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Launching The Goddess Lens and The Lost Spell

This September sees us launch Irish queer fiction online and (in person) translated Ethiopian satire. The Goddess Lens is Pascal O’Loughlin’s second novel. Fans of Irish fiction, visual poetry and LGBTQ+ books should flock to David Collard’s online literary magazine show The Glue Factory: Sunday 18th September 2022, 7pmRegister for free here The Lost Spell

Remembering Ethiopia

To accompany the launch of The Lost Spell by Yismake Worku in English, we relate some neglected history The Lost Spell by Yismake Worku (tr. Bethlehem Attfield) is the tale of a businessman who turns himself into a dog whilst dabbling in the occult. But the journey he is forced to make through the Southern

Look Inside Chris McCabe’s Dedalus: the Artists’ Book version

As displayed in Vienna at Gallery Wechselstrom: Ulysses 100 In 18 Stationen Edition of 19£120 (earlybird price, at which 4 copies remaining) contact us HERE to express an interest NB: next batch expected delivery Sept 2022 Paperback available HERE (EU and USA friendly checkout) £12.99

Pupa by J.O. Morgan: presale

Humans must navigate a different life cycle. A society where people can remain at the larval stage or submit themselves to a precarious transformation and become adult. When Megan becomes curious about adulthood, her friendship with Sal becomes strained. Inspector Augustine, charged with monitoring the wanton destruction of eggs, decides to mentor Sal and Megan.

Historical Fiction at Henningham Family Press

The Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2021 has longlisted the first book in our Historiographic Fictions series: Mr. Beethoven by Paul Griffiths. The Prize celebrates fiction set over 60 years ago. Which of our books should fans of historical fiction investigate and (ahem) qualify for free UK postage? There’s been an explosion of lively

Sir Walter Scott Prize 2021 Longlists Mr. Beethoven!

The UK’s leading prize for historical fiction longlists Paul Griffiths! The novel we published in Beethoven’s 250th anniversary year will be celebrated in Sir Walter Scott’s 250th year by the the prize that bears his name. Paul Griffiths and Mr. Beethoven find themselves in the estimable company of THE MIRROR AND THE LIGHT by Hilary

Goldsmiths Prize 2020 Shortlists Paul Griffiths and Mr. Beethoven!

The novel that takes Beethoven to America strikes Gold! We are delighted that Paul Griffiths’ Mr. Beethoven has been included in the shortlist of six books for the Goldsmith Prize 2020, for “fiction at its most novel.” This Mr. Beethoven most certainly is; oscillating between an almost cinematic account of what it would have been

The Blackbird: a round robin

Our first Blog Tour has been a huge success thanks to these wonderful reviewers: Claire Allen really nails what it’s like to Care for someone… Her descriptions throughout the book are just so perfect. Years Of Reading Selfishly Claire Allen also did a short reading, our thanks go to Clare Reynolds for broadcasting this via

Sarah Crewe and Claire Allen discuss Liverpool, echoes and male violence: #BlogTour

The poetry collection that most impressed us in 2018 was Floss by Sarah Crewe (Aquifer). Crewe compounds feminism with a psychogeography of Liverpool. At HFP we sometimes describe psychogeography as “going somewhere to see what isn’t there”. By adding female and working class history, Crewe raises the question of why particular things are not there,

The Blackbird pre-sale launches on Unbound

Pre-order Claire Allen’s novel by 15th June and add your name to the back of the book! Last night we launched the pre-sale for our next Historiographic Fiction on David Collard’s Leap in the Dark programme. Claire did a wonderful reading, then we got to ask her some questions about the characters, Alzheimer’s, the themes