-winning poet Vanessa Kisuule pens a love letter to the musicians we adore and an unflinching look at the costs of hero worship, as she asks us to explore how we shape relationships with artists in the public sphere, and the fandoms that accompany them

THE BRIDGE BETWEEN WORLDS collects 40 years of travel writing, architectural intrigue and philosophy pondering on bridges around the globe as he meditates on the place of the bridge in our culture, exploring how these structures can improve human connection

BETWEEN TWO WATERS offers an insider critique of the food business by award-winning chef Pam Brunton, interrogating sustainability in food culture and documenting the early days of her Green Michelin Star restaurant Inver

THE MANY LIVES OF JAMES LOVELOCK reveals the extraordinary life (MI5 Agent! Nasa Engineer! Scientist!) of the co-creator of Gaia Theory, James Lovelock, like never before

In EXIT WOUNDS, award-winning writer Peter Godwin reflects on middle age, family, love grief & the lives of exiles & refugees through exploring his changing relationships with the three women who shaped his life

29/08/2024

𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘥𝘢𝘺 . . . 🦞🌊✨

Wishing a HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY to Matt Haig, his magical life-affirming new novel THE LIFE IMPOSSIBLE is out TODAY!

Copies (featuring beautiful endpapers from Neil Gower) are available nationwide in all the good places you'd get your books, and online! https://buythebook.online/thelifeimpossible

When retired Maths teacher Grace Winters is left a run-down house on a Mediterranean island by a long-lost friend, curiosity gets the better of her. She arrives in Ibiza with a one-way ticket, no guidebook and no plan. What follows is a story filled with wonder and wild adventure, hope and the life-changing power of a new beginning.

‘A beautiful novel full of life-affirming wonder and imagination’ BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH

‘Wise and moving’ JOANNA CANNON, Guardian

‘Stunning. It's not only exquisitely written but has so much magic woven through it’ FEARNE COTTON

Pick up your copy today to embark on a spectacular new adventure, from the number one Sunday Times bestselling author of The Midnight Library.

22/08/2024

Wishing a happy publication day to Jordan Stephens, his blistering memoir exploring masculinity, mental health, addiction and heartbreak – Avoidance, Drugs, Heartbreak & Dogs – is out today, get your copy at your favourite local indie bookshop, or online >> https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/avoidance-drugs-heartbreak-and-dogs-jordan-stephens/7668296?ean=9781838858087

'Brutally honest as well as poetic'
DOLLY ALDERTON

'Necessary, urgent and totally original' AFUA HIRSCH

'Essential reading for men of all ages' CALEB FEMI

‘𝑺𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝑰'𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅. 𝑰 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅, '𝑨𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒚 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒘.'

Love is a gift, isn’t it? From our early childhood years to growing up and pairing off, it’s a feeling we chase knowing we’re better off with it. But what if love is claustrophobic and conflicting? And what if at the same time we’re chasing addictions to drugs, drink, s*x and chaos?

Diagnosed twice with ADHD, Jordan Stephens found his teens and twenties a whirl of career success and nurturing friendships but also a brutal pattern of self-harm, hedonism, destructive coping mechanisms and heartbreak. When he tried to live up to his own damaged expectations and his world exploded, he stepped away from his previous existence completely and allowed himself to explore the pain he’d repressed his entire life.

Unsparingly digging into the fear, tenderness and trauma he carried in his body and mind, and the confusing assumptions of what a young man should be, Jordan Stephens discovers what it means to be a modern man, why we should all open ourselves up to life, and how the price we pay for love in all its forms is worth it.

15/08/2024

A story to bring the magic back to your everyday!

In two weeks we publish Matt Haig's new novel THE LIFE IMPOSSIBLE 💫 It's the heart-warming, life-affirming read of the summer, from the author of the internationally bestselling THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY

When retired Maths teacher Grace Winters is left a run-down house on a Mediterranean island by a long-lost friend, curiosity gets the better of her. She arrives in Ibiza with a one-way ticket, no guidebook and no plan. What comes next is stranger than she could have dreamed...

