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Out Today ✨ New Mary Renault reissues. Perfect for escaping to Greece wherever you are . . . 🏺 The King Must Die (1958) 🏺 The Bull from the Sea (1962) 🏺 Fire from Heaven (1969) 🏺 The Persian Boy (1972) 🏺 Funeral Games (1981) ✨ 'Renault is a shining light' Hilary Mantel

Our #ComingOfAge collection alongside 🌱🦋🍭🪁 our #DarkRomance collection 🕯️🥀🕰️ ♟️ and my, don't the spines look pretty all together? 💎 Mary Anne ⛵️ I'll Never Be Young Again 🎭 The Parasites Our #ComingofAge collection publishes 24th July 2025. #DiscoverduMaurier

🍋 'An exquisitely tender portrayal of enduring love' OBSERVER 🌼 'A gorgeously written love story' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING 🍋 '[A] moving, tender story about lost love and second chances' RED #OrdinaryLove is 'This summer's smart beach read' (Grazia). Is it on your TBR pile yet?

Set in the American South of the early 50s, The Unicorn Woman is a riveting imagining of hope, frustration, and imagination from of the most powerful voices in American literature. Read an extract of this Pulitzer Prize 2025 Finalist novel: brnw.ch/21wUpUJ

The #ComingOfAge collection from Daphne du Maurier 👗👒🌱🦋✨🍭🪁🔮💞 is out today! Stunning reissues for three DdM classics: 💎 Mary Anne ⛵️ I'll Never Be Young Again 🎭 The Parasites Which cover is your favourite? #DiscoverduMaurier

Everyone thinks they know what happened . . . Zorah Sharaf is her family's pride and joy. Zorah Sharaf is bringing shame to her family. What is the truth? It depends who you ask. Introducing #GoodPeople by Patmeena Sabit. Coming February 2026.

𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒏'𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒅 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒚. A vivid portrait of ambition, Mary Anne is set during the Napoleonic Wars and based on du Maurier's own great-great-grandmother. Publishing 24th July 🪭 #DiscoverduMaurier

'𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒆𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏 𝑰 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆.' A coming-of-age novel of adventure and love, ranging over 20th C Europe with an introduction by Elaine Dundy. Publishing 24 July 🎭 #DiscoverduMaurier

𝑰𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒖𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒔 ... A razor-sharp portrait of a family and the world of theatre, #TheParasites weaves together humour and darkness in one of du Maurier's most personal novels. Out on 24 July 🎭 #DiscoverduMaurier

Readers are loving #SixConversations by Deborah Frances-White. Why not add this perspective-shifting book to your TBR piles this summer ✨ 🎙️ 'A call for activism with empathy' 🎙️ 'Uplifting in a dark time' Out now in hardback, ebook and audio now

💎 'A brutal and brilliant study of female celebrity' Megan Nolan In this collection of essays about famous women, Philippa Snow explores a constellation of female stars, laying bare the gruelling demands of femininity from golden age Hollywood to the Instagram era. Out today!

The Dilemmas Of Working Women by Fumio Yamamoto is out today 🥢 Translated by Brian Bergstrom, this Japanese bestseller portrays the lives of five “difficult” women navigating their identities as workers and women in contemporary Japan. Read it now: brnw.ch/21wTRH4

The next tranche of our beautiful Rumer Godden reissues 🍏 Which one will you pick first? 🪏 An Episode of Sparrows 🐕 Breakfast with the Nikolides 🇮🇹 The Battle of the Villa Fiorita 💧 The River Publishing 7 August: brnw.ch/21wTuO8 #ClassicsWithBite #ReadYourGreens

🔴'A literary giant' Tayari Jones 🟠'Intricate, mesmerising and endlessly inventive' Deesha Philyaw A richly imaginative and moving novel from the Pulitzer finalist, The Unicorn Woman by Gayl Jones is out in paperback 14th August: brnw.ch/21wT2cF

✨ 'Glorious, uplifting and empowering' Giovanna Fletcher The Little Book of Positive Birth Stories by @the_nurture_nest is a collection of thirty positive birth stories. Pre-order using code: POSITIVE-BIRTH-STORIES on the Virago Store for a 30% discount.

From the award-winning of Hagitude, a dazzling array of not-to-be-messed with characters from a lost tradition of European myth and folklore. Wise Women by Sharon Blackie and Angharad Wynne is out in paperback on 2nd October 2025: brnw.ch/21wTejt