Rhiannon Ward’s second book, The Shadowing, is published today with Trapeze.

When well-to-do Hester learns of her sister Mercy's death at a Nottinghamshire workhouse, she travels to Southwell to find out how her sister ended up at such a place.

As Hester investigates, she discovers a conspiracy that someone is determined to keep a secret, whatever the cost.

For fans of The Silent Companions and The Familiars, a propulsive gothic mystery that invites the reader to unlock the secrets of Nottinghamshire's infamous Southwell workhouse.

Congratulations to MG Leonard and Sam Sedgman - their fourth book in the Adventures on Trains series is published today by Macmillan, as Harrison Beck investigates an ancient family curse high in the German mountains.

A mysterious letter from an old friend asks Hal and Uncle Nat to help investigate a spooky supernatural mystery. Legend has it the Kratzensteins, a family of rich and powerful railway tycoons, are cursed, but there is no such thing as a curse, is there?...

In the next spine-tingling Eerie-on-Sea mystery, shady magic and gloomy ancient legends loom large once more as Herbie Lemon and Violet Parma have to deal with the threat that the Shadowghast—an ancient spirit in a lantern – is now posing to the town. Published today by Walker Books, Shadowghast is the third book in the series.

A creepy magician with a shadowy act. A legend that goes back to the dawn of time. Eerie-on-Sea just got stranger. And darker...

'Taylor's magical touch makes you believe the impossible.' - Catherine Doyle.

Congratulations, Thomas.

We are delighted that Bastien Bonlivre is Waterstones Children’s Book of the Month for September.

Set amidst the landmarks of Paris, Clare’s enchanting adventure makes perfect reading for all young bookworms as Bastien attempts to finish his parents’ story whilst thwarting the ingenious schemes of a master criminal.

The open door felt like an invitation, or a trap. Bastien wasn't sure which, but with no other choice, he stepped inside...and hoped he'd make it out again alive.

Published by Usborne Publishing, this is a tale of friendship, hope, bravery and the power of imagination.

The happiest of publication days to Nina and her beautiful book, Small Bodies of Water, published today by Canongate Books.

Home is many people and places and languages, some separated by oceans.

Nina Mingya Powles first learned to swim in Borneo – where her mother was born and her grandfather studied freshwater fish. There, the local swimming pool became her first body of water. Through her life there have been others that have meant different things, but have still been, in their own way, home: from the wild coastline of New Zealand to a pond in northwest London.

In powerful prose, Small Bodies of Water weaves together personal memories, dreams and nature writing.

We're delighted to share the news that Kerri ni Dochartaigh’s Thin Places has been shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing.

In Thin Places, a mixture of memoir, history and nature writing, Kerri explores how nature helped her heal, how violence and poverty are never more than a stone's throw from beauty and hope, and how we are, once again, allowing our borders to become hard, and terror to creep back in. Kerri asks us to reclaim our landscape through language and study, and remember that the land we fight over is much more than lines on a map. It will always be ours but, at the same time, it never really was.

The winner will announced in early September.

We are so thrilled that Octavia’s debut, This Ragged Grace, will be published by Simon Thorogood at Canongate.

Octavia tells the story of her journey to recovery from alcohol addiction, and the parallel story of her father’s descent into Alzheimer’s. As Octavia moves between London, the island of Stromboli, New York, Cornwall and Margate, each place offers something new but ultimately always delivers the same message: that wherever you go, you take yourself with you.

US and translation rights are represented by PFD.

Co-author of the successful mid-grade series, Adventures on Trains, Sam Sedgman’s debut solo project will be published by Macmillan Children’s Books next February. Entitled Epic Adventures: Explore the World in 12 Amazing Train Journeys, it is a nonfiction book, illustrated by Sam Brewster, exploring the most amazing railway journeys on the planet.

For fans of trains and travel of all ages, this book is packed with the thrill and wonder of exploring the world by rail!

Congratulations, Sam.

We are delighted that Kerri’s book, Thin Places, has been longlisted for the Wainwright Prize.

Now in its eighth year and recently described in the media as ‘the UK’s newest major literary prize’, The Wainwright Prize for UK Nature Writing is awarded annually to the book which most successfully inspires readers to explore the outdoors and to nurture a respect for the natural world.

Thin Places is a mix of memoir, nature writing and history: this is Kerri ní Dochartaigh's story of a wild Ireland, an invisible border, an old conflict and the healing power of the natural world.

To be published in the States by Milkweed. Translation rights with Canongate.

We are delighted that Nina Mingya Powles's Magnolia, 木蘭, has sold to Elizabeth DeMeo at Tin House Books, with Alyssa Ogi editing, for publication in summer 2022, by Rebecca Wearmouth at PFD on behalf of Morgan Green Creatives (North American rights).

Shortlisted for the Ondaatje Prize and the Forward Prize, Nina's first full poetry collection (published in the UK by Nine Arches Press) dwells within the tender, shifting borderland between languages, and between poetic forms, to examine the shape and texture of memories, of myths, and of a mixed-race girlhood.

Translation rights are represented by PFD.

Walker Books has this morning announced the acquisition of a further two titles in the Eerie-on-Sea Mysteries series by Thomas Taylor, following on from the 'hugely successful' Malamander.

