Notes from the Editor

Welcome to the new Sceptre site

Here you’ll find superbly written fiction and non-fiction that aims not just to entertain and absorb you but also to stretch the mind: to be thought-provoking, stimulating, surprising and enlightening. Perennial favourites such as Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell, for example, a breathtakingly original exploration of humanity’s will to power, or Gavin Pretor-Pinney’s The Cloudspotter’s Guide, as beguiling, inspiring and informative a book on clouds as you could wish for under the sun. Our authors, who have won prizes from the Booker to the Prix Goncourt, come from around the globe and cover a great range of themes and subjects. What they have in common is skill, talent, intelligence and imagination, a passion for the written word and a belief in the value of literature. Read on to find out about their new and upcoming titles and check out the links for related features, news, author events and details of all Sceptre books – more words, words, glorious words!

 

Carole Welch, Sceptre publisher

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David Mitchell picked for Booker Dozen

THE THOUSAND AUTUMNS OF JACOB DE ZOET has been longlisted for the Booker.

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AND THIS IS TRUE on under-30s longlist.

Emily Mackie's debut novel has been longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize, the largest literary prize in the world for writers under 30.

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Blog

Finishing the story

Carolyn Parkhurst on the unknown beginnings and unfinished endings that sparked her new novel THE NOBODIES ALBUM.

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News

Fashion-tastic competition

Design an outfit for Fifi Lapin to wear to her book launch and you could win an invite to the party and tons of Fifi goodies.

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Feature

Could writing a book about sleep cure insomnia?

Patricia Morrisroe explains the origins of her memoir WIDE AWAKE.

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News

Take your holiday snap to the front page.

Oh I do love to be beside the seaside... If you do too, and have the photos to prove it, The Times and Sceptre have the perfect competition. We're looking for an image that best sums up the English relationship with the seaside, and the winning entry will be used as the cover for the paperback of WISH YOU WERE: ENGLAND ON SEA. Full details about how to enter are below the cut.

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