Best of Birmingham and the Black Country
By Green Heart Books
By Green Heart Books
A -Z Birmingham Hidden Walks: Discover 20 Routes in and Around the City
A-Z maps, Ruby Compton-Davies, et al.
£6.99 £6.64
Without Warning and Only Sometimes: 'Extraordinary. Moving and heartwarming' The Sunday Times
Kit de Waal
£16.99 £16.14
Mercia'S Take
Daniel Wiles
£12.99 £12.34Set in the mines of the Black Country, and written in the vernacular, this debut by Daniel Wiles of Walsall was featured in the Observer's pick of new fiction for 2022.
Pondweed
Lisa Blower
£12.99 £12.34Featured in Birmingham Literature Festival's May 2021 podcast with Kit de Waal.
Notes on the Sonnets
Luke Kennard
£9.99 £9.49From Bournville author Luke Kennard, this is a very clever, wry and original volume of prose-poetry, recast from Shakespeare's sonnets.
A Thousand Ships: Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction
Natalie Haynes
£9.99 £9.49Natalie Haynes grew up in Bournville, and went to the school opposite our shop!
I Don't Want to Go to the Taj Mahal: Stories of a Birmingham Boy
Charlie Hill
£9.99 £9.49Snappy vignettes about growing up in Birmingham in the '80s and '90s, featuring drugs, sex, masculinity and heartbreak.
What Was Lost: Winner of the Costa First Novel Award
Catherine O'Flynn
£9.99 £9.49"I loved this book for its beautifully-drawn characters - characters so vivid I missed them after I finished reading. A charming and tender novel which makes you think. You'll enjoy recognising lots of Birmingham landmarks too." Review by Sala on the Bookshop Team.
Anisha, Accidental Detective
Serena Patel and Emma McCann
£6.99 £6.64Serena was a huge hit at Bournville BookFest and her debut children's book won Sainsbury's children's book of 2020.
Run, Rebel
Manjeet Mann
£8.99 £8.54"I am restless, my feet need to fly." Amber is trapped - by her father's rules, by his expectations, by her own fears. Now she's ready to fight - for her mother, for her sister, for herself. Freedom always comes at a price.
Stories From Around the World
Maisie Chan
£5.99 £5.69Maisie's UK debut novel "Danny Chung Does Not Do Maths" is due to be published in June 2021.
The Boy with the Topknot: A Memoir of Love, Secrets and Lies
Sathnam Sanghera
£10.99 £10.44Growing up in Wolverhampton as a Sikh in the 1970s wasn't easy, particularly when Sathnam started primary school without being able to speak English. But he graduated from Cambridge with a First. His very popular autobiographical novel was made into a BBC film.
Hugging Strangers: The Frequent Lows and Occasional Highs of Football Fandom
Jon Berry
£12.99 £12.34
How to Disappear: The gripping psychological thriller with an ending that will take your breath away
Gillian McAllister
£9.99 £9.49
