Books in the Media

Our wonderful authors have received lots of great press recently!

CAST AWAY by Francesca de Torres features in The Times ‘Eight great historical novels to read in May’ which calls the novel a “rat-infested tale of the real Robinson Crusoe, plus adultery and scandal in 18th-century Fife” … “an impressive imaginative feat”.

CAST AWAY publishes on the 21st of May.

Read the full article here:
https://www.thetimes.com/culture/books/article/best-historical-fiction-novels-books-review-may-2026-7rw906mc0

Hannah Kaner features in the current edition of The Bookseller (making the front cover too), where she discusses A SNAKE AMONG SWANS, the first of her new fantasy trilogy.

Inspired by a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, the novel publishes on the 30th of July.

Read the full article in the print edition, or online here:
https://www.thebookseller.com/author-interviews/hannah-kaner-treads-a-new-path-in-her-latest-fantasy-novel-that-examines-war-revenge-and-power

Also featuring in this week’s The Bookseller is Kate Bailey, with the announcement of her novel THE HUNTERS which has been acquired by Harvill.

Described as a "thrilling" dystopian novel for fans of I Who Have Never Known Men and The Village.

Associate publishing director Liz Foley bought UK and Commonwealth rights from Rachel Neely at Mushens Entertainment, with publication scheduled for September 2027.

Read the full story on The Bookseller:
https://www.thebookseller.com/rights/harvill-snags-kate-baileys-thrilling-dystopian-debut

Yours magazine has included Boudicca's Daughter on their books page.

“Elodie Harper’s new novel imagines what became of the daughter who grew up in [Boudicca’s] shadow.

Boudicca's Daughter is out now in paperback.