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Read all of the Hunger Games series? Now read this! BOOK TWO IN GLOBAL PHENOMENON, THE TORCH TRILOGY.LOVE, POWER, REBELLION... Her songlight felt like it was burning through me, turning me into a thousand stars. I will find her. I will free her. In a world where songlight is either your greatest gift or your greatest curse, the Brethren are tightening their power. But Torches are still finding ways to commune. Lark is on the run, headed for Brightlinghelm, with an enigmatic enemy in her boat. Nightingale is a prisoner, working to free herself from Sister Swan''s gilded cage. Rye is crossing the ocean on a journey into the dangerous unknown. And Piper must play his role as the Brethren''s elite airman. All four are united by a desire for peace. But peace feels more elusive than ever. Could Petra, in her majestic airship, be their saviour, or will her people prove an even greater threat? When survival is on a knife edge, WHO WILL TRIUMPH: THOSE WITH SONGLIGHT, OR THOSE WITHOUT? A SEQUEL TO RIVAL ALL OTHERS, proving this to be the most exciting trilogy to have been published for decades!Reader Reviews:''This book has cured my Hunger Games hangover!'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐''Wow. This second book leaves me even more hardbroken and curious for the next part of the story.'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐''Torchfire by Moira Buffini was a masterpiece! This author is a genius!'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘The world building is top notch... An excellent fantasy story.'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘Dystopian fantasy YA perfection! 5/5 stars.'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘Easiest 5 star review. I loved the first book, and incredibly I think her second trumps the first.'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘I loved the first volume, it was one of my favorite reads of 2024. I didn’t think it was possible to love the second more. But I did, it’s epic.'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

From the bestselling author, Claire Keegan, an exquisitely written story which finds an unsatisfied man on his bus journey home reflect on the love that got away.‘A genuine once-in-a-generation writer.’ THE TIMES‘Every word is the right word in the right place, and the effect is resonant and deeply moving.’ HILARY MANTEL‘Claire Keegan makes her moments real – and then she makes them matter.’ COLM TÓIBÍNAfter an uneventful Friday at the Dublin office, Cathal faces into the long weekend and takes the bus home. There, his mind agitates over a woman named Sabine with whom he might have spent his life, had he acted differently. All evening, with only the television and a bottle of champagne for company, thoughts of this woman and others intrude — and the true significance of this particular date is revealed.From one of the world’s great writers, So Late in the Day asks if a lack of generosity might ruin what could be between men and women.Claire Keegan''s book So Late in the Day was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 02-09-2023--------Readers love So Late in the Day:⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ''You’ll finish this novella in one sitting, but you will be hooked to the author for life!''⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ''Claire Keegan is a master of the English language and able to conjure so much in so little.''⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ''Keegan is a genius.''⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ''All her stories are little gems to brighten the way.''⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ''You can see everything that Claire describes so clearly, her writing is mesmerising.''⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ''Keegan really does know how to capture the imagination of readers.''

