Here
comes Halloween – so if you haven’t already sorted out your display, then don’t
forget about these three from Lorenz.
Halloween
(hb, £4,99, 978 0754828396) The Pumpkin Carving Book (£6.99,
hb, 978 0754825296) and Wizards and Witches (£7.99, hb, 978 1861477316) Have a
look at the fantastic spreads from The Pumpkin Carving Book here
– there are some brilliant ideas! And wow, look at these prices!
BBC Woman’s Hour provided a
fascinating insight this week into The Honourable Ladies (£30,
hb, 978 1785902444) which is just out from Biteback;
the lives and achievements of the women who served as Members of Parliament You
can listen to that interview here.
. Containing profiles of every woman MP from 1918 to 1996, and with female
contributors from Mary Beard to Caroline Lucas, Ruth Davidson to Yvette Cooper
and Margaret Beckett to Ann Widdecombe, The Honourable Ladies is
an indispensable and illuminating testament to the stories and achievements of
some remarkable women.
From
those women who’ve earned their place in history to those who’ve just been born
into it; it was Princess Eugenie’s wedding today – what do you mean you weren’t
invited? You clearly don’t have the right friends – have a look here
at this quiz to tell you which famous friends you should have – and who
you’ll get to marry as a result. And if you just want to look at pictures of
famous people looking gorgeous – then this
is one for you! I also very much like this
list from book blogger Girl with her
Head in a Book of the Top Ten
Fictional Princesses.
The
Leadership Lab (£14.99,
pb, 978 0749483432) was included in the Financial
Times Business Books of the Month
for October saying, “Drawing on
interviews with top executives, it makes a case for thoughtful, inclusive
leadership, steering clear of short-termism and distraction.” Bestselling
author Chris
Lewis and superstar megatrends
analyst Dr Pippa
Malmgren cover everything from how to
build a new type of leadership trust when other spheres of public power have
been overturned, to robots overtaking companies and worldwide indebtedness
affecting business. This book explains not only why the old rules no longer
apply, but also how to blaze a trail in this new world order and be the best
leader you can be. It is a must-read for those seeking to develop a real
intuition and explains how to build an empathetic, credible, stable and strong
leadership path. It’s just been published by Kogan Page.
The
finalists have now been announced in the Manchester Culture Awards – and hurrah, both Carcanet and Comma are there! The awards recognise the best of culture in the
city over the last year and have been established by the council to recognise
the massive contribution culture makes to the city's economy, and in helping
make Manchester a vibrant place where people want to live, work, and play. Nearly
three hundred nominations were made across twelve different award categories. Comma are shortlisted in the Inspiring
Innovation and Carcanet in the Outstanding Contribution category – and the winners in all categories will
be announced at a special awards ceremony being held at the Etihad Stadium on
Wednesday 14 November. The full shortlist is here.
There
is no longer any doubt that the way we think affects our bodies: countless
scientific studies have shown this to be true. How Your Mind Can Heal Your Body (978 1788171496, pb, £12.99) is a highly acclaimed
bestseller, first published ten years ago which is just out in a new edition
from Hay House. In it, Dr David Hamilton explores the effect of visualization, belief and
positive thinking on the body, and shows how using our imagination and mental
processes can stimulate our own defences and healing systems to combat disease,
pain and illness. Dr Hamilton has
added four new chapters to discuss the latest cutting-edge information and techniques
which include using imagery to stimulate the immune system, using the mind to
speed up rehabilitation from strokes and powerful visualization strategies to
help facilitate recovery from injury and illness. David will be writing an
article on his book for Top Santé (circ.
36,000) and Happiful Magazine. The title
will also be featured in November’s What
Doctors Don’t Tell You (circ. 30,000). David will also be the expert in Spirit and Destiny’s masterclass feature
on being grateful in their January 2019 issue (circ. 30,000) and the book will
also be featured in Yoga Magazine (circ.
35,000) and Psychologies (circ.
60,000).
Carcanet have just announced an
exciting new imprint, Carcanet Classics,
which launches officially on November 26th at the British Library. Through this
series they aim to restore game-changing work for contemporary readers, by
pairing classic texts and authors with exciting, contemporary scholars and
poets. Carcanet Classics aim to give
the book back its dynamic power and include new takes on ancient texts, new
readings of the Latin classics and young poets advocating the work of their
mentors. Some of the books, like the new Beowulf, are vividly annotated. Others are bare
and direct, pointed in our direction with a living introduction. One
generation’s classics look quite different from another’s, and this new series,
which will grow by eight to ten titles a year, is an incomparable resource for
literature lovers excited by experiment and keen on our living heritage.
Important titles include Gilgamesh Retold by
Jenny Lewis (pb, £12.99, 9781784106140) which is the myth retold
from a feminist perspective and is out on 26 October. Another key title is a
new translation by Jane Draycott of
the medieval poem Pearl. You can read a fascinating blog post by
Jane on the challenges and joys that “a
chance to climb inside another poet’s imagination, their ear, their poetics,
and become an apprentice to their art” gave her here.
The Carcanet Classics series was
featured in Book
Brunch today and you can find out more on the Carcanet website here.
Compelling,
twisty, page-turner She Chose Me (£8.99,
pb, 978 1787198739) by Tracey Emerson is published by Legend next week, and there’s a major
amount of promotion! The book is launched at the fabulous Lighthouse Bookshop in Edinburgh on Wednesday, and there will be a
feature on Tracey in the Guardian.
You can see the blog tour schedule here, it includes: Crime Reads and Coffee, Literary Elf, Dorset Book Detective, Nicki’s
Life of Crime, Anne Bonny Book Reviews, Random Things Through My Letterbox,
Varietats, Between the Pages Book Club, Cheeky Pees Reads and Reviews,
Chocolate’n’waffles, Novel Delights, Lori’s Reading Corner, Short Book and
Scribes, Over the Rainbow and Mad House
Family Reviews. She Chose Me is, as
Lesley Glaister wrote; “dignified by deft
and ingenious plotting, forensically insightful characterisation and impeccable
prose, this psychological thriller delivers on all levels”.
It’s
Frankfurt Book Fair this week of
course – and here
are Comma’s Becca Parkinson and co-editor Gvantsa Jobava talking
on a Frankfurt panel about The Book of Tbilsi (£9.99,
pb, 978 1910974315). The newest title in this brilliant series is The Book of Birmingham (£9.99, pb, 978 1910974377), which launched at
Birmingham Lit Fest last week. There was a funny and positive review for it in Outside Left which you can read here.
Few cities have undergone such a radical transformation over the last few
decades as this one. Culturally and architecturally, Birminghamhas been in a
state of perpetual flux and regeneration, with new communities moving in, then
out, and iconic post-war landmarks making way for brighter-coloured, 21st
century flourishes. Much like the city itself, the characters in the stories
gathered here are often living through moments of profound change. Set against
key moments of history – from Malcolm X’s visit to Smethwick in 1965, to the
Handsworth riots two decades later, from the demise of the city’s manufacturing
in the 70s and 80s, to the on-going tensions between communities in recent
years – these stories celebrate the cultural dynamism that makes this complex, ‘second
city’ far more than just the sum of its parts.
In
2015, students at the University of Cape Town demanded the removal of a statue
of Cecil Rhodes, from their campus. The battle cry #RhodesMustFall sparked an
international movement calling for the decolonisation of the world's
universities. Today, as this movement grows, how will it radically transform
the terms upon which universities exist? In Decolonizing the University (£16.99,
hb, 978 0745338200), students, activists and scholars discuss the possibilities
and the pitfalls of this, and provide the tools for radical pedagogical,
disciplinary and institutional change. Subverting curricula, enforcing
diversity, and destroying old boundaries, this is a radical call for a new era
of education. The title is currently Number 2 in one of London's longest
running and best radical bookshop Housman’s
and really is a crucial read. It’s just been published by Pluto Press.
A
great article here
in the Guardian about the grim
reality of being a bookseller – which argues that it may well be the most
over-romanticised job in the world, and that booksellers are in fact dealing
with bodily fluids, insufferable know-it-alls and shoplifters on a daily basis.
It’s certainly true that whenever you see a bookshop in a film it does look
pretty peachy, as in this
scene with Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant from Notting Hill or this with Audrey Hepburn
and Fred Astaire in Funny Face – I think the Guardian may be onto something!
There’s
a continuing buzz on social media for the heart-wrenching and heart-warming Pieces of Me (£8.99, pb, 978 1787198036) by Natalie Hart
including enthusiasm from notable authors such as Ali Land (Richard and Judy Sunday Times bestselling
author) and Sarah Perry (author of The
Essex Serpent). The novel was a Trending
Book of the Week on the Kobo
homepage and Nina Pottell (Prima Magazine
Books editor and Costa Book Prize judge) has
been tweeting about the book all month and is currently running a giveaway for
the book on her account.
And
finally, sometimes we all need a bit of help in life. A new title just
published by Hay House from world-renowned ascension expert Diana Cooper,
suggests that possibly the assistants we need most are dragons. Diana believes
that dragons have been serving our planet since its inception and work with the
angels in service for the highest good and her new titles Dragons: Your Celestial Guardians (978 1788171618, £12.99, pb) she shares incredibly
detailed and practical knowledge about the dragons and how they can support us.
You'll discover the history of dragons on earth, how they came to be here and
their mission for humanity as well as how to meet your own personal dragon
guide. This book will feature in December’s Spirit
and Destiny (circ. 30,000) and there will also be an extract of this book
in February’s Kindred Spirit (circ.
150,000).
Top Ten fictional and
film dragons anyone?
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