Gilgamesh originated in Ancient Mesopotamia nearly 4,000 years ago, yet its themes of power, loyalty, love and loss resound with contemporary relevance.
Simon Armitage's translation transports us back to the very origins of civilisation and storytelling. Published today by Faber & Faber.

Why did women in Arctic Norway confess to turning into whales and to meeting wolves at witches' gatherings? The Vardø Witch Trials is a new 6-part documentary series about Norway's deadliest witch hunt produced and presented by Lisa Williams, which claimed 91 lives, most of them women. On all standard platforms.

Old ghosts never rest easy. The next gripping instalment in the Mallory Dawson Crime thriller series. When the body of a young woman is found at the festival of Mari Lwyd, Mallory Dawson is called to the scene. But something is different about the murder of Gwennie Jones, something that will dredge up a part of Mallory’s history that still haunts her to this day.

We are delighted that Emily Itami’s second book, Kakigori Summer, has been shortlisted. Winners to be announced on 22 October. Published by Phoenix, and set in Japan, this is the story of three sisters. Transporting, funny and moving, an uplifting exploration of love, loss, and finding your way home.

Swashbuckling action adventure meets time travel in the fourth title in this epic series by bestselling award-winner M. G. Leonard. Published by Macmillan today.

‘Thrilling time-travel adventure’ - The Guardian

Debut YA novel, but Irish writer, Oran Doyle, Liam is sixteen and stuck in an eternal dead end Thursday. Then he meets Harmony. She's a school drop out, working in a dingy caff, every day the same. He gives her till midnight to help him escape his eternal Thursday. Now the clock is ticking. Can they make it stop? A striking YA love story for readers of David Levithan's Every Day and David Nicholls' One Day.

Harper Fire has acquired Jade River, the YA fiction debut from award-winning writer and poet Nina Mingya Powles.

Senior commissioning editor Megan Reid acquired world rights in all languages in an exclusive submission. Reid said: “she perfectly captures coming-of-age, the meaning of home, first love and friendship in this tender and dreamy Ghibliesque story.”

Theme parks are ALWAYS fun, right? But this trip to Apocoland – the theme park at the heart of Hazard – is a day out with added danger. Jennifer Killick, queen of midgrade horror, does it again! Published by Farshore.

Editorial director Charlotte Humphery acquired UK and Commonwealth rights for Gathering, described as a “personal and political journey through cloth and creativity”. Publication is scheduled for 22nd April 2027.

My Beloved Other: A Memoir of Love, Race and Optimism in a Time of Denial is published today by First Second in the States. Out in the UK in September. A timely graphic memoir about the far-reaching impact of racism in today’s society, as seen through the lens of one couple’s interracial marriage. Where does the concept of “the other” come from? And who truly benefits when we allow fear of the other to steer our society?

Congratulations to M.G. Leonard whose book, Portly the Otter, has been shortlisted for The 2026 Children’s Wainwright Prize for Fiction. The award aims to reward outstanding titles that celebrate nature and the environment, nurture respect for the planet and inform readers of the threats that Earth currently faces. Winners will be announced in September.

Executive publisher Louise Cullen has acquired world English rights to Burial Point by Sarah Ward, which is the fourth book in the Carla James series, in a three-book deal. 

The deal also includes a subsequent novel in the Carla James series and a standalone supernatural crime thriller.

Published with Canelo Crimes, Sarah Ward’s third book in the compelling Carla James series, Grave Intent, came out last week. Foul deeds lie buried under campus grounds - a dark and atmospheric crime thriller.

Farshore has acquired a new middle grade comedy horror series, The Lurkers, by Jennifer Killick, bestselling author of the Dread Wood, Serial Chillers and Crater Lake series.

The first title – Chaos Unleashed – will be published in February 2027, with the next books to follow in autumn 2027 and spring 2028.

A high-stakes love and death romance set in a luxury resort by multiple award-winning, Carnegie-shortlisted author, Kelly McCaughrain: They Both Die at the End meets Romeo and Juliet meets The White Lotus.

DON’T FALL IN LOVE. That’s the only rule. Published by Walker Books.

Written by Mike Hills, and illustrated by Kerry Hyndman, Honey, I Ate the Kids, is published today by Faber. For 9-11 year olds, an insider's guide to nature's weirdest, cutest and scariest families!

Caiden and Sam find themselves trapped and alone in a vast warehouse with a soul-feeding demon in this hair-raising horror from bestselling and award-winning author Jennifer Killick. Out today with Barrington Stoke, with their very souls in peril, can Caiden and Sam unravel the mystery in time to save themselves …?

Published today by Jonathan Cape, Goyle, Chert, Mire is a vital and vivid poetry collection about place, time, illness and recovery

Each of the three sections focuses on one of the distinctive elements characteristic of the Blackdown Hills – a little-known, sparsely populated area straddling the border between Somerset and Devon – and in particular the remote springline valley where the author lives. In this unique landscape, relatively unchanged over the centuries, the past is so evident that it can come to seem indistinguishable from the present.

Associate publishing director Francesca Young acquired world rights to Fern Riddell’s debut YA fiction trilogy. The first book, The Dark Summer, will be published in March 2027 with titles following annually. Described as a “captivating blend of historical intrigue, Gothic romance and breathtaking horror,” The Dark Summer tells the origin story of Mary Shelley, reborn as a fierce monster hunter.

Written by Fern Riddell - and published by DK - The NOT-SO boring biographies of the queens and princesses who shattered royal conventions and empowered generations of girls.

Forget wilting wallflowers and doting daughters - the royal women in this unapologetic history book for kids 9-12 rocked the world with their skills, smarts, and confident attitude. Strap in for the true stories of wilful women who defied expectations, changed the course of history, and were sometimes just downright badass!