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This week in the media, Blank Canvas (@FigTreePenguin) by Grace Murray was reviewed in the Guardian by Rebecca Wait, who praised this “witty, assured debut” 👇 ebx.sh/uR8xEo
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They knew they were changing history.
They didn’t know they would change each other 👩🎓
Set in Oxford in 1920, #TheEights by @JoannaMAuthor follows the friendship of four of the first women students at the world-famous university - and it's just 99p today!
amazon.co.uk/Eights-captiva…
They didn’t know they would change each other 👩🎓
Set in Oxford in 1920, #TheEights by @JoannaMAuthor follows the friendship of four of the first women students at the world-famous university - and it's just 99p today!
amazon.co.uk/Eights-captiva…
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Catch @SusanKBarker , author of Old Soul, at ESEA Lit Fest on 19th July 2025 as she discusses political histories and the spectral.
Tickets: southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/seein…
Tickets: southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/seein…
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Fig Tree retweeted
@yearsofreading @FigTreePenguin I read this pre-publication and will recommend it to ANYONE who can read, it is a delightful, poignant, often painful, funny and well-crafted novel very much for our times. Superb writing; great translation.
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Fig Tree retweeted
Writers, join us for my life stories course - online & in-person- on situation & story, memory enhancement, social history & archives, French auto-fiction & the tricky questions of ethics & truth, & my memoir #homeiswherewestart @FigTreePenguin !
Info: quaywords.org.uk/events/short-c…
Info: quaywords.org.uk/events/short-c…
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Introducing the cover design for #WantsAndNeeds, the brilliant second novel by As Young as This author @RoxanaDunn !
Coming January 2026
penguin.co.uk/books/455751/w…
Coming January 2026
penguin.co.uk/books/455751/w…
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Fig Tree retweeted
Lovely to get my copy of @EnableMagazine! It was great to talk about Who Wants Normal? and many other things too.
On newsstands now.
On newsstands now.
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🎧 OUT NOW! Hear an exclusive interview with
Ferdia Lennon, author of 'Glorious Exploits', previously shortlisted for 2025 prize. Lennon is in conversation with @SwanseaUni English Literature students Alec Taylor and Freya Slatter.
▶️ bit.ly/DTPbookendspod… #SUDTP25
Ferdia Lennon, author of 'Glorious Exploits', previously shortlisted for 2025 prize. Lennon is in conversation with @SwanseaUni English Literature students Alec Taylor and Freya Slatter.
▶️ bit.ly/DTPbookendspod… #SUDTP25
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Fig Tree retweeted
It was such a pleasure to speak to @EnableMagazine for their May/June issue.
We chatted about why I wrote Who Wants Normal?, my tips on challenging inequality, and finding hope in the future during shitstorm times.
On newsstands now.
We chatted about why I wrote Who Wants Normal?, my tips on challenging inequality, and finding hope in the future during shitstorm times.
On newsstands now.
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Glorious Exploits, written by Ferdia Lennon, has won the @AuthorsClub Best First Novel Award. Novelist Tracy Chevalier presented Lennon’s publisher with £2,500 at a reception at the National Liberal Club in London on 21st May 👇 thebookseller.com/news/authors-c…
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Fig Tree retweeted
Delighted to announce the winner of the @AuthorsClub Best First Novel Award 2025, chosen by #TracyChevalier from our shortlist of six, is #FerdiaLennon for Glorious Exploits publ by @FigTreePenguin: authorsclub.co.uk/best-first-nov…
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Fig Tree retweeted
Clare Pollard has won the Tadeusz Bradecki Prize for The Modern Fairies (@FigTreePenguin) for its “history and magic, novelistic depth and sharpness of fable” 👇 thebookseller.com/news/news/clar…
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Fig Tree retweeted
‘Phenomenal and powerful’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Girls who Grew Big by @leilamottley is a novel about the joys and entanglements of a fierce group of teenage mothers in a Florida beach town.
Pre-order signed copy: linktr.ee/TheGirlsWhoGre…
Netgalley: bit.ly/41806LR
The Girls who Grew Big by @leilamottley is a novel about the joys and entanglements of a fierce group of teenage mothers in a Florida beach town.
Pre-order signed copy: linktr.ee/TheGirlsWhoGre…
Netgalley: bit.ly/41806LR
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We're hiring!
We're looking for a brilliant editorial assistant to work across our wonderful list of literary fiction, narrative nonfiction, and cookery books. If you're super organised, an avid reader, and bursting with ideas, we'd love to hear from you.
jobsearch.createyourowncareer.com/PRH_UK/job/Lon…
We're looking for a brilliant editorial assistant to work across our wonderful list of literary fiction, narrative nonfiction, and cookery books. If you're super organised, an avid reader, and bursting with ideas, we'd love to hear from you.
jobsearch.createyourowncareer.com/PRH_UK/job/Lon…
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Fig Tree retweeted
Congratulations to Stanley Tucci for winning Book of the Year: Non-Fiction Lifestyle & Illustrated for What I Ate in One Year (@PenguinUKBooks @FigTreePenguin) ✨
Our judges agreed that this was an example of "fun" and "quirky" publishing #Nibbies #BritishBookAwards
Our judges agreed that this was an example of "fun" and "quirky" publishing #Nibbies #BritishBookAwards
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Fig Tree retweeted
Thrilled to see Rosie Jones supporting Who Wants Normal? by @DrFrancisRyan – a groundbreaking memoir about what it means to be a disabled woman in Britain today.
@FigTreePenguin @DrFrancesRyan #WhoWantsNormal
@FigTreePenguin @DrFrancesRyan #WhoWantsNormal
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#4 Then we have #SIGNED copies of ALBION by Anna Hope @FigTreePenguin - of which Jonathan Coe says: “Superb… engages head on with some of the most urgent and challenging issues facing the world today…” 👇🏻
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Fig Tree retweeted
In Who Wants Normal?, I loved chatting to Jameela Jamil, Rosie Jones, Nikki
Fox and more about dating and friendships.
I wrote for @theipaper about one hidden aspect: how friends can go quiet if we’re going through health problems (and what might help). inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyl…
Fox and more about dating and friendships.
I wrote for @theipaper about one hidden aspect: how friends can go quiet if we’re going through health problems (and what might help). inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyl…
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