Our Manga specialist Sabrina on the phenomenon that is Jujutsu Kaisen READ MORE

To celebrate the National Year of Reading 2026, we asked some of our favourite authors a question: What is the book that made you become a reader? READ MORE

A slyly satirical and unsettling post-apocalyptic adventure into the limits of human understanding from the peerless master of contemporary fiction. Read on for an extract from The End of Everything: READ MORE

Funny, anxious, and heartwarming, this is the story of two dogs trying to find hope in love, and in each other. Here's author Luke Healy on creating Dogs on Dates: READ MORE

Our definitive list of 2026's Best Translated Fiction: The top 10 best novels to look forward to from July to December READ MORE

From bestselling Italian literary sensation Silvia Avallone, Dark Heart is the shocking, deeply moving story of trauma, love and forgiveness, set against an unforgettable mountainous backdrop. Here's Avallone with a letter to her English readers READ MORE

Attention-Seeking Behaviour author Aea Varfis-van Warmelo on the truths and lies of acting and writing READ MORE

It’s Pride month so that means a fresh set of queer recommendations from our lovely booksellers READ MORE

From a novel of identity and resistance, written from behind bars to the perfect guide to 'dangerous art'. It's our Top Ten Reads for June READ MORE

In an extract from The Spinster Cookbook Eli Davies talks toast - 'an absolute staple of the spinster diet' - and shares her recipe for the perfect Garlic Toast and Bruschetta READ MORE

Celebrating the forthcoming publication of The 1993 Collection on 2nd July. Are you brave enough to join The Eden Book Society? READ MORE

Locals is a beautiful, illustrative celebration of all the things that make London pubs celebrated and cherished the world. over. Here, author and artist Lydia Wood shares 10 of her favourites: READ MORE

From the author of A Ghost in the Throat, comes Said the Dead - an unforgettable book - both history and ghost story - that will leave you gasping by its final page. Sally - one of our booksellers - was lucky enough to talk to author Doireann Ní Ghríofa about the book READ MORE

Bold and entirely unexpected, Hexes of the Deadwood Forest is a collective rebellion, the death knell to the elevation of the erect. Take hold of your seat; patriarchy is coming to an end. Here's a Q & A with author Agnieszka Szpila and translator Scotia Gilroy READ MORE

One woman, the performance of a lifetime. Or two. An exhilarating, destabilising novel that asks whether we ever really know the people we love. Audition is our Fiction Book of the Month for May, here's author Katie Kitamura on writing it: READ MORE

From a Booker Prize-winning author's meditative new novel set on the Isle of Harris to a book of love stories from some of the world’s most turbulent places. From an intimate and touching reckoning with grief to a funny, shocking and deeply affecting feminist satire. Presenting your Top Ten Reads for May READ MORE

Spanning the past thirty years of pop culture - from Madonna to Taylor Swift, #GirlBoss to OnlyFans, Real Housewives to trad-wives - Girl on Girl shows how every form of media, heavily influenced by the rise of porn, has warped women's relationships with themselves and others. Here's author Sophie Gilbert on writing it, and the cultural flashpoints that have happened since. READ MORE

A glorious fusion of history and art, A Vast Horizon tells the story of Pablo Picasso and his free-spirited friends, including Lee Miller and Man Ray, in the tumultuous years around the Second World War. Here Anna Thomasson shares the inspiration behind her extraordinary book. READ MORE

From gothic nightmare wrapped in Japanese mythology to the countries confronting our shared challenges. An indictment of malignant forces in London to a speculative fable about the suspended reality of love affairs. Presenting your Top Ten Reads for April READ MORE

Happy St Patrick’s Day! We’re not the only ones obsessed with the wealth of Irish writing, so we’ve pulled in a few favours and asked some of the most iconic Irish writers to recommend us a book to celebrate Ireland’s national holiday READ MORE

To celebrate the brilliant We Do Not Part being our Book of the Month for March and the publication of Light and Thread, here's an exclusive poem from the Nobel Prize-winning author Han Kang, translated by Yung In Chae and Spencer Lee-Lenfield READ MORE

