Maggie

O’Farrell’s
HAMNET:
To read or
not to read?
(Answer: read!)

IF YOU MUST
CHOOSE ONE
Divergent
author Veronica
Roth delivers
Chosen Ones.

WINE GIRL
NATASHA LESTER America’s youngest
New York Times sommelier, a Forbes
bestselling author ‘30 Under 30’, paving
tells a story of Dior her way through the
gowns, a secret and notoriously corrosive
three women bound restaurant industry.
forever by war.
EXCITING
NEW VOICES
SEVEN LIES:
2020’s biggest Hilde Hinton
thriller debut. Naoise Dolan
No lie. C Pam Zhang

New in kids and YA from Mick Elliott, Deborah Kelly and Akala
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THE DIOR SECRET

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CONTENTS
The Loudness of Unsaid Things 2
Providence 3
Seven Lies 4 Natasha Lester
Tiny Pieces of Us 5 Trade Paperback 9780733641886 | $32.99
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Natural Women’s Health 6
Hachette Australia
The Dirty South 7
Chosen Ones 7 England, 1939. Talented pilot Skye Penrose
Liberation 8 joins the British war effort where she
Exciting Times 8 encounters her estranged sister, Liberty, and
There’s nothing Me and White Supremacy
Letters from the Past
9
9
childhood soulmate Nicholas Crawford, now
engaged to enigmatic Frenchwoman Margaux
foolish about our The Talented Mr Varg 10
Jourdan.
Paris, 1947. Designer Christian Dior unveils
10
April titles!
The City We Became
Hamnet 11 his extravagant first collection to a world
How Much of These Hills is Gold 11
weary of war and grief. He names his debut
fragrance, Miss Dior, in tribute to his sister,
18 Tiny Deaths 12
Catherine, who worked for the French
Pretending 12
Resistance.
Wine Girl 13
Present day. Australian fashion conservator
Fat: The Secret Organ 13
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If you loved Boy Swallows
Universe and Lost and Found,
you will love this debut novel.
A stunning story about family,
loneliness and isolation that
will make you laugh, cry and
be a bit kinder to those who
are lost.
THE LOUDNESS OF
UNSAID THINGS Max Barry
Hilde Hinton
Trade Paperback 9780733642005 | $29.99
Ebook 9780733642012 | $16.99
Hachette Australia
Miss Kaye works at The Institute. A place for
the damaged, the outliers, the not-quite-rights.
Susie was seven, and already she knew she’d
had her fill of character building. One minute
her Dad was saying that the family needed to
move back to the city and then, shazam, they
were there. Her mum didn’t move to the new
house with them. And she hated going to see
her mum at the mind hospital. She never knew
who her mum would be. Or who would be there.
The older she gets, the louder the growing pile
of unsaid things become.
When their paths connect, Miss Kaye and Susie
will learn that character building is just part of
life and surviving requires patience.
HILDE HINTON has been a dedicated big
sister to Connie and Samuel Johnson her
whole life. She is currently a Prison Officer
who has avoided being a writer for many years
but has finally succumbed. The Loudness of
Unsaid Things is her debut novel. She lives
in a boisterous house in Melbourne with a
revolving door for the temporarily defeated
and takes great pride in people leaving slightly
better than when they arrived. Her children are
mostly loved.
Hilde Hinton
Location: Melbourne, VIC
A dazzling, inventive, and
thought-provoking new novel
from the ingenious author
of Jennifer Government and
Lexicon.
PROVIDENCE
Hachette Australia | April 2020
Trade Paperback 9780733643019 | $32.99
Ebook 9780733643026 | $14.99
Hachette Australia
Gilly, Talia, Anders and Jackson are
astronauts captaining a new and supposedly
indestructible ship in humanity’s war against
an alien race. Confined to the ship for years,
each of them holding their own secrets, they
are about to learn that there are threats beyond
the reach of human ingenuity – and that the
true nature of reality might be the universe’s
greatest mystery.
In this near future, our world is at war with
another, and humanity is haunted by its one
catastrophic loss – a nightmarish engagement
that left a handful of survivors drifting home
through space, wracked with PTSD. Public
support for the war plummeted, and the
military-industrial complex set its sights on a
new goal: zero-casualty warfare, made possible
by gleaming new ships called Providences,
powered by AI.
But when the latest-launched Providence
suffers a surprising attack and contact with
home is severed, Gilly, Talia, Anders and
Jackson must confront the truth of the war
they’re fighting, the ship that brought them
there, and the cosmos beyond.
