In this “whimsical, enchanting” (Kirkus Reviews) winter story, a six-hundred-year-old snowman and a ten-and-a-half-year-old girl strike up an unlikely friendship as they try to bring an end to the longest winter ever.Article II of the Snowman Code: A snowman always helps a child in need.It’s March, but the London ground is still covered in snow, the lake in the park is still frozen over, and ten-and-a-half-year-old Blessing has three probl...

‘Sparklingly humorous and poignant, it’s a perfect seasonal story’ Guardian, Best Children’s Books of the YearA beautifully hopeful, funny and heartwarming tale about the lasting power of love and friendship, from the critically-acclaimed and award-winning screenwriter behind Pixar’s Luca and Paddington 2.❄️A heartwarming seasonal adventure for the whole family to share❄️The perfect Christmas keepsake gift...

‘You shall read this with unadulterated pleasure’ Scotland on Sunday‘A beautiful, funny, heartfelt analysis of what it means to be human’ Simon PeggSet in a 2054 where humans have locked themselves out of the internet and Elon Musk has incinerated the moon, Set My Heart To Five is the hilarious yet profoundly moving story of one android’s emotional awakening.Unhappy with his programmed job of dentistry and inspired...

‘A riveting read’ Sunday Times, Crime Book of the Year‘A smartly-paced thriller’ Evening Standard‘Dramatic, unnerving… exceptional’ The Sun*SELECTED FOR BBC’S BETWEEN THE COVERS**A NEW YORK TIMES Editor’s Pick**THE SUNDAY TIMES’ Crime Book of the Year**THE GUARDIAN’s Best Rec...

*A New York Times Editors' Choice Pick****The Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month**A CrimeReads Most Anticipated Book of Fall*When too many patients die under his watch, a troubled young doctor suspects murder. But are his instincts to be trusted?**Returning to practice after a suspension for stealing opioids, a young doctor takes the only job he can find: a post as a physician at the struggling St. Luke's Hospital ...

LET NOT THE WAVES OF THE SEA is Simon Stephenson's account of his journey following the loss of his brother in the Indian Ocean tsunami. If it is a story of grief, it is also a story of hope and of the unexpected places where healing can be found.Simon's journey takes him from Edinburgh in the immediate aftermath of the disaster, to Downing Street in London, to Thailand and the island where his brother died, to the scene of an ancient tsunami on the north-west coast of the United S...

‘Sparklingly humorous and poignant, it’s a perfect seasonal story’ Guardian, Best Children’s Books of the YearA beautifully hopeful, funny and heartwarming tale about the lasting power of love and friendship, from the critically-acclaimed and award-winning screenwriter behind Pixar’s Luca and Paddington 2.❄️A heartwarming seasonal adventure for the whole family to share❄️The perfect Christmas keepsake gift...

‘A riveting read’ Sunday Times, Crime Book of the Year‘A smartly-paced thriller’ Evening Standard‘Dramatic, unnerving… exceptional’ The Sun*SELECTED FOR BBC’S BETWEEN THE COVERS**A NEW YORK TIMES Editor’s Pick**THE SUNDAY TIMES’ Crime Book of the Year**THE GUARDIAN’s Best Rec...

When too many patients die under his watch, a troubled young doctor suspects murder. But are his instincts to be trusted?Returning to practice after a suspension for stealing opioids, a young doctor takes the only job he can find: a post as a physician at the struggling St. Luke's Hospital in east London. Amid the maelstrom of sick patients, overworked staff and underfunded wards, a more insidious secret soon declares itself: too many patients are dying. And a murd...

‘You shall read this with unadulterated pleasure’ Scotland on Sunday‘A beautiful, funny, heartfelt analysis of what it means to be human’ Simon PeggSet in a 2054 where humans have locked themselves out of the internet and Elon Musk has incinerated the moon, Set My Heart To Five is the hilarious yet profoundly moving story of one android’s emotional awakening.Unhappy with his programmed job of dentistry and inspired...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 STELLA PRIZEIn the year before her death, as she struggled with an untreatable illness, Cory Taylor began to write about her experiences, the patterns of her life, and of those she had lost. Dying is about vulnerability and strength, courage and humility, and anger. It is also about the acceptance that it takes to live a good life and say goodbye to it in peace.

Life with New Zealand's remotest family in a follow-on from the bestselling A Life on Gorge River by Robert Long. In 2010, New Zealand met its remotest family, through the writing of Robert Long - aka Beansprout - and we were intrigued. Now Beansprout's wife, Catherine Stewart, tells her story, and answers many of our questions. Why did she decide to join him on the wild West Coast, two days' walk from the nearest road? Why and how did they raise their family there? Was it terrifying to be...