On 10th January 2019, the beautiful hardback edition of the debut novel by Anstey Harris, The Truths and Triumphs of Grace Atherton, will hit the shelves of bookshops up and down the country. But we know that for many of you, that’s just too long to wait, so we are delighted to be able to give you a little pre-Christmas treat of an exclusive first chapter extract of the audiobook, which is out now...

Books and the City are planning to host a second commercial women’s fiction-focused creative writing masterclass in 2019. Further details will be announced soon!