2023 releases

‘The reigning sex and relationship guru of Twitter’ — VOGUEAre you ready to have the best sex of your life?Oloni – Twitter’s famous sex and relationships educator – is on...

Selina Nwulu reflects on being and Blackness in poems clear as a bell and yet wonderfully nuancedAN IRISH TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARA Little Resurrectionis the debut full-length collection from...

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. Hilarious, honest and heartbreaking, MAAME is the most moving debut - and a heroine you'll never forget. Maame (ma-meh) has many meanings in Twi, but...

London, 1936Lena Aldridge is wondering if life has passed her by. The dazzling theatre career she hoped for hasn’t worked out. Instead, she’s stuck singing in a sticky-floored basement club...

An exhilarating and expansive new novel about fathers and sons, faith and friendship from Caleb Azumah Nelson, the no.1 bestselling, award-winning author of Open Water The one thing that can...

Longlisted for the 2023 Women's Prize for FictionShortlisted for the 2023 Dylan Thomas PrizeAn exhilarating, addictive take on obsession, race, gender and power dynamics through the lens of a corrosive...

Moving from Khartoum, Sudan, to Washington, D.C., and then across the US in a road trip unlike any other, this is a book about music, friendship and the desire for...

Basking in Singapore's non-stop sunshine, low tax rate and crocodile Birkins on every other arm, Dara, Amaka, and Lillian are living the dream — until their carefully constructed lives are...

Riotously funny and full of heart, Yinka is the heroine we've all been waiting for... Yinka wants to find love. Her mum wants to find it for her. She also...

A culinary expedition celebrating cooking from across the African continent Africana travels the continent showcasing its vibrant and varied cuisines that are rich in flavour, diverse in culture and steeped...

A deadly curse, two young strangers thrown together by fate, and a road trip through a disunited Kingdom. The day Rowena Murray was born, 250 starlings fell like stones from...

ONLINE RUMOURS. REAL LIFE TROUBLE. Ola Olajide, a high-profile journalist, is marrying the love of her life in one month's time. Young, beautiful, successful – she and her fiancé Michael...

A celebration of the unsung hero of the plant word and an immersive journey through the British wetlandsGlowflake, Rocket, Small Skies, Kind Spears, Marilyn . . .Moss is known as...

From one of fashion's most important changemakers, a memoir of breaking barriersEdward Enninful has lived an extraordinary life.Here, for the first time, he shares the inspiring story of his journey,...

'Heartbreaking, hopeful . . . nothing short of a joy' — Caleb Azumah Nelson, author of Open WaterRupert's eclectic charity shop, The Chest of Small Wonders, sits on an ever-changing...

WIFE. HUSBAND. BEST FRIEND. What if your two favourite people hated each other with a passion? A nice house, a carefree life, a doting husband, a best friend who never...

A powerful novel concerned with how good people can end up doing terrible things during times of war and conflict.In Now I Am Here, we begin at the end. The...

Enter a world very close to our own...One in which technology can allow you to explore an alternate love-life with a stranger.A world where you can experience the emotions of...

A groundbreaking and critically-acclaimed debut novel of friendship and freedom that crosses continents and centuries, in a timeslip story exploring the legacy of slavery, selected as The Times Children's Book...

On race and roots, and how the soil taught me I belongA beautiful work of nature-writing, memoir and storytelling that will change the way we think about the natural world,...

Stunningly honest and bursting with wit, Someday Maybe is the story of grief and resilience that you won't be able to stop talking aboutHere are three things you should know...

The much-awaited debut collection from a remarkable poetic voice Diaspora is witnessing a murder without getting blood on your shirt. The definition of diaspora is the dispersion of people from...

‘One of the most original and talented young writers we have.’ — Sathnam SangheraAn extraordinarily candid personal account of the ups and downs wrought by money, We Need To Talk...

A stunning debut about finding the strength to speak up against hate and fear, for fans of The Hate U Give and I Am Thunder.People like me are devils before...

There are two sides to every love story…Teenagers Efe and Sam first meet in London in the 1990s.Years later the best friends are married. Their love story couldn’t seem more...

*SHORTLISTED FOR THE OWNED VOICES NOVEL AWARD 2022*Speak now or forever rest in peace . . .THE PERFECT FIANCÉ.When Victoria’s best friend Gwen announces she is marrying the rich and...

This spellbinding memoir opens with a woman receiving shattering news that her husband and son have been in a terrible accident. In that instant, she becomes a widowed immigrant left...

Journeys Through the Food, Faith and Culture of Black African London The past, present and future of being Black, African and British in the capital. This is a story that...

MEET MC GROWLS, WANNABE RAPPER AND STAR OF THE SHOW IN THIS HILARIOUS AND HEARTWARMING TEEN DEBUT. Yeah they call me Growls, I'm like a tiger on the prowl.King of...

It's hard to plan your future when the ghosts of the past won't leave you alone...Stella tries very hard to be good. She tries not to be sassy, to answer...

Foreword by Bernardine Evaristo Award-winning author and cultural critic Sarah Ladipo Manyika takes us on a remarkable journey across contemporary cultural and political landscapes as she talks to some of...

This twisty and electrifying debut novel about a young woman who goes missing in Lagos, Nigeria, and her estranged auntie who will stop at nothing to find the truth is...

Hanna Flint speaks from the heart in Strong Female Character, a personal and incisive reflection on how cinema has been the key to understanding herself and the world we live...

An uplifting poetry collection from the number one bestselling author of My Name Is Why, Lemn Sissay OBEFor the past decade, Lemn Sissay has composed a short poem as dawn...

A Collection of Black British PoetryThis seminal collection of Black British poets ignited a movement when it was first published in 1998. It celebrated the rising stars of the time,...

SOON TO BE A MAJOR BBC TV SERIESThree friends. Three 'perfect' lives. Here comes TroubleRonke wants Happily Ever After and 2.2. kids. She's dating Kayode and wants him to be...