''Poignant . . . I loved it!'' ELAINE FEENEY''A beautiful, deeply affecting story.'' DONAL RYAN''Hugely compelling and utterly persuasive.'' JOSEPH O''CONNOR From the author of the beloved debut Boys Don''t Cry – an unforgettable story of love and loss and how the ones we love never really leave us. In Boys Don’t Cry, Fíona Scarlett asked: Isn''t it okay to be sad when bad things happen? Boys Don’t Cry, but readers did:''I can''t remember ever reading something so moving.'' MARIAN KEYESIt will break your heart in a million different ways.'' LOUISE O''NEILL‘It''s rare I have cried about a book but I did here’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reader reviewFíona Scarlett is back to break and mend your heart all over again. This time she''s asking: When all seems lost will Shauna and Dean find each other under the same blue sky? ''Blubbing'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reader reviewReaders adore May All Your Skies Be Blue:''I LOVED it . . . Scarlett is a fabulous writer. I was undone, bawling.'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘Beautiful, devastating and raw. I don’t think this book will ever leave me.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘Absolute corker of a book, that I will be recommending to absolutely everyone.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘Fíona has a rare talent. For writing, beautiful and sensitively, without resorting to sentimentality. For bringing characters to life. For representing the working classes as they are, as a diverse group.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Discover the most daring escapes of all time!From slaves fleeing captivity to wartime heroes and heroines being smuggled across occupied Europe, from dangerous criminals tricking their way out of jail to ordinary people who got caught in the wrong place at the wrong time . . .Over thirty tales of adventure, inspiration and derring do. As well as famous stories like the Great Escape and Harriet Tubman''s epic 500-mile trek to freedom, this fascinating book includes lesser-known escapes like Yoshie Shiratori, a Japanese fisherman who escaped jail four times, Nadia Murad, who was inspired by her escape to win the Nobel Peace Prize and Henry ''Box'' Brown, a slave who posted himself to freedom in a wooden crate.Stunningly illustrated in full-colour by comic-book artist, Jamie Coe.

Whatever happens, don't go Outside. Naya has been navigating the disappearing doors, shifting windows, and size-changing rooms of her indoor city her whole life. She will do anything to be accepted into the city's governing body and police force, the NSDE, and anything to make her mother, the General, proud. So when her mother asks her to take on a top-secret, dangerous assignment, to spy on the Spiravits, a dangerous enemy with powers no one understands, she accepts. Naya knew the risks in leaving the safety of her indoor home, but she never thought the Spiravits would be so human, especially as she starts getting closer to two siblings, Zayn and Anice. And that Outside would be quite so . . . wonderful. What if everything she thought she knew was wrong? How can she complete her mission when she can no longer tell truths from lies?

I am a composer. A composer of classical music. Quite honestly I am not quite sure how that happened to a girl born in Belize and brought up in Tottenham . . . It is clear that composing found me. It crept up on me and wouldn’t let me out of its grasp.Now a leading international composer and a singer-songwriter, Errollyn Wallen is as much at home in jazz and pop as in the classical world. Part memoir, Becoming a Composer offers an intriguing glimpse into the mind and motivation of a composer and covers aspects of Wallen’s sometimes troubled childhood, and her experiences of growing up as a black composer in the UK. It includes a collection of observations, diaries following the progress of new works and essays and seeks to shed light on the way a composer sees and hears the world.

''Effortlessly absorbing.'' TANA FRENCH''A page-turner.'' KATE ATKINSON''Playful and witty and completely absorbing.'' ANN CLEEVES''The master.'' GILLIAN FLYNN Meet Mrs Blossom. . . A widow who has never left the USA grandmother with a knack for blending inA lottery winner with an unexpected fortuneDetermined to finally see the world, she’s starting with a cruise along the Seine.Just twenty-four hours into Mrs Blossom’s trip, however, a man is dead, a precious artefact is missing, and a mysterious stranger is claiming her life is in danger. Surrounded by luxury food, quaint towns and people with staggeringly high net worths, she has no idea who she can trust.But maybe blending into the background has its perks – whoever is responsible will never see this most unlikely of detectives coming.Readers loved Murder Takes a Vacation:''Mrs. Blossom is a delight!'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐''Charming, fun, a little sassy, and always observant. What a lovely treasure of a read.'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐''Every single person I know needs to read this book immediately. . . Imagine The Maltese Falcon starring Miss Marple and Tom Ripley.'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐''A fun mystery, Laura really shares some poignant observations about age, body image and just feeling invisible as a woman. Definitely recommend!'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW ‘Noisy, sexy, profusely inventive, Ross’s storytelling crashes over the reader like an invigorating ocean wave.’ DAILY MAIL‘Sensitive and skilful . . . deeply emotive.’ PRIDE MAGAZINEDiscover this powerful, provocative novel about three young women whose lives are upended by a sexual assault case.1996, London. Nicola, tall and gorgeous, has re-birthed herself. She has landed a breakthrough role and her star is rising – she can feel herself blossoming, can see it in the melting eyes of the men, and the jealous eyes of the women. If Nicola is a flower, Alexandra is a closed bud. Crushed by heartache from a recent breakup, she just wants to succeed as a journalist.Jeanette has just landed from Manchester. She refuses to let her mother’s warnings about London or her Doc Martens weigh her down: she’s ready for uni – for life – to start. This is the story of three women – and the mysterious Mavis - as they reach for dreams the whole world seems to want to destroy. But when sexual assault ruptures their world view, they soon discover that those who wear the cloak of friendship – family, community, lovers, peers – often cause the greatest pain.Readers love All the Blood is Red:''A stunning book . . . it''s about victory, even when it doesn''t look the way we thought it would. Ross has a powerful writer''s voice.''''I was hooked from start to finish . . . marvelling at how she wrote these four distinct women who were joined by threads of vulnerability and strength.''

