Julia Armfield Knihy

A funny, action-packed, moving black-and-white graphic novel about a boy coming to terms with the loss of his dad.

Lily's grandad has been confused forgetful lately. Then his memories magically start coming to life and Lily knows it's the key to help Grandad get better. Can she unlock the past, before it's too late? An action-packed graphic novel, filled with humour and emotion, about remembering who you are and finding the light at the end of the tunnel.

Salt Slow is the electrifying debut collection of short stories about the monstrous in all of us, from a prize-winning new British talent.

'Stunning'DAZED'Her prose sparkles' ELIZA CLARK'Hauntingly good' iNEWS'A must read' GLAMOUR

Winner of the Polari Prize 2023 Shortlisted for the Gordon Bowker Volcano Prize 'A gothic fairy tale, sublime in its creepiness' - Florence Welch Our Wives Under The Sea is the haunting novel from Julia Armfiled, the critically acclaimed author of Salt Slow. It's a story of falling in love, loss, grief, and what life there is in the deep, deep sea. Miri thinks she has got her wife back, when Leah finally returns after a deep sea mission that ended in catastrophe. But It soon becomes clear that Leah may have come back wrong. Whatever happened in that vessel, whatever it was they were supposed to be studying before they were stranded on the ocean floor, Leah has carried part of it with her, onto dry land and into their home. Memories of what they had before - the jokes they shared, the films they watched, all the small things that made Leah hers - only remind Miri of what she stands to lose. Living in the same space but suddenly separate, Miri comes to realize that the life that they had might be gone. 'A wonderful novel, deeply romantic and fabulously strange' - Sarah Waters, author of Ghost Wall 'Part bruisingly tender love story, part nerve-clanging submarine thriller' - The Times

Best British Short Stories invites you to judge a book by its cover - or more accurately, by its title. This new series aims to reprint the best short stories published in the previous calendar year by British writers, whether based in the UK or elsewhere.

Collins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction and non- fiction books that children love to read. Levelled for guided and independent reading, each book includes ideas to support reading. Teaching and assessment support and eBooks are also available.

Ten years after the publication of Annihilation, the surprise fourth volume in Jeff VanderMeer's blockbuster Southern Reach Trilogy. When the Southern Reach Trilogy was first published a decade ago, it was an instant sensation, celebrated in a front-page New York Times story before publication, hailed by Stephen King and many others. Each volume climbed the bestsellers list; awards were won; the books made the rare transition from paperback original to hardcover; the movie adaptation became a cult classic. All told, the trilogy has sold more than a million copies and has secured its place in the pantheon of twenty-first-century literature. And yet for all this, for Jeff VanderMeer there was never full closure to the story of Area X. There were a few mysteries that had gone unsolved, some key points of view never aired. There were stories left to tell. There remained questions about who had been complicit in creating the conditions for Area X to take hold; the story of the first mission into the Forgotten Coast--before Area X was called Area X--had never been fully told; and what if someone had foreseen the world after Acceptance? How crazy would they seem? Structured in three parts, each recounting a new expedition, there are some long-awaited answers here, to be sure, but also more questions, and profound new surprises. Absolution is a brilliant, beautiful, and ever-terrifying plunge into unique and fertile literary territory. It is the final word on one of the most provocative and popular speculative fiction series of our time.

Meeresbiologin Leah kehrt nach sechs Monaten im Ozean zurück, doch ihre Frau Miri erkennt sie kaum wieder. Die Geschichte wird aus Leahs Tagebuch und Miris Perspektive erzählt und thematisiert die Veränderungen in ihrer Beziehung. Elemente des Horrors und tiefere Ängste des Menschen durchziehen den Roman, der von Verwandlung und Rückkehr handelt. Armfield schildert eindrucksvoll die komplexe Beziehung der Frauen.