Serpent's Tail
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Lighting up our readers' minds and opening spaces for them to think differently. Bringing you brilliant, award-winning new and classic fiction and non-fiction.
For one day only, get Under the Cold Bright Lights by King of Australian Crime, Garry Disher, for just £1.99 on the Kobo store! www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...
To be young and beautiful is a gift... We are delighted to reveal the cover of #Sleaze, the new novel from literary star Francesca Reece! Coming May 2027, this is the must-have read of next summer ☀️🍸 'One of a kind' Sophie Mackintosh Pre-order from BookBar: www.bookbaruk.com/product-page...
One week to go! Don't miss our July deals over on Amazon, with fantastic discounts on #Lush by Rochelle Dowden-Lord, #NightSwimmers by Roisin Maguire, #TheFerrymanAndHisWife by Frode Grytten and #StagDance by Torrey Peters ☀️ 📚️
'The polyamory book I've always wanted' Miranda July Michelle Tea's upcoming #FreeLove is available to pre-order from @waterstones.bsky.social now at 25% off RRP! ☀️ To redeem the offer, simple enter ‘SUMMER26’ at the checkout between now and 23:59 BST on Friday 24th July. tinyurl.com/49a7wpjy
Step into the boundless unknown... #Eurotrash author Christian Kracht returns with the international bestseller #Air. Join two men on a haunting journey through a layered universe, for fans of Ursula K. Le Guin, Solvej Balle and Kazuo Ishiguro. Publishing today: tinyurl.com/AirChristianKracht
Have you snapped up one of our discounted novels yet? Head to Amazon to get unmissable deals and stock up on your escapist summer reading ☀️ Promos available on #Lush by Rochelle Dowden-Lord, #NightSwimmers by Roisin Maguire, #TheFerrymanAndHisWife by Frode Grytten and #StagDance by Torrey Peters 🎉
M. John Harrison will be at Foyles, talking about his latest novel, the haunting dystopia #TheEndOfEverything, with fellow novelist Chris Power - come along and get your copy signed! 📍 Foyles Charing Cross Road ⏰ Tuesday 21st July, 7pm Get your tickets: www.foyles.co.uk/events/the-e...
Bath literary fiction lovers, don't miss Christian Kracht at @waterstonesbath.bsky.social next week, discussing his enigmatic new novel #Air. Get your tickets below! 📍 Waterstones Bath 📅 Weds 15th July 🕖️ 7pm 🎟️ tinyurl.com/AirBathWaterstones
Join #Eurotrash author Christian Kracht in conversation with Toby Lichtig at @foylesforbooks.bsky.social next week to celebrate the publication of his brilliant new novel #Air! Get your tickets via the link below 👇 📍 Foyles Charing Cross Road 📅 Tues 14th July 🕕 7–8:30pm 🎟️ tinyurl.com/AirFoyles
'This life, this sorrow. Both were imagined...' Step into the boundless unknown, with an extract from #Eurotrash author Christian Kracht's enigmatic upcoming novel #Air ❄️ READ THE OPENING: tinyurl.com/airextract
WIN TICKETS TO SEE EUROTRASH, starring Ben Whishaw and Kathryn Hunter! Simply pre-order #Air by Christian Kracht through Waterstones to be in with a chance of seeing the stage adaptation of Kracht's cult novel #Eurotrash at the Young Vic. Enter here: tinyurl.com/yvzhha8h
What if everything you wanted is no longer enough? Weaving an exquisite portrait of parenthood, partnership, love and loyalty, Erin White captures what it really means for friends to become Like Family. #LikeFamily is out now in paperback 💛 Order your copy here:
ARE YOUR APPETITES REALLY YOUR OWN? 🧋 Explore the chaos and charm of modern food culture with Ruby Tandoh in her sharp and delicious Sunday Times bestseller, #AllConsuming. Out now in paperback, audiobook and eBook:
Get yourself an unmissable deal and take away an immersive literary novel on your holiday this summer ☀️ Check out our Amazon price promotions running until the end of the month! 👇
From the Booker-shortlisted author of #Flashlight Susan Choi, comes the brilliant and unforgettable #TrustExercise. #TrustExercise is a novel about what we lose, gain and never get over as we're initiated into the mysteries of adulthood. Our new paperback edition is out now: tinyurl.com/4fna22fn
🚨 Serpent's Tail Prime Day Deals 🚨 #Saraswati by Gurnaik Johal is available in the Prime Day Deals for just £5.99! Order your copy here: tinyurl.com/mpkj5bsj
Congratulations to our author Gurnaik Johal whose debut novel #Saraswati is a 2026 Somerset Maugham Award winner! We are so pleased to see Gurnaik and Saraswati recognised with this prestigious prize amongst such brilliant fiction, non-fiction and poetry. #SoAwards
Get your hands on a Foyles special edition of #TheEndOfEverything by M. John Harrison, out today! This edition is signed with sprayed edges and the exclusive short story 'English Heritage' 🪼 'Deserves multiple readings. A true modern masterpiece’ www.foyles.co.uk/book/the-end...