Have you pre-ordered your copy?
https://linktr.ee/thelifeimpossible

02/08/2024

EAT THE WORLD

01/08/2024

IT'S A HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY!
Many hurrah's to these wonderful books, all out now:

THIS PLAGUE OF SOULS – Mike McCormack
IN HER BLOOD – Caro Ramsay
AWAYDAYS – Kevin Sampson
LISTEN – Michel Faber
SMALL BY SMALL – Dr Ike Anya
UPROOTING – Marchelle Farrell
ON REFLECTION – Richard Holloway

Get your copies in your favourite local indie bookshop, or online – https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/out-today/

Set in contemporary Ireland, This Plague of Souls is a compelling novel from the prize-winning author of Solar Bones explores judgement, penance, loss and recovery.

In Her Blood sees DCI Christine Capalan return, searching for a vanished murderer who killed three people as a child, the clock is ticking to bring 'Girl A' to justice...

Awaydays is the powerful cult novel which defined football in the 70s and 80s, exploring the hooliganism of a generation of working class men abandoned by Thatcher's Britain.

Listen is a curious book that will change your relationship with the heard world, join award-winning author Michel Faber for an enlightening, thoughtful and witty exploration into how and why we listen to music

From Dr Ike Anya, Small by Small follows a young man’s medical education in 1990s Nigeria: a deeply personal memoir that provides a window onto ordinary Nigerian lives at a time of political turmoil.

Uprooting, longlisted for the and winner of the this lyrical book moves between Trinidad and an idyllic English country garden as it grapples with big questions about what we call home

And from the Sunday Times bestselling author Richard Holloway, ON REFLECTION is an inspiring and profound collection of essays reflecting on art, faith, forgiveness, grief and home

15/07/2024

“Such a brave and important book” Salena Godden⁠
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“All memoir is a witness statement. Dean Atta, speak your truth and say it loud” Lemn Sissay⁠
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You’ve fought and you’ve run away.⁠
You’ve danced with other Black q***r bodies until sunrise.⁠
Sometimes you wanted to be caught and sometimes you wanted to be held.⁠
With all that you’ve endured, you are nothing less than miraculous.⁠
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From choirboy to drag act, grandson to mentor, poet to lover, Dean Atta has played many roles in his life. In this formally inventive, candid and courageous book, he explores what he has carried in his body: wins and losses, shame and pride, pain and joy. Dean also investigates how radical self-acceptance and a willingness to abide with discomfort open up the possibility of a life lived beyond definition: a person unlimited.⁠
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📚 OUT NOW⁠
Person Unlimited: An Ode to My Q***r Black Body by Dean Atta⁠
Find it at your local bookshop or at https://uk.bookshop.org/a/415/9781838855659

13/07/2024

Here it is: the special, signed limited edition of The Life Impossible, available only from independent bookshops! Order yours now! (Where can you get a copy? Would you believe it, there is a handy link to answer all your questions: ☀️ https://buythebook.online/the-life-impossible-special-edition ☀️)⁠
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The Life Impossible is Matt Haig’s first novel since The Midnight Library became a mutimillion-copy worldwide bestseller. The Life Impossible is the story of retired Maths teacher Grace Winters who ends up with a one-way ticket to Ibiza – where her life will change in ways she never could have imagined.⁠
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And it’s out next month, on 29 August! This special indies exclusive – as well as being signed by Matt Haig himself – has printed edges (that lovely wave pattern down the outside edges of the pages). Order your copy while it’s available.⁠
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Not lucky enough to live near an independent bookshop? Don’t worry, many are more than happy to take orders online and send out books. Check out: https://buythebook.online/the-life-impossible-special-edition

