Honno Press

02/08/2025

02/08/2025

Thank you to LoveReading for a fantastic review of RED AS ANY BLOOD by .

See the link in our bio to read the whole review.

01/08/2025

Tremendous review from LoveReading of RED AS ANY BLOOD by Sue McCormick. ☺️

'Meet your new favourite cosy crime detective duo. Set in 1950, with a classic murder-in-a-mansion-house context, Sue McCormick’s riveting Red as any Blood whodunnit is centred on a pair of amiably charismatic characters — actress Dame Elspeth Hollanby (better known as Holly) and Ivy, her working-class dresser...'

Red as Any Blood (ISBN: 9781916821323) Murder in a snow-surrounded Scottish mansion sparks the start of a new crime-solving career for a pair of theatrical sleuths.

31/07/2025

Throwback to the Welsh Book of the Year a fortnight ago for which Stevie Davies' Earthly Creatures was nominated in the fiction category. This introduction speaks to the relevance today of the 1940s set novel.

Congratulations to Stevie for being nominated and to all the winners.

To find out more about Earthly Creatures visit https://uk.bookshop.org/a/3956/9781916821019.

28/07/2025

We are thrilled that two of Honno's books have been chosen for the SUMMER25 offer at Waterstones. Pre-order WITSH by Mari Ellis Dunning or RED AS ANY BLOOD by Sue McCormick and get 25% off with the code SUMMER25.

https://www.waterstones.com/book/witsh/mari-ellis-dunning/9781916821361

https://www.waterstones.com/book/red-as-any-blood/sue-mccormick/9781916821323

Offer runs from Monday 28th July until 23.59 Thursday 31st July. Enter “SUMMER25” at the checkout to redeem the offer to receive 25% off RRP. The offer will be exclusively available on the Waterstones website and the Waterstones app and is available to all customers

17/07/2025

Good luck to Stevie Davies! The Welsh Book of the Year awards are announced tonight and Stevie is nominated in the fiction category for the riveting Earthly Creatures, an epic historical novel set in 1940s Germany.

10/07/2025

Massive congratulations to Alison Layland on the publication of AFTER THE CLEARANCES today, a bold cli-fi tale of loyalty, resistance and survival.

Pick up the book from your local bookshop or through our bio link.

2056: On a remote island ravaged by storms, a community of exiles, the Seeders, fight to preserve a fragile, self-sufficient way of life. When Sandy arrives from the mainland bearing secrets, Glesni is forced to confront long-hidden truths about her
people.

Far away in the wild hills, Bela lives by her own rules, fierce, and unyielding. But
when she encounters Winter, a fugitive from a shadowy government programme, their
unlikely bond leads them back to the Seeders and a reckoning with the myths that
bind them all.

Rooted in Welsh history and the rhythms of its language and landscape, After the
Clearances is an evocative, hope-filled story of resilience and what it means to belong
in the ruins of what came before.

“After the Clearances follows a community of remote islanders caught up in the
relentless consequences of climate change and harsh authoritarian repression. This is
a bold novel brimming with ideas. Prepare to be provoked.”
Martine Bailey, The Almanack

‘Profoundly atmospheric and affecting - Alison Layland is a very fine writer indeed.’ Philip Gwynne Jones

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03/07/2025

After the Clearances by Alison Layland is published a week today and we have a teaser trailer: https://youtu.be/2y2NMDZEh-8

A bold cli-fi tale of loyalty, resistance and survival. Watch the video to find out more.

Video shared with thanks to creator Trina Layland.

An atmospheric book trailer for the novel After the Clearances by Alison Layland.Buy the book here: https://linktr.ee/AlisonLaylandSee more at https://alayla...