APOCALYPSE BAROQUE by Sasha Dovzhyk has been called "tremendous, oracular, vital" by Ali Smith. And if that's not enough, here's your chance to get it for a bargain price. www.waterstones.com/book/apocaly...

Don't miss our event at Librería next week! Oscar de Muriel and SJ Bennett will be in conversation about The End of the Vodka and all things Frida Kahlo.

We are thrilled that Dr Sasha Dovzhyk’s radical reframing of Russia's war on Ukraine has received a glowing endorsement from Ali Smith.

The latest edition of the Crime Time FM podcast features Summer Reads, including a review of Oscar de Muriel’s The End of the Vodka. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

What if one of the twentieth century's greatest artists also happened to be its most unlikely detective? Come and join us for a conversation between Oscar de Muriel and SJ Bennett at Librería! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-end-of...

Endorsements are coming in thick and fast for APOCALYPSE BAROQUE, a genre-bending anti-memoir that radically reframes Russia’s war on Ukraine. Dr Sasha Dovzhyk's book comes out in September - don’t miss this one!

Great to see THE END OF THE VODKA included in the Summer Reads from Aspects of Crime: “The prose is lively, the characters striking and the storytelling is engaging. An ambitious and original novel” aspectsofcrime.com/summer-reads...

Dennison Smith, author of THE WESTWARD HOURS, is the latest guest on Meet the Expats, where she discussed the link between her novel and her decision to emigrate from the US to Portugal. smartlink.ausha.co/meet-the-exp...

Meet Dennison: Life Beyond the Golden Visa

Meet Denison Smith, an American novelist who recently traded the wide-open landscapes of New Mexico for the rolling countryside of Portugal’s Alentejo region. In this episode, Denison shares the sto...

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Delighted to see THE END OF THE VODKA on this list of summer reading from Historia! historiamag.com/summer-readi...

Great to see our first two novels reviewed here! annabookbel.net/2-extraordin...

2 ‘Extraordinary’ Books – by Dennison Smith & Oscar de Muriel

Extraordinary Books are a newish UK indie publisher (part of the Indie Press Network). They describe themselves as “a not-for-profit company bringing a radical new approach to publishing. We …

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The End of the Vodka by Oscar de Muriel is out today, and it's a perfect summer book for Frida Kahlo fans, readers of historical fiction, and anyone who likes a good intrigue. extraordinarybooks.substack.com/p/in-which-f...

In which Frida Kahlo solves crime

The End of the Vodka by Oscar de Muriel is out now

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“An elegant and stylish novel”: We’re delighted that THE END OF THE VODKA is included in The Times’ roundup of eight great historical novels to read in June. www.thetimes.com/culture/book...

Eight great historical novels to read in June

This month’s picks include a duetting tale of sibling rivalry, the hyper-realistic life journey of a Roman slave boy and remembering Charles Dickens’s wife, Kate

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With the Tate Modern’s Frida Kahlo exhibition set to open in just under two weeks — not to mention the publication of THE END OF THE VODKA by Oscar de Muriel on the same day — we present to you the author’s own cocktail creation: The Mexican Lady.

June is National Crime Reading Month! What are you reading?

Curious about Ukrainian literature? Dr Sasha Dovzhyk has some recommendations, over on @fivebooks.com fivebooks.com/best-books/u...

Out now: our first novel — a dystopian epic of survival and memory in a climate-ravaged America

Great coverage of THE END OF THE VODKA in The Observer this past weekend:

Great to see Oscar de Muriel’s forthcoming THE END OF THE VODKA mentioned in The Observer this past weekend in this piece on a new wave of Fridamania! observer.co.uk/culture/art/...

Eat Frida food off a Frida plate: Kahlo kitsch raises eye...

What would the Mexican artist have made of all the merch accompanying a new exhibition? She’d probably have loved it, says her biographer

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Sales Manager at @extraordinarybooks.bsky.social Salary: £38,000–£45,000 (DOE with scope to grow as the role develops) Location: West London/hybrid Closing date: 29 May 2026 For more details visit bit.ly/2Zt85SE

We're excited to be publishing our first two fiction offerings in the coming months: two extraordinary novels — one historical fiction, the other futuristic western. Find out more about each of them here: extraordinarybooks.substack.com/p/extraordin...

Extraordinary Novels for 2026

A preview of what's to come from us this year

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We are proud that later this year we will be publishing a book by Sasha Dovzhyk, the author of this powerful piece www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

In 2022, the world had moral clarity over Russia’s invasion. Now in Ukraine we ask: where has that gone? | Sasha Dovzhyk

We could never have imagined such tolerance of Putin’s criminal war. We normalise the horror just to survive, says Sasha Dovzhyk, a writer, editor and cultural manager

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Commercial Manager (Sales & Rights) at @extraordinarybooks.bsky.social Salary: £40,000-£45,000 (dependent on experience) Location: West London / Hybrid Closing date: 31 March 2026 For more details visit bit.ly/2Zt85SE

We’re recruiting a Commercial Manager! The new EB team member will be responsible for Sales & Rights across our titles and will help shape not just a list of books, but the commercial trajectory of a trailblazing publishing model.

Compelling & informative Non-Fiction from @extraordinarybooks.bsky.social Running Amok by Paul E Mullen tinyl.co/4Jo6 There is much to be learnt from this book [...] About the way that we, as a community, respond in the aftermath, and either feed or quench the potential for more. #BookSky ⚡📚💙

Season’s Greetings, one and all! We can’t wait to introduce you to all we’ve got lined up for you in 2026. In the meantime, we wish you a safe, happy and festive time, many new books, and the leisure to read them. ✨

I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.

We are thrilled to be publishing The Westward Hours next year.

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Extraordinary Books has acquired The Westward Hours, a dystopian novel by American author Dennison Smith, due to publish in April 2026 👇 #BookSky

The Guardian interviewed my Stepdad about his new book on lone-mass killers www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...

‘They’re not wolves – they’re sheep’: the psychiatrist who spent decades meeting and studying lone-actor mass killers

Paul E Mullen has had a front-row seat to the men behind some of the worst public massacres. He says it’s possible to ‘disrupt the script’ for future violence

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Great to see A COOL HEAD IN HELL recommended by @fivebooks.com!

Jacqueline Passman spoke to Local TV in Leeds about her father’s wartime diaries, and her experience of curating and editing them for Extraordinary Books. You can watch the short interview here ⬇️ www.dailymotion.com/video/x9s2ngq

‘A Cool Head in Hell’ World War Two diaries to be published

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