12/07/2024

“This intelligent, tense eco-thriller made me shiver with creeping dread. Katie Hale’s ice-cool exploration of guilt is also a total pleasure” Clare Pollard⁠
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“I LOVED The Edge of Solitude: quietly powerful, authoritative, atmospheric and wise” Joanne Harris⁠
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“Set in a worryingly plausible future where the possibility of reversing climate change is reliant on the whims of billionaires, The Edge of Solitude is not a book to miss. Disgraced activist Ivy Cunningham is a monstrously human creation, testament to Hale’s formidable ability to delve into complex and flawed psyches” Cailean Steed⁠
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A lone ship journeys south, heading for the furthest reaches of Antarctica. It belongs to Sky, the billionaire behind a groundbreaking project to salvage the region. On board is disgraced environmental activist Ivy Cunningham, lending her expertise in the hope that it might rescue her reputation – and perhaps even mend her broken relationship with her son. ⁠
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And yet, as the ship moves ever deeper into the breathtaking but eerie landscape, Ivy grows increasingly suspicious of her fellow passengers, and starts to question the project’s motives. ⁠
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If she could leave, she would – but she knows there’s no way home. ⁠
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Exhilarating, terrifying and thought-provoking at once, The Edge of Solitude is a story of climate emergency and human fallibility, of the clash of ambition and principle, and of the choices we make when we know that time is running out.⁠
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📚 OUT NOW⁠
The Edge of Solitude by Katie Hale⁠
Available from your friendly local bookshop or at https://buythebook.online/the-edge-of-solitude

10/07/2024

“A laser-sharp work of concentrated brilliance” Wendy Erskine⁠
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“Hallucinatory, haunting … every word bears the weight of history” Clare Pollard⁠
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“A haunting read about all manner of love and loss, remembering and forgetting. I could not put it down” Kirsty Wark⁠
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“A deeply political debut novel, fizzing with ideas, examines the difficulties of memorialising the past in a region riven by conflict”⁠ Observer⁠

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Olga Pavic’s house has been requisitioned.
The council will bulldoze it.
Her home will become a monument to a massacre.

But Olga cannot ascertain which massacre. Three different architects visit, each with a proposal to construct a different monument, to memorialise a different horror.

Olga can’t allow them to unearth the secrets held in this space, not until she reunites with her children for a final dinner. Her aspirational, distant daughter, Hilde, and her secretly q***r son, Danilo, both reluctantly agree to fly back to Belgrade.

Within an atmosphere of razor-sharp political surreality, Lara Haworth spins a tender, magical story of familial love and loss. Via a panoply of perspectives Monumenta compellingly and playfully explores remembrance and how tragedy can be the catalyst for remarkable transformation.
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📚 OUT NOW⁠
Monumenta by Lara Haworth⁠ bookshop.
Find it at your local bookshop or at https://uk.bookshop.org/a/415/9781805301967

04/07/2024

Here are all the amazing books we’re publishing today, hardbacks and paperbacks! Find them all at your friendly local bookshop or at https://uk.bookshop.org.uk/lists/out-today

Here's a little bit about each one:
Monumenta is the sharp, funny, gripping debut novel by Lara Haworth. It’s set in Belgrade, where Olga Pavic receives notice that her house is being requisitioned: it is to become a monument to a massacre. However, no one is sure which massacre.
“A deeply political debut novel, fizzing with ideas” Observer

Person Unlimited: An Ode to My Q***r Black Body is Dean Atta’s debut book of non-fiction. Formally inventive, candid and courageous: it’s a truly transformative read about radical self-acceptance.
“Such a brave and important book” Salena Godden

From Katie Hale, The Edge of Solitude is a gripping, exhilirating (even terrifying) novel about a lone ship on a troubled journey south, as it heads for the furthest reaches of Antarctica in a time of extreme climate crisis.
“This intelligent, tense eco-thriller made me shiver with creeping dread” Clare Pollard

Bitter Crop: The Heartache and Triumph of Billie Holiday's Last Year by Paul Alexander is a stunning, memorable portrait of a true jazz genius. It’s a book as unique and powerful as Holiday’s voice.
“The unfinished life of Billie Holiday haunts us. In Bitter Crop, Paul Alexander tells her story in a way that could put her soul and our questions to rest” Gloria Steinem

Spanning three generations of women, Family Lore is a huge-hearted family sage from the National Book Award-winning poet and YA author of The Poet X, Elizabeth Acevedo.
“Tender, moving and altogether lovely. Not one word is wasted here” Kiley Reid

Dorothy Pilley broke new ground for women in a sport dominated by men. Her memoir, Climbing Days, is a forgotten classic of 1920s mountaineering literature. Re-issued in our Canons list with an introduction from her great-great nephew, the acclaimed writer of Outpost, among other books, Dan Richards.
“A true classic. An invitation to be bold, have fun and find the best words for adventure” Helen Mort

