New Books

This was initially a massive list of all the books I wanted to highlight but since I’m going back to my book blogging roots of primarily reading and review children’s books (with some speculative fiction thrown in for good measure) this list will now focus on upcoming books in those areas.

Eventually each listing will link to the author’s page/twitter/facebook and the publisher, but for the moment welcome to some upcoming books I’ve seen and been told about and am going to get.

This is also my wish list!

March 2023

• The Girl Who Loves Bugs – Lily Murray, Jenny Løvlie (illus) – Macmillan Children’s Books (30/03/23)
• Metronome – Tom Watson – Bloomsbury Publishing (30/03/23)
• Villager – Tom Cox – Unbound (30/03/23)

April 2023

• Silver in the Bone – Alexandra Bracken – Quercus Children’s Books (04/04/23)
• The Artist – Ed Vere – Puffin (06/04/23)
• The Dark and Dangerous Gifts of Delores Mackenzie – Yvonne Banham – Firefly Press (06/04/23)
• Dragon Post – Emma Yarlett – Walker Books (06/04/23)
• Ivy Newt and the Storm Witch – Derek Keilty, illus. Magda Brol – Scallywag Press (06/04/23)
• The Middle Daughter – Chika Unigwe – Canongate (06/04/23)
• Not Alone – Sarah K Jackson – Picador (06/04/23)
• Piano Fingers – Caroline Mageri – Walker Books (06/04/23)
• Portable Magic – Emma Smith – Penguin (06/04/23)
• Shy – Max Porter – Faber & Faber (06/04/23)
• Sleepwalk – Dan Chaon – Corsair (06/04/23)
• Walter the Wonder Snail – Neil Clark – Happy Yak (06/04/23)
• What Walks These Halls – Amy Clarkin – O’Brien Press (10/04/23)
• The Long Form – Kate Briggs – Fitzcarraldo Editions (12/04/23)
• Eyes Guts Throat Bones – Moïra Fowley – W&N (13/04/23)
• I’m Not Scary! – Rod Campbell – Macmillan Children’s (13/04/23)
• Poguemahone – Patrick McCabe – Unbound (13/04/23)
• The Rage of the Sea Witch – Roland Chambers – Head of Zeus (13/04/23)
• Strong – Clara Anganuzzi – Little Tiger (13/04/23)
• Small Stanley’s Big List of Scary Stuff – Angie Morgan – Otter-Barry Books (20/04/23)
• Ascension – Nicholas Binge – HarperVoyager (27/04/23)
• The Dark Lands – Markus Heitz – Jo Fletcher Books (27/04/23)
• The North Shore – Ben Tufnell – Fleet (27/04/23)
• Poguemahone – Patrick McCabe – Unbound (27/04/23)

May 2023

• Bitterthorn – Kat Dunn – Andersen Press (04/05/23)
• Life Ceremony – Sayaka Murata – Granta Books (04/05/23)
• Venomous Lumpsucker – Ned Beauman – Sceptre (04/05/23)
• The Bewitching – Jill Dawson – Sceptre (11/05/23)
• Big – Vashti Harrison – Puffin (11/05/23)
• Small Worlds – Caleb Azumah Nelson – Viking (|11/05/23)
• Verge – Nadia Attia – Serpent’s Tail (11/05/23)
• The Seawomen – Chloe Timms – Hodder Paperbacks (16/05/23)
• Dead Water – C A Fletcher – Orbit (25/05/23)
• Demon Copperhead – Barbara Kingsolver – Faber & Faber (25/05/23)
• The Kingdom Over the Sea – Zohra Nabi – S&S Children’s (25/05/23)
• More Peas Please! – Tom McLauchlin – Bloomsbury Children’s (25/05/23)
• Perilous Times – Thomas D Lee – Orbit (25/05/23)
• Wellington’s Big Day Out – Steve Small – S&S Children’s (25/05/23)
• Yellowface – Rebecca F Kuang – The Borough Press (25/05/23)

June 2023

• The Devil’s Playground – Craig Russell – Constable (08/06/23)
• A Method, A Path – Rowan Evans – Bloomsbury (08/06/23)
• Orpheus Build a Girl – Heather Parry – Gallic Books (08/06/23)
• Winter’s Gifts – Ben Aaronovitch – Orion (08/06/23)
• Yeseni and the Daughter of Peace – Solange Burrell – Unbound Firsts (08/06/23)
• The First Bright Things – J R Dawson – Tor (22/06/23)
• The Illusions – Liz Hyder – Manilla Press (22/06/23)
• Locks – Ashleigh Nugent – Picador (22/06/23)
• Ordinary Monsters – J M Miro – Bloomsbury Publishing (22/06/23)
• Gods of the Wyrdwood – R J Barker – Orbit (29/06/23)
• Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow – Gabrielle Zevin – Vintage (29/06/23)