From Addlestone to Wilmslow, the relatively untold 20th century tale of LGBTQ+ people in suburbia, John Grindrod's brilliant Tales of the Suburbs is a must-read. Here, Grindrod reflects on the fiction that informs our vision of the suburbs as “a strange and suffocating place”. READ MORE

A story of enduring friendship and deep betrayal, Sisters in Yellow is a masterpiece of teenage dreams and adult cruelties that confirms Mieko Kawakami as one of the great writers of her generation. Read an extract here: READ MORE

To celebrate International Women's Day this year, we once again asked the authors we admire to share their recommendations, and they delivered! READ MORE

Happy World Book Day! We’ve challenged some of our booksellers to take a nostalgic step back in time and recommend one of the books that first got them into reading. READ MORE

An unmissable, award-winning, moving and funny exploration of family, grief and queer identity, Ordinary Saints was one of our favourite debuts of 2025. To celebrate the Paperback release, here's author Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin on the frightening pace of change, the novel and Chicken Run! READ MORE

From a former winner of the Foyles Book of the Year's new novel, to the thrilling true story of Sir Roger Casement. A sprawling, definitive biography of James Baldwin to a coming-of-age debut set in a girls' boarding school where the supernatural is rife. Presenting your Top Ten Reads for March READ MORE

Manga can seem intimidating for beginners, but fear not, Foyles is here to unravel all the secrets of Manga and expertly guide you through the different types, showcasing the best titles in each READ MORE

Introducing an unforgettable character for our times: hyper-articulate, totally untrustworthy, politically murky, charmingly petty, and wholly egotistical, Murder Bimbo is set to be one of those most talked about debuts of the year. Read an extract here: READ MORE

Part hallucinatory road trip, part feminist revenge fantasy: Favorita is a wild, furious and mischievous novel from an incendiary new European talent. Read on for an extract: READ MORE

Whether it's for a lover or a mother, a friend or a foe, or even anyone who has ever been ‘rendered temporarily insane by a crush’ (we’ve all been there), Valentine’s Day is the perfect excuse to gift one of your loved ones a book—and our booksellers have got you covered with a variety of recommendations READ MORE

More than a little unhinged, Holy Boy is an exhilarating descent into the dark side of devotion. Here's author Lee Heejoo and translator Joheun Lee on Holy Boy, Korea and (of course) K-pop: READ MORE

From the hidden LGBTQ+ histories of the National Trust, to the latest installment of a Japanese crime horror phenomenon. A time-bending alternate history to an exploration of the enigmatic nature of consciousness. Presenting your Top Ten Reads for February. READ MORE

Our Non-Fiction Book of the Month for January, Moral Ambition shows how you can use your time - and your talents - to change the world. Here is the author, Rutger Bregman, on the five books he kept returning to while writing it. READ MORE

When the Cranes Fly South is our Fiction Book of the Month for January. To mark this, read a very special New Years essay from the author, Lisa Ridzén. READ MORE

Buckle up for 2026's top 10 best translated novels to look forward to between January and June - from a Taiwanese classic to a K-pop thriller. READ MORE

From an early contender for debut of the year, to a Korean bestseller of female cohabitation. A manifesto from 'The Friends of Attention' to the final novel from a contemporary legend. Presenting your Top Ten Reads for January READ MORE

It’s that time of year again! We’ve asked our wonderful booksellers to choose their best book they read this year and talk about variety! From compelling biographies, laugh-out-loud short stories and novels with hauntingly beautiful atmospheres, we hope there’s something here for everyone! READ MORE

Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize and Winner of the Nordic Council Prize for Literature, On the Calculation of Volume III is the third volume of the poetic, page-turning European masterpiece about one woman's fall through the cracks of time. Read an extract: READ MORE

This Christmas, our Booksellers have been busy curating gifting guides to suit all. Whether you're buying for that cousin who lives to travel, a Cricket obsessed uncle; looking for the perfect gift for little ones, big ones or difficult ones, we've got you covered. READ MORE

From a sumptuous novel set in the cinematic worlds of Pasolini and Fellini, to a cultural study of Sylvia Plath and Taylor Swift. A legend's reflection of life lived in search of creative freedom, to 'Sad Girl Fiction' on steroids. Presenting your Top Ten Reads for November. READ MORE

