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'A bookshop is powder-magazine, a dynamite-shed, a drugstore of poisons, a bar of intoxicants, a den of opiates, an island of sirens' John Cowper Powys Happy #IndieBookshopWeek!

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'The novel is a momentous piece of work ... of transcendent interest and great beauty' The New York Times John Cowper Powys' cult novel, Wolf Solent, is available now. penguin.co.uk/books/57156/wo…

'The novel is a momentous piece of work ... of transcendent interest and great beauty' The New York Times 

John Cowper Powys' cult novel, Wolf Solent, is available now. 

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ā€˜I don’t believe people should use their summers for studying. That’s when you should only read for pleasure' Gun-Britt Sundstrƶm, Engagement penguin.co.uk/books/461482/e…

ā€˜I don’t believe people should use their summers for studying. That’s when you should only read for pleasure' Gun-Britt Sundstrƶm, Engagement

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Celebrate 250 years of Jane Austen with us! Win a Clothbound edition of Emma and tickets to Jane Austen’s House & Emma Festival. penguin.co.uk/discover/artic…

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Celebrate Midsommar with Penguin Classics, the perfect time to enjoy translated fiction. Explore our year of exceptional female Nordic writers.

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With thirty-nine superb stories, The Penguin Book of Polish Short Stories is a witty, surprising and sparkling anthology and an essential exploration of Polish literature. penguin.co.uk/books/448215/t…

With thirty-nine superb stories, The Penguin Book of Polish Short Stories is a witty, surprising and sparkling anthology and an essential exploration of Polish literature.

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Set in 1970s Stockholm, students Martina and Gustav dive into coupledom. But what is coupledom? Martina tackles their uncertain future whilst navigating social change and political upheaval. Engagement remains as relevant, hilarious & heartbreaking today. penguin.co.uk/books/461482/e…

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This year marks the bicentenary of the first publication of The Diary of Samuel Pepys. His eyewitness accounts of some of the most significant events in 17th-century history are vividly described in his intimate and poetic diaries. penguin.co.uk/books/60357/th…

This year marks the bicentenary of the first publication of The Diary of Samuel Pepys. His eyewitness accounts of some of the most significant events in 17th-century history are vividly described in his intimate and poetic diaries.

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Celebrate 90 Years of Penguin Books UK at Waterstones Piccadilly, London this summer in a special pop-up shop featuring over 1,000 books, Penguin memorabilia, special audio and iconic design. Discover the stories behind great books and your next favourite summer read. waterstones.com//90-years-of-p…

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ā€˜Funny, disarming and frequently ruthless’ The New York Times I Am Clarence is a haunting novel exploring a mother’s fierce love for her disabled son as she grapples with her mental health. From the author of The Princess of 72nd Street. penguin.co.uk/books/471201/i…

ā€˜Funny, disarming and frequently ruthless’ The New York Times

I Am Clarence is a haunting novel exploring a mother’s fierce love for her disabled son as she grapples with her mental health. From the author of The Princess of 72nd Street.

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From Japanese tea ceremonies and the mean streets of New York to ancient battlefields and outer space, the new Penguin Classics series brings together some of the greatest, most transporting stories, ideas and poetry from 90 years of publishing: waterstones.com/campaign/pengu…

From Japanese tea ceremonies and the mean streets of New York to ancient battlefields and outer space, the new Penguin Classics series brings together some of the greatest, most transporting stories, ideas and poetry from 90 years of publishing: waterstones.com/campaign/pengu…
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From the heartbreaking Japanese short story, Grave of the Fireflies to the unforgettable Finnish coming-of-age novel, Lowest Common Denominator, here is what other translated fiction we have coming this year.

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In this selection of stories, Chinatown, Oh Jung-hee probes beneath the surface of seemingly ordinary lives to expose nightmarish family configurations warped by desertion, psychosis, and death. penguin.co.uk/books/464255/c…

In this selection of stories, Chinatown, Oh Jung-hee probes beneath the surface of seemingly ordinary lives to expose nightmarish family configurations warped by desertion, psychosis, and death. 

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Top recommendations from some of the team behind the Penguin Archive series. Explore the Penguin Archive website: penguinarchive.co.uk

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'I am black, not because of a curse, but because my skin has been able to capture all the cosmic effluvia. I am truly a drop of sun under the earth' Frantz Fanon, author of Black Skin, White Masks was born #onthisday 100 years ago.

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Transporting you from mid-century Paris to the seaside resort of Les Sables-d'Olonne, the Maigret Capsule Collection is the perfect pick-up for summer reading.

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'Summer afternoon – summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language' Henry James

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Monkey King is at once a comic adventure story, a humorous satire of Chinese bureaucracy, a spring of spiritual insight and an extended allegory in which the group of pilgrims journey towards enlightenment. penguin.co.uk/books/195922/m…

Monkey King is at once a comic adventure story, a humorous satire of Chinese bureaucracy, a spring of spiritual insight and an extended allegory in which the group of pilgrims journey towards enlightenment.

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'He's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same' Emily Bronte, author of Wuthering Heights was born #onthisday in 1818