🐚 THE END IS HERE 🐚 #TheEndOfEverything by M. John Harrison is out today! A haunting dystopia from a master of contemporary fiction. ‘Strange, beautiful, and illuminated by a spectral coastal light. M John Harrison is possibly England’s greatest living writer’ serpentstail.com/work/the-end...
'People often described the City of London as ‘the bad patch’, the most noticeable, most permanent evidence that things had gone wrong' Read an extract from #TheEndOfEverything by M. John Harrison on the Foyles website. This haunting dystopia hits shelves tomorrow🐚 www.foyles.co.uk/further-read...
#TimeAndWater is out today! This beautiful documentary is adapted from Icelandic activist Andri Snær Magnason's book #OnTimeAndWater, a stunning eulogy for the lost Okjökull glacier ❄️ Get your tickets to see in cinemas across the UK: releasing.dogwoof.com/time-and-water @dogwoofdocs.bsky.social
Only one week to go until #TheEndOfEverything hits shelves! Here's M. John Harrison to tell you more about his haunting dystopia, set on the English coast (watch until the end for an outtake!) 🪼 Pre-order the Foyles special edition while stock lasts: www.foyles.co.uk/book/the-end...
A unique approach to climate change that recalls W. G. Sebald, by Icelandic poet Andri Snær Magnason, now a film from Oscar®-nominated director Sara Dosa. #TimeandWater comes to cinemas from 12 June. Book tickets at www.timeandwater.film, or learn more about the book here: tinyurl.com/2uztt78u
We are very excited to see the beautiful documentary #TimeAndWater, out this Friday. Adapted from Icelandic activist Andri Snær Magnason's book #OnTimeAndWater, it's a stunning eulogy for the lost Okjökull glacier ❄️ releasing.dogwoof.com/time-and-water @dogwoofdocs.bsky.social
🎟️ GET £5 OFF YOUR TICKET 🎟️ Come along to the Southbank's Indie Night, celebrating indie publishing. The line up includes the brilliant M. John Harrison who will be discussing his genre-bending novel #TheEndOfEverything Use code LIT5OFF to get £5 off! www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/ind...
Want to get your hands on tickets to see Eurotrash starring Ben Whishaw and Kathryn Hunter at the Young Vic? Pre-order #Air by Christian Kracht through @waterstones.bsky.social to be in with a chance of winning 2 tickets, with train travel and drinks included! Enter here: tinyurl.com/AirPrizeDraw
We are incredibly pleased that Gurnaik Johal's debut novel #Saraswati has been shortlisted for the @rsliterature.bsky.social Ondaatje Prize 🧡 Congratulations to Gurnaik and all the other nominated authors!
We are thrilled that #StagDance by @torreypeters.bsky.social is a @pulitzerprizes.bsky.social finalist! Congratulations, Torrey. Check out the full list here: tinyurl.com/39cfk8hv
We're so proud that #Saraswati by Gurnaik Johal has been longlisted for the @rsliterature.bsky.social Ondaatje Prize 2026! Congratulations to Gurnaik for another prize recognition ✨️ The shortlist is announced on 11th May.
📣 NOW AVAILABLE TO REQUEST ON NETGALLEY 📣 From the author of the critically acclaimed #Eurotrash, comes the international bestseller #Air. Open the door to strange new worlds... Request #Air by Christian Kracht on NetGalley now: tinyurl.com/AirNetGalley