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We’re very excited to announce that #LiveAtTheBrixtonAcademy is heading to the stage 🎤⚡️

Inspired by Simon Parkes memoir, #BrixtonCalling tells the true story of the 23-year-old rebel who bought a derelict cinema for £1 in 1983, called it The Academy, and built a venue that changed everything. Adapted for the stage by Bronagh Lagan, the director behind the Olivier-nominated ‘Cruise’.

With a soundtrack that races from reggae to punk and rock to rave, this story of music, politics, and the Brixton Academy goes to the Southwark Playhouse this summer for an exclusive three week run.

Tickets selling fast. Find them on the Southwark Playhouse website.

In celebration of Mother’s Day this Sunday, we wanted to share a few Serpent’s Tail books that we think would make the perfect gift! 💗

🌷 #TheHumanOriginsOfBeatricePorter by @soraya.palmer
🌷 #HelpWanted by Adelle Waldman
🌷 #NoSmallThing by @orlainemcdonald
🌷 #WildGround by @emilyusherwriter
🌷 #NightSwimmers by Roisin Maguire
🌷 #ThisIsALoveStory by @jessicasoffer
🌷 #MrsGulliver by Valerie Martin
🌷 #StagDance by @torreyadora

‘A glittering exploration of love’s many faces – Wild Ground aches with hard-won hope and bruised tenderness’ Colin Walsh, author of Kala

When Neef was twelve, her mother moved them out of Leeds and into her boyfriend’s flat miles away. Resentful and unwelcome in their small Yorkshire town, Neef found solace in Danny, only a year older and an outsider himself. As they grew into young adults, they clung to an imagined future together, far away from the substance abuse, poverty and racism that held them and their families hostage.

Fifteen years later, Danny’s father tracks her down in London in search of his missing son. Forced to confront the decisions she made and the person she became, Neef is faced with the question that’s troubled her all these years: can she ever move on from her first love?

#WildGround by Emily Usher is out in paperback now 💙

#Bookstagram #BooksOfIG #Novel #Fiction #DebutNovel #DebutFiction #NewFiction

A richly crafted novel of post-war innocence and guilt.

#TheAssault by Harry Mulisch is out now.

In the bitter final months of the Second World War, the body of a Dutch Nazi collaborator is found on the doorstep of an ordinary family home. The repercussions are complex and terrible: the family is killed and the house burned to the ground; only the twelve-year-old son, Anton, survives. Following Anton as he reckons with this trauma through his life, The Assault is a powerful excavation of resistance and the collateral damage wrought on innocent people in times of war.

A runaway bestseller that sold 200,000 copies on first publication, this is a classic of Dutch literature from one of the greatest European writers of his time.

#serpentstailclassics

#STAGDANCE PUBLISHES TODAY!

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‘Torrey Peters is truly a writer like no other’ SHON FAYE

‘Hot, heartbreaking and thrillingly victorious’ MIRANDA JULY

‘Potent and surprising and takes no prisoners’ CARMEN MARIA MACHADO

‘Spellbinding. With pathos and wit, Peters explores characters on the brink of self-discovery’ BRIT BENNETT

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Who’s excited for the follow-up to Torrey Peters’ bestselling #DetransitionBaby? We can’t wait to see you all at the dance… 🦌

#StagDance #TorreyPeters #DetransitionBaby #WomensPrize #LiteraryFiction #LGBTQReads #LGBTQBooks

10 books to read for International Women’s Day ✨ Serpent’s Tail Classics edition ✨

🍭 We Need to Talk About Kevin - Lionel Shriver
🍭 The Imposter and Other Stories - Silvina Ocampo
🍭 The Piano Teacher - Elfriede Jelinek
🍭 Man Enough to be a Woman - Jayne County
🍭 Notice - Heather Lewis
🍭 Savage Theories - Pola Oloixarac
🍭 Quicksand & Passing - Nella Larsen
🍭 Haruko/Love Poems - June Jordan
🍭 The Passport - Herta Müller
🍭 Cols Nights of Childhood - Tezer Özlü

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