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Tibor Fischer’s My Bags Are Big follows a Bitcoin-rich expat in Dubai haunted by his past in Catford. Reviewer Kyle Wyatt calls it a "taut book" and a "truly enjoyable" enigma. A wry look at luck, memory, and why the real jackpot isn't on a ledger.

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Victorian-Themed Novels by Annie Elliot and Livi Michael (#ReadIndies) I’m going back to my roots as a Victorianist (I completed an MA in Victorian Literature at the University of Leeds in 2006) with these two new novels, the one about Charles Dickens’s turbulent marr…

‘This is a riveting and touching novel about the rigidity of convention and the limits of compassion.’

Elizabeth and Ruth reviewed by Rebecca Foster.

Enjoying the weekend with these two brilliantly original stories @saltpublishing.com @grantabooks.bsky.social

'Michael is superb at forcing the reader to confront uncomfortable questions about poverty and the well-meaning outsiders who seek to end it.'

My Bags Are Big by Tibor Fischer review – how to make it in crypto Amusing oddballs populate a wise-cracking wheeler-dealer’s tale of leaving London for Dubai in search of loot and laughs

ICYMI – Houman Barekat reviews Tibor Fischer's new novel in The Guardian.

‘... the storytelling is zippier here, and the absurdism slightly dialled down, but the jaunty voice and cynical, compulsively wisecracking comic sensibility are unchanged.’

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My Bags Are Big by Tibor Fischer review – how to make it in crypto Amusing oddballs populate a wise-cracking wheeler-dealer’s tale of leaving London for Dubai in search of loot and laughs

Huge thanks to Houman Barekat for this terrific review of Tibor Fischer’s new novel, My Bags Are Big, in The Guardian.
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The Hospitaller Moment by Brian Howell The Hospitallers had not exactly been rivals of the Templars, but, Gerard had read somewhere, they could have given them a run for their money. He was thinking about this as he leaned ...

"Then there is a sharp pain, a coldness, and the floor is where it shouldn’t be." 🏥

"The Hospitaller Moment" is a stunning new short story in House Magazine exploring the disorientating seconds when life shifts from the ordinary to the emergency.

Read: www.saltpublishing.com/blogs/house-...

My Bags Are Big by Tibor Fischer review – how to make it in crypto Amusing oddballs populate a wise-cracking wheeler-dealer’s tale of leaving London for Dubai in search of loot and laughs

Huge thanks to Houman Barekat for this terrific review of Tibor Fischer’s new novel, My Bags Are Big, in The Guardian.
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Thank you, Jo!

The Marriage Contract by Sasha Butler Summer in Worcestershire, 1577. Eliza Litton, a talented artist, is in love with childhood friend, Francis. But her tyrannical father, who rules the household with insults and fists, has other ideas. As summer comes to an end, Francis vanishes after a drunken night at the inn and Eliza's father forces her to marry a gentleman, Edmund. Thrown into a new, unfamiliar life with her husband who appears distant and cold, Eliza cannot tear herself from the memory of Francis.

My review of The Marriage Contract by Sasha Butler - available now from @saltpublishing.com 💙📚

Mail on Sunday review of Tibor Fischer's new novel, My Bags Are Big

‘A knockabout satire with nice line in wry self-deflation.’ —Anthony Cummins, Mail on Sunday

Here you go: another book from the ‘90s that I loved

Mail on Sunday review of Tibor Fischer's new novel, My Bags Are Big

‘A knockabout satire with nice line in wry self-deflation.’ —Anthony Cummins, Mail on Sunday

CRYPTIDOS!

New review of The Cat Bride in the Fortean Times!

“The novel is often claustrophobic, but it keeps you turning the pages.” In Charlotte Tierney’s The Cat Bride, a “tynx” roams the moors—or is it all “folklore-fuelled delusions”? A haunting tale of unreliable memories.

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8 new historical novels to read in February A land struck down by gold fever. Plus, the genesis story of Elizabeth Gaskell’s Ruth, sun-drenched spies on an island off Corfu, and twins torn apart by war

8 new historical novels to read in February

Antonia Senior reviews ‘Elizabeth and Ruth’ by Livi Michael in The Times today.

