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!

Written by M.G. Leonard, read to follow the thrilling animal adventures of young otter Portly – including all your favourite characters such as Mole, Ratty and Toad, from the countryside classic, The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame.

Beautifully illustrated in full colour by award-winning illustrator , Polly Dunbar, this gorgeous hardback gift book celebrates the 95th anniversary of EH Shepard’s iconic artwork for The Wind in the Willows.

Everything With Words has snapped up Oran Doyle’s debut YA, Give Me ‘til Midnight, a timeloop rom-com set in Dublin.
What would you do if you were sixteen and stuck on an eternal dead end Thursday? The clock is always ticking, ticking towards RESET.  To be published in September 2026.

The book will chart travel writer Watson’s experience as a wildlife monitor at Port Lockroy on the Antarctic Peninsula, covering 100 days among the penguin colony.

DK acquired world English-language rights to Counting Penguins: One Hundred Life-changing Days Among a Thousand Small Lives.

Published by Macmillan, the action adventure of Gladiator meets the time travel of Doctor Who in the third title of this epic series by bestselling award-winner M. G. Leonard. Illustrated throughout in black and white by Manuel Šumberac.

Published today by Bloomsbury, The Galileo Heist is the third adventure in the Isaac Turner Investigates series sees Isaac's summer in Italy go horribly wrong when he becomes embroiled in a heist to clear his grandfather's name. Can Isaac shine a light on the truth in time?

The second Serial Chillers, The Monster in the Mines, is out today with Farshore. Welcome to Hazard. An ordinary town where strangeness is a way of life. A place where nothing is what it seems and where things really DO go bump in the night …

"Jennifer Killick has become the go-to horror writer for readers aged nine and over … .” – The Sunday Times

Poet Laureate Simon Armitage embarks on the next leg of his ten-year tour of the UK’s libraries, visiting N to P Libraries during the National Year of Reading 2026.  

 ‘I want to celebrate the physical space of libraries and take my work back into places that have given me so much.’

Published today by Jonathan Cape, Night Vision is the new work of non-fiction from award-winning poet and writer Jean Sprackland.

Elegant and deeply sensory' Katherine May, author of Wintering.

An exhilarating leap into darkness in all its forms, enchantments and history.

Darkness can make the most ordinary activity feel adventurous. Open a door and step through it. You can’t see a thing: you could be anywhere. Step over the threshold, into the dark, and feel your way.

The shortlist for the 2025 Books Are My Bag Readers Awards has been announced. The list features emerging voices, debut talents and well-known names in contemporary writing, including Nussaibah Younis, Simon Armitage, Julia Donaldson and Gillian Anderson.

The only book awards curated by bookshops and voted for by readers, now in their ninth year, the Awards are part of Books Are My Bag, the nationwide campaign that celebrates and supports the vital role of bookshops within local communities. Dwell by Simon Armitage is one of four poetry collections shortlisted. The winners will be announced on 4 November.

The sins of the past have not been forgotten…

Pippa Evans had been a teacher at Penbryn Hall for just one week when her body was found alongside evidence of a pill overdose. Going undercover at the private school, investigator Mallory Dawson senses something rotten behind the wealth and privilege. Someone is leaving her coded messages: but do they want to help or harm the case?

Out today with Canelo Crime, a taut and twisty crime thriller set in the wilds of West Wales, perfect for fans of Clare Mackintosh and Fiona Cummins.

Simon Armitage makes peace with the dead in this highly imaginative and wide-ranging new collection, entitled New Cemetery.

The conversion of a local natural-beauty spot into a municipal graveyard is the starting point for New Cemetery. From regular walks around the boundary near his moorland home in West Yorkshire, Simon Armitage chronicles the extraordinary transformation of landscape both outer and inner.

Published by Faber in the UK, and to be published by Knopf in the States. All translation rights with PFD.

Happy publication day to MG Leonard!

'A complete triumph of imagination . . . readers are going to fall in love with this brilliant series.' – A. F. Steadman, bestselling author of Skandar

The action adventure of Indiana Jones meets the time travel of Doctor Who in the second title of this epic series by bestselling award-winner M. G. Leonard. Perfect for fans of Adventures on Trains. Illustrated throughout in black and white by Manuel Šumberac.

Published by Macmillan, all rights with the publishers.

Out today with Usborne Publishing, The Midnight Sweet Factory - Wonka meets Spy Kids - a deliciously dangerous mouth-watering mystery.

When Flo and Joseph Wanderday unwrap a Midnight Treats gobstopper, they're expecting to find a sugary sweet...not a mysterious message that kickstarts the adventure of a lifetime.

"HELP! Trapped in Midnight Forest. Come before it is too late."

All rights with the publisher.

Published today, Into the Dream Lab by Michelle Carr, the science of dreams and nightmares - and their astonishing impact on our waking lives.

Dreams slip away when we wake, their remnants jumbled and only half-recalled. Some leave behind surreal sensations or bursts of creativity. Others leave us shaken.

But why do we dream at all? How do our bodies interface with our brains while we sleep? Why do some dreams go bad? And how can we harness our sleeping minds to improve our waking lives?

Pioneering researcher in sleep medicine Dr Michelle Carr unlocks the science behind the sleeping body.

Published by Profile in the UK. Rights sold in the States, the Netherlands, Poland, China, and Russia.

Blending lyrical poetry with non-fiction, this beautifully illustrated book celebrates the city of Paris. Readers will be introduced to iconic landmarks, such as the Eiffel Tower and Montmartre, as well as hidden corners of the city, including a charming Parisian café and a magical night along the River Seine. This collection includes 18 poems, and each text is paired with a beautifully immersive watercolour scene.

Written by French poet Clementine Beauvais and illustrated by South Korean artist Seula Yi, this book will inspire a love for Paris in readers of all ages.

Published by Big Picture Press. All rights with the publisher.

A meticulous unravelling of a 160-year-old mystery Emily Brand

A passionate and provocative re-evaluation of Queen Victoria's relationship with her servant John Brown that uncovers the secrets the royal machine keeps from us, by acclaimed historian Dr Fern Riddell.

From the moment John Brown arrived as a servant to Queen Victoria's household, he became known across the land as her loyal companion, her fierce protector, and her right-hand man. But what if there was more to their relationship than we know?

Published today by Ebury Press.

In the Hollow of the Wave, the second collection by Nina Mingya Powles, examines orientalism, art and artmaking in a time of ecological crisis. Influenced by the lives of women artists, and combining textile art, collage and poetry, these precise, remarkable poems reflect on the material of living, the thread of stories and memories held within fabrics and garments.

‘lyrical, cloud-like, alight, fraying, and frayed.’ Victoria Chang.

Published today by Nine Arches.

Farshore is set to publish a Wind in the Willows spin-off from children’s author MG Leonard. The book of spin-off stories from Kenneth Grahame’s classic, which was illustrated by EH Shepard, will publish in 2026 to coincide with the 50th anniversary of EH Shepard’s death and the 95th anniversary of Shepard’s illustrations for The Wind in the Willows.

All rights with Farshore. The Adventures of Portly the Otter: Untold Tales from The Wind in the Willows Dunbar will publish on 26th March 2026. And will be illustrated by Polly Dunbar.

Published today by Phoenix Press, Sisters Rei, Kiki and Ai have always had to look out for one another - but life has taken them on very different paths. Transporting, funny and moving, Kakigori Summer is an uplifting exploration of love and loss, sisterhood and family, the stories we tell ourselves about the past and how they determine our future.

Emily’s second book (Fault Lines was shortlisted for the Costa Prize), this will be published by Custom House in the States, and rights have been placed in Italy and the Netherlands.