Huge congratulations to @roisinodonnellwriter on winning novel of the year at the @irishbookawards ! If you haven’t read this incredibly moving and urgent debut novel yet, then now is the time 📚
‘Sublime’ ─ JESSICA STANLEY, author of CONSIDER YOURSELF KISSED
‘I loved it’ ─ LISA OWENS, author of NOT WORKING
We’re so excited to reveal the cover for Frida Slattery As Herself by @ana_kinsella ! Out May 2026, head to the link in our bio to pre-order ✨
When Frida Slattery and John Reddan meet in a Dublin pub in 2006, neither can imagine how they will come to shape and define each other’s lives.
Frida is struggling to launch her acting career, while John is already gaining a name for himself as a director. From the first they see in each other potential and the chance to create work that matters, though the lines between collaboration and exploitation, friendship and desire will prove dangerously slippery.
With the financial crisis looming, the next 15 years takes them from Dublin to London, New York and LA, and through success and disappointment, joy and heartbreak. Their connection is tested and stretched to the point of rupture, but something remains that outlasts their work and the shifting perceptions of the period.
Tracing the complex, winding path of a relationship, FRIDA SLATTERY AS HERSELF is an epic story of art, love and finding your voice, that introduces two unforgettable characters.
NEW IMPRINT ANNOUNCEMENT!
Scribner UK is to launch a new imprint, Scribner Editions, to accommodate its growing publishing programme.
Scribner Editions will be a home for literary fiction and narrative non-fiction, in English and in translation, that plays with genre, form and style.
@sophiemissing Publishing Director, Scribner UK, said: ‘With a recently expanded editorial team, it makes sense to think about how we define our future publishing. Scribner Editions will complement the stellar Scribner list, while allowing us even more space within which to take risks and launch inventive new writing, essential pursuits for any ambitious literary publisher.’
The remarkable new work of fiction from the Booker Prize-winning author of Last Orders, Waterland and Mothering Sunday
Tender, humane, funny and moving, Twelve Post-War Tales displays Graham Swift's quietly commanding ability to set the personal and the ordinary against the harsh sweep of history. It is an outstanding achievement, confirming his status as one of the great and subtlest voices of our age.
Out now in paperback
High school English teacher Polly Goodman can talk about everything and anything with the women in her book club, which is why they’ve become her closest friends and, along with her veterinarian husband, the bedrock of her life. Her students, her fraught relationship with her mother, her struggles with IVF - Polly’s book club friends have heard it all.
But when they give Polly an ancestry test kit as a joke, the results match her with a stranger. Despite it seeming clear that this match is a mistake, Polly cannot help but comb through her own family history for answers. Then, when it seems that the book club circle of four will become three, Polly learns how friendships can change your life in the most profound ways.
Written with Anna Quindlen’s trademark warmth, humor, and insight into the power of love and hope, More Than Enough explores how we find ourselves again and again through the relationships that define us.
Out now
We have this killer line up for the big paperback launch of Sophie Kemp’s hyper-critically-acclaimed debut, Paradise Logic. Come along to our glamorous girls’ night to listen to some bonkers-good readings from these charismatic leading writers from both sides of the pond, have some drinks, and party. Wow this will be great. Sophie is very cool. Flyer by the brilliant Lily at Scribner. Ticket link in bio - and every ticket comes with a copy of the book, which Sophie can sign :)
Giveaway time!
We're giving ten people the chance to win a The Usual Desire to Kill prize bundle including a paperback copy of the book, a tea towel and a postcard set
To enter:
• Follow @simonschusteruk
• Follow @scribneruk
• Tag a friend who’d love this prize
ENDS 17/05. UK ONLY 18+ No purch nes. Rules: /p/the-usual-desire-to-kill-promotion
Roisín O’Donnell’s Nesting (@scribneruk ) has been awarded The @bbcradio2 Book Club Award at The #BritishBookAwards ✨🏆
“It is full of heart and heartache – and has stayed with the judges for weeks after reading it.”, says The Radio 2 Book Club #Nibbies #BritishBookAwards #Radio2BookClub
‘This sweeping will-they-won’t-they love story has echoes of One Day' Sunday Times
‘Took me back to the way I felt when reading Normal People’ Stylist
‘A sexy, sprawling epic’ Glamour
‘Gorgeous, immersive’ Roisín O'Donnell
'Moving, thought-provoking and utterly delightful’ Elif Batuman
This incredible novel is out today!
We spoke with @misss_read , about her 2026 Nota Bene Prize finalist We Love You, Bunny – a darkly funny, surreal novel exploring obsession, belonging and the strange dynamics of creative rivalry.
When a successful writer is confronted by her former friends and forced to hear their side of the story, the novel spirals into a sharp and unsettling exploration of authorship, identity and the cost of creation.
It was lovely to chat with Mona on inspirations, process and hear more about her novel!
The 2026 Nota Bene Prize is decided by readers. Vote for your favourite finalist and help choose this year’s winner. Link in bio! 📚✨
@scribneruk #NotaBenePrize #WeLoveYouBunny
What does a woman owe the man who made her?
When Frida Slattery and John Reddan meet in a Dublin pub in 2005, neither can imagine how they will come to shape each other’s lives. This is an unforgettable story of love, artistic collaboration, and two people coming of age, together and apart.
PRE-ORDER NOW - OUT 7 MAY 2026
We spoke with @nellstevens , about her 2026 Nota Bene Prize finalist The Original – an inventive and witty novel about identity, authenticity and the blurred lines between art and truth.
Set in 1899, the story follows Grace as the return of a long-lost cousin disrupts her household, raising unsettling questions about who he really is, and what she is willing to risk to find out.
It was lovely to chat with Nell on inspirations, creativity and hear more about her novel!
The 2026 Nota Bene Prize is decided by readers. Vote for your favourite finalist and help choose this year’s winner. Link in bio! 📚✨
@scribneruk #NotaBenePrize #TheOriginal
