Little Brown Book Group News

Discover Alix E. Harrow’s perfect bookshelf.   A perfect bookshelf would have a book for every mood and occasion. Here are ten of my most-beloved books and the moments I find myself needing them:   Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrel by Susanna Clarke: This is the book I choose when I don’t want to read […]

The Gosling   ANUNGHARINGAOBIALILI, when a man encounters something that reminds him of an unpleasant event in his past, he pauses at the door of the new experience, carefully considering whether or not to go in. If he has already stepped in, he may retrace his steps and reconsider whether to re- enter. Like my […]

This month we welcome debut author Alex Allison to the Dialogue Books hot seat to chat about his brand new novel, The Art of the Body. Alexander Allison was born and raised in London. He holds a BA in Art History from University of York, and an MA in Creative Writing from University of Manchester’s […]

  First Incantation   OBASIDINELU— I stand before you here in the magnificent court of Bechukwu, in Eluig we, the land of eternal, luminous light, where the perpetual song of the flute serenades the air— Like other guardian spirits, I have gone to uwa in many cycles of reincarnations, inhabiting a freshly created body each […]

Bring a little joy to September with the OFFICIAL ORBIT BACK TO SCHOOL GUIDE.   Who really needs Maths and Science when you have ROBOTICS and WILDERNESS SURVIVAL!   SEISMOLOGY [sahyz-mol–uh-jee] noun the science or study of earthquakes and their phenomena.     MEDICINE [med–uh-sin] noun any substance or substances used in treating disease or […]

  A century ago, when Italy was trying for the second time to expand its colonial reach, several thousand Libyan men who resisted Italian rule were deported. They were shipped to small islands off the coast of Sicily, there to live out their days. Little is known about them. No lists were kept (or made?) […]

  Today we’re thrilled to welcome Lauren Wilkinson, author of this summer’s spy thriller sensation, American Spy to be our inaugural blog guest. American Spy was picked by Barack Obama as one of his summer reads of 2019 and has been described as ‘a spy thriller like you’ve never read before’ by TIME magazine. We caught up […]

  Read an extract from The Nickel Boys, the new novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead – a devastating novel – based on true events – of a hellish American reform school.   P R O L O G U E   Even in death the boys were trouble. The secret […]

Saturday 20th July marks the 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11 Moon Landing. The Moon continues to be a source of inspiration for some EPIC SFF novels. Including Kim Stanley Robinson’s latest novel, Red Moon and David Wellington’s upcoming novel The Last Astronaut.  Here are ten of our favourite EPIC SPACE OPERA novels. How many have […]

Harry Potter fans get ready! We are excited to reveal the final cover for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: The Journey. Go behind the scenes of the award-winning production currently playing at the Palace Theatre in London’s West End & around the world.   Publishing on 31st October 2019, the book tells the official […]

To mark the publication of Margaret Atwood’s new novel, The Testaments and to celebrate forty years of publishing with Virago – her novel Surfacing  was one of the first Virago Modern Classics in 1979 – Virago are publishing on August 22 2019, four of her novels as Collector’s Editions.  In paperback at £9.99 in stunning new designs with flaps and […]

Hormonal by Eleanor Morgan explores everything from contraception to PMS, in relation to anxiety, depression and taboos about hysteria and the ‘hormonal’ woman. It is a compelling portrait of the modern landscape of women and health, showing us how to navigate stigma and misinformation. Combining her own experiences with extensive research and expert contributions, Eleanor Morgan […]

  Evan Winter, author of The Rage of Dragons shares his ultimate bookshelf.   Hey everyone,   Evan here and I’d like to thank the Little, Brown Book Group for giving me this chance to talk about a few of my favorite reads. I can imagine that towering To-Be-Read lists loom for all of you, […]

Colson Whitehead, multi-award winning author of The Underground Railroad, will be doing a small number of events while visiting the UK this summer to promote his new novel, The Nickel Boys. Details of his upcoming events can be found below: 25/08/2019 – 8:30PM Edinburgh International Books Festival Colson Whitehead in conversation with Kirsty Wark Find […]

Introducing The Bridge Street Press   Dear Reader,   The Bridge Street Press is the new literary imprint from Little, Brown Book Group, publishing upmarket non-fiction with an international outlook. The imprint will be uniquely focused, with no more than five new books in any given year, enabling each to be given space and attention. […]