Animal People : the critically acclaimed early novel by the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of Stone Yard DevotionalAuthor: Charlotte Wood Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Published on 23 April 2026 by HODDER & STOUGHTON (Sceptre) in the United Kingdom. Paperback 272 pages, N A 196 x 129 x 21 194g Charlotte Wood's critically acclaimed early novel, now published outside of Australia for the first time. Stephen is having the worst day of his life. On a stiflingly hot summer morning, he has decided it's time to break up with his girlfriend Fiona. He's 39,

She soon shot to fame

Get set for spectacular spells

Cecil Beaton (1904–1980) is one of the most celebrated British Portrait photographers of the twentieth century and is renowned for his images of elegance

Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's The Gruffalo is an undisputed modern classic and has become a bestselling phenomenon across the world with over 18 million copies sold

But what happens if we actually succeed

in which the miles fly by and the pages turn fast' ANN PATCHETTIn June

he joins up every element of the challenge

and an imposing castle overlooking the city

starkly beautiful

Who will Genevieve – lavishly dressed but washed up

Christopher Pike's Midnight Club and Kat Ellis' Harrow Lake

' Irish Independent'A small miracle