MAX BARRY is the author of numerous novels,
including Jennifer Government, Company,
Machine Man, and Lexicon.
Max Barry
Location: Melbourne, VIC
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The most mesmerising and
unsettling thriller you’ll read
this year: if lies are dangerous,
the truth can be catastrophic.
SEVEN LIES
Elizabeth Kay
Trade Paperback 9780751578126 | $32.99
Ebook 9780751578119 | $15.99
Sphere
Jane and Marnie have been inseparable since
they were 11 years old. They have a lot in
common. In their early twenties they both fell
in love and married handsome young men.
But Jane never liked Marnie’s husband. He
was always so loud and obnoxious, so much
larger than life. Which is rather ironic now, of
course.
Because if Jane had been honest – if she
hadn’t lied – then perhaps her best friend’s
husband might still be alive . . .
This is Jane’s opportunity to tell the truth, the
question is: Do you believe her?
ELIZABETH KAY started her career as
an assistant at Penguin Random House.
She is now a commissioning editor and is
simultaneously pursuing her passion for
writing. Her debut novel, Seven Lies, will be
published in 2020. She lives in London with
her husband.
Elizabeth Kay
Location: London, UK
My heart is less than 1% of
my body, it weighs hardly
anything; it’s only a tiny piece
of me, yet it’s the part Helen
finds most interesting. . . Once
it was inside her body, a tiny
piece of the son she gave birth
to. Now her boy is gone and his
heart is keeping me alive.
TINY PIECES OF US
Hachette Australia | April 2020
Nicky Pellegrino
Trade Paperback 9781869713850 | $29.99
Ebook 9781409179023 | $15.99
Hachette New Zealand
Born with a heart defect, Vivienne Clark’s life
was saved by a transplant. Now a journalist, she
doesn’t allow herself to think about the donor,
the boy who died so she could live; she can’t
bear to. Then she meets his mother, Helen, who
wants something in return for Vivi’s second-
hand heart: her help to find all the other people
who have tiny pieces of her son.
Reluctantly drawn into Helen’s mission, Vivi
agrees to trace the other recipients. One by one
she brings together a small group of strangers,
united by a single experience. As their lives
begin to intertwine – growing close, becoming
friends, enemies, even lovers – Vivi finds
herself at the centre of a new kind of family,
a tiny little piece of a whole. And through the
fresh joy and deep sadness, which all their
stories bring, Vivi discovers that she might just
be braver than she ever imagined . . .
NICKY PELLEGRINO is a number one
bestselling author and has written 10 fabulous
novels. Her inspiration comes from her Italian
heritage. Nicky met and married a New
Zealander and then moved to Auckland where
she works as a journalist and edits a women’s
magazine.
Nicky Pellegrino
Location: New Zealand
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NATURAL WOMEN’S
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Hachette Australia | April 2020

HEALTH
Fern Green
Trade Paperback 9780733643620 | $19.99
Ebook 9780733643637 | $9.99
Hachette Australia

Women have been using herbs for healing for

99 all-natural remedies for
optimal health.
thousands of years for both preventative and
reactive care.
From tinctures to soothe stress or pre-
menstrual migraines, scrubs and smoothies
for glowing skin and balancing hormones,
to teas that will cool hot flushes and boost
libido, this book includes everything you need
to naturally take care of you. A simple guide
and resource for women everywhere, it also
features specific information on the cycles
of women’s health by age group, 99 recipes
for healthy herbal healing, and a variety of
methods for getting the most out of each to
boost your body’s wellbeing. The path to self-
care starts here!
FERN GREEN is a UK-based food stylist.
Following the success of Green Smoothies and
Green Proteins, Fern has written Super
Smoothies, Fermenting, Green Teas and
Tonics, Green Soups, Power Snacks, Smoothie
Bowls, Detox Smoothies, Power Smoothies,
Power Breakfasts, Power Drinks, Natural
Cleaning, High Performance Smoothies and
Turmeric.
THE DIRTY SOUTH
John Connolly
Trade Paperback 9781529398304 | $32.99
Ebook 9781529398311 | $15.99
Hodder & Stoughton
It is 1999, and someone is slaughtering young
black women in Burdon County, Arkansas. But
no one wants to admit it, not in the Dirty South.
