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                                                            A MATTER OF
                                                            INTERPRETATION
                                                            Elizabeth Mac Donald
                                                            It’s thirteenth-century Europe and
                                                            young monk, Michael Scot, has been
                                                            asked by the Holy Roman Emperor to
             FAIRLIGHT BOOKS                                translate the works of Aristotle and
            Seriously Good Storytelling                     recover his ‘lost’ knowledge.

                                                            The Scot sets to his task, travelling
                                                            from the Emperor’s Italian court to
                                                            the translation schools of Toledo and
                                                            from there to the Moorish library of
                                                            Córdoba. But when the Pope deems the
Fairlight Books is a new publisher, launched to celebrate   translations heretical, the Scot refuses
                                                            to desist. So begins a battle for power
    quality writing and promote the best of new and         between Church and State – one that
             contemporary literary fiction.                 shaped how we view the world today.

 We are passionate about making literary fiction more                                                                      ‘In lush historic prose,
 accessible to readers, through attractive books with                                                           Elizabeth Mac Donald leads the
  illustration-led covers, and by doing all we can to                                                    reader on a complex journey, where all
                support UK bookshops.                                                                  interactions are tinged with superstition
                                                                                                                                   and suspicion.’
                                                                                                       — Nuala O’Connor, author of Becoming Belle

                                                             Elizabeth Mac Donald – born in
                                                                                                       ‘A powerful blending of fact and fiction.’
                                                             Dublin, Ireland, Elizabeth is a widely
                                                             published writer of short stories,                               — The Irish Examiner
                                                             essays and translations. She lives in
                                                             Italy where she teaches English at the       ‘Elizabeth Mac Donald knows how to
                                                             University of Pisa.                                              grip the reader.’
                                                                                                                                      — The Tablet

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                                                         A SAINT IN                              CONCEPTION
                                                          SWINDON                                  Özgür Uyanık
                                                            Alice Jolly
                                                                                  Enter Anonymous, a middle-ranking
                                        When a stranger arrives in town, with     artist rolling between minor shows in
                                             a bulging blue bag and a whiff of    New York, London and İstanbul. With his
                                         adventure, the neighbourhood takes       career sliding into obscurity, shamefully
                                     notice. When he asks for his meals to be     forced to consider advertising work to
                                         sent to his room and peace and quiet     make ends meet, he knows he must
                                     for reading, curiosity turns to obsession.   break new ground if he is to survive.
                                         Each day he stays there, locked in his
                                       room, demanding books: Plath, Kafka,       With his mother’s encouragement, he
                                         Orwell, Lawrence, Fitzgerald, James,     decides upon his next work of art: an
                                         Brontë (the eldest), Dickens, Dumas,     act of self-violation so outrageous, so
                                        Kesey – on and on, the stranger never     horrific, the art world will be forced to
                                                              leaving his room.   take notice. But will it be enough to
                                                                                  raise him to the ranks of the elite?
                                                           Who exactly is he?
                                                                                  Conception is the journey of a
                                                          What is he reading?     sociopath who will do whatever it
                                                                                  takes to get ahead; a dark comedy
                                       And will it be able to save us from the    exploring who and what determines
    Written by award-winning                       terrible state of the world?   the value of art.                                   ‘Özgür Uyanık’s debut
    author Alice Jolly, and based                                                                                                         novel sizzles with
    on an idea by the book lovers                                                                                                    subversive humour and
    of Swindon town, this funny                                                                                                           macabre energy.’
    and, ultimately, dystopian          ‘An insight into a fascinating             Özgür Uyanık – born in Turkey, Özgür is a                  — Richard Gwyn,
    tale, reminds us of the                                                        writer and film-maker. His debut feature                   poet and novelist
                                      and inspiring world of reading! ’
    importance of literature in an                                                 film premiered at the 17th Raindance Film
                                      — Debbie Hicks MBE Creative Director,        Festival. He is currently a PhD candidate
    increasingly dark world.                          The Reading Agency           in Creative Writing at Cardiff University.
                                                                                   Conception is his debut novel.

