Written before the beloved To Kill A Mockingbird but only recently rediscovered, Go Set A Watchman sees Scout, grown up and living in New York, returning to Alabama to confront her feelings about her hometown. Read the first chapter of the book we’ve all been waiting for.
Heroic and courageous in equal measure, Atticus Finch truly is a top pop. Join us in celebrating Harper Lee’s saintly sire, ahead of the release of Go Set A Watchman next month with a gallery from the 1962 film adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird.
Big news! We will be publishing the recently discovered novel, Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee, under our publishing imprint William Heinemann, the original UK publisher of To Kill A Mockingbird, on 14th July 2015.
Women’s Prize for Fiction 2013 winner A.M. Homes introduces one of her favourite authors – Shirley Jackson. I want to introduce you to the work of Shirley Jackson, whose novels and short stories transformed my life as both a reader and writer. The story you have before you, The Lottery, is so much an icon […]
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