In What is a Doctor?: A GP’s Prescription for the Future of the NHS, Dr Phil Whitaker offers a damning portrait of political interference in medical treatment and the shift away from patient-centred care, drawing on his own 30 years of experience.
“A powerful account of what has happened to the bedrock of the NHS, the GP system … The book is essential – and highly readable” New Statesman

And finally, in Footprints in the Woods: The Secret Life of Forest and Riverbank, John Lister-Kaye charts a year spent with otters, badgers, weasels and pine martens.
“In the course of more than 50 years, [John Lister-Kaye] has become one of Britain’s most celebrated nature writers and an expert on conservation” The Times

A great pile of books by a truly wonderful collection of writers: we could hardly be prouder!

08/05/2024

We’re delighted to announce that we’re now a B Corp – the first UK trade publisher to receive B Corp status!

What does that mean? Well, we want the work we do at Canongate to be about more than profit. We want to be a force for good in the world. This is part of that commitment: B Corp certification is given by the non-profit organisation B Lab to companies that can demonstrate their positive social and environmental impact.

It’s not the B all and end all, but it’s a great recognition of the work we’re already doing, and it’s been a great opportunity to think and talk about our values as a company, and plan for how to live up to them! 🥳

You can read a bit more about it here: https://canongate.co.uk/news/canongate-is-now-a-b-corp/

(Illustration by Candice Purwin.)

29/04/2024

Good morning lovelies, it is my double book launch week. Thanks for all early bird pre-orders, thanks for all of your support and shares. These two new books arrive in bookshops this Thursday May 2nd - A brand new full poetry collection 'With Love, Grief and Fury' and literary childhood memoir 'Springfield Road - A Poets Childhood Revisited' - I look forward to sharing this new work with you. I hope these books fill your hearts up.

Thank you to mighty Canongate Books Xx

Links to books and gigs: https://linktr.ee/salenagodden

25/04/2024

Wishing a happy publication day to Kate Grenville! Her
-shortlisted RESTLESS DOLLY MAUNDER is out now in paperback!

Dolly Maunder will do whatever it takes to be the woman she deserves to be, this is her story.

‘Vivid and memorable’ TLS

https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/restless-dolly-maunder-kate-grenville/7519314?ean=9781805302506

19/04/2024

From a comic mastermind comes this brilliant collection of stories.⁠
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Three teenagers believe they are witches.⁠
A woman defaces a local billboard.⁠
A bored landlord tries to influence his son’s best friend.⁠
A cul-de-sac WhatsApp group discusses eggs at length.⁠
A heavily pregnant woman finds a way to time travel and a girl discovers joy on a stolen bicycle …⁠
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Each tale paints a life in miniature and offers an escape chute from the mayhem of modern life.⁠
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🦊 Because I Don't Know What You Mean and What You Don't by the inimitable is available now in paperback, ebook and as an audio download.⁠
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🦊 Get your copy from your friendly local bookshop or at https://uk.bookshop.org/a/415/9781838856090
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“Josie Long’s first collection reveals a natural gift with a frank and poignant tale; teenage experience, community WhatsApp groups and broken family units are picked apart with a wry cynicism at the weirdness and cruelty of life … an approachable debut full of heart and hope”⁠ Observer

18/04/2024

When Nani is only seventeen, she loses her beloved sister and father. Misunderstood by the rest of her family, she is beguiled by an itinerant preacher, a handsome, self-proclaimed ‘man of God’ who seems to offer all the answers. But instead of building a better future with him, Nani is forced too soon into a challenging womanhood with an oppressive husband.

Will she find the courage to take charge of her own life and seek true happiness, and at what cost?

“The Middle Daughter is an unflinching portrait of a family’s grief and one daughter’s climb out of despair. An absorbing, memorable read” Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀

“Absorbing and tender … a finely-drawn portrait of a young woman’s resilience in the face of violence and grief” Paula Hawkins

🌹 The Middle Daughter by Chika Unigwe is available now in paperback, ebook and audio download. Get your copy from your friendly local bookshop or at https://uk.bookshop.org/a/415/9781838857936

15/04/2024

What does the founding of the Sugarhill Gang teach us about business development? What can we learn about management and leadership from Jay-Z’s decades-long dominance? What does Ice Cube’s refusal to accept $75,000 to remain a member of NWA tell us about risk management? What can we learn about market dominance from the Death Row and Bad Boy Records beef? What does the rise and fall of MC Hammer (and the near fall of Rihanna) reveal about the psychology of money management? Does Lil Nas X have anything to teach us about corporate diversity?