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                                                           BROADWATER                         DAVID AND AMEENA
                                                            Jac Shreeves-Lee                  Ami Rao
                                              Welcome to Broadwater Farm, one of              Modern-day New York, a subway
                                              the most notorious housing estates in           train. David, an American-Jewish jazz
                                             Britain. A place where post-war dreams           musician, torn between his dreams and
                                                    of concrete utopia ended in riots,        his parents’ expectations, sees a woman
                                                 violence and sub-standard housing.           across the carriage. Ameena, a British-
                                                                                              Pakistani artist, who left Manchester
                                                    In this collection of short stories,      to escape the pressure from her
                                                  Tottenham-born Jac Shreeves-Lee             conservative family, sees David.
                                             gives voice to the people of Broadwater
                                                 Farm. With evocative language and            When a moment of sublime beauty
                                               raw storytelling, she compassionately          occurs unexpectedly, the two connect,
                                                       portrays their shared sense of         moved by their shared experience.
                                                community. A community with a rich            From this flows a love that appears will
                                             cultural heritage, comprising over forty         triumph above all. But as David and
                                                       nationalities, generations old.        Ameena navigate their relationship,
                                                                                              their ambitions and the city they love,
                                                                                              they discover the external world is not
                                               ‘Startlingly alive and sometimes almost        so easy to keep at bay.
                                             unbearably dark, the truth and humour in                                                     ‘I’ve never read such an accurate and
                                             this intensely fine and lyrical novel shines                                                     telling evocation of the additional
                                                     a light that is ultimately uplifting.’                                                   complications of personal creative
                                                       — Martina Evans, poet and novelist
                                                                                               Ami Rao – a British-American writer                                   expression.’
                                                                                               who was born in Calcutta, India and
                                                                                                                                          — Tim Hayward, writer, broadcaster and
                                                     ‘A voyage both unforgettable and          holds an MBA from Harvard Business                                     columnist
    Jac Shreeves-lee – born in                                               searing.’         School. She has mentored girls of
    Tottenham, England, Jacquelyn                  — Onjali Q. Raúf, activist and author of    colour for the past twelve years.
                                                                                                                                              ‘A touching story of multicultural
    Shreeves-Lee is a widely published                   The Boy at the Back of the Class      Ami co-wrote a memoir, Centaur,
                                                                                                                                            love, desire and achievement with
    writer of short stories. She currently                                                     which was published in 2017 and which
                                                                                                                                                            “soul” at its heart.’
    lives in Hackney as a clinical                                                             won the General Outstanding Sports
                                                                                               Book of the Year Award 2018.                     — Geoffrey Horton, musician and
    psychologist and magistrate.                                                                                                                                        vocalist
    Broadwater is her debut novel.

