**AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 BOOK CLUB**'Diana is so amazing when it comes to writing about humans and relationships... I don't know anyone who's as skilled as her' Candice Carty-Williams, Oprah MagazineTwo couples find themselves at a moment of reckoning. Melissa has a new baby and doesn't want to let it change her. Damian has lost his father and intends not to let it get to him. Michael is still in love with Melissa but can't quite ...

**'A stunning multi-generational kaleidoscope of London' Bernardine Evaristo'A wise, tender novel about family and love' Monica Ali**After fifty years in London, Alice wants to return home to Nigeria. Her three daughters are divided on whether she stays or goes, and in the wake of their father’s death, the imagined stability of the family begins to fray. Meanwhile youngest sister Melissa has never let go of a love she lost, and Michael in return, even though he is now marri...

**WINNER OF THE ORANGE AWARD FOR NEW WRITERS**‘A remarkable first novel...vibrant...exotic’ Sunday TimesDiscover the critically acclaimed debut from the Women’s Prize-shortlisted author of Ordinary PeopleIdentical twins, Georgia and Bessi Hunter, live in the loft of 26 Waifer Avenue. It is a place of beanbags, nectarines and secrets, and visitors must always knock before entering. Down below there ...

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Ordinary People by Diana Evans, read by Jennifer Saayeng.'Diana Evans is a lyrical and glorious writer; a precise poet of the human heart' Naomi Alderman‘You can take a leap, do something off the wall, something reckless. It’s your last chance, and most people miss it.’South London, 2008. Two couples find themselves at a moment of reckoning, on the bri...

As a child Lucas thought that all children who'd lost their parents lived on water. Now a restless young man still living with his sister Denise on their West London narrowboat, he determines to find out more about the unexplained disappearance of his father, the charismatic Jamaican dancer, Antoney Matheus.Thus unfolds a journey from fifties Kingston to Sixties Notting Hill and the host of unforgettable characters who peopled Antoney's theatrical world, most importantly Carla, Luc...

**WINNER OF THE JHALAK PROSE PRIZE 2026**'A pleasure and an invigoration' ***Guardian'***A moving, witty and seductive anthology' Financial Times'Every piece feels beautifully sewn together and complete’ BERNARDINE EVARISTOCrafted over twenty-five years, I Want to Talk to You invites you into a conversation about literature, art and music, identity, grief and everything in between

Brought to you by Penguin.Crafted over twenty-five years, I Want to Talk to You invites you into a conversation about literature, art and music, identity, grief and everything in betweenAs a young journalist, Diana Evans was catapulted overnight into the role of culture editor, going on to interview a roster of stars including Lauryn Hill, Viola Davis, Alice Walker and Edward Enninful.In these portraits of contemporary icon...

Es ist nicht lange her, dass Melissa und Michael, von ihren Freunden liebevoll M & M genannt, das allseits bewunderte Paar waren. Doch jetzt ist ihre Ehe so einsturzgefährdet wie ihr Einfamilienhaus im Süden Londons. Melissa ist gerade Mutter geworden, aber statt Erfüllung empfindet sie Überforderung und sucht Trost bei den nigerianischen Eintöpfen und Zaubern ihrer Mutter. Das macht Michael, der sich ein aufregendes Leben ohne Kinder zurückwünscht, nur noch unzufriedener. Und da gibt es n...

**Brought to you by Penguin.**WINNER OF THE ORANGE AWARD FOR NEW WRITERS****Discover the critically acclaimed debut from the Women’s Prize-shortlisted author of Ordinary PeopleIdentical twins, Georgia and Bessi Hunter, live in the loft of 26 Waifer Avenue. It is a place of beanbags, nectarines and secrets, and visitors must always knock before entering. Down below there is not such harmony. Their Nigerian mother puts cayenne pepper on her Y...

Brought to you by Penguin.Read the dazzling family mystery from the Women’s Prize-shortlisted author of Ordinary PeopleAs a child Lucas thought that all children who'd lost their parents lived on water. Now a restless young man still living with his sister Denise on their West London narrowboat, he determines to find out more about the unexplained disappearance of his father, the charismatic Jamaican dancer, Antoney Matheus.

**Brought to you by Penguin.THE INTIMATE AND COMPELLING NOVEL FROM THE PRIZEWINNING AUTHOR OF ORDINARY PEOPLE**After fifty years in the wilderness of London, Alice wants to live out her days in the land of her birth. Her children are divided on whether she stays or goes, and in the wake of their father's death, the imagined stability of the family begins to fray.Meanwhile youngest daughter Melissa has never let go of a love she lost, and Michael in return, ...

Anna's nineteen, and she's had an unrequited love for Evan for two years. But the thirty-four-year-old Evan treats her like a child and doesn't respond to her attempts. Even that wouldn't make Anna give up on him, though, until one day when Evan comes to a party with his former lover! "Am I really that much of a bother to him?" Anna makes the decision to cut herself off from him. But, noticing how her attitude has changed, now Evan is the one with his heart in turmoil!