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An essential new collection of essays from the bestselling phenomenon Rebecca Solnit calling for reflection and context, activism and hope. Beginning with the election of Donald Trump ('The Loneliest Man in the World') and expanding back and forth into American history, surveillance, violence agains...

The international bestselling writer Ann Patchett has been described as 'one of the foremost chroniclers of the burdens of emotional inventory and its central place in American lives' and 'a master of her art' (Observer). In her new collection, with her trademark blend of wryness, intelligence and w...

From one of the most important chroniclers of our time, come two extended excerpts from her never-before-seen notebooks – writings that offer an illuminating glimpse into the mind and process of a legendary writer. Joan Didion has always kept notebooks: of overheard dialogue, observations, intervi...

'I really love and admire by Natalia Ginzburg. She writes beautiful, short essays about very simple things: shoes, food, children, writing itself. Her sentences have great precision and clarity, and I learn a lot when I read her.' - Zadie Smith 'As far as the education of children is concerned I thi...

From the unique perspective of David Sedaris comes a new book of essays taking his readers on a bizarre and stimulating world tour. From the perils of French dentistry to the eating habits of the Australian kookaburra, from the squat-style toilets of Beijing to the particular wilderness of a North C...

The No 1 New York Times bestselling essayist is back, on point, and ready to be the friend in print we all look forward to spending a little more time with.From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Wow, No Thank You'Brilliant, hilarious and perspicacious' - ELIZABETH DAY 'SO funny.' - SARA PA...

More wickedly funny essays from the author of We Are Never Meeting in Real Life. 'This is an unforgettable book, the kind where the author unapologetically bares her heart and asks you to hold it tenderly, with care.' - Roxane GayMeditations on the terror of love; tips for getting your disgusting me...

Outrageously hilarious essays from the blogger behind Bitches Gotta Eat. 'The second book of essays from this frank and madly funny blogger … A side-splitting polemicist for the most awful situations.' - Janet Maslin, The New York Times, Summer Reading Pick'From the blogger behind Bitches Gotta Ea...

A global publication with major impact: do what you can to get your hands on this new collection from bestselling author of We Are Never Meeting in Real Life and one of the funniest people in print: Samantha Irby. Staring down the barrel of her fortieth year, Samantha Irby is confronting the ways he...

A collection to savour and inspire, brings together thirteen contemporary writers whose work brilliantly explores food, capturing their reflections on their culinary experiences in the kitchen and beyond. 'I learned that before entering the kitchen, I must get the measure of its hold over me.'Food s...

WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATUREOne of Annie Ernaux's most exciting and idiosyncratic works now in paperback for the first time.In this novel, which takes the form of journal entries made over the course of seven years, Annie Ernaux concentrates on the ephemeral encounters that take plac...

WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATUREShortlisted for the 2019 Man Booker International PrizeConsidered by many to be the iconic French memoirist's defining work and a breakout bestseller when published in France in 2008is a personal narrative of the period 1941 to 2006 told through the lens o...

is an irresistible blend of literature and memoir revealing the big experiences and little moments that shaped Ann Patchett as a daughter, wife, friend and writer.Here, Ann Patchett shares entertaining and moving stories about her tumultuous childhood, her painful early divorce, the excitement of se...

LONGLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE 2022The body is a source of pleasure and of pain, at once hopelessly vulnerable and radiant with power. At a moment in which basic rights are once again imperilled, Olivia Laing conducts an ambitious investigation into the body and its discontents, using the ...

'This is a heart-warming anthology, celebrating one ofour most beloved animals. Rich with joy and delight, but there is also real depth, poignancy and surprisingly dark humour here.' From Carl Phillips asking how wildness is tamed, to Esmé Weijun Wang finding moments of stillness in the simple act ...

In her latest work, Annie Ernaux recounts a relationship with a student thirty years her junior - an experience that transforms her, briefly, back into the 'scandalous girl' of her youth. At once stark and tender, a taut encapsulation of Ernaux's relationship to time, memory and writing. In her late...

A career-spanning collection of inspiring, revelrous essays about art and artistsa momentous, raucous collection of essays drawn from twenty years of Maggie Nelson’s brilliant work. These profiles, reviews, remembrances, tributes, and critical essays, as well as several conversations with friends ...