If you’re hearing weird howls in the distance or sudden knocks on your window late at night, don’t fear! It’s just our booksellers telling you about some of their favourite eerie reads that set the tone for Halloween. READ MORE

Get cosy with these creepy reading recommendations from our Children's booksellers, with a little of everything for a reader of any age. READ MORE

We asked some of our favourite authors to choose their perfect picks for Black History Month. READ MORE

From the internationally bestselling author of Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop comes a warm and reflective collection of essays about reading, language and life. Read on for an extract: READ MORE

Find your must-read(s) for the month with our Top Ten Reads for October. READ MORE

Some of our booksellers put questions to the author about new novel Heap Earth Upon It and her brilliant debut Sunburn. READ MORE

A wholly original ― and terrifying―account of the technological-cultural matrix enveloping all of us, read an extract from Against the Machine READ MORE

Creative Director Suzanne Dean and fine artist Louise Body come together to ask each other questions about their work and the creative process behind the jacket for Ian McEwan's profound new novel What We Can Know READ MORE

A searching look at the rise and fall of the youth club by renowned cultural documentarian Emma Warren, here's an extract from Up the Youth Club by Emma Warren READ MORE

Find your must-read(s) for the month with our Top Ten Reads for September. READ MORE

Summer might be coming to an end, but the summer of music will still live on, and we’ve asked some of our booksellers to recommend their favourite music books and records to keep it alive! READ MORE

It’s no secret that translated fiction is some of our favourite here in Foyles, so we gathered some of our favourite recommendations from our booksellers for Women in Translation Month. READ MORE

So. Hey. Have you heard? We now sell vinyl online… and while you can still enjoy a much larger collection in our dedicated departments on Level 2 of Charing Cross Road (not to mention the legendary Ray's Jazz), we thought we'd put together a selection of classic albums stocked online and their corresponding 33⅓. READ MORE

Our fiction Book of the Month for August 2025, The Ha-Ha, is a lost classic coming-of-age tale, ripe for rediscovery. As a special treat, here's an extract from chapter five. READ MORE

Author of our Non-Fiction Book of the Month for August, Zeinab Badawi highlights 5 wonderful books on Africa, by African authors. READ MORE

Find your must-read(s) for the month with our Top Ten Reads for August. READ MORE

Michael Clune reflects on his experience and influences in writing the brilliant, highly anticipated debut novel Pan. READ MORE

Author Annie Jacobsen presents the five key takeaways from the compulsive non-fiction thriller Nuclear War: A Scenario. READ MORE

John Lewis-Stempel gives credit to the five books he read, and re-read while writing England, A Natural History. READ MORE

It's time for another batch of recommendations from our wonderful booksellers' (so many of them!) This time, we asked for their perfect Pride picks. READ MORE

Brian Bergstrom, translator of Fumio Yamamoto's classic The Dilemmas of Working Women, reflects on Fumio Yamamoto's writing, and the central role of 'skinship'—a Japanese term meaning “the aspect of a relationship that arises from physical touch”. READ MORE

Our Fiction Book of the Month for July, Creation Lake is a propulsive page-turner of glittering insights and dark humour. Here—in an article previously published in the Guardian—the author shares insights into the inspirations for the book and the process of forging it. READ MORE

Find your must-read(s) for the month with our Top Ten Reads for July. READ MORE

The Lost Folk is a fresh and engaging celebration of the customs, places, objects and peoples that make up what we know as 'folk' in Britain. Read on for an extract: READ MORE

The top 10 best novels to look forward to from July to December READ MORE

We asked some of our favourite authors to choose their perfect picks for Pride. And boy did they deliver! Read on for the most essential, enjoyable and excellent reads for Pride month. READ MORE

Our booksellers are back with some more recommendations, this time for the perfect Father’s Day books. READ MORE

Find your must-read(s) for the month with our Top Ten Reads for June. READ MORE

Some books hook you with the very first line. With that in mind, we gave ourselves the task of picking out some of our very favourite first lines in all literature. What better way to inspire your next read? READ MORE

Inspired by the story of Elizabeth Ann Linley, an 18th century singer discouraged from performing in public after her marriage to playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan. The Marriage Vendetta is a witty and relatable rewriting of Linley's life, transported to the here and now. Read on for Madden on finding the right way to tell Linley's story. READ MORE

