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  • The Matchbox Girl

    Winner of the 2026 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction

    by Alice Jolly ...
    From the multi-award-winning author – a beautiful, stunningly ambitious novel telling the story of a young girl's battle for survival and search for the truth in occupied Vienna**WINNER OF THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 2026**'A fierce celebration of the messy nature of humanity itself**'** Daily Mail'A shimmering masterwork**'** Alice Austen<... ... Read more

    $22.39 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Between the Regions of Kindness

    by Alice Jolly ...
    Coventry, 1941. The morning after one of the worst nights of the Blitz. Twenty-two-year-old Rose enters the remains of a bombed house to find her best friend dead. Shocked and confused, she makes a split-second decision that will reverberate for generations to come.More than fifty years later, in modern-day Brighton, Rose's granddaughter Lara waits for the return of her eighteen-year-old son Jay. ... Read more

    $7.69 CAD

  • Mary Ann Sate, Imbecile

    by Alice Jolly ...
    If you tell a story oft enoughSo it become trueAs the nineteenth century draws towards a close, an elderly maidservant sets out to write her truth. Mary Ann Sate, Imbecile is a devastating portrait of injustice, delusion, and human endurance.Mary writes of the Valleys that she loves, of the poisonous rivalry between her employer's two sons, and of a terrible choice which tore her world apart. Her ... Read more

    $8.89 CAD

  • From Far Around They Saw Us Burn

    by Alice Jolly ...
    From Far Around They Saw Us Burn is the eagerly awaited first short story collection from Alice Jolly, one of the most exciting and accomplished voices in British fiction today.The extraordinary range of work gathered here is united by a fascination with how everyday interactions can transform our lives in unpredictable ways. These are stories of lonely people, outcasts and misfits, and the ghosts ... Read more

    $19.09 CAD

  • Dead Babies and Seaside Towns

    by Alice Jolly ...
    When Alice Jolly's second child was stillborn and all subsequent attempts to have another baby failed, she began to consider every possible option, no matter how unorthodox.Shot through with humour and full of hope, Dead Babies and Seaside Towns is an intensely personal account of the search for an alternative way to create a family. As she battles through miscarriage, IVF and failed adoption ... Read more

    $7.69 CAD

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    The Matchbox Girl

    Winner of the 2026 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction

    by Alice Jolly ...
    Narrated by Rosina Aichner ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 45 min

    Bloomsbury presents The Matchbox Girl by Alice Jolly, read by Rosina Aichner**WINNER OF THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 2026**From the multi-award-winning author – a beautiful, stunningly ambitious novel telling the story of a young girl’s battle for survival and search for the truth in occupied Vienna‘A shimmering masterwork’ Alice Austen‘An ex... ... Read more

    $25.00 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Ploughshares Winter 2022-2023

    by Ladette Randolph, John Skoyles, Alice Jolly, Natalie Bakopoulos, Carmen Giménez Smith, Grace Li, Sara Elkamel, Mimi Schwartz, Kirsty Gunn, Lily Lloyd Burkhalter, Sarah M. Brownsberger, John Balaban, Sven Birkerts, Kashona Stevens, Serkan Gorkemli, Keith S. Wilson, Jim Whiteside, Donna Vorreyer, Ginny Threefoot, Shirley Stephenson, Matthew Sumpter, Nora Hikari, David O'Connell, Charles Rafferty, D. Nurkse, Deshawn McKinney, Jenny Molberg, Cate Lycurgus, Zach Linge, You Li, Christina Hutchins, David Kirby, Maureen Langloss, Luci Huhn, Kate Gaskin, Melissa Fite Johnson, Edison Dupree, Cara Dees, Nathan Blansett, Bruce Bond, Martyn Crucefix, Nancy Feng Liang, D.M. Aderibigbe, Katie Berta ...
    The Winter 2022-23 Issue. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Since1971, Ploughshares has discovered and cultivated the freshest voices in contemporaryAmerican literature, and now provides readers with thoughtful and entertaining literature in avariety of formats. Find out why the New York Times named Ploughshares “the Triton amongminnows.”The Winter 2022-23 Issue, edited by ... Read more

    $9.61 CAD

  • William's Wife

    by Gertrude Trevelyan, Alice Jolly, Ann Kennedy Smith ...
    "Gertrude Trevelyan is in the first flight of English novelists and William's Wife is perhaps the most distinguished novel that she has written." Hobart Courier-Mail"Miss Trevelyan's scope of human experience makes her one of the most important novelists of our day." - Leonora Eyles, Times Literary SupplementWilliam’s Wife is perhaps the most normal horror story ever written. There are no monsters ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Best British Short Stories 2021

    by Nicholas Royle, Julia Armfield, A. J. Ashworth, Iphgenia Baal, Emma Bolland, Tom Bromley, Gary Budden, Jen Calleja, Robert Dewa, John Foxx, Josephine Galvin, Uschi Gatward, Meave Haughey, Hilaire, Alice Jolly, Isha Karki, Yasmine Lever, Simon Okotie, Mel Pryor, Douglas Thompson, Matthew Turner ...
    Series Book 11 - Best British Short Stories
    The nation's favourite annual guide to the short story, now in its eleventh year.Best British Short Stories invites you to judge a book by its cover – or, more accurately, by its title. This critically acclaimed series aims to reprint the best short stories published in the previous calendar year by British writers, whether based in the UK or elsewhere. The editor's brief is wide ranging, covering ... Read more

    $10.89 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Mary Ann Sate, Imbecile

    by Alice Jolly ...
    Narrated by Red Dog Theatre Company ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 38 min

    If you tell a story oft enough So it become true As the nineteenth century draws towards a close, Mary Ann Sate, an elderly maidservant, sets out to write her truth. She writes of the Valleys that she loves, of the poisonous rivalry between her employer's two sons and of a terrible choice which tore her world apart. Her haunting and poignant story brings to life a period of strife and rapid social ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    From Far Around They Saw Us Burn

    by Alice Jolly ...
    Narrated by Red Dog Theatre Company ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 51 min

    From Far Around They Saw Us Burn is the eagerly awaited first short story collection from Alice Jolly, one of the most exciting and accomplished voices in British fiction today. The extraordinary range of work gathered here is united by a fascination with how everyday interactions can transform our lives in unpredictable ways. These are stories of lonely people, outcasts and misfits, and the ... Read more

    $21.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Gaining Ground

    'A life-changing book' (Samantha Harvey)

    by Joan Barfoot ...
    Narrated by Kate Besworth ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 16 min

    *'A LITERARY SENSATION: THE MUST-READ OF THE SUMMER' ( OBSERVER)*'Thrillingly original . . . A landmark' Anne Enright'It will stay with me for the rest of my days' Samantha Harvey'One of the great novels of the twentieth century . . . Stunning' Max PorterI swear I loved them all, and I did the best I could. And then I left them, left all of it.Abra ha... ... Read more

    $42.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook