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Dinah has always lived in Scarborough. Trapped with her feckless husband and useless son, her one release comes at her town’s Northern Soul nights, where she gets to put on her best and lose herself in the classics. Dinah has an especial hero: Bucky Bronco, who recorded a string of soul gems in the late Sixties and then vanished off the face of the earth. When she manages to contact Bucky she can’t believe her luck.

Bloomsbury presents Pig Iron by Benjamin Myers, read by Ralph Ineson. WINNER OF THE GORDON BURN PRIZE An unflinching portrait of contemporary Traveller culture by the award-winning author of The Gallows Pole John-John wants to escape his past. But the legacy of brutality left by his boxer father...

Bloomsbury presents The Offing by Benjamin Myers, read by Ralph Ineson. FROM THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE GALLOWS POLE COMES A POWERFUL NEW NOVEL A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR _______________________ ‘What a radical thing, these days, to have written a book so full of warmth and...

Bloomsbury presents Beastings by Benjamin Myers, read by Ralph Ineson. Winner of the Portico Prize for Literature and the Northern Writers’ Award ‘A brilliant, brutal novel’ ROBERT MACFARLANE A girl and a baby. A priest and a poacher. A savage pursuit through the landscape of a changing...

Cuddy is a bold and experimental retelling of the story of the hermit St. Cuthbert, unofficial patron saint of the North of England. Incorporating poetry, prose, play, diary and real historical accounts to create a novel like no other, Cuddy straddles historical eras – from the first Christian-slaying Viking invaders of the holy island of Lindisfarne in the 8th century to a contemporary England defined by class and austerity.

The city of Kolobrzeg, located in Poland on the Bearing Sea coast, is a relatively small city of about 50,000 people. It is also home to Pauli Zukowski, the popular owner of the Zukowski Candy Store, and a newer business called the Polish Popcorn Company. His understanding of chemistry and experimentation allowed him to create some unique candy and popcorn assortments and the businesses grew due to his ingenuity. One day, reading a chemistry newsletter, he read an article describing how explosive companies used a trace chemical in their products.

A mysterious sinister looking spot on his forearm troubles a retired executive and his physician assures him the spot is age related and harmless. Trusting a medical professional, the patient readily accepts the doctor's clichéd answers. A new primary care doctor is assigned to the patient and during his next appointment, he tells the doctor about his concern of the mysterious spot, which appears to be growing, and changing color. Upon examination, the doctor realizes the seriousness of the situation and then, further examination by a specialist confirms the worse, Stage III Melanoma.

The history of Jack Hudson remains safely locked in the vaults of the CIA. He had dedicated his life to serving his country and he had recently considered retiring. He had been out to dinner in the evening and as he walked towards his rented apartment in Moscow, he felt the heat of a bullet whiz by his head.

Der junge Robert Appleyard verlässt sein Elternhaus und das britische Kohlearbeiterdorf, in dem er aufgewachsen ist. Es ist Sommer, der Zweite Weltkrieg ist vorbei, und Robert ist hungrig nach Meer, Sonne und Weite. Nach Wochen der Wanderschaft, die offene See schon in Sicht, lernt er Dulcie Piper kennen, eine ältere, exzentrische Dame, die in einem verwunschenen Cottage lebt. Aus einem Nachmittag wird ein ganzer Sommer und Dulcie eröffnet dem jungen Mann auf unvergessliche Art die Welt der Poesie, der Musik und der Malerei.

You recite it. But do you understand it? The Apostles’ Creed has become so familiar to us that we don’t think about what we’re saying. Christians from different times, places, and traditions have been united by its eternal truths. We believe them, we recite them, but do we build our lives on them? The fact that so many in the early church died for their faith means they were caught up in something greater than themselves. What were those truths? How did they empower a revolution?

Bloomsbury presents Jesus Christ Kinski by Benjamin Myers, read by Rory Kinnear. A bold and brilliant short work by the author of the Goldsmiths Prize-winning Cuddy November, 1971. Berlin, Germany. Opening night. Klaus Kinski, Germany’s most controversial actor, steps into the spotlight to a...

Bloomsbury presents Male Tears by Benjamin Myers, read by Craig Parkinson. Cracking ... Richly distinctive stories, with unnerving, dark plotlines’ Independent 'One of the most singular, moving and crucial voices of our times' David Peace In Male Tears, a debut collection of stories that...

Bloomsbury presents Turning Blue by Benjamin Myers, read by Andrew Macintosh. ‘Ben Myers is the master of English rural noir, and with Turning Blue, he has created a whole new genre: folk crime … this is by turns gripping, ghastly and unputdownable’ PAUL KINGSNORTH In the depths of winter...

1989 tauchen auf den immer noch großen Feldern im Süden Englands seltsame, kreisrunde Muster auf, mal in der Struktur einfach, mal aufwändig. Die wildesten Gerüchte machen die Runde. Manchen glauben an Jungenstreiche, andere an Außerirdische. Ungerührt von der Aufregung, die bald nicht nur England erfasst, verfolgen zwei junge Männer ihren Plan, den perfekten Kreis zu schaffen. Redbone und Calvert, beide versehrt durch Erlebnisse in ihrer Vergangenheit, lernen sich zufällig kennen und fühlen sofort eine innere Verbundenheit.

Bloomsbury presents The Perfect Golden Circle by Benjamin Myers, read by Tim Key. **Selected for BBC 2 Between the Covers Book Club 2022** **The BBC Radio 2 Book Club pick** **Longlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize 2022** 'In this folksy, magnetic tale, two outsiders seek healing and enlightenment...

As autumn draws in, a series of unexplained vicious attacks occur in a small northern town renowned for being a bohemian backwater. As the national media descends, local journalist Roddy Mace attempts to tell the story, but finds the very nature of truth brought into question. He turns to disgraced detective James Brindle for help. When further attacks occur the shattered community becomes the focus of an accelerating media that favours immediacy over truth. Murder and myth collide in a folk-crime story about place, identity and the tangled lives of those who never leave.

Dark, twisted, fresh and fierce, Eyes Guts Throat Bones is a collection of stories about queer, female bodies at the end of the world 'I WAS DELICIOUSLY HORRIFIED' JENN ASHWORTH 'GAVE ME SERIOUS WRITER ENVY' KIRSTY LOGAN 'ONE OF MY FAVOURITE STORYTELLERS' KIRAN MILLWOOD HARGRAVE 'AN INCREDIBLE...