Orenda Books

Orenda Books Indie publisher of bold, unforgettable international fiction. Shortlisted for IPG Best Newcomer 2015/16. CWA Crime & Mystery Publisher of the Year 2020.

Nibbies Finalist Small Press of the Year. Visit us at www.orendabooks.co.uk

10/10/2025

In a dying world, it asks the most urgent question of all: what if there's still time?

Paul E. Hardisty introduces his upcoming 2026 climate emergency thriller, The Hope, the shattering conclusion critically acclaimed trilogy, a devastating, visionary thriller that dares to imagine the possibility of redemption in the face of near-total collapse.

Publishing 29th January 2026, absolutely UNMISSABLE!
Pre-order today:
🌎 https://bit.ly/48mRk0m

10/10/2025

Venice Noir the international festival of literature of the crime, giallo and noir genre. From November 14 to 16, Venice welcomes Ian Rankin, Carlo Lucarelli, Massimo Carlotto, Erin Kelly, Barbara Baraldi, Giancarlo De Cataldo and many others.

The year is 2086. Climate collapse, famine and war have left the world in ruins 🔥🌎In a ravaged future ruled by the desce...
10/10/2025

The year is 2086. Climate collapse, famine and war have left the world in ruins 🔥🌎

In a ravaged future ruled by the descendants of those who caused the climate collapse, a teenager with a remarkable gift must flee for her life and fight to save the last hope for humanity.

January 2026, we publish The Hope, the shattering conclusion to Paul E. Hardisty's critically acclaimed climate-emergency trilogy – a devastating, visionary thriller that dares to imagine the possibility of redemption in the face of near-total collapse. In a dying world, it asks the most urgent question of all: what if there's still time?

🌎 https://bit.ly/48mRk0m

What would YOU do?!This November, the highly anticipated new gothic thriller, Scars of Silence, from international bests...
09/10/2025

What would YOU do?!

This November, the highly anticipated new gothic thriller, Scars of Silence, from international bestselling author, and the QUEEN of French noir, Johana Gustawsson, translated by David Warriner, hits TBRs ❄️

On Sweden’s Lidingö island, former French commissioner Maïa Rehn and local detective Aleksander Storm investigate the ritualistic murders of two teenagers, their bodies left like offerings in the forest.

Police procedural meets gothic mystery, this dark, haunting thriller unearths devastating truths about consent, justice and the corrosive power of silence.

AND check out these STUNNING sprayed edges!
ONLY available at Waterstones and bookshops, including Goldsboro Books! 📖😍

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Goldsboro Books: https://bit.ly/3J4FrlB ⠀⠀⠀

The millennium is coming. The clock is ticking... 🕛As the world counted down to midnight and the threat of Y2K loomed, t...
09/10/2025

The millennium is coming. The clock is ticking... 🕛

As the world counted down to midnight and the threat of Y2K loomed, the discovery of a child’s body on a frozen estuary exposed a far more terrifying mystery. This is more than just a tragedy, it's a warning. Something big is coming …

Blackwater, the high-concept, nerve-shattering thriller that EVERYONE is talking about from award-winning journalist Sarah Sultoon.

Atmospheric, unsettling and impossible to put down! Out 4th December.
😱 https://bit.ly/3VlCwYe

09/10/2025

A desperate father's Christmas promise sparks a wild Finnish road trip involving an antique sofa, unexpected passengers and danger …

Antti Tuomainen introduces his NEW standalone darkly funny, poignant and uber-tense thriller, The Winter Job, translated by David Hackston, publishing in hardback & eBook on the 23rd October 🚗❄️

An unexpectedly moving thriller about friendship, love and death, The Winter Job tears through the frozen landscape of northern Finland in a beat-up van with bad steering, worse timing, and everything to lose…

Pre-order your copy today: https://bit.ly/46q4TLE

Queen of speculative thrillers, Eve Smith, will be discussing her latest novel, The Cure, this month, with Nicola Cornic...
08/10/2025

Queen of speculative thrillers, Eve Smith, will be discussing her latest novel, The Cure, this month, with Nicola Cornick, at Wantage Literary Festival 📖

The Cure follows Ruth, a scientist who accidentally discovers a cure for aging. Just one injection a year reverses your biological clock, guaranteeing a long, healthy life. However, Ruth’s cure is hijacked by obsessives willing to risk anything to cheat death, leading to catastrophic consequences. Ruth’s life is shattered until she meets Mara, a young investigator tasked with hunting down those responsible for the deadly cure, and an unlikely alliance begins.

Based on the longevity industry, Eve will discuss the ideas behind her book and the increasingly blurred boundary between real-life events and the worlds she creates in her novels.

Book your place today: https://bit.ly/4h18ZwX

🐙 World Octopus Day 🌎We could not let World Octopus Day pass us by without spotlighting the series where we met Sandy an...
08/10/2025

🐙 World Octopus Day 🌎

We could not let World Octopus Day pass us by without spotlighting the series where we met Sandy and the Enceladons; octopus and jellyfish creatures from one of Saturn’s moons 🪐

The Enceladons series is an adrenaline-soaked, deeply humane, life-affirming one from one of Scotland's most revered authors, Doug Johnstone.

The whole trilogy is out now, and THIS is your sign to pick it up!

📖 BOOK EVENT ALERT 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Our brilliant Doug Johnstone will be appearing at Aye Write with Adam Oyebanji on SUNDAY 9th N...
08/10/2025

📖 BOOK EVENT ALERT 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Our brilliant Doug Johnstone will be appearing at Aye Write with Adam Oyebanji on SUNDAY 9th November, 6pm, chatting about The Transcendent Tide with the AMAZING Ann Landmann 🐙

Doug Johnstone’s The Transcendent Tide is the epic conclusion to the Encedalons Trilogy, a final showdown between the best and worst of humanity, the animal kingdom and the alien species. The future of life on earth will be changed forever, but not everyone will survive to see it. Set eighteen months after the Enceladons escaped the clutches of an American military determined to exterminate the peaceful creatures, this is a profound, ambitious, and immensely moving finale. Scottish science fiction at its very best.

BOOK YOUR TICKETS NOW!
https://bit.ly/3WspBEk

📖 BOOK EVENT NEWS❄️Our fabulous Lilja Sigurdardottir and Antti Tuomainen are coming to Aye Write on Sunday 9th November ...
08/10/2025

📖 BOOK EVENT NEWS❄️

Our fabulous Lilja Sigurdardottir and Antti Tuomainen are coming to Aye Write on Sunday 9th November – 12.45pm – chatting to writer and journalist Neil McKay!

Prize-winning Finnish author Antti Tuomainen follows up Little Siberia and The Rabbit Factor with his darkly funny, touching new thriller, The Winter Job. Translated by David Hackston.

Helsinki, 1982. Recently divorced postal worker Ilmari Nieminen tears through the frozen landscape of northern Finland in a beat-up van with bad steering, worse timing, and everything to lose.

Meanwhile, prolific Icelandic writer Lilja Sigurdardottir delivers the fifth and final volume of her Áróra Investigation series, Black as Death. Translated by Lorenza Garcia.

When the chief suspect in the disappearance of Áróra’s sister is found dead, and Áróra’s new financial investigation leads to the street where her sister was last seen, she’s drawn into a shocking case that threatens everything.

BOOK YOUR TICKETS NOW!
https://bit.ly/3KCm7wu

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