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                                                                VALHALLA                    THE FAIRLIGHT
                                                             Alan Robert Clark              BOOK OF SHORT
                                                   Author of Academy Recommended            STORIES (VOLUME 1)
                                                              Walter Scott Prize 2019,
                                                                 The Prince of Mirrors      Various Authors
                                                                                            The Best of Modern-Day
                                                 May of Teck, only daughter of a noble
                                                                                            Short Story Writing
                                                     family fallen from grace, has been
                                                    selected to marry the troublesome
                                                                                            From flash fiction to mini-novelette,
                                                Prince Eddy, heir to the British throne.
                                                                                            Fairlight presents twenty-four of
                                                    Submitting to the wishes of Queen
                                                                                            its best short stories from some of
                                                  Victoria and under pressure from her
                                                                                            the world’s most talented new and
                                                    family, young May agrees. But just
                                                                                            emerging English language writers.
                                                 as a spark of love and devotion arises
                                               between the young couple, Prince Eddy
                                                                                            Chosen from work sent to Fairlight over
                                                                       dies of influenza.
                                                                                            several years by writers around the
                                                                                            globe, this anthology celebrates the art
                                                  To her horror, May discovers she is to
                                                                                            of the short story form: a vehicle with
                                                    be married to the brother, Georgie,
                                                                                            the power to delight, entertain or to
                                                 instead, a cold and domineering man.
                                                                                            transport the reader to another state,
    ‘Clark takes an iconic and forbidding                         But what can she do?
                                                                                            another world, another emotion.
    figure and transforms her into a
    passionate, loving and damaged             From the author of The Prince of Mirrors
    woman.’                                         comes this gripping account of the
    — Simon Russell Beale                         life of Queen Mary, one of the most
                                                          formidable queens of Britain                                                         Twenty-four stories by
    ‘Clark writes with intelligence, warmth,                                                                                                      twenty-four writers,
    bravery and wit about big subjects to do        Alan Robert Clark – previously a                                                         including various award-
    with how we choose to live our lives.’         copywriter and creative director for                                                            winning short story
    — Sue Townsend                                 several leading London advertising                                                           authors and Women’s
                                                      agencies, Alan has ghostwritten                                                          Prize-longlisted author
                                                        and co-authored a number of
                                                                         biographies.
                                                                                                                                                   Sophie van Llewyn.

    SEPTEMBER                        ISBN: 9781912054169                                    OCTOBER                        ISBN: 9781912054688
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                                                  BEYOND KIDDING

                                                                                            MODERNS
                                                        Lynda Clark
                                                  Shortlisted author of BBC National
                                                             Short Story Award 2019
                                                                                             A collection of short modern fiction books set in
                                                  When Robert (or Kidder, as his best              different locations around the world.
                                               friend calls him) decides to impress at
                                                  a job interview by making up a son,
                                                 he discovers that maintaining the lie
                                                 is far harder than he thought – so he
                                                invents a story that ‘Brodie’ has been
                                             kidnapped. After all, it’s not like they’re
                                                            going to find the fake boy.

                                              But a few weeks later, Kidder receives
                                                a call to collect his non-existent son
                                                from the police station – a boy who
                                                     looks exactly like the picture he
                                                                      photoshopped…

