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We're thrilled that Caroline O'Donoghue's brilliant new YA novel Skipshock has been shortlisted for the Books Are My Bag Readers Awards!

The first title in Katharine Orton's Moon Realm series will be published in 2026 by Simon & Schuster US!

Natasha Hodgson, co-writer and star of the Olivier and Tony-Award-winning musical Operation Mincemeat, will narrate Skipshock, the latest novel by New York Times bestseller Caroline O’Donoghue.

We are absolutely thrilled that Caroline O’Donoghue‘s brilliant The Rachel Incident is celebrating having sold over 250,000 copies globally since release!

A dazzlingly inventive sci-fi fantasy romance from the bestselling Irish author of The Rachel Incident and host of Sentimental Garbage.

Cambridge University student Joe Greene dreams of a future where his words will echo through the ages.

From acclaimed author Sarah Maria Griffin, Eat The Ones You Love is a twisted, tangled story about workplace love-affairs, and plants with a taste for human flesh.

Sylvia Bishop‘s Under Golden Seas is the beautiful, immersive sequel to the Carnegie-longlisted fantasy, On Silver Tides.

One of the greatest love stories in history gets derailed when a struggling poet at Cambridge runs into a time-traveller who agrees to help him find his muse—a thoughtful and uplifting romantic comedy for fans of About Time andThe Midnight Library, from Catriona Silvey, the highly acclaimed author of Meet Me In Another Life.

First Ink / Macmillan Children’s (UK) has scooped NYT-bestselling author of THE SPELLSHOP Sarah Beth Durst’s YA cosy fantasy THE FARAWAY INN, in which a teen girl agrees to spend the summer working at her eccentric aunt’s struggling B&B in order to get over a breakup, only to discover there is more to the inn — and her aunt — than meets the eye.

Andersen Press has announced the publication of Under Golden Seas, the follow-up to On Silver Tides by Sylvia Bishop. It will be out in April, in paperback.

Master of sci-fi horror Dan Smith delivers an action-packed adventure as secret organisation The Night House exposes the terrifying truth behind the Alpine Heights disaster.

DKW are thrilled to announce that Channel 4 has commissioned an adaption of The Rachel Incident, from the New York Times bestselling novelist, podcaster and screenwriter Caroline O’Donoghue. The eight-part series will be produced by the award-winning Element Pictures (Normal People, Poor Things) and UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group and PageBoy.

The longlist for the 2025 Carnegie Medal for Writing has been announced and we are delighted that On Silver Tidesby Sylvia Bishop has been included! Congratulations Sylvia!

Alex Neptune is back for his most epic adventure in this fifth and final instalment of the action-packed series – perfect for fans of Percy Jackson and Dragon Realm!

The Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction has announced the shortlist for its 2024 award, and DKW are delighted that Caroline O’Donoghue’s The Rachel Incident has been shortlisted!

All over the world, once-flourishing horticultural spaces have been abandoned and forgotten. From the once-crumbling grandeur of the Villa d’Este and the magic of the Lost Gardens of Heligan, to the sculptural surrealism of Las Pozas and the colourful rebirth of Le Jardin Majorelle, there are countless gardens around the world with fascinating stories to tell.

The Worlds of George R.R. Martinis an in-depth bringing together of the enormous range of inspirations behind Martin’s work ­– from historical borrowings as wide-ranging as the Roman empire, the Wars of the Roses and the Mongol conquests, to diverse literary and mythological texts, and Martin’s own family experience and biography.

The Saltire Society has announced the longlists for Scotland’s National Book Awards, which ‘present a snapshot of Scotland’s vibrant literary landscape across Fiction, Non-Fiction, First Book, Poetry and Research’ and DKW are delighted that Daniel Aubrey’s debut novel Dark Islandhas been nominated in the First Book of the Year category. Dark Island was also recently shortlisted for the Bloody Scotland Debut Prize 2024 and for the inaugural McDermid Debut Award.

Set in a small community on the Scottish coast, The Secret Orchard is the brand new feel-good story about family, belonging and finding peace with the past from Sharon Gosling, the author of The Lighthouse Bookshop and The Forgotten Garden.