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On Bloomsbury’s 21st birthday, we are delighted to have a list which is every bit as eclectic, provocative, eccentric and inspiring as our very first — and even more fun, perhaps.

There is Gerald Martin’s magisterial biography of one of the greatest living writers, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, a book which has been gestating for most of Bloomsbury’s life. Then, in Stalin's Children, journalist Owen Matthews chronicles his family’s uniquely moving story spanning three generations in Russia “a place which made us and freed us and very nearly broke us”.  There is Ben Macintyre’s compelling examination of James Bond and his creator (For Your Eyes Only) marking the centenary of Fleming’s birth; and, to follow another 100th anniversary — Daphne Du Maurier’s — Justine Picardie has woven a spellbinding literary love story and mystery around Du Maurier, Branwell Bronte, secrets, lies and manuscripts (Daphne).  Plus the most original and funny biographical portrait of the singularly singular Alasdair Gray by his erstwhile secretary, novelist Rodge Glass.

We have prize winning poet (and mesmerising Indian dancer), Tishani Doshi’s beautiful and captivating first novel of sorrow, love and family, and David Park’s magnificent and potentially prize-winning The Truth Commissioner. 

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall has produced the last word on Fish — how to understand and appreciate everything about a fish from the river or sea bed to the plate — you will be hooked — and, if you prefer feathers to scales, Tim Birkhead’s The Wisdom of Birds will hit the spot(ter).  Laetitia Maklouf comes clean about being a virgin gardener, intimidated by her lack of expertise and frank lack of a garden — but nothing-daunted she has created the most inspiring plant home in her small flat, hardly resorting to wellies at all. (View the blad from The Virgin Gardener here).  There is definite appeal here for shoe-lovers great and small, who can also turn to Emma Bowd’s ‘coming of age book’ The Shoe Princess's Guide to the Galaxy — about growing into motherhood and out of certain shoes ….  but most fun of all, we have a little novelty book, Lulu's Shoes, which you will just have to look at (and play with) to believe. 

We are delighted to welcome Kaye Umansky to Bloomsbury’s Children’s list, and to embrace the glittery world of Tatiana Woods (a prize winning author under another name).  And with glorious new novels from Phillip Reeve, Celia Rees (nearly!), N M Browne, Mary Hoffman, Gemma Malley, Anna Dale and the final dramatic if not downright nail-biting parts of series by Catherine Macphail, Stephen Cole and Viv Richardson, there is continuity as well as novelty.

Finally, if you are of a mildly curious nature and delight in facts of a somewhat offbeat sort, On The Tip of My Tongue will provide irresistible diversion and satisfaction.  But of course if you can’t quite muster the energy for any of this then just lie back and look at Gavin Pretor-Pinney’s stunning and very big book of clouds… and dream.

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