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Rising Writers

Welcome to a world of literary innovation and untold stories! Our curated collection proudly showcases the debut works of exceptionally talented authors, promising a journey into unexplored realms of imagination, emotion, and creativity. Step into the exciting universe of debut authors and immerse yourself in narratives that are as unique as the voices behind them.

Discover our featured debuts for March 2024 

Emma Chinnery

Emma Chinnery is a British children's author and illustrator. Emma worked for several years as a graphic artist before her passion for children's books led her to study on the MA Children's Book Illustration course at the Cambridge School of Art. When she's not drawing or writing, you'll find her on a bike, cycling the country lanes of Suffolk.

Instagram: @emmachinneryillustration

My Friend Andy

My Friend Andy

Emma Chinnery

£12.99

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Kiyoka Murata

Kiyoko Murata has been awarded over ten major literary awards in Japan and has received the Order of the Rising Sun for her contributions to Japanese culture. Her novel Nabe no naka (???), for which she won the prestigious Akutagawa Prize, was adapted into the 1991 film Rhapsody in August, directed by Akira Kurosawa. A Woman of Pleasure is her first book to be published in English and won the Yomiuri Prize on its publication in Japan. She lives in Fukuoka, Japan. Juliet Winters Carpenter is a distinguished translator of Japanese literature whose work has received numerous awards. She is a two-time recipient of the Japan–United States Friendship Commission Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature, first in 1980 for her translation of Kobo Abe's novel Secret Rendezvous and again in 2014–15 for her translation of Minae Mizumura’s A True Novel. She lives with her husband on Whidbey Island in Washington State.

A Woman of Pleasure

A Woman of Pleasure

Kiyoko Murata

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Piu DasGupta

Piu DasGupta was born in Calcutta, India and grew up in India and the UK. She studied English at Oxford University and subsequently worked in several serious professions and places before following a long-nurtured dream to be a writer in a garret in Paris. She now lives in Paris although not (thankfully) in a garret, with her family, two cats, and numerous pigeons who flap to the kitchen windowsill for regular snacks. When she finally grows up, she hopes to fulfil her ultimate fantasy and run away to join the circus.

X: @PiuDasGupta1

Instagram: @piudasgupta2023

Secrets of the Snakestone

Secrets of the Snakestone

Piu DasGupta

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Rowan Beaird

Rowan Beaird is a writer whose work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Kenyon Review, The Southern Review, and The Common, among others. She is the recipient of the Ploughshares Emerging Writer Award, and her work has been nominated for a Pushcart. She has received scholarships from the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference and StoryStudio. She currently works at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. THE DIVORCEES, her debut novel, described as ‘delicious’ (Rebecca Makkai) and ‘deeply compelling’ (Lauren Groff), is set at a 1950s Reno divorce ranch and follows the complex friendship between two women who dare to imagine a different future.

Image credit to Faith Kelsey Photography.

The Divorcees : The dark, deliciously slow-burn 1950s-set debut everyone is talking about

The Divorcees : The dark, deliciously slow-burn 1950s-set debut everyone is talking about

Rowan Beaird

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