From a glorious biography of one of literature's most enigmatic personalities to an exciting translated debut. A social history of the phenomenon surrounding Princess Diana to an immersive Sci-Fi/Fantasy from a Korean master. Find your must-read(s) for the month with our Top Ten Reads for May. READ MORE

The Penguin Classics team share a selection of translated titles from the Penguin Archive list. READ MORE

To celebrate the announcement of this year's International Booker Prize shortlist, we've collected the six shortlisted authors and translators on the inspiration behind their novels. READ MORE

As part of The International Booker Prize x Foyles Pop-up, we asked our booksellers to choose their favourite books from the prize past and present. What's your favourite? READ MORE

A rule-breaking, genre-busting story of outlaw love from the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author of Gay Bar. Read an extract here: READ MORE

Accompanied by sketches and the finished artworks that illustrate the novel, Mikey Please explores the influences and thought-processes behind his debut novel The Expanded Earth READ MORE

It’s Mother’s Day and our booksellers are back, back, back again with some more expertly-curated recommendations. READ MORE

From Pinochet's nazi connections to a near-future, sexless dystopia. The mysterious origins of crypto, to a wild night in Berlin. Find your must-read(s) for the month with our Top Ten Reads for April. READ MORE

In his first new novel since winning the 2021 Nobel Prize, Abdulrazak Gurnah captures a time of dizzying global change and three young lives coming-of-age in the midst of it. Here he answers questions on Theft, it's writing, setting and the unforgettable characters that populate it. READ MORE

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! To celebrate Ireland’s national holiday, our brilliant booksellers have compiled a list of some of their favourite Irish reads. READ MORE

One of Ireland's most celebrated playwrights, Brian Friel was also a prolific short story writer. Here, Edward Kirke, the editor of Penguin's new collection Stories of Ireland, explores and celebrates the timeless appeal of these fabulous stories. READ MORE

With the exciting announcement of Land of Sweet Forever, the posthumous collection from Harper Lee, we decided to curate a list of our 30 favourite 'Great American Novels'. READ MORE

To celebrate International Women's Day this year, we once again asked the authors we admire to share their recommendations, and they delivered! READ MORE

Captivating, visceral and brimming with emotion, Nothing Grows by Moonlight is a feminist classic of Scandinavian literature, and an uncompromising ode to female desire. Here Penguin Press Publishing Director, Casiana Ionita reveals her own reading journey with a novel ripe for rediscovery. READ MORE

March truly has a spring in its step this year, as the great new titles come thick and fast. From the first novel in over a decade from one of the worlds most loved contemporary writers, to a master theorists post-pandemic epic, and from a former Foyles Fiction Book of the Year winner to a fascinating study of the women who made Picasso. READ MORE

Something to really sink your teeth into from Lucy Rose—author of The Lamb—a celebration of the grisly and the gothic, a top five sure to chill your bones, tingle your spine and give you goose bumps. READ MORE

A dark gothic tale that has as much in common with the Brothers Grimm as with Shirley Jackson or Julia Armfield. Rose has created a disturbing novel of love—in its most pure, but also most twisted forms—innocence, obsession and coming-of-age. Read an extract here: READ MORE

With February around the corner, love is in the air. This month you'll find; a Nobel prize winner, an exploration of colonial folly, a radical rewriting of the haunted house trope, a very personal history of the North Pole and much much more. Find your perfect (paper) partner with our February top ten. READ MORE

Our Non-Fiction Book of the Month for January, Empireworld is an illuminating and expansive study of the British Empire's lasting effects on global societies and geopolitics. Here Sathnam Sanghera reflects on writing Empireworld and the sometimes contradictory imperial legacies he discovered. READ MORE

Elaine Kraf's 1979 novel is an exhilarating, sometimes funny, sometimes tragic portrait of a woman searching for freedom, self-expression and self-determination in 1970's New York. Now available in the Penguin Modern Classics series, with an introduction from Melissa Broder, read an extract here: READ MORE

The top 10 best novels to look forward to from January to June. READ MORE

We've got a feast of new books coming in January and there's truly something for everyone. Check out our top ten books for January to find your perfect first read of the year. READ MORE

