Seven Months of Summer, the beautiful and heart-rending new novel by Saskia Sarginson, is available on a Kindle Monthly Deal for the whole month of May. Grab it here now for only 99p. 1993. When Kit meets Summer on the backpacking trip of a lifetime, he falls head over heels in love, certain that what they have is much more than just a holiday romance. On returning home, Kit is confident he’ll be able to find the magical girl he met. But when he follows the clues Summer told him about her life, the person he thought he knew doesn’t seem to exist. Heartbroken that she lied to him, and with no w ..read more

Five Nights, the “addictive” (Erin Kelly) standalone thriller by Rachel Wolf, is available on a Kindle Monthly Deal for the whole month of May. Grab it here now for only 99p! A gripping standalone thriller, uncovering the dark secrets of a rich and powerful family over five nights on a glamorous luxury cruise. Mattia Scarmardo, media and shipping empire mogul and head of the most famous family in Britain, is about to retire. He’s taken his four children and new young wife Belle on the maiden voyage of his new luxury cruise ship. The tabloids are buzzing: is he about to announce his successor ..read more

We are looking for an enthusiastic and organised intern to join our agency for a period of eight weeks beginning Monday 3rd June. Working closely with Eve White, Ludo Cinelli and Steven Evans, the intern will provide full-time administrative and editorial support in key areas of the business for the duration of the role, aiding in various aspects of the agenting process, and dealing with current and prospective clients. For full details, see here. This is an ideal role for a talented individual who is keen to develop their career in publishing, and a unique opportunity to work at the heart of ..read more

Pre-order One Perfect Couple now with Waterstones and you could win a two-night stay for two adults at luxury 5-star spa hotel Babington House. See here for more details. “A fresh, adrenaline-fueled take on Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None” (Booklist), One Perfect Couple is the forthcoming high-tension thriller by New York Times-bestselling author Ruth Ware. Lyla is in a bit of a rut. Her post-doctoral research has fizzled out, she’s pretty sure they won’t extend her contract, and things with her boyfriend, Nico, an aspiring actor, aren’t going great. When the opportunity arises ..read more

HarperCollins Children’s Books has acquired Iona Rangeley‘s brand-new middle-grade spy series, beginning with the “thrilling” Cecily Sawyer: How to Be a Spy. In an announcement in The Bookseller, which subscribers can read in full here, editorial director Tom Bonnick said: “Iona is a fast-rising star of children’s fiction and we’re delighted to  be building on the success, widespread praise and genuine reader love for Einstein the Penguin with this fantastic, funny and exhilarating new middle-grade series, which stars a formidable young heroine, a cast of hilarious spies, and se ..read more

Fall of Civilizations, Paul Cooper‘s history on the rise and fall of ancient civilisations, is out now in the UK. Praised by the Sunday Times for its “mastery of anecdotage and accessible storytelling”, and based on the podcast with over 100 million downloads, Fall of Civilizations brilliantly explores how a range of ancient societies rose to power and sophistication, and how they tipped over into collapse. Across the centuries, we journey from the great empires of Mesopotamia to those of Khmer and Vijayanagara in Asia and Songhai in West Africa; from Byzantium to the Maya, Inca and Aztec ..read more

Rebecca Reid, author of the forthcoming “funny and moving” romantic comedy Seven Rules for a Perfect Marriage, which will be published by Bloomsbury General next summer, has talked to the BBC about modern dating and her love of Taylor Swift. In the article, entitled ‘Tortured Poets Department: How Taylor Swift album lyrics captured modern dating despair’, Rebecca says: “With So Long, London, but honestly, almost every single song, there’s so much on there about the idea that you gave somebody your youth and that you can’t get that back… And that’s definitely a feeling that I really resonate wi ..read more

Claire Carroll, whose debut short story collection, The Unreliable Nature Writer, will be published by Scratch Books on 6th June 2024, is taking part in a number of events this June and July as part of a Summer Tour. Claire will be travelling across the country, from Edinburgh to Sheffield, Manchester to Cardiff, London and Norwich. For a full list of events, see here and the images below. The Unreliable Nature Writer comprises 18 stories with themes of late capitalism, climate anxiety and personal loss, and includes brand-new stories alongside previously published works such as The White Revi ..read more

The cover has been revealed for Your Time Is Up, the intense real-time YA exam thriller by Costa-shortlisted author Sarah Naughton. One has a secret, one of them saw, there’s blood on the papers, who’ll take the fall? Zaina never meant to get involved. The plan was always to focus on her exams, make her dad proud. But none of this is what she’d planned for. Chanelle never made it to the exam; Nero’s convinced he saw something last night and Ysla can’t stop crying. As Zaina starts to scratch the surface of secrets which desperately want to stay hidden she begins to wonder… how far will they go ..read more

One Perfect Couple, the forthcoming high-tension thriller by New York Times-bestselling author Ruth Ware, has been selected for the May 2024 LibraryReads Hall of Fame. Lyla is in a bit of a rut. Her post-doctoral research has fizzled out, she’s pretty sure they won’t extend her contract, and things with her boyfriend, Nico, an aspiring actor, aren’t going great. When the opportunity arises for Nico to join the cast of a new reality TV show, One Perfect Couple, she decides to try out with him. A whirlwind audition process later, Lyla find herself whisked off to a tropical paradise with Nic ..read more