Moth Books
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Moth Books publishes outstanding fiction and non fiction with emphasis on women’s voices. We cross borders and make connections, particularly with Europe.
Blurred, the stunning bestseller from Iris Wolff, is out today in the UK! ‘Moving and engrossing’ Camilla Cavendish ‘A beautiful breath of a book’ Tessa Dunlop 'No one else has made history float as beautifully as this' Stefan Kister Out now: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/blurre…
Iris Wolff reading from her wonderful award-winning novel BLURRED @Hatchards launch party
Thank you to @Hatchards wonderful bookshop and staff for a marvellous launch party. Copies of BLURRED are enjoying the air conditioning as we set up on a hot night …
Seven voices across three generations… What becomes of those who migrate, and can they ever belong? Through one century and many lives, Blurred by Iris Wolff is the moving, award-winning story of exile and migration. Pre-order your copy now: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/blurre…
Coming next week (Thursday 26 June): Blurred by Iris Wolff. Here's a fascinating interview with author Iris Wolff, translator Ruth Martin and Moth Books publisher Monique Charlesworth with @newgermanbooks: new-books-in-german.com/iris-wolff-in-…
Meet Iris Wolff, best-selling author of Blurred, out this month and just awarded the prestigious Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung literature prize. ‘A glorious precise and delicate novel’ (Michelle de Kretser) Tickets available here: goethe.de/ins/gb/en/ver.…
Watch novelist Iris Wolff introduce Blurred: a novel transporting the reader to a snow-covered landscape, and to the story of Samuel, a child born under the harsh Ceausescu regime. A ‘glorious precise and delicate novel’ (Michelle de Kretser): youtu.be/a1UcrbiWetc
📖 Join author Iris Wolff, translator Ruth Martin & publisher Monique Charlesworth for a discussion of Blurred — a novel of migration, identity & loss. 📅 Tue 24 June 2025 | ⏰ 7 PM 📍 Goethe-Institut London 🎟 £6 / £3 concessions 🔗 goethe.de/ins/gb/en/ver.…
Thank you Ruth!
If you've not yet read Monique Charlesworth's brilliant memoir, now's your chance!
Delighted that Kindle have chosen Mother Country for a special promotion at 99p today @RKbookpublicist @wearewhitefox @IndiePressNet @IPGbooknews
We should and MUST support our indie presses, the lifeblood of publishing. Tilted Axis won the International Booker Prize in 2022. @TheBookerPrizes
We are reaching out to our community for help – so that we can continue doing what we do best: publishing trailblazing literature in translation from languages across the globe. Please consider donating and / or sharing our Crowdfunder 🔗 crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-tilt…
This is the 20th year of the German Book Prize and the shortlist features six novels, four by women. Huge congratulations to Moth Books author Iris Wolff @KlettCottaTweet @RKbookpublicist @the_germanist
Iris Wolff’s magnificent novel Clearings (Lichtungen) has been shortlisted for the Deutscher Buchpreis 24 - Germany’s most prestigious book prize. All thumbs to be pressed please, as they say in Germany! Moth Books will publish Iris Wolff next year deutscher-buchpreis.de/en/nominated/
Immensely proud to announce that Iris Wolff’s magnificent novel Lichtungen (Clearings) has been long listed for the prestigious Deutscher Buchpreis 2024 #dbp24. We’ll be publishing her work in 2025!
‘I couldn’t put it down … A biographical thriller’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ‘A wonderful book that is like no other’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ‘Rare and special’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ #MotherCountry by @Mo_Charlesworth truly is one of a kind. Out now: amzn.to/3Lzn45P
A very great occasion for three gifted finalists @KatyaTaylor our @Mo_Charlesworth #MothBooks and Jeremy Seabrook @PlutoPress - do come @TheTLS
There are just a few tickets left for the TLS Ackerley Prize ceremony in London on 25 July. £5 for wine, music plus the ceremony. Details here tinyurl.com/bdf4sr67 @TheTLS 'twill be a great occasion!
We're delighted to share some of the wonderful reader reviews for #MotherCountry by @Mo_Charlesworth. This beautifully written, unforgettable memoir is out now: amzn.to/3Lzn45P