The Foyles book of the Year 2024, Intermezzo is a stunning, introspective and contemporary look at love, brotherhood, and navigating purpose and place. But don't take our word for it. Read on for an exclusive extract from Rooney's modern masterpiece. READ MORE

Foyles Book of the Year author Sally Rooney shares eight books that influenced and informed the writing of Intermezzo. READ MORE

Sally Rooney's brilliant Intermezzo has been announced as our collective favourite book of 2024, but everyone at Foyles has a personal favourite, and we thought you might like to see them. READ MORE

To celebrate the publication of his translation of Lee Seong-bok’s Indeterminate Inflorescence, Anton Hur explores the exciting rise of the ‘Korean Wave’ in Books and culture. Why is Korean culture so hot right now? And why? READ MORE

From the authors of A Year of Living Curiously: 365 Things Really Worth Knowing―the perfect gift this Christmas for anyone in need of a daily dose of wonder and delight―comes a special 'listicle' of ten literary bad Christmases, from Emma to Adrian Mole, Henrik Ibsen to Donna Tartt. READ MORE

Translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones, Olga Tokarczuk reflects on the influences behind The Empusium and the misogyny of great male writers that inspired it. READ MORE

Provocative and playful, Bendor Grosvenor's The Invention of British Art is a fascinating study of British Art from Hogarth and Wright to Van Dyck and Lawrence. Here, Grosvenor reveals the truth about much maligned British Art and it's resurrection through Willam Hogarth's humorous work. READ MORE

There's still time before the mad rush to think about what you want to read rather than others, so take a look at our top ten for November. READ MORE

Happy Bookshop Day! To celebrate, we've put together a list of our favourite bookshop reads, old and new, fiction and non-fiction. READ MORE

The author of Crunch: An Ode to Crisps guides us through some of their favourite crisp cameos on page and screen, from Adrian Mole to Kamala Harris, Trainspotting to Seinfeld. READ MORE

Witchcraft author Marion Gibson shows how the idea of the witch originated and came to be synonymous with religious suppression and patriarchal power. READ MORE

Editor of Some Men in London Volumes 1 and 2, Peter Parker reflects on writing queer history and the importance of remembering. READ MORE

In a month filled to the brim with bookish delights, it can be hard to see the wood for the trees—or indeed the book for the books. If you're in need of inspiration to find the book, look no further. READ MORE

With one week to go until ESEA Lit Fest, we asked for some content to get you in the mood. Read on for founders of The ESEA Publishing Network Joanna Lee and Maria Garbutt-Lucero on community and recognition in the founding of ESEA Lit Fest. READ MORE

With one week to go until ESEA Lit Fest, we asked for some content to get you in the mood. Read on for Taiwanese-British writer Ian Russell-Hsieh on Weird Fiction. READ MORE

With one week to go until ESEA Lit Fest, we asked for some content to get you in the mood. Read on for writer, journalist and fashion influencer on being a 'good Asian' and breaking free of stereotypes. READ MORE

Epic in scope and filled with convention busting research from a wildly diverse set of sources, The Burning Earth is nothing less than a history of the physical world. Click for an extract from introductory chapter 'Nature and Freedom'. READ MORE

Taken from Chapter 26, The Plan Has a Plan of Its Own—following the unexpected and, in many ways unwanted success of 'Valley Girl'—read on for one of many scenes from a book that will entertain and shock in equal measure. READ MORE

One of the busiest months in the publishing calendar, how best to navigate the avalanche of books coming your way this coming month? Foyles Top Ten reads for September of course! READ MORE

Alexis Pauline Gumbs - poet, scholar, activist and the author of Survival is a Promise - shares her personal experience of writing the biography and reflects on the lasting effects Lorde’s work and personality had on Black British Feminists. READ MORE

To mark the publication of her new book, Feeding the Monster, Anna Bogutskaya shares her horror reading recommendations, inspired by classic films of the genre. READ MORE

We love our city, from its dark and twisty alleys to it’s sparkling, tall sky scrapers. Whether you’re from London, the UK or from another country entirely - we think you will love it too with this London themed reading trail. READ MORE

100 years since his birth, we've collected some of our favourite books by, about, and influenced by James Baldwin. From Giovanni's Room to Notes of a Native Son, If Beale Street Could Talk to The Fire Next Time READ MORE