The world of business hasn’t taken Hip Hop moguls or their methods anywhere near seriously enough – until now. The Hip Hop MBA is taking you back to school.

👑 Available now in hardback and ebook. Get your copy from your friendly local bookshop or at https://uk.bookshop.org/a/415/9781838856403

08/04/2024

EAT
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MARINA

04/04/2024

Happy publication day!

BECAUSE I DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN AND WHAT YOU DON’T – Josie Long

THE MIDDLE DAUGHTER – Chika Unigwe

THE HIP-HOP MBA – Nels Abbey

Get yours at your local bookshop or via https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/out-today/

THE HIP-HOP MBA offers an alternative and provocative look at business and economics through the rise and triumph of Hip Hop. This is the story of how rap industrialists took chronic economic pain and turned it into champagne.

When Nani is only seventeen, she loses her beloved sister and father. Misunderstood by the rest of her family, she is beguiled by an itinerant preacher who only seems to offer all the answers. THE MIDDLE DAUGHTER follows Nani as she discovers womanhood through hardship before finding her freedom and independence.

BECAUSE I DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN AND WHAT YOU DON’T is the frank and offbeat debut short story collection from award-winning comedian and broadcaster Josie Long. Each tale paints a life in miniature, offering an escape chute from the mayhem of modern life.

07/03/2024

Happy Publication day!

THE HOUSE OF DOORS – Tan Twan Eng
ACADEMY STREET & BARCELONA – Mary Costello
THE FOGHORN ECHOES – Danny Ramadan
THE MEMORY KEEPER – Jackie Kohnstamm
36 WAYS OF WRITING A VIETNAMESE POEM – Nam Le
YOUR WILD AND PRECIOUS LIFE – Liz Jenson
AN ABUNDANCE OF WILD ROSES – Feryal Ali-Gauhar
3 SHADES OF BLUE – James Kaplan

Get yours at your local bookshop or online: https://buythebook.online/out-today

3 SHADES OF BLUE tells the story of jazz, through the journeys of three towering artists; Miles Davis, John Coltrane & Bill Evans

AN ABUNDANCE OF WILD ROSES is a debut novel which combines lyrical storytelling with urgent contemporary themes of gender violence, tradition and patriarchy In the Black Mountains of Pakistan

YOUR WILD AND PRECIOUS LIFE is the story of how Liz Jenson rebuilt herself. Set against the backdrop of climate catastrophe, it’s an argument for agency, legacy and the possibility of hope after devastation

BARCELONA, a captivating short story collection from award-winning novelist Mary Costello explores love, loss and the turbulent lives of ordinary people

36 WAYS OF WRITING A VIETNAMESE POETRY COLLECTION is an urgent, unsettling reckoning with identity, chronicling the diasporic experience

‘Exquisitely crafted fire bombs of incandescent rage’ Nick Cave

THE MEMORY KEEPER is Jackie Kohnstamm's intensely moving story of piecing together family archives to bring her wartime grandparents back to life.

THE FOGHORN ECHOES is a devastating novel about q***r love, broken relationships, the promises we’re unable to keep and living with the ghosts of your past

ACADEMY STREET by Mary Costello is a profoundly moving story that charts one woman's quest for belonging amid the dazzle and tumult of America's greatest city

Longlisted for the 2023 Booker Prize, THE HOUSE OF DOORS is Tan Twan Eng's stunningly realised third novel. An evocative, rich tale of love, betrayal and morality in 1920s Penang

06/03/2024

We are proud to celebrate International Women’s Day 2024 with the launch of the audiobook of A History of Women in 101 Objects by , read by a chorus of 101 remarkable women.

This ambitious audio project was recorded across 18 studios in 12 countries, and we’re so grateful to our amazing readers, listed in order of appearance in the comments below.

