Scribe UK Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Devil House
John Darnielle
‘Courageous in its strangeness and sincerity, its formal ambition and the beauty it locates in culture’s forgotten, unloved outposts’ – @roisinkiberd on John Darnielle's gripping new novel DEVIL HOUSE in @IrishTimes. Read the full review here: https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/devil-house-by-john-darnielle-a-strange-but-courageous-crime-novel-1.4841354
Paperback, 2022
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Cells: Memories for My Mother
Gavin McCrea
We're so thrilled to see Gavin McCrea's intimate memoir CELLS included in the @IrishTimesBooks best books of 2022 https://t.co/8wmehFojre
Paperback, 2023
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
After the Romanovs: Russian Exiles in Paris from the Belle Époque Through Revolution and War
Helen Rappaport
Great to see Helen Rappaport's engrossing AFTER THE ROMANOVS selected as a book of the year in @prospect_uk https://t.co/4mDab4IG7N
Paperback, 2023
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Autists: Women on the Spectrum
Clara Törnvall
Happy publication day to Clara Törnvall's THE AUTISTS (trans. @AliceEOlsson), #BrindaCharry's THE EAST INDIAN, and @jenteposthuma's WHAT I'D RATHER NOT THINK ABOUT (trans. @Sarahsighs) 📚🎉 Out now: https://t.co/2Yhe2qDehq https://t.co/7WeDfHTj8Z
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Voids
Ryan O'Connor
We're thrilled to see THE VOIDS by @WordsOConnor on the Saltire Society Scottish First Book Award shortlist. Congratulations, Ryan! https://t.co/LDELdBLR7W
Paperback, 2022
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
I Hate Men
Pauline Harmange
.@aPaulineR, author of I Hate Men, spoke with @thetimes about her latest essay ABORTION, a personal and political reflection on abortion rights, which is out now: https://t.co/dq3BLuj25F
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Bad Cree
Jessica Johns
Enter for a chance to win @jessicastellaaa's gripping debut novel BAD CREE! 📕 https://t.co/qoI1MqkvtV
Paperback, 2023
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Chokepoint Capitalism: How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We'll Win Them Back
Cory Doctorow
A fascinating interview with Chokepoint Capitalism co-author @doctorow in @NewYorker. Liven up your Monday by giving it a read! https://t.co/LijjZ1i7wC
Hardcover, 2022
$26.95$13.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
I Am the Subway
Kim Hyo-Eun
Brilliant news that I AM THE SUBWAY has been shortlisted for @The_UKLA Book Award in the Info 3-14+ category. We're so thrilled! Congratulations to Kim Hyo-eun, translator Deborah Smith, and all the other shortlisted titles🎉 #UKLA23 #UKLAbookawards https://t.co/rRb1991Iaq
Hardcover, 2021
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Invention of Miracles: Language, Power, and Alexander Graham Bell's Quest to End Deafness
Katie Booth
We were thrilled to be with @_katiebooth_ at @BritishAcademy_ tonight to celebrate her shortlisted book The Invention of Miracles. Massive congratulations to Alia Trabucco Zerán and her translator Sophie Hughes for taking home the prize! #BritishAcademyBookPrize https://t.co/agrCgqVE8a
Paperback, 2022
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book