A bristling, invigorating new collection from the eminent American poetFrederick Seidel declares ‘I’m not as old as I used to be. / I’m getting young.’ In So What, he speeds across the island of Manhattan on his racetrack-only Superbike, hurtling into the tenth decade of his life and the sixth decade of his extraordinary career. But the path from youth to old age has not been straightforward. With a disarming combination of acuity and playfulness, the poet confronts his vulnerability while using his artfulness as a form of subversion. Rather than contemplating a return to childlike innocence, he writes, ‘I explode with rage and age.’ In doing so, he summons up a tidal surge full of shotguns and wristwatches, late-blooming love and sex, and stark glimpses of American life. At its crest stands the poet, looking over all this wreckage and creation, and he proclaims: so what.‘[A]s vigorous, insightful, moving and disturbing as his work has ever been . . . We need poets’ blessings, but Seidel’s work has never been the place to find them. Instead, he offers something else we also need: poems that won’t let us look away.’ New York Times‘Genuinely outrageous . . . he prizes uncomfortable truth-telling and has a blasé attitude to accepted pieties and the causing of offence… He is a poet who links his compromised life and self to history, politics and the public sphere.’ TLS‘So What energetically decries the spectre of death and the grinding indignities of illness and age facing the 89-year-old poet, while skewering the failures of the American empire and the west more widely . . . Seidel remains the toweringly enigmatic, ludic and at times offensive provocateur, yet his lyric abilities with image and line never lose their power’ Rebecca Tamás, Guardian best recent poetry

The silliest penguin and the chattiest cat are back to investigate the cow- eating swamp thing in this action-packed graphic novel for fans of Dog Man! 'Super funny!' Jim Smith 'Absolutely ridiculous (in a good way!)' BookTrust 'Deliriously daft!' National Book Tokens Peng and Spanners are back in a story full of . . . RADIOACTIVE ICE CREAM! MYSTERY! SUBMARINES! AND A TERRIFYING SWAMP THING! Starring Peng, the sarcastic penguin, and Spanners, a clever cat with a tool belt. When a stately home becomes haunted by a swamp monster (who seems to love kidnapping cows), Peng and Spanners are called in to unblock the mystery. Luckily, robot dog Secret Business is prepared to hang out in a miniature submarine and snoop on anyone who is causing mischief. Meanwhile Peng and Spanners interview suspects, debate everything, and of course try to get their hands on more pizza . . . Perfect for fans of Dogman and Bunny vs Monkey, this highly illustrated graphic novel series will keep kids laughing for hours on end. What kids are saying: 'Peng is really brainless. He made me laugh so much.' 'Crazy.' 'Really cool.' And parents! 'My son read it in two sittings and loved it.' 'My 9 year old loved this.'