A History of Women in 101 Objects audiobook was created to show how the past has always been as complicated and fascinating as the women that peopled it and ‘to add texture and intimacy to the slowly re-emerging stories of women from the past’

25% of the proceeds go to for their work empowering women and children experiencing domestic violence.

Join us on Friday 8th with , for an evening filled with optimism, determination and laughter, featuring discussion and readings from some of our cast and authors!

Find out more via the link in our bio, or download to listen now on

05/03/2024

Wishing a huge congratulations to Kate Grenville – Restless Dolly Maunder, her vividly realised novel of the fictionalised life of her grandmother Dolly and her push to carve out a life for herself has been longlisted for the

Born into the sweat and drudgery of a New South Wales sheep farm at the end of the 19th century, Dolly Maunder is different to her siblings. She will not endure the small, servile existence as a wife. Dolly, bright, ambitious and stubborn, dreams of a different fate, of building something that she truly owns.

She will do whatever it takes to be the woman she deserves to be. Even with a husband and children, Dolly pushes the boundaries of what is ‘proper’ and what a wife and mother ought to do, as war spreads across Europe and the rules are forever changed. But every life has its limits. What happens when Dolly’s wanderlust finally risks taking her too far?

29/02/2024

Happy publication day to this trio of sensational books!

brother. do. you. love. me. – Manni Coe
Poetry Unbound - Pádraig Ó Tuama
The Underground Sea – John Berger

All available now at your favourite local bookshop or online, https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/out-today

THE UNDERGROUND SEA is a succinct and never-before seen collection of Berger’s writing on mineworkers and miners’ strikes celebrating his acclaimed writing and deep-rooted politics, published on the 40th anniversary of the strikes

'John Berger seems to me peerless’ Susan Sontag

Poetry Unbound collects inspiring poetry curated by Pádraig Ó Tuama, host of Poetry Unbound podcast The On Being Project, alongside commentary unpacking each poem

‘Will warm your heart, inspire your creative mind & renew your faith in the resilience of the human race’ Elif Shafak

brother. do. you. love. me. by Manni and Reuben Coe is the remarkable story of two brothers and their extraordinary journey of resilience & repair

Published in hardback by Little Toller Books the paperback edition features a beautiful plate section of Reuben's illustrations (and a nifty double-colophon on the spine!)

22/02/2024

Wishing a happy publication day to Len Pennie! POYUMS, her electric debut collection written in Scots & English is out now. Whether she’s writing letters to her younger self, advocating for women’s rights or adapting fairy tales to process an abusive relationship, Len’s voice is bold, unashamedly frank and unmistakably hers.

‘A poet who redefines what poetry is and who it is for’ Lemn Sissay

‘This intense and remarkable collection now marks her out as a poetic voice to be reckoned with – strong, tested, skilful, driven, and facing firmly towards the future’ Scotsman

‘The keeper and reinventor of the Scots language in the 21st century’ Ian McMillan

Get your copy today from your favourite local bookshop, or online: https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/poyums-len-pennie/7439553

21/02/2024

To celebrate the first anniversary of the publication of ’s The Creative Act: A Way of Being, limited edition t-shirts inspired by the book’s design are now available from in collaboration with the cover designers and !

The t-shirts will be issued in the book’s five original colourways; the first two have dropped, with more to come! Order them at the link in our bio.

08/02/2024

COVER REVEAL for The Life Impossible, the first novel from Matt Haig after worldwide bestseller The Midnight Library, which has now sold over 7.5 million copies! And we can finally share what this incredible book is all about! Out 29 August 2024, you can pre-order it here https://canongate.co.uk/thelifeimpossible

When retired Maths teacher Grace is left a run-down house on a Mediterranean island by a long-lost friend, curiosity gets the better of her. She arrives in Ibiza with a one-way ticket, no guidebook and no plan.

Among the rugged hills and golden beaches of the Balearics, Grace searches for answers about her friend’s life, and how it ended. What she uncovers is stranger than she could have dreamed. But to dive into this impossible truth, Grace must first come to terms with her past.

Filled with wonder and wild adventure, this is a story of hope and the life-changing power of a new beginning.

Cover illustration is by Jim Tierney, the UK title type is by Neil Gower.

