Blackfriars to publish Hild by Nicola Griffith
We are incredibly excited about publishing Hild by Nicola Griffith. Blackfriars editor Antonia Hodgson tells you why: I’m really proud to be publishing Hild by Nicola Griffith. It is an exceptional...
View ArticleWriting Mr Wigg
We publish the wonderful Mr Wigg in April. Here author Inga Simpson tells us what made her write this delightful story. Like many books, the ideas for Mr Wigg came from several directions and turned...
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Coming soon: Everything I Never Told You
Here at Blackfriars we’re enormously excited to be publishing Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng later this year. It’s a bold, beautifully written story of secrets, love, longing, lies and race...
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5 Best Summers in Novels
To kick off our lists of favourite books, Clare Smith has chosen her favourite novels set in the halcyon days of summer: 1. Five on Kirrin Island Again by Enid Blyton No parents, endless...
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Back to School
As it’s back-to-school week, Ursula Doyle has chosen her five favourite school stories. She has actually cheated by adding some honourable mentions at the end. Life with Mother Superior, Jane Trahey...
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5 Short Stories to Start the Week with a Different Perspective
To kick off the week Rhiannon Smith has chosen a handful of must-read short stories: 1. ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ by Charlotte Perkins Gilman The classic, must-read story of mental health and...
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October events with Nicola Griffith
Exciting stuff – Nicola Griffith, author of the truly excellent Hild will be coming to see us this October. Find out more and book tickets below. Hope to see you there! Wednesday 1st October Talk and...
View ArticleOPEN SUBMISSIONS WEEK, December 2014: Press release and T&Cs
Blackfriars, the digital first literary imprint from Little, Brown Book Group, is opening its doors to un-agented submissions of literary novels for a limited one week period from the 1st-7th December....
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Short story competition with Emerald Street
***UPDATE*** This competition is now closed. The winner was Hannah-Fleur Fitz-Gibbon with her short story By Heart – an intense and unsettling tale of a man struggling to come to terms with loss, and...
View ArticleIntroducing the winner of our open submissions week . . .
. . . Tricia Durdey, who submitted her manuscript for Lord Nelson’s Eye! Lord Nelson’s Eye showed the most promise out of over 200 entries – Blackfriars editor Clare Smith said: “Tricia Durdey’s novel...
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A #NobodyToldMe poetry competition – enter to win signed books from spoken...
To celebrate the publication of Hollie McNish’s touching and honest memoir of parenthood, Nobody Told Me, we’re giving you the chance win one of five very special copies, signed by Hollie herself....
View ArticleCompetition and Prize Draw T&Cs Love Audio – Of Mice and Men
1 This is a prize draw for one CD copy of the audio edition of Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. To enter, please RT the tweet sharing the YouTube clip of Of Mice and Men on the...
View ArticleCompetition and Prize Draw T&Cs – The Dry fan competition
1 This is a prize draw for 2 signed copies of THE DRY by Jane Harper and 10 mini fans for runners-up. To enter, reply to the tweet with #TheDry. The winner will be selected at random from...
View ArticlePrize Draw T&Cs – The Lost Family
Terms & Conditions: This is a prize draw for one of 3 copies of The Lost Family by Jenna Blum. To enter, please retweet the competition tweet on the Blackfriars Twitter account. There will be 1...
View ArticleMy Brother’s Husband Volume 2 competition
Terms & Conditions: This is a prize draw for one of 2 copies of My Brother’s Husband bundle by Gengoroh Tagame (bundle includes Volume 1 and 2). To enter, please retweet the competition tweet on...
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