The poetry & prose of the Wordsworths are an essential part of the literature of wild places. Galileo is pleased to announce this new edition of selected works, with a focus on nature and time spent in the mountains. Available now! #naturewriting
Galileo Publishers
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Cambridge based, mainly literary, publisher. Small outfit with big ambitions. We do Anthony Burgess lost gems, Nan Shepherd's verse, Alfred Doeblin novels, George Mackay Brown, Golden Age of Detection reissues. www.galileopublishing.co.uk
Anthony Burgess’s abridgement of James Joyce’s masterpiece was originally intended as a companion to another of his editions of a famously ‘difficult’ work: A Shorter Finnegan’s Wake. In his own words: ‘…my own attempt to bring a great masterpiece to a larger audience.’ Both available now 📖
It’s Bloomsday — & publication day for the paperback edition of A Shorter Ulysses: Anthony Burgess’s abridgement of James Joyce’s celebrated, famously challenging masterpiece. Always wanted to read Ulysses but never managed it? Here’s your answer! 📖
We‘re delighted to present our reissue of the 2nd of Nora Kelly’s Cambridge-set mysteries, Bad Chemistry. Murder strikes at the Lensfield Road labs & Gillian Adams finds herself once more drawn into police enquiries. Science, contemporary mores & old traditions in a volatile mix 🧪 Available now!
Why Did She Die? by Joan Coggin (1947) completes the Lady Lupin reissues! The US edition was released as Penelope Passes, so no prizes for guessing who’s met their end in the garden! But who could have done such a thing? Lady L turns detective once more . . . Available now 📖
New edition of The Maiden Faust by Conor Farrington: the reader is taken into the shadowed halls of 1840s Cambridge, where intellect, mystery & forbidden knowledge collide. Secret societies, demonic pacts . . . a side to the famous academic city almost no one sees. Available now!
Cover reveal for Why Did She Die? by Joan Coggin! We know this has been highly anticipated by many Golden Age mystery fans. The 3rd book in the Lady Lupin series, & completes this particular set of Galileo reissues. Officially out 4 June. Love to hear what you think! @turnarounduk.bsky.social
Out today: Villainous Saltpetre, bringing Galileo’s list of Clifford Witting reissues to twelve! We hope you enjoy this mystery, which is set in Cornwall & centres around the death of an unsuccessful playwright—who’d already staged his own disappearance 25 yrs earlier! @turnarounduk.bsky.social
It’s the Boat Race today! Whichever team you’re cheering on, these lovely puzzles, illustrated by Kathy Lewis, include quirky features from Oxford & Cambridge sprinkled among the famous landmarks. Good fun to spot! Available from various book & gift shops in both cities & galileopublishing.co.uk
Great read by the Anthony Burgess Foundation on One Hand Clapping, which we reissued in February. ‘. . .one of his most successful satirical novels, animated by a witty and energetic first-person voice.’ substack.com/@anthonyburges… @anthonyburgess.bsky.social
We’re delighted to announce the latest reissue to be added to the Galileo Golden Age Mystery list: Villainous Saltpetre by Clifford Witting. We know many classic crime readers among you are very keen on his writing, & hope you’ll enjoy this Cornwall-set mystery! 🗡️ 📖 @turnarounduk.bsky.social
Do we have any Golden Age mystery reissues lined up for 2026? Yes, yes we do. To be revealed! #goldenagemystery #goldenagedetectivefiction #galileopublishing #smallpublishing #reissues @turnarounduk.bsky.social
In a recent piece on the books authors love to give, Robert Macfarlane said: ‘Nan Shepherd’s The Living Mountain is…a slender masterpiece’. We share his love for Shepherd’s work. Might we suggest as a companion, ‘In the Cairngorms’ from 1934, reissued by Galileo with a foreword by Mr Macfarlane.
Our bestseller this festive season is this lovely hardback edition of Winter & Christmas Poems by George MacKay Brown. It includes some of the celebrated Scottish writer’s most evocative winter-set works, with Orcadian woodcuts by artist Kath Littler. Available from your preferred bookseller 🎁 📖
‘Tis the season. . . to remind you of these two Golden Age mystery novels that are just perfect for reading at this time of year! Carol singing turned sinister and murder in a village full of folk who all seem so nice . . . Cosy crime to curl up with! @turnarounduk.bsky.social
We are delighted to present: Winter and Christmas Poems by George Mackay Brown. This selection of Mackay Brown’s most evocative winter-set works is bound in a beautiful hardback volume, and accompanied by Orcadian woodcuts by artist Kath Littler. Available now from your preferred bookseller.
