Updates

The ‘fascinating and persuasive’ (The Herald) I Can’t Stop Thinking About VAR by Daisy Christodoulou has been included in the longlist of fourteen books for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year that ‘demonstrate the power of sport to inspire, challenge and entertain’.

‘Loosely based on the real life of fur trader Alexis St Martin, The Voyageur is a critically acclaimed novel about the difficulties of finding agency in troubled times’ – Ottawa Book Awards

Ben Shattuck‘s acclaimed collection of short stories The History of Sound has been selected as one of 10 books. The Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award is one of the nation’s leading literary prizes.

The ‘examination of the nature of business genius’ Alexander Starritt‘s Drayton and Mackenzie is the first novel in fifteen years to make the longlist for the FT and Schroders Business Book of the Year 2025.

Moscow X by Sunday Times-bestselling author David McCloskey has been shortlisted for the Best International Crime Fiction Award.

Ben Shattuck‘s acclaimed collection of short stories The History of Sound has been selected as one of thirty books that reflect the ‘rich storytelling landscape in America today’.

This award is given every year by the International Psychology Division (52) of the American Psychological Association to the authors of the book that makes the most significant contribution to psychology as a global discipline.

Ruthless by Anne Mette Hancock has been longlisted in the 2025 Crime Writers Association Daggers Awards in The Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger category.

The Book of Days by Francesca Kay has been shortlisted alongside five novels for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2025. The Judges said: ‘Like a medieval Book of Hours, in her Book of Days Kay intertwines the natural seasons with the liturgical year so the two are braided together like an illuminated manuscript.’

We’re delighted that I Can’t Stop Thinking About VAR by Daisy Christodoulou has been shortlisted for the Football Book of the Year Award in The Charles Tyrwhitt Sports Book Awards.

The Book of Days by Francesca Kay has been shortlisted for the Winston Graham Historical Prize as part of ‘a rich and notably diverse array of fiction set in the past’.

The ‘epic tale’ Tiananmen Square by Lai Wen has been shortlisted alongside five other ‘outstanding debuts’ for the Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award 2025.