In an Arkansas jail cell sits a former NYPD
detective, stricken by grief. He is mourning the
death of his wife and child, and searching in
vain for their killer. He cares only for his own
lost family.
But that is about to change . . .
JOHN CONNOLLY is author of the Charlie
Parker mysteries, The Book of Lost Things, the
Samuel Johnson novels for young adults and,
with his partner, Jennifer Ridyard, co-author of
the Chronicles of the Invaders. John Connolly’s
debut – Every Dead Thing – introduced the
character of Private Investigator Charlie Parker,
and swiftly launched John right into the top
ranks of thriller writers. All his subsequent
novels have been Sunday Times bestsellers.
CHOSEN ONES
Veronica Roth
Trade Paperback 9781529330243 | $29.99
Ebook 9781529330250 | $15.99
Hodder & Stoughton
15 years ago, five ordinary teenagers were
singled out by a prophecy to take down an
impossibly powerful entity wreaking havoc
across North America. The Chosen Ones, as
the teens were known, gave everything they
had to defeat him.
After the Dark One fell, the world went back to
normal . . .
On the 10th anniversary of the Dark One’s
defeat, something unthinkable happens: one of
the Chosen Ones dies. When the others gather
for the funeral, they discover the Dark One’s
ultimate goal was much bigger than they, the
government, or even the prophecy could have
foretold – bigger than the world itself.
VERONICA ROTH is the globally bestselling
author of the Divergent series and the Carve
the Mark duology.

Fern Green John Connolly Veronica Roth

Location: London, UK Location: Dublin, Ireland Location: Chicago, USA
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LIBERATION
Imogen Kealey
Trade Paperback 9780751576023 | $32.99
Ebook 9780751576009 | $15.99 | Sphere
To the Allies she was a fearless freedom fighter,
special operations super spy, a woman ahead
of her time. To the Gestapo she was a ghost, a
shadow, the most wanted person in the world
with a five-million-Franc bounty on her head.
Her name was Nancy Wake.
Now, for the first time, the roots of her legend
are told in a thriller about one woman’s incredible
quest to save the man she loves, turn the tide of
the war and take brutal revenge on those who
have wronged her.
Imogen Kealey is a pseudonym for
DARBY KEALEY and IMOGEN ROBERTSON.
IMOGEN ROBERTSON is a writer of historical
fiction. She is the author several novels, including
the Crowther and Westerman series.
DARBY KEALEY is a writer and producer whose
credits include the critically acclaimed series
Patriot for Amazon, as well as a number of film
and television projects currently in development.
Imogen Kealey
Location: Los Angeles, USA
& London, UK
EXCITING TIMES
Naoise Dolan
Trade Paperback 9781474613453 | $32.99
Ebook 9781474613477 | $15.99 | W&N
Ava, newly arrived in Hong Kong from Dublin,
spends her days teaching English to rich
children.
Julian is a banker. A banker who likes to
spend money on Ava, to have sex and discuss
fluctuating currencies with her. But when she
asks whether he loves her, he cannot say more
than ‘I like you a great deal’.
Enter Edith, a lawyer. Refreshingly enthusiastic
and unapologetically earnest, Edith takes Ava
to the theatre when Julian leaves Hong Kong
for work. Quickly, she becomes something Ava
looks forward to.
And then Julian writes to tell Ava he is coming
back to Hong Kong . . .
NAOISE DOLAN is an Irish writer born in
Dublin. She studied English Literature at Trinity
College Dublin and Oxford University, and now
lives in London. Exciting Times is her debut
novel.
Naoise Dolan
Location: London, UK
ME AND WHITE SUPREMACY
Layla Saad
Trade Paperback 9781529405095 | $29.99
Ebook 9781529405088 | $15.99 | Quercus
If you are a person who holds white privilege,
then you are complicit in upholding that harm,
whether you realise it or not. This is not my
opinion. This is fact. And if you are person who
holds white privilege, the question you should
be asking isn’t whether or not this is true, but
rather, what are you going to do about it?
LAYLA SAAD is a globally respected writer,
speaker and podcast host on the topics of race,
identity, leadership, personal transformation
and social change. As an East African, Arab,
British, Black, Muslim woman who was
born and grew up in the West, and lives in
Middle East, Layla has always sat at a unique
intersection of identities from which she is able
to draw rich and intriguing perspectives. Me
And White Supremacy is Layla’s first book.
