Ghostland: In Search of a Haunted Country
SHORTLISTED FOR THE PEN ACKERLEY PRIZE 2020
‘A uniquely strange and wonderful work of literature’ Philip Hoare
‘An exciting new voice’ Mark Cocker, author of Crow Country
SHORTLISTED FOR THE PEN ACKERLEY PRIZE 2020
‘A uniquely strange and wonderful work of literature’ Philip Hoare
‘An exciting new voice’ Mark Cocker, author of Crow Country
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.
A beautiful compilation of inspirational writings, featuring seven classic works in one box set.
An 365-day anthology of readings from one of the most influential writers of all time, George MacDonald, compiled by CS Lewis himself.
An intimate portrait of Stephen Spender’s extraordinary life written by Matthew Spender, shifting between memoir and biography, with new insights drawn from personal recollections and his father’s copious unpublished archives.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2015 SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE
‘Gripping and at times ineffably sad, this book would be poetic even without the poetry. It will be the standard biography of Ted Hughes for a long time to come’ Sunday Times
‘Seldom has the life of a writer rattled along with such furious activity … A moving, fascinating biography’ The Times
On Platform One of Paddington Station in London, there is a statue of an unknown soldier; he’s reading a letter. On the hundredth anniversary of the declaration of war everyone in the country was invited to take a moment and write that letter. A selection of those letters are published here, in a new kind of war memorial – one made only of words.
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.
A story of love and grief. ‘I became a widower and a father on the same day’ says Joseph Luzzi. His book tells how Dante’s ‘The Divine Comedy’ helped him to endure his grief, raise their infant daughter, and rediscover love.
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.
Collins Classics brings you a selection of the best-loved stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring one of literature’s favourite detectives, Sherlock Holmes.
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.