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Aug 16

From the author of the prize-winning As the Women Lay Dreaming and In a Veil of Mist comes a remarkable ‘unreliable biography’ of Karl Kjerúlf Einarsson: an artist and an adventurer, a polyglot and a performer, a charlatan and a swindler, forever in search of Atlantis.

The Call of the Cormorant will be published on October 20th, 2022 and is available to preorder now.

About The Call of the Cormorant:
As a child in the windswept, fog-bound Faroe Islands in the late nineteenth century, Karl Einarsson wants only to escape, believing he is special, destined for a life of art and adventure. As soon as he can, he sets out for Copenhagen and beyond, styling himself as the Count of St. Kilda. He’s an observer and citizen of nowhere with a talent for self-reinvention, serially scamming everyone from fishermen to aristocrats.

But when his adventures find him in 1930s Berlin, he is forced for the first time to reckon with something much bigger than himself. As the Nazis rise to power around him, his wilful ignorance becomes unwitting complicity, even betrayal.

Based on a true story, this is a fantastical tale of island claustrophobia, of those who leave and those who stay behind, and the many dangers of delusions, deceit and false identities.

#literaryfiction #donaldsmurray #thecallofthecormorant #basedonatruestory #asthewomenlaydreaming #paultordaymemorialprize #inaveilofmist #newbookalert #litfic #literaylovers #literaryfictionlovers #literaryfictionreaders

Aug 14

This weekend brings the beginning of @edbookfest and over the next few weeks you can find some of our authors at the festival - see you there! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Tue 16th Aug:
- Olga Wojtas: Murder, Martial Arts and Macbeth

Wed 17th Aug:
- Adam Farrer & Jon Ransom: Washed Up on the East Coast*

Fri 19th Aug:
- Graeme Macrae Burnet: In GMB We Trust*
- C A Fletcher & Ewan Morrison: Great Pandemic Novels

Fri 26th Aug:
- Maddie Mortimer, Tanya Shadrick & Catherine Simpson: Our Bodies, Ourselves

Mon 29th Aug:
- Rosemary Goring, Andrew Greig & Sue Lawrence: Mary, Quite Contrary*

*Events with Adam Farrer, Graeme Macrae Burnet and Sue Lawrence are also available to watch online

#edinburghbookfest #edinburghbookfestival #eibf #edinburghinternationalbookfestival #bookfestival #bookevent #authorevent #edinburghevents #scottishbooks #olgawojtas #missblainesprefect #missblainesprefectandtheweirdsisters #adamfarrer #coldfishsoup #casestudy #casestudygmb #graememacraeburnet #bookerlonglist #bookerprize #thebookerprize #howtosurviveeverything #ewanmorrison #catherinesimpson #onebody #suelawrence #thegreenlady @sparklytights @adamjfarrer @graememacraeburnet @catherinesimpsonwriter

Aug 13

Aug 12

Thank you to everyone who visited @foylesforbooks on Wednesday to listen to @adamjfarrer chat to @wylmenmuir all about their books 'Cold Fish Soup' and 'The Draw of the Sea'!

Thank you Foyles Charing Cross Road for being our hosts too.

#coldfishsoup #adamfarrer #wylmenmuir #foylesbookshop #booksaboutthesea #nonfictionbooks #thedrawofthesea #memoir #memoirlovers #nonfictionlovers #nonfictionbook #newbooks #debutauthor #northernwriters #northboundbookaward #bookstagramuk #bookstagramlondon

Aug 10

We love seeing pictures of you enjoying our books!

Thank you to everyone sharing their love for Death Drop by Claire MacLeary over the past few weeks 🕵🏻

#desthdrop #clairemacleary #harcusandlaird #harcusandlairdinvestigate #booksbooksbooks #booklovers #aberdeenbookshop #tartannoir #noirbooks #crimebook #crimebooks #crimebookclub #crimebookjunkie #crimebooks📖 #crimebooksaremyfavorite #crimebookseries #detectivebooks #privateinvestigatorbooks #scottishbook #scottishbookstagrammer

Aug 9

A few recommendations for you this #BookLoversDay - there's something for everyone 📚

Happy reading!

#booklovers #bookloversofinstagram #bookloversunite #bookloversday📚 #readingrec #readingrecommendations #readingtime #readingrecs #goodbooks #newbooks #discoverbooks #bookishlife #casestudygmb #graememacraeburnet #coldfishsoup #stanabbott #olgawojtas #jimcrumley #suelawrence

Aug 8

Our publishing manager visited Whitby over the weekend for a very special photoshoot with a seagull. Our feathered friend wasn't the easiest model to work with as they're pretty notorious for being loud, rowdy and often flying away from set - such a diva!

Nevertheless, we still think they enjoyed themselves being photographed with @adamjfarrer's debut book, Cold Fish Soup! 🌊🐦

Who's been reading Cold Fish Soup over the weekend?

#coldfishsoup #whitbyseagulls #whitbybeach #whitby #withernsea #holdernesscoast #eastyorkshire #yorkshirecoast #nonfictionlovers #booksbooksbooks #booksinthewild #northernwriters #northboundbookaward #godhateswithernsea #bookish #bookishpost #readingcommunity

Aug 6

People of London, this one's for you...

Adam Farrer (Cold Fish Soup) will be in conversation with Wyl Menmuir (The Draw of the Sea) at Foyles, Charing Cross Road on Wednesday August 10th, 2022 at 7pm

The two authors will be bringing the sea to the big smoke, discussing seaside life and its eccentricities.