Out today! Anthony Burgess’s A SHORTER ULYSSES. ‘We are . . . at last free to appreciate its humour and humanity.’ Available now! #ulysses #anthonyburgess #jamesjoyce
We are delighted to announce forthcoming publication of A Shorter Ulysses by Anthony Burgess. This is the first time Burgess's abridged version of the renowned novel by James Joyce has been published. Available to pre-order now. #ulysses #jamesjoyce #anthonyburgess #ashorterulysses #literature
Out today! A re-telling based on legend, Louis de Bernières has called the book ‘atmospheric, strange and addictive’. One for those who like dark influences and alchemy in their historical fiction! ✨
Turnaround Books@turnarounduk.bsky.social · last yr.Take a twisty trip into 1840s Cambridge, where alchemy holds sway and a young undergraduate faces a Faustian bargain... dark academia meets feminist themes around selfhood and unchecked ambition. A feminist Faust for the modern reader from @galileobooks.bsky.social! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/maid...
Out today: our reissue of Nora Kelly’s In The Shadow of King’s. A mystery first published in 1984, it centres around the murder of Professor Greenwood following a luncheon with a mixed bag of guests at his 17th century home! @turnarounduk.bsky.social
Out today: our reissue of Silence After Dinner by Clifford Witting. The latest addition to the Galileo Golden Age Detective Fiction list sees Inspector Bradfield on the case in the South Downs 🔎 @turnarounduk.bsky.social
A wronged man or a terrorist? FIRESTARTER uncovers the gripping true-crime tale of John Stallon, who set 19th-c. Cambridgeshire ablaze. Part mystery, part historical investigation—meticulously researched, chillingly relevant 🔥 Out now! @galileobooks.bsky.social www.waterstones.com/book/firesta...
A look at a recent re-release from a long forgotten author, courtesy of @galileobooks.bsky.social classicmystery.blog/2025/05/11/m...
Midsummer Murder (1956) by Cecil M Wills – a re-visit
Not a review today – well, not a new one – but it’s been brought to my attention that a book by an author who I’ve spent some time considering for the role of the next Brian Flynn was recently re-r…
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It’s publication day for #Firestarter: the fascinating story of John Stallon, the Shelford arsonist who gained notoriety for starting fires on multiple farms in the Cambridgeshire village in the 19th century - and how the village dealt with him. Folk hero . . . or compulsive sociopath?
It's the #BoatRace this weekend! Who will you be cheering on? On the #puzzle front, we think these lovely #Cambridge & #Oxford designs by Kathy Lewis are equally good. Depicting many of the cities’ historic buildings, the streets are also sprinkled with little cultural references to spot!
As many of our followers will know, we are huge Nan Shepherd fans. ‘In The Cairngorms’ (and other titles) available from galileopublishing.co.uk www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/b... @turnarounduk.bsky.social
Book Review: ‘The Living Mountain,’ by Nan Shepherd
Nan Shepherd’s meditative book on the great outdoors is an inspiring guide to stepping away from comforts and routine.
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Many of the birds featured in this beautiful puzzle can be heard singing their little hearts out today! Taken from bestselling book ✨ The Lost Spells ✨, with words by @robgmacfarlane and illustrations by Jackie Morris. galileopublishing.co.uk/the-lost-spe... #jigsaw #jigsawlovers #nature #spring
On the blog today, more GA crime for #readindies, this time a cracking mystery from @galileobooks.bsky.social - more here! kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2025/02/26/p...
“Peace had come to the whole world except Little Biggling.” @Galileobooks #readindies
It’s obvious to anyone taking even a casual glance at the Ramblings that I love Golden Age crime; I regularly cover the reissues in the British Library Crime Classics range, and in fact wrote…
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It’s publication day for our new editions of Honey for the Bears (‘A forgotten masterpiece’) & Nothing Like the Sun (‘Virtuoso brilliance’) by Anthony Burgess! Available from all good bookshops, bookshop.org & galileopublishing.co.uk @turnarounduk.bsky.social
