Poisoned Pen Press, September 2025. Trade Paperback. First published in 1955, Christianna Brand's classic novel skewers the package holiday experience while unravelling one of the most audacious and devilish mysteries in the history of the genre. This edition includes an introduction by CWA Diamond Dagger and Edgar(R) Award-winning author Martin..... More
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, October 2024. Hardcover. One of Literary Hub's most anticipated books of 2024 Dionne Brand explores English and American literature, and the colonial aesthetic that shaped her sense of self and the world, of what was possible and what was not. In Salvage: Readings from the Wreck..... More
Stripe Press, January 2026. Hardcover. The first in-depth exploration of maintenance--and a powerful argument for its civilizational importance--from the author of How Buildings Learn and creator of the Whole Earth Catalog. Maintenance is what keeps everything going. It's what keeps life going. Yet it's also easy to shirk or defer--until..... More
Collins Crime Club, February 2023. Trade Paperback. This annual anthology of rare stories of crime and suspense brings together tales from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction for the first time in book form, including a short novel by Christianna Brand. Mystery stories have been around for centuries--there are whodunits..... More
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