
"Using lively prose and filled with intriguing characters, this is an enjoyable and imaginative debut."
"The best summer reads are those books you can completely lose yourself in and Sean Lusk's debut absolutely fits the bill. Immersing readers in an intriguing world of clock and automata inventions, Lusk's historical adventure evokes the spirit of Dickensian classics with a fantastic twist."
Congratulations to Eva Björg Ægisdóttir, who has sold Spanish rights for the first two in her Hidden Iceland series, starring CIO Elma, The Creak on the Stairs and Girls Who Lie, to Aticos de los Libros. With the UK publication of the third, Night Shadows (July 2022, Orenda Books) just around the corner, this is very exciting news for this equally exciting series. |
You are strong. You are brave. You are not alone.
Seventeen-year-old Iris is happy. She's fearless, she's strong. She is everything but a girl who lost her mum.
But Iris's dad and step-mum have been keeping a secret. One big enough to unravel her. Only the magnetic Órla can provide an escape, until things get...complicated. As Iris questions who she is, it becomes clear she can't run away from grief.
What happens when someone who has never faced up to the darkness lets it in?

Krystyna Green, publishing director, acquired UK and commonwealth rights, including Canada, in a six-figure deal from David Headley. Fearless will be published in hardback, e-book and audio in June 2023 simultaneously with Flatiron Books, which has bought North American rights in the series.
To read the full press release, click here.
In more M. W. Craven news, the most recent in the Poe & Tilly series, The Botanist, was selected as The Times' Audiobook of the Week. Narrated by John Banks, you can download your copy here. |

The competition recognises the very best unpublished short stories in English in any style and on any subject up to a maximum of 5,000 words by writers aged 18 or over who were born in Wales, have lived in Wales for two years or more, or are currently living in Wales.
The overall winner will receive £1,000 and will have their winning entry featured in The Rhys Davies Short Story Award Anthology 2022, to be published by Parthian Books in October 2022.
All twelve stories will be published in the 2022 Rhys Davies Award Anthology, published by Parthian. Edited by Dr Elaine Canning, Head of Special Projects at Swansea University, the collection will also include an introduction by the multi-award-winning writer and guest judge Rachel Trezise. Each of the shortlisted writers will also receive £100.
Find out more here.
Released this coming week, Graham Bartlett's debut fiction novel, Bad For Good (Allison & Busby), picked up a cracking review in the Daily Mail: "With corrupt officers, conflicting loyalties and a police force that is so understaffed it barely functions, Bartlett paints a chilling portrait of a world where the old questions still remain potent - ‘Who guards the guardians?’ Peter James had better watch out, he has a new competitor." |

Glow Up, Lara Bloom follows teenage catastrophe Lara, sharing her innermost thoughts in her secret online journal. From bad hair days to ultra-embarrassing moments, there’s never a normal day in Lara’s life. How will she ever convince her super-cute crush, Caiden, to like her back? Lara thinks it’s time to give herself a glow up, but should you ever glow up for a boy?
Senior commissioning editor Ruth Bennett acquired World English Language rights from Hannah Sheppard to the “funny and heartwarming” books, the first of which will publish in paperback, e-book and audio in February 2023, with the second title publishing in February 2024.
To read the full press release, click here.