A Good Funeral
£22.00The definitive compendium of the most striking, most sonorous and most memorable funeral addresses for notable public figures of recent times.
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My Book of Treasures
£10.99A Sunday Times bestseller from British icon Dame Joanna Lumley, now in paperback for the first time.’I welcome you with open arms to My Book of Treasures.’ Joanna LumleyOver the years, Joanna Lumley has kept private notebooks – filled with favourite writings, thoughts and quotes that have moved, amused or delighted her. Now, for the first time, she opens her Book of Treasures to share them with readers.This joyful, escapist collection brings together the lines of her favourite authors – from Shakespeare to Emily Dickinson – alongside pearls of wisdom, nuggets of trivia and miscellanea, all interspersed with Joanna’s own warm and witty narration. The wistful keeps company with the acerbic; the sincere slips in besides the absurd. The result is a jewel box of pure pleasure and glorious wit: a book to keep coming back to and a journey inside the mind of one of the most loved and entertaining figures of our time.
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Signals Across Vast Distances
£18.99A call to courage and connection from prize-winning poet and champion for the arts and humanities
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The Best Short Stories 2026
£16.99The prestigious annual story anthology, featuring prize-winning stories by a diverse and exciting array of writers.
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The Times Sporting Legends
£16.99A must-read collection for all sports fans
Step into the exhilarating world of legendary athletes with this collection of obituaries from The Times.
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Twenty-Four Books for Advent
£100.00Celebrate classic literature in miniature this Christmas, and for many years to come…This is the book-lover’s countdown to Christmas. Twenty-four miniature hardback books, each containing a classic festive story, are arranged in a beautiful slipcase that will last forever. Bring literary Christmas joy to your home throughout advent with beautifully produced little books to read, display and cherish! A delightful new tradition for readers of every kind.Features: A beautifully designed slipcase holds twenty-four numbered miniature booksChristmas stories by Charles Dickens, E Nesbit, Louisa May Alcott, Hans Christian Andersen and many moreEach book has a gold loop, allowing it to be hung on your treeTreasure these books as unique Christmas decorations for years to come.
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A Literary Dog for Every Day of the Year
£14.99Dogs are our constant companions: from Greyfriars Bobby and the Famous Five’s Timmy, to Mr Rochester’s Pilot and the faithful Argos of Homer’s Odyssey, we have all grown up with a dog – whether real or fictional. Rediscover the joy of childhood friends and much-loved pets with this selection of quotes and passages from poems and stories that celebrate some of the most memorable and best-loved dogs in literature.
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Bedside Companion to the Sea
£25.00Set sail into a year of sea-themed writing with the sixth title in the beloved ‘Bedside Companion’ series, collating 366 extracts selected from across the spectrum of literature.
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Classic Summer Stories
£10.99A collection of short stories inspired by the most vibrant season of the year.
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Over the Water
£10.99There’s something about islands: the way they shift and change with the weather, the promise of escape, the pull of the sea. Often remote, almost always idyllic, they lend themselves to metaphor and marvel as well as to escape and indulgence. In these essays, 13 writers capture the magic and mirage of islands. Taking us from the glimmering coast of Cornwall’s St Ives to the populated archipelagos off the coast of Ireland, from the warm water and glowing sun of Phuket to feasts of halloumi and chilled watermelon along the shores of Cyprus, ‘Over the Water’ urges us to consider: what is an island?
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The Road Ahead
£10.99A beautiful graduation gift offering advice, inspiration and encouragement from some of our greatest writers and thinkers.
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Part of the Story
£22.00This rare self-portrait from pioneering publisher, writer and cultural activist Margaret Busby underscores her powerful legacy and celebrates some of the people and places that have shaped her exceptional life.
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Poetry of the Zodiac
£16.99A fun and enlightening collection that takes you on a journey around the different signs of the zodiac wheel. Accompanied with beautiful illustrations, this book covers each of the star signs, harnessing the power of words and language to illuminate the different characteristics and to help you explore your own emotional constellations. Whether you’re an energetic Aries, a curious Gemini or a diligent Virgo, you’ll find here poems that reflect your own traits and poems to deepen your understanding of others. Included are some of our greatest writers – both classic and contemporary – from Ptolemy and Rainer Maria Rilke to Langston Hughes and Jane Hirshfield, all casting light on the personal, the mysterious, the celestial and the universal. Each chapter includes around 10 poems, as well as a short introduction to the star sign, making the collection accessible to those less familiar with the subject and those who are curious to learn mor
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Emily Dickinson
£14.99Explore the enigmatic life and poetry of Emily Dickinson, whose poetry delves into themes of death, nature, love and the complexities of the human soul, making her a timeless figure in American literature.
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The Virago Book of Friendship
£12.99Friendship has never been more talked about. Some of this has to do with the internet (the perils of WhatsApp groups, and of ghosting), and some, with the realisation that loneliness in our society is increasing. Friendship is being written about, and researched, seriously, by therapists and scientists alike. We all now know of the importance of friendship. But it’s hard to get inside friendship: its particular intensity; its singular ease; the way it can wax and wane; its ability to cause uncommon pain. This is the territory of novels and letters, poems and graphic novels – which is where ‘The Virago Book of Friendship’ steps in. Celebratory, but also explanatory and wide in scope – from the Bible to Yellowface, from school friends to the loss of friends in old age – this book includes Jane Austen, Toni Morrison, Vivian Gornick, Helen Garner, Dolly Alderton – among nearly one hundred others.