Layla Saad
Location: Soha, Qatar
Hachette Australia | April 2020
LETTERS FROM THE PAST
Erica James
Trade Paperback 9781409173861 | $29.99
Ebook 9781409173885 | $15.99 | Orion
With its winding high street lined with a
greengrocers, post office, pub and church,
Melstead St Mary is the perfect English village.
Neighbours look out for neighbours, and
few things trouble the serene surface of the
community.
But when residents start to receive anonymous
letters containing secret information about
their pasts – secrets that no one else is meant
to know – life in Melstead St Mary is about to
change, possibly forever . . .
The author of many bestselling novels,
including Gardens of Delight, which won
the Romantic Novel of the Year Award, and
her recent Sunday Times top ten bestsellers,
Summer at the Lake and The Dandelion Years,
ERICA JAMES now divides her time between
Suffolk and Lake Como in Italy, where she
strikes up conversation with unsuspecting
Italians.
Erica James
Location: Suffolk, UK
& Lake Como
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THE TALENTED MR VARG:
ULF VARG BK 2
Alexander McCall Smith
Trade Paperback 9781408712757 | $29.99
Ebook 9781408712740 | $15.99 | Little, Brown
The Department of Sensitive Crimes, renowned
for taking on the most obscure and irrelevant
cases, led by Ulf Varg, their best detective, is
always prepared to take on an investigation,
no matter how complex. So when Ulf is
approached by the girlfriend of Trig Oloffson,
who claims her beau (the infamous bad boy
of Swedish letters) is being blackmailed, Ulf is
determined to help.
When Ulf is then tasked with looking into a
group of dealers exporting wolves that seem
decidedly domestic, it will require all of his
team’s investigative instincts and dogged
persistence to put these matters to bed.
ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH is the author
of over 80 books on a wide array of subjects,
including the award-winning The No.1 Ladies’
Detective Agency series. His books have been
translated into 46 languages.
Alexander McCall Smith
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
THE CITY WE BECAME
N. K. Jemisin
Trade Paperback 9780356512679 | $32.99
Ebook 9780356512655 | $15.99 | Orbit
Every city has a soul. Some are as ancient as
myths, and others are as new and destructive as
children. New York City? She’s got five.
But every city also has a dark side. A roiling,
ancient evil stirs beneath the earth, threatening
to destroy the city and her five protectors
unless they can come together and stop it once
and for all.
N. K. JEMISIN is a Brooklyn-based author
and the winner of three Hugo Awards for her
novels The Fifth Season, The Obelisk Gate
and The Stone Sky. She previously won the
Locus Award for her first novel, The Hundred
Thousand Kingdoms, and her short fiction and
novels have been nominated multiple times
for Hugo, World Fantasy and Nebula awards,
and shortlisted for the Crawford and the James
Tiptree, Jr. Awards.
N. K. Jemisin
Location: New York, USA
HAMNET
Maggie O’Farrell
Trade Paperback 9781472223807 | $32.99
Ebook 9781472223814 | $15.99 | Tinder Press
Hamnet is a novel inspired by the son of a
famous playwright. It is a story of the bond
between twins, and of a marriage pushed to
the brink by grief. It is also the story of a flea
that boards a ship in Alexandria; a kestrel and
its mistress; and a glovemaker’s son who flouts
convention in pursuit of the woman he loves.
Above all, it is a tender and unforgettable
reimagining of a boy whose life has been all but
forgotten, but whose name was given to one of
the most celebrated plays ever written.
MAGGIE O’FARRELL is the author of the
Sunday Times no. 1 bestselling memoir I Am, I
Am, I Am, and eight novels.
Maggie O’Farrell
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
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HOW MUCH OF THESE
HILLS IS GOLD
C Pam Zhang
Trade Paperback 9780349011479 | $32.99
Ebook 9780349011448 | $15.99 | Virago
Set during the Gold Rush, in a re-imagined
American West, Lucy and Sam, 12 and 11, are
newly orphaned siblings. With their father’s
body on their backs, they roam an unforgiving
landscape dotted with buffalo bones and
tiger paw prints, searching for a place to give
him a proper burial. The siblings must battle
with their own memories, the illusion of the
American Dream and each other.
Born in Beijing but mostly an artefact of the
United States, C PAM ZHANG has lived in
13 cities and is still looking for home. She’s
been awarded fellowships and scholarships
from organisations including Bread Loaf, Tin
House, Aspen Words and the Iowa Writers’
Workshop. Her work appears in Kenyon
Review, McSweeney’s Quarterly, Tin House and
elsewhere.
