Brimming with love, lush, violence and loss, Gurnaik Johal's magisterial debut deftly animates the passions that bind us to our histories, our lands and each other. 📚📚🌊 'Saraswati' by Gurnaik Johal. Gurnaik Johal Serpent's Tail #newbooks #SouthAsianFiction

'A cult classic that pulses with honesty, and the uncontainable desire to live and write freely' Amazing to see #Valencia by Michelle Tea included in Dazed's '11 of the best new books to read this summer' 💗 Read the full piece here: tinyurl.com/mr3jj5uk

Thanks Serpent's Tail for The Wolf of Whindale by Jacob Kerr, out in October.

POWER. GRIEVANCE. RETRIBUTION. Discover the internationally prize-winning, bestselling novel of exploitation and corruption on the North American frontier. #TheAdversary by Michael Crummey publishes today. tinyurl.com/TheAdversaryPB

And finally, reading from his multi-stranded novel, Saraswati, Gurnaik Johal takes the stage. #WDFP waterstones.com/category/cultu…

#Saraswati author Gurnaik Johal on the books of his life 📚 theguardian.com/books/2025/jul…

Bubble tea, fast food, hype queues, Viennetta, cult cookbooks, wellness elixirs and lobster 🦞🧋🍦 Want to dig in? Pre-order #AllConsuming by Ruby Tandoh with Waterstones for 25% off from now until 23:59 31st July, using code SUMMER25 🍽️ waterstones.com/book/all-consu…

Today is your last chance to pre-order #AllConsuming by Ruby Tandoh with Waterstones for 25% off 🍽️ Valid until 23:59 today, using code SUMMER25 📷 waterstones.com/book/all-consu…

We're so proud to have two Serpent's Tail alumni on the The Booker Prizes longlist! Congratulations to Susan Choi and Katie Kitamura 🎉 Read our news story below. serpentstail.com/2025/08/04/ser…

M John Harrison recommends some reads, from the apocalyptic doomscapes of JG Ballard to an overlooked 1950s novel, Love for Lydia. M John Harrison's celebrated cult novel #TheCourseOfTheHeart is joining the Serpent's Tail classics list, out tomorrow 💙 thetimes.com/culture/books/…

The wonderful Libreria London are hosting a climate fiction event next month featuring #Saraswati author Gurnaik Johal, alongside Sam Fisher and Daisy Hildyard. Get your free tickets below! 📍 Libreria 📅 Weds 10th Sept 🕖 7pm 🎟️ tinyurl.com/4vws4rrm

'This prize-winning take on a biblical tale set in 1800s Newfoundland is grim, but has energy, empathy – and a wickedly colourful way with words' A brilliant Guardian review for Michael Crummey's #TheAdversary. theguardian.com/books/2025/aug…

In the glossy brochures of gender equality, couples split the bills, swap diaper duty and share dreams. In reality? Women still bend – often without noticing – while men stand tall, hands mysteriously empty, writes @UttamaPatel. Read more: eshe.in/2025/08/12/utt…

'Johal found himself wondering: “What if this ancient holy river was brought back in a time of water scarcity?”' A fascinating Esquire India interview with #Saraswati author Gurnaik Johal, including his reading list 🌊📚 esquireindia.co.in/culture/books-…

'Viral strawberries and endless queues: how TikTok took over food reviews' 🍓 Check out this brilliant extract of #AllConsuming by Ruby Tandoh in The Observer! Read the piece here: tinyurl.com/yc5u9esn

#TheCourseOfTheHeart by M John Harrison is included in the Daily Mail's roundup of the best literary fiction. dailymail.co.uk/home/books/art…

'There’s plenty of terror and metaphysical transcendence ... M John Harrison unpicks the very notion of escapism' #TheCourseOfTheHeart by M John Harrison reviewed in the Observer. Available now with a new introduction by Julia Armfield. observer.co.uk/culture/books/…

Join in the conversation on viral food trends and whether our tastes are really our own when Ruby Tandoh comes to Ilkley on Sun 19 October: tinyurl.com/27jze78n 🎟️ #ILF25 Profile Books Serpent's Tail

‘Shape of an Apostrophe’: Debut author Uttama Kirit Patel considers the centrality of motherhood scroll.in/article/108438…

#TheCourseOfTheHeart, M John Harrison's cult novel reissued with a brand new introduction by Julia Armfield, is out now. serpentstail.com/work/the-cours…