In this moving memoir of her first seventeen years, award-winning TV writer Lucy Gannon takes an affectionate look back at her childhood; a full, rich and colourful world of misunderstandings, irrepressible hopefulness and, ultimately, joy, that's not without its challenges. Publishing 21 October. Pre-order now. 

"The saddest happiest funniest book I’ve read for ages..." – Dawn French

Forthcoming this autumn, The Owl House is the story of Daniel Butler’s relationship with two barn owls which nested in the barn at his ancient farmhouse in rural mid-Wales. What follows is a beautiful account of the surrounding landscape, its history and wildlife. Pre-order now. 

This award-winning study by Colin Hughes is a wonderful evocation of Italian immigration in south Wales from the turn of the century to the postwar years, when the Italian café was central to life in many small communities in the Valleys. With foreword by Welsh-Italian actor Victor Spinetti, Lime, Lemon & Sarsaparilla is a revealing history of our recent past. Available now.

“A splendid and sensitively-written account..." – Hywel Francis

Poet Anne-Marie Fyfe explores her writerly passion for horizon-gazing, on an odyssey from her native Cushendall by way of water’s-edge locations such as Orkney, Felixstowe, Swansea and Cork to Martha’s Vineyard & north from Cape Cod to Nova Scotia’s remote Breton Cove. Available now.

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