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Cover reveal for Cinnamon

Posted on 10/04/26

A new book by Nira Wickramasinghe, Cinnamon: A History of Taste and Empire will be published by Scribe on 5th November 26, and by St. Martin’s Press in the US on 27th April 27

Publication day for The Waterlands

Posted on 26/03/26

Congratulations to Stephen Rutt whose beautiful new book, The Waterlands: Follow A Raindrop from Source to Sea is published today by Elliott & Thompson.

The Waterlands reviewed in The Scotsman

Posted on 25/03/26

A wonderful review in The Scotsman for Stephen Rutt’s The Waterlands, published tomorrow. ‘Stephen Rutt’s exploration of Britain’s waterlands combines clear-eyed scientific writing with just the right amount of epiphanic prose … I find it impossible not to feel wonder at such facts.’

Paperback publication day for Nightshade Mother

Posted on 05/03/26

The paperback edition of Gwyneth Lewis’s acclaimed memoir, Nightshade Mother is published today by Calon.

Canongate pre-empts Fraser MacDonald’s literary exploration of compost

Posted on 20/02/26

Canongate have acquired the rights to Fraser MacDonald’s new work of non-fiction, The Book of Compost: A Manual for Consolation and Repair to be published in 2028, with North American rights going to Knopf and Dutch rights to Atlas Contact.