What better way to celebrate the 100th anniversary of James Baldwin's birth than an online exclusive short story from the new, Penguin Modern Classics edition of Going to Meet the Man. READ MORE

Published as part of Faber’s Editions series―spotlighting rediscovered gems from the Faber archive and beyond―Ex-Wife is a darkly funny, gloriously bohemian portrait of divorce during the roaring twenties. Read an extract from Chapter II here. READ MORE

August approaches, and we have a summery slew of great books to look forward to. READ MORE

To celebrate the publication of The Light Room, explore Zambreno’s views on art, parenthood and the process of writing in this Q&A. READ MORE

After the publication of a new Penguin Modern Classics edition of Return to My Native Land, we asked Jason Allen-Paisant to outline its importance, legacy and beauty. READ MORE

Peter Gizzi on the power of poetry, his relationship to the mode of elegy, and his new collection. READ MORE

Will Tosh—Head of Research at The Globe—introduces his new book and puts it into the context of modern LGBTQ+ culture and suggests you make 'Shakespeare your queer writer for Pride Month'. READ MORE

Eclectic and refreshing, July really has something for any reader. Find out the must-reads, the want-to-reads, the will-reads and the really-should-reads. READ MORE

V. V. Ganeshananthan on 16 years of research for her Women's Prize for Fiction winning novel Brotherless Night. READ MORE

Pride month recommendations from Julia Armfield, Oisín McKenna, Jason Okundaye, K Patrick and more. READ MORE

Julia Armfield lets us in on why ‘writing difficult people’ is at the centre of her work and why likeability isn’t the be-all-and-end-all. READ MORE

The top 10 best novels to look forward to from July to December. READ MORE

A 'silent' Graphic Novel—beautifully rendered in ball-point pen—Giant is inspired by the author's own experience of her brother being diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, and the effects of the diagnosis on family-life. Read Mollie Ray on Making Giant. READ MORE

A debut novel of urgent big ideas imbued with pacy plotting and atmospheric power, by an exciting Icelandic literary talent. With fans from Hernan Diaz to Mariana Enriquez, The Mark is sure to be a must-read for translated fiction aficionados this summer. To whet your appetite, we've got an extract from chapter one. READ MORE

One of our absolute favourite authors―Coco Mellors dropped into Foyles Charing Cross Road on publication day of her captivating new novel Blue Sisters. We couldn't help but ask her a few questions along the way. READ MORE

We can't guarantee that the summer sun will arrive on time, but we can guarantee that June is full of great reads. We've picked the ten that we're most looking forward to. READ MORE

With his debut phenomenon Evenings and Weekends hot off the press, we asked Oisín McKenna to share with us how he does what he does. READ MORE

To mark the centenary of his death in 1924, we've curated a dozen must-read books by, about and influenced by Franz Kafka. READ MORE

The merry month of May beckons, and for book lovers, it is merry indeed. We may not be able to promise good weather for May, but the books are most certainly shining. READ MORE

With April soon upon us, a veritable downpour of quality publishing is on the horizon. Here's a look ahead to some of our favourites to come. READ MORE

To celebrate International Women's Day this year, we asked the authors we admire to share their recommendations, and they delivered. READ MORE

To celebrate the Penguin Modern Classics publication of Brigitte Reimann’s Siblings—a vivid and bold portrait of post-war East Germany—we present translator Lucy Jones' introduction to the author, Brigitte Reimann: Sex, Socialism and Siblings. READ MORE

A history of disinformation, London's food revolution, meta-manga, a rediscovered working-class classic and the greatest ever drag queen… We've picked our 10 favourites for March, what will you choose? READ MORE

Read an extract of Under the Hornbeams - a sensitive and inspirational portrait of life lived in the open. READ MORE

February’s best publishing is a globe-spanning panoply of diverse characters and unforgettable stories. Find your favourite new book now! READ MORE

The top 10 best novels to look forward to from January to June. READ MORE

If your New Years resolutions included ‘read more books’, you’re in the right place! Here’s our selection of the absolute must-read publishing from this month. The most exciting, interesting and anticipated publishing kicking off 2024 with a bang. READ MORE