08/02/2024

Wishing the happiest of publication days to this bounty of brilliant books!

THE PAST MASTER – Patience Agbabi
WOLFISH – Erica Berry
PITY – Andrew McMillan
BETWEEN BRITAIN – Alistair Moffat

All available in your favouritest local bookshop right now, or online, https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/out-today/

In BETWEEN BRITAIN, charming historian and lifelong Border-er Alistair Moffat takes to the winding paths between England and Scotland, meditating on the conflict and union of their relationship throughout history, and into the future

PITY is the highly-anticipated debut novel from acclaimed poet , it's a tenderly told story of community, masculinity, and the post-industrial world of the North of England

'A deeply felt and rich enactment of love, loneliness and personal triumph' OCEAN VUONG

WOLFISH is a searingly original debut from probing our cultural folklore and understanding of the wolf, based on her years-long study to examine its cultural legacy, to understand how we navigate terror, vulnerability and violence in a fragile, dangerous world.

THE PAST MASTER sees Elle and The Infinites return for a final thrilling adventure! Leaping through to the end of time they race to stop Millennia's quest for world domination, and to save our planet. It's the final countdown, and it starts now . . .

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A story to bring the magic back to your everyday! In two weeks we publish Matt Haig's new novel THE LIFE IMPOSSIBLE 💫 It's the heart-warming, life-affirming read of the summer, from the author of the internationally bestselling THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY When retired Maths teacher Grace Winters is left a run-down house on a Mediterranean island by a long-lost friend, curiosity gets the better of her. She arrives in Ibiza with a one-way ticket, no guidebook and no plan. What comes next is stranger than she could have dreamed... Have you pre-ordered your copy? https://linktr.ee/thelifeimpossible

COVER REVEAL for The Life Impossible, the first novel from Matt Haig after worldwide bestseller The Midnight Library, which has now sold over 7.5 million copies! And we can finally share what this incredible book is all about! Out 29 August 2024, you can pre-order it here https://canongate.co.uk/thelifeimpossible When retired Maths teacher Grace is left a run-down house on a Mediterranean island by a long-lost friend, curiosity gets the better of her. She arrives in Ibiza with a one-way ticket, no guidebook and no plan. Among the rugged hills and golden beaches of the Balearics, Grace searches for answers about her friend’s life, and how it ended. What she uncovers is stranger than she could have dreamed. But to dive into this impossible truth, Grace must first come to terms with her past. Filled with wonder and wild adventure, this is a story of hope and the life-changing power of a new beginning. Cover illustration is by Jim Tierney, the UK title type is by Neil Gower.

Announcing THE HEART IN WINTER A savagely funny, achingly beautiful tale 25 years in the making from @TheBookerPrizes-longlisted author KEVIN BARRY, set in the wild west. Available to pre-order now: https://linktr.ee/kevinbarry

Announcing the new novel from the author of the multimillion-selling international sensation The Midnight Library, Matt Haig! The Life Impossible is a story of wild adventure, deep transformation and gloriously heart-warming characters. It shows how a new outlook can burst into life at any moment and change everything Available to pre-order now: https://linktr.ee/thelifeimpossible

'Tender and true. It explores with brilliance and deep empathy how our lives - and our secrets - are always intertwined with those who went before us.' DOUGLAS STUART 'PITY pays a great poet's tough but tender attention to the unspoken layers and historic fissures which lie beneath the wounded town of the self.' MAX PORTER We are thrilled to reveal the jacket for PITY, the debut novel by award-winning poet Andrew McMillan. Set across three generations of South Yorkshire mining family, this short and magnificent debut novel is a lament for a lost way of a life as well as a celebration of resilience and the possibility for change. Available to pre-order now 👉🏽 https://linktr.ee/pitybook

Pulling the Chariot of the Sun: A Memoir of a Kidnapping by Shane McCrae is coming Sept 2023 It's a revelatory account of what it can mean to be Black in America, written with virtuosity and heart by one of the finest poets writing today. Pre-order: https://linktr.ee/shanemccrae Design by the superlative Canongate Art dept!