                                                  ‘This is a remarkable debut, written
     Lynda Clark – an accomplished               with great warmth and wit. By turns
     writer whose stories have                devastating and hilarious, Lynda Clark’s
     been published in a number                Beyond Kidding had me from the very
     of anthologies. She won the                         start, and it didn’t let me go.’
     Commonwealth Short Story Prize                  — Sarah Jackson, author of Pelt and
     for Europe and Canada. Lynda is             winner of the Seamus Heaney Prize 2013
     currently at the University of Dundee
     as a Research Fellow in Narrative           ‘A dark and quirky debut – funny, sad,
     and Play. Beyond Kidding is her debut        thought-provoking and unexpected.’         These beautifully designed novellas are perfect
     novel.                                    — Emma D’Costa, Commonwealth Writers            for book club reads and come with reading
                                                                                                   notes available from our website at
                                                                                             www.fairlightbooks.co.uk/fairlight-moderns/
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                                                        BOTTLED GOODS                           ATLANTIC WINDS
                                                          Sophie van Llewyn                     William Prendiville
                                                       Longlisted for The Women’s Prize         ‘There was no proof, but there was small
                                                        for Fiction 2019, The Republic of       town certainty, which is stronger than proof.’
                                                           Consciousness Prize 2019 and
                                                           The People’s Book Prize 2018
                                                                                                It’s 1970s Canada. The small island
                                                   When Alina’s brother-in-law defects to       community of Bear Lake is awash with
                                                  the West, she and her husband become          rumours of lay-offs and wildcat strikes
                                                 persons of interest to the secret services     at the mill. But for young Tom, nothing
                                                  and both of their careers come grinding       is more important than hanging out
                                                                                  to a halt.    with his best friend, Cormic, except
                                                                                                perhaps catching a glimpse of Sasha
                                                        As the strain takes its toll on their   Dovonovitch, the foreman’s daughter.
                                                 marriage, Alina turns to her aunt for help
                                                  – the wife of a communist leader and a        When a tragic accident occurs at the mill,
                                                  secret practitioner of the old folk ways.     the whole community unites – but in a
                                                                                                small town, pointed fingers and hushed
                                                   Set in 1970s communist Romania, this         gossip can only stir further trouble…
                                                       novella-in-flash draws upon magic
     ‘This stunning debut novella shows             realism to weave a captivating tale of                                                          ‘I read it at a sitting, and then again
     us there is no dystopian fiction as                               everyday troubles.                                                         to savour its rich characterisation and
     frightening as that which draws on                                                                                                                                     powerful story.’
     history.’                                                                                                                                       — Allan Massie, novelist and journalist
                                                          Sophie van Llewyn was born in
     — Christina Dalcher, author of VOX
                                                          south-eastern Romania. She has          William Prendiville is a journalist
                                                  published and won awards for her flash          with a background in copywriting.              ‘Prendiville’s writing lifts the curtain on
     ‘A lovely, funny, sad and informative        fiction and short stories across the UK,        Born in Ireland, he grew up in                  the contradictions of the human soul.’
     book…It almost reads like a Wes                Europe and the States. Bottled Goods          Newfoundland and Ontario, Canada.                            — Benoît Breville, journalist,
     Anderson film.’                                   is Sophie’s debut long fiction work.       He now lives and works in Paris.                                 Le Monde Diplomatique
     — Dolly Alderton, author of international
     bestseller Everything I Know About Love                   Now avaliable on Audible

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                                                   MILTON IN PURGATORY                            THE THERAPIST
                                                              Edward Vass                         Nial Giacomelli
                                                      ‘I’ve seen love and loss so many times.     ‘I am levitating above the curvature of the
                                                   First cuts into the fresh flesh always scar    earth. Weightless, unencumbered. Flung
                                                                                  the deepest.’   like a comet out of the atmosphere to drift
                                                                                                  eternally along the firmament.’
                                                         Milton Pitt leads an uneventful life,
                                                     with a dull job and a secret longing for     In this bittersweet and hauntingly surreal
                                                    adventure. One morning, after he is hit       tale, a couple finds the distance between
                                                     by a speeding car, he suffers an out-of-     them mirrored in a strange epidemic
                                                      body experience and awakens back in         sweeping the globe. Little by little, each
                                                  his bedroom. Everything is just the same        victim becomes transparent, their heart
                                                  – that is, except for the bloody footprints     beating behind a visible rib cage, an
                                                                    leading to the chimney…       intricate network of nerves left hanging
                                                                                                  in mid-air. Finally, the victims disappear
                                                      Is this his chance to lead a better life?   entirely, never to be seen again.
                                                                         Was it just a dream?
                                                                       Or is he simply dead?      ‘I dreamt we were at sea,’ she says.

                                                     In this richly inventive and humorous
     ‘A weird and wonderful tale, full of          novella, Edward Vass brings the themes                                                        ‘If the population of the world had
     violent twists and turns. This surprising         of Dante’s Divine Comedy 700 years                                                         vanished while I was reading Nial
     debut novella punches above its weight                                  into the future.                                                      Giacomelli’s beautifully observed
     and pulls no punches.’                                                                                                                       novella, I’m not sure I would have
     — Jennifer Rushworth, author of Discourses          Edward Vass is a marketing and            Nial Giacomelli was born in                               noticed. It’s that good.’
     of Mourning in Dante, Petrarch, and Proust         advertising specialist. He began to        England. After living in the States for              — Christopher Stanley, author of
                                                      experiment with writing and coming           a number of years, Nial is now back in                          The Forest is Hungry
     ‘Smart, funny and an excellent writer,         up with ideas for stories while teaching       the United Kingdom where he works
     Edward Vass is the ideal guide for a                  English in South Korea. Edward          as a software developer.
                                                                                                                                                               ‘ Fearlessly confronting
     journey into the beyond.’                         currently lives just outside Brighton       The Therapist is his debut novella.
                                                                                                                                                                   and challenging us.’
                                                                             with his family.
     — Dr Owen Clayton, Senior Lecturer in                                                                                                      — Dr Meredith Miller, literary critic and
     English Literature, University of Lincoln                                                                                                                 author of Little Wrecks