When it comes to translated fiction, 2023 has offered up a feast of unmissable novels, making choosing just 10 something of a challenge. Nevertheless, our fiction experts have whittled down our favourites from the year to an eclectic, unmissable list. READ MORE

To celebrate the release of The Goodbye Cat, we spoke to the author Hiro Arikawa about her inspirations, process, and of course cats. READ MORE

Emily Carroll on her approach to horror in this story and the creative process behind some of the most meaningful scenes. READ MORE

To coincide with the hosting of the ESEA Lit Fest 2023 at Foyles Charing Cross Road, the participants choose their favourite ESEA reads. READ MORE

Gina Chung, on the writing of her debut novel and the themes in play, and the meaning of the sea. READ MORE

Penguin Modern Classics series editor Simon Winder, and translator Ian Hughes, on publishing Edogawa Rampo's Beast in the Shadows—a much-coveted novel from an essential author of Japanese crime and mystery. READ MORE

Maria Bedford, Commissioning Editor at Penguin Press, guides us through the process of approaching and designing this strange and essential novel. READ MORE

Suffragette, artist, innovator: meet Yevonde, the unsung pioneer of colour photography and passionate advocate of women behind the camera. READ MORE

Available for the first time in English, introducing Wang Xiaobo, one of the most influential figures of modern Chinese literature. READ MORE

With the release of her new collection Elsewhere, Yan Ge explores her relationship to English, as a postcolonial phenomenon, and the differences in writing between English and Chinese. READ MORE

New in and already winning hearts is Really Good, Actually: the snort-funny debut novel of unexpected divorce and self-discovery from Schitt's Creek writer and comedian Monica Heisey. Don't take our word for it though; read on for an extract. READ MORE

In the first of a new series, we asked Kevin Jared Hosein, author of the incredible novel Hungry Ghosts, how he does what he does. READ MORE

Fresh from winning the Foyles Fiction Book of the Year 2022 with her powerhouse debut novel I’m a Fan, we asked author Sheena Patel to tell us a little more about the development of the book and what influenced her as she wrote it. Click for behind-the-scenes insights into this intense (and intensely funny) novel, and enough recommendations to keep you reading/watching/thinking long after you finish I’m a Fan. READ MORE

All hail our Fiction Book of the Year 2022: Sheena Patel’s blazing debut novel I’m a Fan. Told from the perspective of a single speaker, in short chapters, I’m a Fan is a devastating, hilarious and no-holds-barred story of obsession, power and access in a relationship and on social media. Click to read an extract. READ MORE

A book 500 million years in the making, Foyles Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2022, Otherlands by paleobiologist Dr Thomas Halliday is a momentous work of non-fiction that uses the fossil record to bring to life the lost ecosystems of sixteen sites across a changing world. Click for an extract, taken from the chapter ‘Deluge’—bringing to life the island of Gargano, Italy, 5.33 million years ago in the Miocene Epoch. READ MORE

Before he wrote Otherlands, Thomas Halliday wrote the essay ‘Landward’, which won the 2018 Hugh Miller Writing Prize—a competition which aims to inspire new, original prose and poetry on the theme of Scotland’s geoheritage. With the same sense of summoning place, and Halliday’s immersive, exquisite prose writing, ‘Landward’ was the ancestor that led to Otherlands: A World in the Making. Click to discover Halliday’s original prize-winning essay. READ MORE

A novel nine years in the making, SF Said’s Tyger is a 9+ masterpiece set in an alternate world, where London is at the heart of a still-reigning British Empire. Brilliantly atmospheric, the novel is suffused with a sense of ancient magic and myth—from the first encounter with the wise and powerful Tyger to the epic climax at the end of the book. Click to find out about how SF Said wrote Tyger, and more about the books that inspired him. READ MORE

Foyles Children’s Book of the Year 2022, Tyger is a 9+ novel from the award-winning children’s author SF Said, perfectly complemented by the illustrations of long-time collaborator Dave McKean. Set in an alternate world, where the British Empire still reigns, Tyger is a masterpiece of worldbuilding and a dark and dramatic adventure that takes young Adam Alhambra on a journey to discover secret powers—and an eternal battle that rages between darkness and light. Click for an extract from Tyger, in which Adam first encounters the mysterious creature, taking refuge in an abandoned building. READ MORE