There was no past, no future, no words, nothing - just the light and the yellow and the scent of dry leaves in the sun. Japan's internationally celebrated storyteller returns with five stories of healing and hope. Effortlessly beautiful, nostalgic and melancholy, the stories in Dead-End Memories explore the stories of five women who, following sudden and painful events, find solace in the blissful moments in everyday life. The daughter of a restaurant owner experiences a budding romance, accompanied by the ghosts of an elderly couple. After a scandalous near-death experience, an editor gains a new lease of life. A woman seeks refuge in the apartment above her uncle's bar after being betrayed by her fiancé. As Yoshimoto's gentle, effortless prose reminds us, one true miracle can be as simple as having someone to share a meal with, and happiness is always within us if only we take a moment to see it.

This gorgeous abridged edition brings The Iron Man to a picture book audience for the very first time! A landmark publication. The Iron Man isn’t scary – he’s just very, very hungry . . .It’s not until he starts chomping on fence posts and tractors that he comes to the attention of the angry farmers – who trap him in a hole with the help of a little boy called Hogarth.Then Hogarth comes up with a new plan – it turns out that the scrap yard, with its metal bedsteads, broken down cars and old cookers is the perfect home for a hungry Iron Man.

Academy Award-winning director Danny Boyle and Academy Award-nominated writer Alex Garland reunite for 28 YEARS LATER, a terrifying new ‘auteur horror’ story set in the world created by 28 Days Later.It''s been almost three decades since the rage virus escaped a biological weapons laboratory, and now, still in a ruthlessly enforced quarantine, some have found ways to exist amidst the infected. One such group of survivors lives on an island connected to the mainland by a single, heavily defended causeway. When one of the group leaves the island on a mission into the dark heart of the mainland, he discovers secrets, wonders and horrors that have mutated not only the infected but other survivors as well.The cast includes Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jack O''Connell, Alfie Williams and Ralph Fiennes.

‘Splendidly entertaining.’ The Times‘Lively and admiring.’ Telegraph‘The biography that Wong has long deserved.’ GuardianSet against the glittering backdrop of LA in the gin-soaked Jazz Age and during the rise of Hollywood, Not Your China Doll celebrates Anna May Wong – the groundbreaking artist and first Asian American movie star – and reclaims her place in cinema history. From fighting being typecast in roles in America to garnering critical acclaim in Europe, Anna May demanded the world see her as she truly was: an enchanting actress, legendary beauty, witty conversationalist and fashion icon, redefining Asian American representation in film.

The captivating and affecting graphic novel debut of a major new talent. One morning, a teenage boy wakes to find that he has grown to the size of a giant. Inspired by the journey of the author's younger brother, this wordless wonder of a book follows the experience of a family as one of their own faces a life-threatening illness. As his health declines, can the family remain resilient on his long journey through treatment? Deeply moving and tender, with gorgeous illustrations, Mollie Ray's debut graphic novel is a resonant story of empathy, healing and hope.

This lost classic coming-of-age tale is a tragicomic portrait of one young woman’s university breakdown and recovery, introduced by Daisy Johnson.I wanted the knack of existing. I did not know the rules ... I wanted to tell them all about the animals, but would they understand?A tea party at an Oxford college. Earnest undergraduates in floral dresses clink cups, discussing essay-crises, punting, summer balls. But to one student, they are grotesquely transformed: she is sitting among ominous armadillos with scaly shells, buzzing with black flies. Then, the laughter comes. As she is engulfed by mirthless hysterics, the Principal has no choice but to send her away.Josephine''s entrance into the world of other people wasn''t what she imagined. Since her mother''s death, reality seems a badly painted canvas, viewed through the wrong end of a telescope; she always thinks the wrong things, cowed by the brightness of existence. It is a relief to belong, for once, within the mental institution where she is taken. But eventually, she must reintegrate with society—and through a transformative encounter with a fellow patient, a return to real life seems possible ...Winner of the 1961 James Tait Black Prize