“Michael is superb at forcing the reader to confront uncomfortable questions about poverty.”

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10 new fiction books to kickstart your 2026 reading list There’s something for everyone with this first batch of must-read fiction for early 2026, including the return of George Saunders. We’re talking crypto, gangs, horror flatshares, life, death and every...

10 new fiction books to kickstart your 2026 reading list
Shortlist Magazine reviews Tibor Fischer's new novel, ‘My Bags Are Big’

It’s here! 🚀 Tibor Fischer’s "My Bags Are Big" officially launches today. A darkly comic satire of Bitcoin, Dubai, & the absurdity of modern wealth.

"The first great Bitcoin novel." — Andrew M. Bailey

Grab your copy at your local UK/Irish bookshop! 📚 #TiborFischer #MyBagsAreBig #NewBooks #Booksky

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The Maternal Element by Kate Nicholls

Cor blimey, this is a VERY handsome ARC. 😍

Off they go @katenicholls1.bsky.social !!! 🚀📬

Wash by Erica Wagner | Waterstones Buy Wash by Erica Wagner from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.

Ruthless self promotion! Okay, I’m really proud of Wash, my novel coming from @saltpublishing.com in May… and this week there’s a preorder deal from @waterstones.bsky.social ! Till Friday only! Roll up! www.waterstones.com/book/wash/er...

Book Review: The Fox of Kensal Green The Fox of Kensal Green, by Richard Tyrrell, tells the story of a community in London and its treatment of a man whose behaviour does not conform to what many would regard as normal. Some who live …

Huge thanks to Jackie Law for her [stunning] review of The Fox of Kensal Green!

And here are the rest of the must-reads included in the offer! 📚✨

Don't forget to enter FEB26 at the checkout on the Waterstones website or app to save 25%.

Which of these are you most excited for?

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The February pre-order offer is LIVE at @waterstones.com! Get 25% OFF RRP on these 8 incredible upcoming titles.

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Book Launch—The Fox of Kensal Green - Books Ireland The Fox of Kensal Green by Richard Tyrrell launches on Thursday 19 February at Books Upstairs.

🦊The Fox of Kensal Green, by Richard Tyrrell launches this Thursday 19 February at the ever-gorgeous Books Upstairs 🦊
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Three Poems by James Sutherland-Smith After Ill Health I wonder if extreme old age will be like this, the hours passing like soft clicks of thumb and index finger. Gossamer webs stretch with tiny knots of midges ...

New poetry from James Sutherland-Smith is now live in House Magazine! ✍️

Explore three evocative new works: ‘After Ill Health’, ‘Autumn Language’, and ‘The Wild Hunt’.

Read them here: www.saltpublishing.com/blogs/house-...

#poetry #literature #newwriting

Author Tibor Fischer: ‘Protesting gives the far-Left a social life’ The outspoken British novelist on small boats, ‘far-Left’ protest culture and why Viktor Orbán is no dictator

Wonderful interview with Tibor Fischer in the Telegraph.

Three Poems by James Sutherland-Smith After Ill Health I wonder if extreme old age will be like this, the hours passing like soft clicks of thumb and index finger. Gossamer webs stretch with tiny knots of midges ...

New poetry from James Sutherland-Smith is now live in House Magazine! ✍️

Explore three evocative new works: ‘After Ill Health’, ‘Autumn Language’, and ‘The Wild Hunt’.

Read them here: www.saltpublishing.com/blogs/house-...

#poetry #literature #newwriting

Publishing is one of those occupations (or vocations) that keeps its people. It feels like no one EVER leaves, and the best thing about the #LBF is seeing everyone you have known for 30 years passing by, saying hello, catching up … #LondonBookFair #BookFair2026 #publishingcommunity #bookcommunity

Book Review: Elizabeth and Ruth “There were people watching behind the boarded windows, gangs who lived in the tunnels. If Tommy stumbled or the carriage toppled they would come swarming out like rats from a drain.” E…

Latest review of Elizabeth and Ruth by Livi Michael
‘The prose is fierce and furious, the social conditions sickening and rendered clearly... A reminder of what life was like for all during the industrial revolution.’ —Jackie Law