'Sharp, searching, thoroughly imagined, utterly of the moment... it throws much contemporary writing into the shade' Hilary Mantel

Judge Dr Simon Cooke said: "George Szirtes' reverse chronological portrait of the woman who was his mother is a piercingly beautiful memoir-as-prose-poem, as generous as it is scrupulous in its searching meditation on a death and life, on memory and history, and on how we imagine the lives of those we love."

"Starritt’s prose is riveting. It unspools like a roll of film - raw, visceral and propulsive, rich with sensory detail and unsparing in its depictions of cruelty." The New York Times Book Review

Booksellers in the UK are to receive reusable facemasks from Scholastic as a thank you for their hard work over the COVID-19 pandemic. The facemasks feature artwork by Chris Wormell from NORTHERN LIGHTS: THE ILLUSTRATED EDITION, and will be delivered to book shop addresses only.

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Amazon imprint Lake Union has signed a three-book, six-figure deal with comedy author Nick Spalding.

We are delighted to announce several UA clients have been shortlisted for the Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Dagger awards, the premier literary crime writing awards in the UK.

The line up for the Venice Film Festival 2020 has been announced and we are thrilled to say that it includes a plethora of projects with UA clients.

Nomadland will have its world premiere at Venice on September 11 as well as TIFF on the same...