Are you looking to get stuck into a new book? Our English graduates have you covered, with plenty of recent and upcoming publications to explore.
Ian Crofton (English & American Literature, 1975)
Upland: A Journey through Time and the Hills
In his latest book, Ian Crofton explores what it means to be alive in the high places of Britain – not just in the present, but also deep in the past.
Drawing on a lifetime of walking and climbing – and following an arc from the gentle Downs of southern England to the wild peaks of Scotland’s far north – Crofton is a well-informed and companionable guide, combining personal experiences with a keen curiosity about the history of mountain landscapes.
Georgina Frankie (English Language and Linguistics, 2021)
Georgina Frankie’s debut novel is a swoonworthy STEM college romance that will melt your heart and have you flying through the pages.
Incredibly resilient and determined to rewrite the possibilities of life with a chronic illness, Penny is ready to leave her family behind and go to college by herself, accompanied by a snazzy new wheelchair and a backpack full of confidence.
When she meets the charming actor CJ, who is studying the same course, there’s an immediate spark. Penny soon discovers that when it comes to the science of romance, the first rule is: never ignore your own chemistry…
Jacqueline King (English & American Literature, 1968)
Jacqueline King has written about everything and everyone ever since she could first grasp a pencil. In her follow up to 2020’s A Cake For The Gestapo, she return to the beautiful island of Jersey with another WW2 novel for children and young adults.
It’s winter 1942, and eighteen months since the Germans invaded Jersey. For Joe, Spinner, Clem and Ginger, memories of carefree days are fading.
When Clem and Joe discover that Russian slave labourers have been brought to Jersey to build bunkers for the German army, the gang devise a plan. What if they can help the prisoners? Risking life and limb, they embark on an adventure to help in any way they can whilst danger lurks in every corner.
Mike Smears (English & American Literature, 1969)
In his fourth novel, Mike Smears continues his exploration of identity and the Irish ethnicity of Liverpool.
Mairead Kelly, only seventeen, barefoot, starving and alone, flees the unimaginable horror of the Irish Famine, only to find disease and desperate squalor in nineteenth century industrial Liverpool. Against all odds she rises triumphantly above the destitution – but what is the tragic secret she is harbouring?
Lyle Young (English & American Literature, 2012)
Step into the shadowy world of The Occupant, a gripping horror-thriller by L.W. Young that will leave you questioning every creak, whisper, and shadow in the night.
When Mikey Howes, a young man desperate for a fresh start, moves into the ominous Poppygrow House, he expects nothing more than cheap rent and a quiet place to rebuild his life. But his eccentric landlady, Jerlie, has strict rules—rules that hint at something far darker lurking within the house’s walls.