Adam and Wyl’s conversation will be followed by an audience Q&A and a book signing. Doors will open from 6:30pm. Tickets are £8. Book now through the link in our bio.

@adamjfarrer @wylmenmuir @foylesforbooks #adamfarrer #wylmenmuir #bookerprize #foyleslondon #bookevents #authorevents #authorq&a #authortalks #booksigning #coldfishsoup #godhateswithernsea #northernersinlondon #newbooks #bookish #bookstagramuk #bookstagramlondon #charingcrossroad #nonfiction #nonfictionbooks #nonfictionlovers #memoirlovers #memoir #essaycollection

Aug 5

Readers say Adam Farrer's Cold Fish Soup is 'witty', 'moving' and 'laced with humanity'.

Moving to Withernsea represented one thing to Adam: a chance to leave the insecurities of early adolescence behind. And he could do that anywhere. What he didn’t know was how much he’d grow to love the quirks and people of this faded Yorkshire resort, in spite of its dilapidated attractions and retreating clifftops.

Adam lays bare experiences that are universal. His insights on family, friendship, male mental health and suicide are revealed in stories of reinvention, rapacious seagulls, interdimensional werewolves, burlesque dancing pensioners, and his compulsion towards the sea.

Cold Fish Soup is an affectionate look at a place and its inhabitants, the ways in which they can shape and influence someone, and the hope – and hilarity – that can be found in community.

#coldfishsoup #godhateswithernsea #withernseabeach #newnonfiction #nonfiction #nonfictionbooks #nonfictionreads #nonfic #nonfictionnovember #nonfictionbook #nonfictionbookclub #nonfictionauthor #memoir #memoirwriting #bookstagramuk

Aug 4

The only acceptable way to end publication day for your first book!

We can't imagine how freezing you must be @adamjfarrer 🥶 🐟 🥣

You've definitely earned a Jaffa Cake (or 10)!

#coldwaterswimming #coldwaters #coldwaterswimminguk #withernsea #withernseabeach #withernsealighthouse #holderness #holdernesscoast #coldfishsoup #adamfarrer #godhateswithernsea

Aug 4

Oh I do like to be beside the seaside, oh I do like to be beside the (very cold) sea 🎶

It's publication day for @adamjfarrer and his debut book, Cold Fish Soup, a stunning memoir of his life in Withernsea, East Yorkshire.

Cold Fish Soup is an affectionate look at a place and it's inhabitants, and the ways in which they can shape and influence someone, especially of an impressionable age.

Adam's account explores what it means to love and be shaped by a place that is under threat, and the hope - and hilarity - that can be found in community.

Happy reading!

🥶 🐟 🥣

#coldfishsoup #publicationday #northboundbookaward #newbook #newbookalert #adamfarrer #eastyorkshire #yorkshire #yorkshireauthor #ukbookstagram #nonfictionbooks #nonfictionbookclub #memoir #essaycollection #memoirwriting #placewriting #malementalhealth #davidsedaris #alanbennett #withernsea #withernseabeach

Aug 3

Delighted to see Case Study on the shortlist for the #GordonBurnPrize 2022!

Congratulations @graememacraeburnet and all other shortlisted authors!

@blakefriedmannliteraryagency @isobelmdixon @nwnnewwritingnorth #gordonburn #casestudy #casestudygmb #metafiction #literaryfiction #bookawards #bookprizes #literaryprize #literaryawards #scottishauthors #scottishbooks #historicalfiction #literarythriller #hisbloodyproject #graememacraeburnet

Aug 2

Yesterday marked the beginning of Women in Translation Month!

Shocked Earth by Saskia Goldschmidt and translated by Antoinette Fawcett from Dutch to English is the perfect book to read this month to celebrate #WiTMonth

Antoinette Fawcett is an award-winning member of the Translators Association of the Society of Authors. Her most recent literary translation is The Limits of My Language: Meditations on Depression, by Eva Meijer. Her 2018 translation of Eva Meijer’s Bird Cottage was shortlisted for the 2019 Vondel Prize.

#womenintranslation #womenintranslationmonth #womenintranslationmonth2022 #womenintranslationaugust #antoinettefawcett #shockedearth #saskiagoldschmidt #climatecrisisbooks #climatecrisis #climatefiction #climatechangefiction #bookrecommendations #augusttbr #tbr #tbrlist

Aug 1

Home of Yorkshire puddings, Arctic Monkeys, Sean Bean and the crumbling coast of Withernsea, Yorkshire has it all - just ask Adam Farrer

This Yorkshire Day, Cold Fish Soup author @adamjfarrer has been travelling the county to sign copies of the book ahead of its publication this Thursday!

Thanks to the bookshops of Yorkshire for welcoming Adam into your stores:

@whitbybookshop
@thebeverleybookshop_
@jebookshull
@trumanbooksleeds
@thegrovebookshop
@bookcornerhx
@bookcasehebden
@saltsmillofficial

Visit any of these stores to find your SIGNED copy of Cold Fish Soup (while stocks last 😉)

#signedbooks #yorkshireday #yorkshiredales #yorkshirelife #whitby #beverley #hull #leeds #ilkley #halifax #hebdenbridge #saltsmill #indiebookshops #indiebookstore #independentbookstore #independentbookshop #yorkshirebookstagrammers #visityorkshire #newbookalert #bookstagramuk #coldfishsoup #godhateswithernsea #eastyorkshire #yorkshirecoast #yorkshireroadtrip #roadtrip #bookishreel #booksbooksbooks #authortour

[Not associated with the actual Tour de Yorkshire/France 🚴‍♀️]

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