Elizabeth Abbott
Elizabeth Abbott is Research Associate at Trinity College, University of Toronto and, from 1991 to 2004, was Dean of Women. She is the author of several books, including A History of Mistresses and A History of Celibacy.
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We couldn’t have asked for a more extraordinary response to Kazimierz Moczarski’s Conversations with an Executioner, which received a rave review in The Telegraph this week.
In 1949, Polish resistance fighter and journalist Kazimierz Moczarski found himself imprisoned for 255 days alongside Jürgen Stroop, the Nazi official responsible for the destruction of the Warsaw Ghetto. What followed were a series of chilling conversations, recorded by Moczarski with remarkable precision: an unforgettable examination of how an ordinary man becomes capable of extraordinary evil.
Never before published in the UK, Conversations with an Executioner is a work of enormous historical and literary importance — and, as The Telegraph’s review makes clear, one that remains painfully relevant today.
Out 27 August and available to pre-order now.
#ConversationsWithAnExecutioner #NewBooks #NonFiction #HistoryBooks #WWIIHistory
An unforgettable story of motherhood, obsession and ambition, A Splintering follows Tara, a woman desperate to escape the life laid out for her.
Marriage takes her from a rural Pakistani village to the city, but respectability proves to be just another kind of cage. And even as Tara acquires wealth, her hunger grows for something more: power, possibility and freedom.
How far will she go for the life she wants?
Disquieting and utterly gripping, Dur e Aziz Amna’s critically acclaimed novel introduces a complicated, compelling heroine who refuses to be easily judged — and is impossible to forget.
A Splintering is out in paperback 10 September.
#ASplintering #DurEAzizAmna #FeministFiction #LiteraryFiction #SouthAsianLiterature
Meet Tara. You’re going to have an opinion about her.
Ambitious. Angry. Unreliable. Unrelatable. A mother who wants more. A woman determined to escape the life she was born into — whatever it costs.
Critically acclaimed and award-winning, Dur e Aziz Amna’s A Splintering is a fiercely feminist, compulsively readable novel about class, desire, motherhood and female rage.
The literary credentials are established. Now it’s time for more readers to discover Tara.
How far would you go for another life?
A Splintering by Dur e Aziz Amna.
Out in paperback 10 September.
#ASplintering #DurEAzizAmna #FemaleRage #FeministFiction #LiteraryFiction
Join @blue_bear_bookshop for an afternoon with author @mandyjmorton, purrrfect for readers who love mysteries with whiskers, wit, and a touch of mischief! Mandy will share another delightfully twisty mystery from The No. 2 Feline Detective Agency series - The Tabby in Black.
Book your ticket now! Find the event link in the bookshop`s bio.
The audio book for @windsorvswindsor by @bert.tylermoore is available now, read by star of Channel 4`s The Windsors Harry Enfield.
Have a listen!
https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Windsor-vs-Windsor-Audiobook/B0H26MSWDC
https://open.spotify.com/show/0HhFrTVgVghXAb8ilf3T48?si=ba9fcb483c8c46f2
Fantastic launch for @windsorvswindsor by @bert.tylermoore at @waterstoneslewes last night.
Thanks to everyone for coming!
Windsor Vs Windsor is out now
Happy Publication Day to @bert.tylermoore and his riotous royal satire Windsor Vs Windsor.
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When Prince Harry sues Prince William for “wilful and malicious sibling rivalry,” the sensational claims from Spare finally face their day in court. But as the proceedings unfold, it’s not just the brothers on trial-suddenly the very suitability of Wills and Kate as Britain’s future King and Queen is thrown into doubt.
Inside the courtroom, tempers flare and secrets spill that threaten to shake the House of Windsor to its foundations. Meanwhile, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and other family members - jockeying for influence and relevance - may well bring down the crown before any verdict is reached.
`Wonderfully over the top and wickedly irreverent. Like the show, it’s secretly affectionate in its on-target, take-no-prisoners approach. It’s a miracle he’s not in the Tower by now` S J Bennett, author of The Windsor Knot
`On TV, The Windsors was a comic gem and on the page Bert Tyler Moore has done it again. Behold the true story of our monarchy!` Jesse Armstrong, creator of Succession
`Hilarious, ridiculous - a right royal laugh!` Melanie Cantor, author of The F**k It! List
`Windsor vs. Windsor made me chortle, giggle, and laugh out loud. The royal family, Keir Starmer, Tony Blair, Rory Stewart, readers of the tabloid press, and royal fans everywhere receive their deserved lampoons.` William Kuhn, author of Mrs Queen Takes the Train
Happy publication day to @ianmooreauthor! A Very French Corpse, the latest of his dark and gripping Loire Valley Mysteries, is out now in paperback, ebook and audio.
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The death of a 16-year-old, dressed as an ‘Immortal Knight’ and having taken a fatal overdose, proves a perplexing case in the ancient city of Tours. Juge d’instruction Matthieu Lombard is brought in to lead the investigation.
When the adolescent’s death is followed a few weeks later by the gruesome murder of a firebrand author, Lombard senses a malign coercive force behind the two fatalities, one that succeeds in challenging his own loyalties and assumptions.
What is it that is nagging at Lombard, locked away in the past? What soon becomes clear is that this game is beyond roleplay. It is deadly.
Coming this Monday (6th July) On Thin Ice written and read by @cwexplore will be the @bbcradio4 Book of the Week!
15 minute episodes, five days in a row. Don`t miss out!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002ykml
`The emotional heart of On Thin Ice lies in people’s reaction to the unfolding catastrophe of war... The book reads like a thriller. What a gripping film it would make.` @spectator1828
Wonderful review for On Thin Ice by @cwexplore!
We are over the moon with the news that The Escape from Kabul by Karen Bartlett @karenbartlett2014 has been awarded the 2026 Orwell Prize for Political Writing @theorwellprize
The Escape from Kabul is a gripping story of rescue, survival and female solidarity.
In the twenty years since 2001, Afghan women obtained legal degrees, became judges and set out to transform their country – tackling corruption, and reducing horrifying levels of violence against women and children. These educated and powerful women led the mission to build a modern democracy.
However, when Western forces withdrew in August 2021, the women judges of Afghanistan and their families faced mortal danger.
The Escape from Kabul is the never-before-told story of the escape of nearly 200 women and their families, thanks to a network of professional friends, female judges and lawyers from around the world, who refused to abandon them to the Taliban.
Here’s what the prize judges had to say:
‘It’s taut and crisp, and shines a light on a story that deserves attention. The plight of Afghanistan’s immensely brave female judges in the face of Islamic fundamentalism is a gripping tale - and Karen Bartlett tells it with deep reserves of empathy and compassion. The book is truly Orwellian in the most positive sense, and a richly merited winner.’
We won the @theorwellprize for Political Writing! Congratulations @karenbartlett2014.
The Escape from Kabul is the story of an international network of female judges and lawyers who evacuated women from Afghanistan as the Taliban retook the country.
A gripping story of rescue, survival and female solidarity.
Support your local bookshop and order your copy now.
