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.

Quiet Bones by Sarah Ward, book 2 in the Carla James series is published today by Canelo Crime.

A dead child. A missing student. A darkness at the heart of Jericho College

When the body of a baby is found wrapped in a swan’s wing deep in the woods, archaeology professor and expert consultant Carla James is brought in to assist on the case. The unusual burial must signify something, but what exactly is unclear.

Translation rights represented by PFD. Film/TV with Morgan Green Creatives.

Huge congratulations go to Kelly McCaughrain for winning two KPMG Children's Books Ireland Awards. The KPMG Children's Books Ireland Awards are the leading annual children's book awards in Ireland. Established in 1990, these awards identify, honour and promote excellence in books for young people by Irish authors and illustrators.

 Little Bang by Kelly McCaughrain won the Honour Award for Fiction and the Junior Juries’ Award. Walker Books published Little Bang in the UK and Ireland, and PFD have placed Italian rights with Terre di Mezzo.

Published by Faber today, this gorgeously illustrated collection of poems illuminates and reimagines the ingenious, fragile dwellings of the living creatures around us.

Poet Laureate Simon Armitage was inspired to write these poems by the Lost Gardens of Heligan in Cornwall, an ambitious restoration project where history and mystery coexist. The reawakened landscape with its woods, meadows and 'jungle' offers a bustling, fertile realm for all sorts of creatures to inhabit.

Sam Sedgman’s Epic Cities is a colourful, diverse and eye-opening tour of the world’s most impressive and complex cities, and the unique pieces of infrastructure that keep them running. Journey through 24 cities, each one known for a unique piece of infrastructure that ingeniously solves the challenges of urban living. Every destination has something to tell us about the clever, hidden ways in which our world works. Illustrated by Daniel Long and published by Macmillan.

Co-editions placed already in Greece, the Netherlands, Denmark, Romania, and Italy.

Published today by Birlinn Ltd, with reference to her all-extreme experiences, and backed with psychological research, Breathe encompasses tales of bravery, risk and pressure on an epic scale and expertly turns them into valuable lessons that can be applied to more everyday challenges. In doing so, Mollie shows how we can unlock our potential, regulate emotion, overcome fear, cope with psychological pressure and understand the importance of silence and headspace in our mental wellbeing.

All rights with Birlinn Ltd., German edition to be published by Goldmann.

Congratulations, Orlaine! The award is given to a distinguished work of fiction, non-fiction or poetry, evoking the spirit of a place.

A debut novel by Orlaine McDonald, shortlisted for the Nero Book Awards for Debut Fiction and winner of the 2025 Kate O’Brien Award, No Small Thing, was published by Profile Books.

'A taut generational story set on a South London estate' Independent, July Book of the Month

Walker Books has signed award-winning Irish author Kelly McCaughrain’s YA speculative romance, Just Another Dead Boy, which is pitched as ‘Adam Silvera meets Romeo & Juliet’.

The book is set in a world where everyone knows the date they will die and follows wild-child Regan who works for the Romeo & Juliet Service, hired by parents to provide the illusion of star-crossed romance to rich boys on their way out. Over-achieving Jude Daly sees through the set-up, but they agree to a fake relationship for the sake of Jude’s parents and Regan’s job. As mutual contempt turns into something else, news breaks of the first ever Death Date survivor.

Deliverywoman is the stunning debut collection from Eva Wyles - thirteen short stories that dive into the complexities of human connection, the pursuit of meaning, and modern-day loneliness. Across a diverse cast of characters - from teachers and gas station workers to hedonistic revellers and wealthy gamers - Wyles explores the strange dimensions of our world and the dangers of ordinary life, with needle-sharp writing both real and surreal. Deliverywoman sits alongside A.M.Homes' The Safety of Objects and Ottessa Moshfegh's Homesick for Another World, announcing the arrival of a powerful new voice in contemporary fiction.