The fourth and fifth titles will continue to follow Herbert Lemon and Violet Parma’s adventures alongside the eccentric cast of characters living in their unusual seaside town.

Rights to the series have now sold in over 20 territories. The fourth book will publish in Autumn 2022, with the fifth title concluding the series in Autumn 2023; both will have a global release.

Fern’s brilliant book, Sex: Lessons from History is out today with Hodder & Stoughton.

These are the facts: throughout history human beings have had sex. Sexual culture did not begin in the sixties. It has always been celebrated, needed, wanted and desired part of what it means to be human.

In this wide-ranging and powerful new history of sex, Dr Fern Riddell will uncover the sexual lives of our ancestors and show that, just like us, they were as preoccupied with sexual identities, masturbation, foreplay, sex, deviance; facing it with the same confusion , joy and accidental hilarity that we do today.

Congratulations, Fern!

A very happy publication day to Maya with her tenth book, published today with Walker Book.

From the internationally bestselling author of Beetle Boy and the Adventures on Trains series, comes the first book in The Twitchers, a brand new mystery adventure series celebrating friendship, bravery and the incredible world of birds, starring a birdwatching detective called Twitch!

"A twist-laden, thriller-like tale of a bird-mad boy, some bullies and an escaped convict hiding in the nearby woods." Observer

“Enthralling from beginning to end, it really touched my young bird-loving heart! Just wonderful!” Dara McAnulty

Congratulations to Emily Itami, whose book, Fault Lines, is published by Phoenix Books today.

A bittersweet Tokyo love story and bold exploration of modern relationships, Fault Lines is an evocative and sharply observed debut from an exciting new voice in fiction.

'A brilliant modern love story. I found it atmospheric and transporting but also wise, clever and universal in its exploration of love, family and identity. I loved it' Cathy Rentzenbrink

Alluring, compelling, startlingly honest and darkly funny, Fault Lines is a bittersweet love story and a daring exploration of modern relationships from a writer to watch.

Rights also sold in the States, Italy and Czechoslovakia.

MGC wishes Haley congratulations on her debut book, The Ex-Boyfriend Yard Sale, published by Hodder & Stoughton.

'[T]his memoir is one of the smartest, funniest books I've read about love in a long, long time' - Red Online

Haley McGee is in debt. The solution? A yard sale of the gifts from her ex-boyfriends.

Female desire, heartbreak and the chance for integrity are held up in this whip-smart, original and daringly candid memoir. As Haley McGee interrogates her romantic triumphs and failures with unflinching detail and hilarity her exquisite proses elevates this all too human conundrum: is love worth it?

Rights also sold in Canada and Taiwan. Foreign rights represented by PFD.

Firefly Press publish the second book in the hugely successful Crater Lake series today. Expect more scary-funny midgrade adventures in this sequel.

It's five months since the nightmare Year Six school trip to Crater Lake, and something has gone very wrong in Lance's home town of Straybridge. There's been an explosion at the university, a mysterious test creature is missing and no one is allowed in or out of the town. On top of this, Lance has lost touch with his friends since starting at his new school. And now his mum has been acting strangely since they started decorating the Christmas tree.

Rights to Crater Lake have sold in France and Japan.

Congratulations, Jennfer!

MGC is super proud of the wonderful authors of The Highland Falcon Thief, M.G. Leonard and Sam Sedgwick for winning Book of the Year Children’s Fiction prize at the British Book Awards yesterday evening. Presented by Lenny Henry, David Walliams has called it an ‘instant classic’. Thank you to all of the team at Macmillan Children’s Books.

Adventures on Trains is a major mystery series from the prize-winning M.G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman. The first in the series The Highland Falcon Thief, is a breathless train journey full of deceptions, puzzles and clues to solve.

We are thrilled that Nina is one of the six writers shortlisted for this year's £10,000 Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize.

The annual prize aims to reward the author of a work of fiction, non-fiction or poetry that best evokes the spirit of a place.

Nina’s Magnolia, 木蘭 (Nine Arches Press), her first full collection of poems, examines "the shape and texture of memories" and mixed-race girlhood.

The winner will be revealed on 11 May.

In Sweden, refugee children fall asleep for months and years at a time. In upstate New York, high school students develop contagious seizures. In the US Embassy in Cuba, employees complain of headaches and memory loss after hearing strange noises in the night.

Inspired by a poignant encounter with the sleeping refugee children of Sweden, Wellcome Prize-winning neurologist Suzanne O’Sullivan travels the world to visit other communities who have also been subject to outbreaks of so-called ‘mystery’ illnesses.

Reminiscent of the work of Oliver Sacks, Stephen Grosz and Henry Marsh, The Sleeping Beauties (Macmillan) is a moving and unforgettable scientific investigation with a very human face.

Published today by Canongate, My Rock n Roll Friend takes stock of thirty-seven years of friendship, teasing out the details of connection and affection between two women who seem to be either complete opposites or mirror images of each other. This important book asks what people see, who does the looking, and ultimately who writes women out of – and back into – history.

"A gorgeous, vivid account of female friendship, what it is to be a woman in a band, activism, art, motherhood, love and having men take credit for your work" -- Sinead Gleeson

"Philosophical and furious . . . Illuminates rock's double standards . . . This is a book about more than music: it recounts the intricacies of female friendship and its crush of projection, permission, allyship and trying-on-for-size" ― Observer