Exclusive excerpt: THE END OF SUMMER
By Staff, 7th December 2023Features Read the prologue from my forthcoming novel - 'a bold, nuanced literary thriller dripping with secrets and deadly glamour’ - publishing in June 2024
Tough Guys (Have Feelings Too), by Keith Negley
A brilliantly-illustrated hardback children’s book with a bold, comic book feel, Tough Guys (Have Feelings Too) explores emotions through the prism of wrestlers, astronauts, and superheroes: these characters might be tough, but have feelings too… A lovely springboard for discussions with children about the way they feel.
Pom Pom Gets the Grumps by Sophy Henn
Pom Pom wakes up on the wrong side of bed one morning, and from there on it’s all downhill. But after insulting his classmates and spreading his generally miserable vibes, Pom Pom realises the error of his ways…
It Might Be An Apple by Shinsuke Yoshitake
The third book by Japanese author Shinsuke Yoshitake, this is a treat for adults and children alike, inspiring critical thinking and a full-on belly laugh… An apple has arrived in the kitchen but what if it’s actually a teeny weeny planet that has landed on earth? Maybe it has feelings? Or is it a house that can be eaten? No – what if it’s a tiny alien! A must for every home.
Wild and Tame Animals by Dahlov Ipcar
The reproduction of a 1960s picture book by illustrator/author Dahlov Ipcar, who has lived on a small dairy farm in Maine since 1937, Wild and Tame Animals is a wonderfully-considered journey of discovery charting how humans trained feral and fierce creatures, producing the tame animals we know today.
The New Baby Activity Book by LIe Dirkx
The perfect introduction for soon-to-be big brothers and sisters, The New Baby Activity Book is an engaging, creative and very sweet way of helping prospective siblings get their heads around the new arrival… With activities ranging from crafting your own family tree to packing mummy’s hospital bag.
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Features Read the prologue from my forthcoming novel - 'a bold, nuanced literary thriller dripping with secrets and deadly glamour’ - publishing in June 2024
By Staff, 6th November 2023
Features My new literary suspense THE END OF SUMMER announced in The Bookseller
From book to screen
By Charlotte Philby, 28th February 2023Features Free resources and tips for would be screenwriters, from a complete novice - and some professionals - as I navigate the process of adapting my novels for TV and film
‘A tremendous achievement’ William Boyd
By Charlotte Philby, 20th April 2022Features A Sunday Times best book of the month, here is Edith and Kim in review - and where to find signed first editions
Observer New Review Q&A
By Staff, 22nd March 2022Features An interview with Stephanie Merritt about Edith and Kim, the perils of writing about family, and why female spies often get overlooked
Researching Edith and Kim
By Staff, 17th November 2021Features From a compendium of stories about life at the Bauhaus to a Modernist memoir by the founder of the iconic Isokon, here are some of the books that inspired my forthcoming novel
Edith Tudor-Hart: The “grandmother” of the Cambridge Spies
By Staff, 31st August 2021Features For the Telegraph, I wrote about the woman who recruited my grandfather to the Soviets - the subject of my forthcoming novel Edith and Kim
John le Carré: The writer who made me want to write
By Staff, 31st August 2021Features My tribute to the late - and truly great - master of spy fiction, for the i paper
Book festivals 2021
By Staff, 19th August 2021Features From a celebration of the life of John le Carré at Cheltenham to an exploration of women and crime in Chiswick, please join me at one of the following events, across the country (and the internet!)
ELLE: An unexpected friendship with ‘the other woman’
By Staff, 15th June 2021Features When author Charlotte Philby's partner ended their relationship, her world fell apart. Rebuilding it meant forging a unique friendship with the very woman he left her for.