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                 MINUTES FROM THE MIRACLE CITY                                                       THE DRIVEWAY HAS TWO SIDES
                 Omar Sabbagh                                                                        Sara Marchant
                                                                                                     On an East Coast island, full of tall pine moaning with sea gusts, Delilah
                 Hakim, a Pakistani taxi driver whizzing through the streets. Patrick,
                                                                                                     moves into a cottage by the shore.The locals gossip as they watch her
                 a Ugandan security guard with aspirations of becoming a writer.
                                                                                                     clean, black hair tied back in a white rubber band. They don’t like it
                 Farida, a Moroccan beautician hoping for a fresh start. Saeed, a
                                                                                                     when she plants a garden out front – orange-red Carpinus caroliniana
                 respected Emirati journalist just back from London. Taking place
                                                                                                     and silvery-blue hosta… Across the driveway lives a man who never
                 across the last few days of Ramadan, Minutes from the Miracle City is
                                                                                                     goes out. Delilah knows he’s watching her and she likes the look of him,
                 a unique retelling of the virtuoso project that is Dubai.
                                                                                                     but perhaps life is too complicated already…

                 THE NAIL HOUSE                                                                      TRAVELLING IN THE DARK
                 Gregory Baines                                                                      Emma Timpany
                 Lindon, an Australian project manager with a failed marriage behind                 Winner of The Hall & Woodhouse DLF Writing Prize 2019
                 him, is lured to China with the promise of a lucrative salary. His                  Sarah is travelling with her young son back to her home town in
                 task: to solve the problem of a ‘nail house’, the home of a stubborn                the South of New Zealand. But when debris from an earthquake
                 old man who refuses to relocate, even as the bulldozers move in                     closes the road before her, she is forced to extend her journey, and
                 and the skyscrapers grow around him. But as Lindon negotiates                       divert through the places from her youth that she had hoped never
                 with the old man’s family, he finds sense where there is none, and                  to return to. As the memories of her childhood resurface, Sarah
                 love where there is war.                                                            knows that for the sake of her son, she must face up to them now
                                                                                                     or be lost forever.

                 INSIDE THE BONE BOX                                                                 THERE ARE THINGS I KNOW
                 Anthony Ferner
                                                                                                     Karen B. Golightly
                 Top neurosurgeon Nicholas Anderton is morbidly obese. He                            Eight-year-old Pepper sees the world a little differently from most
                 doesn't mind the sweats, the sleep apnoea, or that he can no                        people. One day, during a school field trip, Pepper is kidnapped by
                 longer see certain parts of his anatomy. Even the sniggers from his                 a stranger and driven to rural Arkansas. The man, who calls himself
                 registrars won't make him change. But when mistakes are made and                    ‘Uncle Dan’, claims that Pepper’s mother has died and they are to
                 the clinical director starts asking questions, Nicholas knows that                  live together from now on – but the boy isn’t convinced. Pepper
                 things are coming to a head…                                                        always found it hard to figure out when people are lying, but he’s
                                                                                                     absolutely certain his mother is alive, and he’s going to find her…

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                                           HOW TO SLEEP
                                           Lucinda Ford
                                           Introducing eight easy-to-use techniques
                                           for falling asleep, How to Sleep: A Natural
                                           Method is an indispensable companion
                                           for those who find it difficult to fall asleep
                                           and stay asleep.

                                           When sleeplessness becomes a regular

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                                           occurrence, it can set up a vicious cycle
                                           of fatigue, anxiety, and sleepless nights.
                                           Finding ways to turn off the racing

Modern Living Series                       mind and negative thoughts or stress
                                           when going to sleep is an essential step,
                                           allowing you to break that vicious cycle
                                           and move towards a place of better well-
   A new health and lifestyle collection   being.

                                           The eight simple sleep techniques are
                                           designed to calm the mind and allow
                                           sleep to come naturally. They are distilled           Lucinda Ford is an author who
                                           from the best of thinking from the                specialises in Health and Wellbeing.
                                           East and the West, including cognitive
                                           behavioural therapy, mindfulness and
                                           meditation.

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                                                              HOW TO BE                     HOW TO MARKET
                                                              PUBLISHED                     YOUR BOOK
                                                               Lynn Morrison                Lynn Morrison
                                               Over the last ten years, the publishing      These days, regardless of whether a
                                             sector has changed beyond recognition.         book is self-published or traditionally
                                                                                            published, there will be an expectation
                                             With new technology allowing writers to        on the author to take an active role in
                                               connect with readers like never before,      marketing their book.
                                             there has theoretically never been more
                                                 opportunities to become a published        Based on a series of interviews with
                                             writer. But for anyone looking to venture      successful authors from both sides of
                                              into today’s publishing landscape, it can     the publishing divide and both sides
                                                  be a daunting prospect – Should you       of the pond, Lynn lays out in detail the
                                            self-publish? Look for an agent? Go direct      marketing strategies that have worked
                                            to an indie publisher? And what exactly is      for them, alongside an explanation of
                                                                digital-first publishing?   how book marketing works based on
                                                                                            her own long-standing career as a senior
                                                For the first time ever, Lynn Morrison      marketing exec.
                                                   provides an un-biased guide to the
     Lynn Morrison is a marketing              pros and cons of self-publishing versus      From developing social media tactics,            ‘So, you’ve written and published...
     veteran with a career spanning          traditional publishing, along with all the     arranging promotional events and blog               now what? You read this manual!
     more than twenty years in both          myriad options in between – helping an         tours, to handling press and trying to start      It’s a fantastic resource for anyone
     in-house and agency roles. She has     author find the best path for themselves,       viral campaigns, Lynn offers practical            looking to get their writing in front
     held management roles in Fortune        their book and their writing aspirations.      advice designed to help an author find            of more people. Morrison turns the
     100 and FTSE 250 organisations,                                                        a book marketing strategy that best            overwhelming task of marketing into
     worked with start-ups and even                                                         works for them, based on their personal                bite-size tips and tutorials that
     launched a few herself.                                                                strengths and budget.                                         anyone can implement.’
                                                                                                                                                 — Stephanie Jankowski, author of
                                                                                                                                                 Schooled (Page Street Publishing,
                                                                                                                                                                    January 2020)

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     HOW TO TREAD                                        HOW TO MEND
     LIGHTLY ON THE                                   A BROKEN HEART                           THE PRINCE OF                              FIND ME FALLING
     EARTH                                                                                     MIRRORS
     Lucinda Ford                                                     Ziella Bryars
                                                                                               Alan Robert Clark                            Fiona Vigo Marshall
     A guide to navigating the ethical                  Based on a series of conversations     ‘Two men with expectations.                  ‘She bought a house where you
     choices that beset us each and every            between Ziella and her neuroscientist     One predicted to succeed, the               can hear the sea, murmuring on
     day, along with practical advice on                    best-friend, Ziella outlines the   other to fail…’                                 the edge of consciousness…’
     coping with our modern-day angst of                    physical impact a relationship
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                                                      understanding this can help us heal.                                                    eerie alternate realities
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