C Pam Zhang
Location: San Francisco, USA
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18 TINY DEATHS
Bruce Goldfarb
Trade Paperback 9781913068042 | $32.99
Ebook 9781913068240 | $15.99 | Endeavour
The unlikely tale of Frances Glessner Lee and
her revolutionary work in forensic science
through the creation of the Nutshell Studies of
Unexplained Death, a series of doll-house sized
crime scene dioramas that she used to teach
homicide investigators.
BRUCE GOLDFARB is the executive assistant
to the Chief Medical Examiner for the State
of Maryland, USA, where the Nutshell Studies
of Unexplained Death are housed. He gives
conducted tours of the facility and is also a
trained forensic investigator. He began his
career as a paramedic before working as a
journalist, reporting on medicine, science and
health. He collaborated with Susan Marks –
documentary filmmaker who produced the
2012 film about Frances Glessner Lee and the
Nutshells, Of Dolls and Murder.
Bruce Goldfarb
Location: USA
PRETENDING
Holly Bourne
Trade Paperback 9781473668140 | $32.99
Ebook 9781473668157 | $15.99
Hodder & Stoughton
April is kind, pretty, and relatively normal –
yet she can’t seem to get past date five. Every
time she thinks she’s found someone to trust,
they reveal themselves to be awful, leaving her
heartbroken. And angry.
If only April could be more like Gretel, a
Regular Everyday Manic Pixie Dream Girl Next
Door With No Problems who doesn’t exist.
As soon as April starts ‘being’ Gretel, dating
becomes much more fun – especially once she
reels in the unsuspecting Joshua.
HOLLY BOURNE started her writing career as
a news journalist, where she was nominated for
Best Print Journalist of the Year. She then spent
six years working as an editor, a relationship
advisor and general ‘agony aunt’ for a youth
charity – helping young people with their
relationships and mental health.
Holly Bourne
Location: London, UK
WINE GIRL
Victoria James
Trade Paperback 9780349726267 | $32.99
Ebook 9780349726243 | $15.99 | Fleet
An affecting memoir from America’s youngest
sommelier, tracing her path through the
glamorous but famously toxic restaurant world.
Exhilarating and inspiring, Wine Girl is the
memoir of a young woman breaking free from
an abusive and traumatic childhood on her
own terms; an ethnography of the glittering,
high-octane, but notoriously corrosive
restaurant industry; and above all, a love letter
to the restorative and life-changing effects of
good wine and good hospitality.
VICTORIA JAMES has worked in restaurants
since she was 13. She was certified as a
sommelier when she was 21, making her the
youngest sommelier in the country, and has
appeared on both Forbes and Zagat’s ‘30 Under
30’ lists. Currently, she is the Beverage Director
and partner at Cote, a Michelin-starred hot spot
in the Flatiron district of New York.
Victoria James
Location: New York, USA
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FAT: THE SECRET ORGAN
Mariëtte Boon &
Liesbeth van Rossum
Trade Paperback 9781529400908 | $32.99
Ebook 9781529400922 | $15.99 | Quercus
Everywhere we look, whether on TV or in a
magazine, we’re confronted with the same
message. You need to be thinner, you need
to be on a diet, you need to take so-called ‘fat
burning’ supplements. No other organ – yes, fat
is an organ – has so many prejudicial attitudes
towards it with people having such limited
knowledge about it.
MARIËTTE BOON, MD, PhD is an internal
medicine specialist in training. Her research,
performed at the Leiden University Medical
Centre, focuses on fat metabolism.
Professor LIESBETH VAN ROSSUM, PhD
is internist-endocrinologist at the Erasmus
University Medical Centre, Rotterdam. She is
co-founder of Obesity Center CGG, and has an
internationally leading position in the field of
obesity and biological stress research.
Mariëtte Boon &
Liesbeth van Rossum
Location: The Netherlands
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Too
gross
for
grown-up
s!
6/12/2019 9:05 AM
Squidge Dibley and his 6PU
classmates are facing their
biggest, grossest problem
EVER. A hilarious series
about a very strange class,
perfect for fans of WeirDo,
Funny Kid and Tom Gates.
SQUIDGE DIBLEY
DESTROYS
EVERYTHING
Mick Elliott
Paperback 9780734419460 | $14.99
Ebook 9780734419477 | $9.99
Lothian Children’s Books
When their beloved teacher, Ms Trigley, suffers
a bizarre injury while watching a performance at
the school talent quest, Squidge’s arch-nemesis
(former-Vice-Principal now-janitor) Hector
Hoovesly takes over teaching duties.