'A border is such a simple idea . . .' Yet as James Crawford explores in #TheEdgeofthePlain, they not only control our landscapes, but our memories, identities and destiny. No matter where you turn, they impact our current social, political, economic and environmental situation. So it is worth reading on, to discover how, just as we have created these increasingly compressed conditions, we can also change them. You can find out more about this book and those which influenced it on Bookshop.org UK here: https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/how-borders-make-and-break-our-world-recommended-reading-list-by-james-crawford

From Ayòbámi Adébáyò, Women's Prize for Fiction shortlisted author of #StayWithMe comes a dazzling new novel #ASpellofGoodThings. And we’re delighted to share the cover with you for the first time – isn’t it a beauty? A Spell of Good Things is a breath-taking story of modern Nigeria and two families caught in the riptides of wealth, power, romantic obsession and political corruption. Eniola is tall for his age, a boy who looks like a man. His father has lost his job, so Eniola spends his days running errands for the local tailor, collecting newspapers and begging, dreaming of a big future. Wuraola is a golden girl, the perfect child of a wealthy family. Now an exhausted young doctor in her first year of practice, she is beloved by Kunle, the volatile son of family friends. When a local politician takes an interest in Eniola and sudden violence shatters a family party, Wuraola and Eniola’s lives become intertwined. In this breathtaking novel, Ayòbámi Adébáyò shines her light on Nigeria, on the gaping divide between the haves and the have-nots, and the shared humanity that lives in between. Coming February 2023, pre-order here: https://linktr.ee/aspellofgoodthings

Out today, None of This is Serious by Catherine Prasifka is a pin-sharp debut: funny, compelling, brilliant on the absurdity and impossibility of contemporary life, online and off. Get it at your local bookshop now, or at https://uk.bookshop.org/books/none-of-this-is-serious/9781838855529

Ruth Ozeki is on tour! The Book of Form and Emptiness is a book about grief, identity and materialism. If you want to hear from Ruth Ozeki herself, there are still tickets available to the Jaffé and Neal event. https://www.farm-ed.co.uk/event-details/ruth-ozeki-the-book-of-form-and-emptiness-book-launch

Ruth Ozeki is currently on tour! The Book of Form and Emptiness is a beautiful novel about grief, family and materialism. If you’d like to hear from Ruth Ozeki herself, there are still tickets available for the Jaffé & Neale event. https://www.farm-ed.co.uk/event-details/ruth-ozeki-the-book-of-form-and-emptiness-book-launch

Mrs Death has had enough. She is exhausted from an eternity of her job and now seeks someone to unburden her conscience to... Salena Godden's intoxicating firecracker of a debut publishes in paperback in January. Discover it now https://uk.bookshop.org/books/mrs-death-misses-death/9781838851224 ‘Exhilarating’ The Guardian

When a book and a reader are meant for each other, both of them know it... THE BOOK OF FORM & EMPTINESS by Ruth Ozeki, Booker-shortlisted author of A Tale for the Time Being, is out today! The beautifully inventive story of thirteen-year-old Benny Oh who, after his father's death, begins to hear voices. A sneaker, a broken Christmas ornament, a piece of wilted lettuce: although Benny doesn’t understand what these things are saying, he can sense their emotional tone. Some are pleasant, a gentle hum or coo, but others are snide, angry and full of pain. When his mother develops a hoarding problem, the voices grow more clamorous… This is classic Ruth Ozeki – bold, humane and heartbreaking. Get it now at https://linktr.ee/TheBook (or at your friendly local bookshop). “This compassionate novel of life, love and loss glows in the dark. Its strange, beautiful pages turn themselves. If you’ve lost your way with fiction over the last year or two, let The Book of Form and Emptiness light your way home” David Mitchell “Heart-breaking and heart-healing – a book to not only keep us absorbed but also to help us think and love and live and listen. No one writes quite like Ruth Ozeki and The Book of Form and Emptiness is a triumph” Matt Haig

Some more extraordinary news for Matt Haig! THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY: a number 1 bestseller, 225,000 ★★★★★ reviews on Goodreads, and now 52 WEEKS IN THE TOP TEN! Such a brilliant novel – a joy to see it have such phenomenal success. Get the book now: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/415/9781786892737 https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Midnight-Library-Audiobook/1838851453

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