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The Lost Kittens by Sufiya Ahmed is out now!
Posted on May 7, 2026
The Five are learning how to rollerblade, but their practice comes to a halt when they find some lost kittens in the park! Where could they have come from? It’s up to the Five to help these mischievous kittens find their mother before they cause more chaos than they already …
The Lady at the Lodging House by Natalie Meg Evans is out now!
Posted on May 6, 2026
The Lady at the Lodging House is the incredible final act in the WW2 lodging house series. Natalie’s exquisite writing honours the beauty of friendship, women seizing power at work, their battles against the patriarchy and prejudice and the difficulties of family and love. She explores the tussle between fighting …
Three Queens by Sufiya Ahmed is out now!
Posted on May 6, 2026
Three extraordinary queens, Lakshmibai, Hürrem, and Nur Jahan, were fierce, brave, and cunning – but they weren’t born royal. Sufiya skilfully finds out how these young women became powerful rulers. Out now with Big Cat at Collins!
I Take Your Hand In Mine by Carol Racamora opens in Lisbon
Posted on April 9, 2026
Carol’s enduring play is based on the hundreds of love letters written between Anton Chekhov at the end of his life and his wife Olga Knipper. The premiere is on 10th April by Teatro Independente de Oeiras with Movimento Carioca Prod, starring Miriam Freeland and Roberto Bontempo.
Anne McCaffrey’s Centenary
Posted on April 1, 2026
We’re remembering the great Anne McCaffrey on what would have been her 100th birthday. Born on April 1st, 1926, Anne was a prolific science fiction and fantasy writer, who was most famous for her Dragonriders of Pern series. She was the first woman to win a Hugo Award for fiction in 1968 and …




