‘The only reason for keeping this atrocity in the public eye is to horrify people so much that they never again allow their representatives to order such crimes’ Victor Gregg 73 years ago, on February 13th 1945, one of the greatest tragedies and morally questionable events of the Second World War took place: the bombing …
We’re getting spooky at Bloomsbury Reader as we draw closer to All Hallow’s Eve. To celebrate some of the spine-chilling horror on our list, we have teamed up with Horror Lounge from 25-31 October, a new virtual festival celebrating all things horror, both classic and contemporary. As part of Horror Lounge, all of our Graham Masterton books …
With the recent announcement that the women of Saudi Arabia will be given the right to drive, it got us thinking about other amazing firsts for women. Both Aphra Behn and Mary Wollstonecraft were women who broke new ground in both literary and social spheres.
We have new beautiful paperback editions of classic crimes The Glimpses of the Moon and Frequent Hearses by Edmund Crispin. As it is Classics in September over at Crime Fiction Lover, we thought it would be fun to give some of these classic crimes away to their readers. Go over to Crime Fiction Lover for a chance to win a copy!
We have beautiful new covers for The World’s End Series by Monica Dickens, a quartet of novels about siblings living on their own in a tumble-down house, looking after each other and the assortment of animals they save from heartless adults. Perfect for any animal loving kids out there!
When it takes days, weeks or months to reach your destination, the journey to get there becomes significant, part of the experience, and sometimes the reward itself.
Psychological thriller The Death of Ruth by Elizabeth Kata is now available in paperback, just in time for spring sunshine reading. We love a good lunchtime picnic here at Bloomsbury London HQ, so we took The Death of Ruth out for a park test drive. After some extensive experimentation involving grass lounging, fresh(ish) air breathing, and an engrossing readability …
Camilla Shestopal, agent for the estate of Dennis Wheatley, joins us to tell us about a Wheatley event at the Essex Book Festival.
There is something in the air around the Bloomsbury London Offices. Bedford Square is filling with hopeful sun-seeking lunchers, awkward transitional clothing is being experimented with, and hay fever is making a comeback; it’s official – Spring has sprung! Here at Bloomsbury Reader we are wistfully dreaming about hazy afternoons in the rolling British countryside …
Churchill’s Legacy: Two Speeches to Save the World by Alan Watson, with an introduction by Churchill’s great-grandson Randolph Churchill, is published to mark the 70th anniversary of Churchill giving these two historic speeches in Fulton and Zurich.
Christine Webber’s essential book on dealing with one of life’s most common and devastating experiences, the updated How to Mend a Broken Heart, is out now in paperback from Bloomsbury Reader.
We have beautiful new jackets for our Edmund Crispin classic British detective fiction. ‘One of the undiscovered treasures of British crime fiction’ A. L. Kennedy Edmund Crispin was the pseudonym of Robert Bruce, an English crime writer and composer. Montgomery wrote nine detective novels and two collections of short stories under the pseudonym Edmund …
We are excited to publish Life In Squares, the complete script to the three part BBC television drama starring James Norton, Phoebe Fox, Eve Best and Lydia Leonard. Exploring the tangled and complex loves of the Bloomsbury Group, the ebook includes an introduction by the screenwriter, Amanda Coe. After the television show received such critical …
‘An honest and skilfully told love story’ – New York Times We are thrilled to be publishing Love for Lydia, H. E. Bates’s classic love story, as part of our ongoing project to re-publish all of Bates’s collections, novellas, and now, this fantastic novel. This beautiful tale of passion, friendship and tragedy is published as …
Unfinished Business is to the publishing industry what The Player is to the movie business: an entertaining novel about life, love and revenge by an industry insider. ‘Like Martin Amis at his funniest’ Amanda Craig We are delighted to publish Unfinished Business by Conrad Williams, which explores the passions and travails of literary agent Mike …
We’re thrilled that Bloomsbury’s Outsider: A Life of David Garnett by Sarah Knights has been shortlisted for the James Tait Black award for best biography published in 2015.
We are thrilled to publish Garden Lakes by Jaime Clarke, the third novel featuring Charlie Martens
It’s nearing the end of April and Brexit is looming over us, but the sun is creeping back, the bank holiday weekend is almost upon us, and Game of Thrones is finally back. It’s hard not to draw parallels between the political situations of Westeros and Westminster (I don’t think the naming was an … Continue reading
“Victor Gregg is the most remarkable spokesman for the war generation. Searingly honest in his appraisal of what that conflict did to the world, on society and, above all, on himself.” – Dan Snow Victor Gregg is an extraordinary man. As he approaches his 100th birthday, he is still making public appearances to talk about … Continue reading
Read about the history of the Great War in November 1918 by Gordon Brook-Shepherd November 11, 1918 The date the armistice that ended the war Winston Churchill called ‘the hardest, cruellest, and least-rewarded of all the wars that have been fought’, was signed. The Armistice was the result of a hurried and desperate process, and brought an end … Continue reading
With the weather in constant flux, a good classic crime novel is the perfect companion to read in the park on a sunny day, before running for cover and curling up under a blanket to finish the next chapter. Now is a perfect opportunity to discover, or rediscover, author George Bellairs: a Manchester bank manager by day who … Continue reading
On this day in 1921, Sir Dirk Bogarde was born in West Hampstead. From his idyllic Sussex childhood through World War II, and from Hollywood to his frequent retreats in France, Bogarde’s memoirs and fiction overlap and intertwine to reveal just about all there is to know about the man … but not everything. Son … Continue reading
We’re just over a month away from The 2018 Oscars – Hollywood’s biggest and most extravagant night of the year – and the nominees have been released.
We are absolutely thrilled that Christopher Plummer has received his third Oscar nomination for his performance as John Paul Getty in All the Money in the World. Continue reading
As the autumn nights draw in and us Brits begin the internal back and forth on the vital question of whether it is cold enough to turn the heating on, there is no better time to cosy up with some classic cosy crime. This month it’s been our pleasure to sponsor Classics in September over … Continue reading
We are excited to publish Victoria and Albert by Hector Bolitho. Charting the passionate relationship of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, Bolitho examines how their loving and forward-thinking union propelled Britain into a golden age of innovation, conquest and social reform. Originally published in 1938, we are pleased to be bringing classic biography to a … Continue reading
According to Robin Hanbury-Tenison writing in Country Life magazine, my father Robert Crisp’s book Zen and the Art of Donkey Maintenance is ‘the perfect antidote to the cares of the world and an opportunity to indulge all latent escapist desires.’ Continue reading
We have a gorgeous new look for The Julia Probyn Mysteries series by Ann Bridge. In Julia – journalist, amateur sleuth, occasional spy – Bridge has created a heroine that charms and amuses in equal measure. Wife to a diplomat, Bridge draws on her experiences brushing shoulders with royalty and politicians across the globe. Set … Continue reading
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