Hoovesly immediately locks Squidge in a
padded room, transforms the entire Craglands
South Primary teaching staff into phone-
addicted zombies and seizes control of the
school.
Now, the only chance that Squidge, Padman and
6PU have to stop Hoovesly is buried deep under
the school in an ancient, hidden bunker.
Can Squidge and 6PU save Craglands South
Primary before their whole world literally
collapses above their heads?
MICK ELLIOTT is an author, illustrator,
children’s television producer, scriptwriter and
animator. His credits as producer include Camp
Orange, Slimefest and hundreds of advertising
campaigns.
Mick Elliott
Location: Sydney, NSW
DUGONG MAGIC
Deborah Kelly
Hardback 9780734418654 | $26.99
Ebook 9780734418661 | $13.99
Lothian Children’s Books
A beautifully illustrated, lyrical and informative
story about dugongs, one of our most unique
endangered animals. Ideal for anyone with an
interest in marine life and the environment,
and an excellent teaching resource.
Originally from New Zealand, DEBORAH
KELLY now lives in Australia. She has a degree
in marine biology, but has worked in all sorts of
jobs. She has written several picture books and
a junior fiction series.
LISA STEWART was shortlisted for the
Crichton Award for New Illustrators for her
first book, Can I Cuddle The Moon? (written by
Kerry Brown). It has since been published in
Taiwan and Korea, and illustrations from the
book were used by Sydney Opera House in
their highly popular Babies Proms series.
Deborah Kelly
and Lisa Stewart
Location: Australia
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MAGIC FARAWAY TREE:
SILKY’S STORY
Enid Blyton & Jeanne Willis
Hardback 9781444956290 | $24.99
Ebook 9781444952230 | $21.99
Hodder Children’s Books
The perfect introduction to the wonderful
world of the Faraway Tree. Discover the
magic! Explore the Enchanted Wood with
Joe, Beth and Frannie and meet their very
special friends, Silky the fairy, Moonface and
Saucepan Man. When a runaway elephant
visits the tree, there’s a lot of mess for the
friends to sort out . . .
ENID BLYTON’s books have sold over 500
million copies and have been translated into
other languages more often than any other
children’s author. She died in 1968 but remains
one of the world’s best-loved storytellers.
JEANNE WILLIS is an award-winning,
internationally bestselling author whose titles
include I Hate School, I Want to Be a Cowgirl
and Don’t Let Go.
Enid Blyton & Jeanne Willis
Location: London, UK
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THE DARK LADY
Akala
Trade Paperback 9781444957259 | $19.99
Ebook 9781444943245 | $11.99
Hodder Children’s Books
For a street kid from the Devil’s Gap, London’s
most notorious slum, home to killers and thugs,
life is short and tough. For Henry, a boy thief
with brown skin, inherited from a mother who
abandoned him, life is tougher still. The Dark
Lady enters his dreams at night. She seems to
represent a past, and possibly a future . . .
So Henry learns to read, he trains to become
the best thief the Gap has ever seen, and he
hones the magical gift that holds the key to his
freedom.
But when a cruel duke offers knowledge,
power and riches in exchange for the betrayal
of his best friend, Henry’s choices are more
impossible than ever . . .
AKALA is a BAFTA and MOBO award-winning
hip-hop artist, writer and social entrepreneur,
as well as the co-founder of The Hip-Hop
Shakespeare Company.
Akala
Location: London, UK
PESTS
Emer Stamp
Paperback 9781444949629 | $14.99
Hodder Children’s Books
Stix is the size of an egg cup, can jump the
width of a dog’s bottom, and LOVES cheese.
That’s because Stix is a mouse. He probably
lives behind your washing machine, but
you wouldn’t know it, because his Grandma
taught him to always stay out of trouble and
NEVER let the humans know he’s there. But
now Stix has stumbled across PESTS – the
Peewit Educatorium for Seriously Terrible
Scoundrels, in the basement of his block of
flats, and along with a whole host of new pesty
friends (and enemies), he’s about to rip up
Grandma’s rule book and make a REAL pest
of himself . . .
EMER STAMP is the bestselling author of the
Diary of Pig series, winner in the 6-8 category
of the Lollies 2018.
Emer Stamp
Location: London, UK