Aurora Metro Books

21/08/2025

"Secret Women", coming out this November!

"Secret Women" explores why some women lead hidden lives by choice or necessity. While everyone has secrets, this book examines the reasons women conceal parts of themselves, whether through Freemasonry, fe**sh practices, Wiccan beliefs, or espionage.
Vanessa Holburn narrates these varied experiences, creating a vibrant mosaic of women's clandestine worlds

21/08/2025

20/08/2025

In Birmingham's competitive Balti Land, Indian restaurants battle for customers, with price cuts and chefs being poached. Yahsin Anwar, a restaurant owner, fears being surpassed by Karachi Karahi. In response, his family plans a grand reopening with meals under five pounds and 'Curry-oke' nights. However, kitchen tensions rise as the chef struggles with numerous dishes, while staff personal lives intensify.

14/08/2025

Releasing this August, "Encounters with Jane Austen"!

Marking 250 years since the iconic author's birth, this anthology offers a lively collection of narratives, reflections, dialogues, and verse by over 30 creators, including notable figures like "Bridgerton" writer Julia Quinn and actress/writer Talulah Riley.

14/08/2025

Laura Knight features in our book ‘Unlocking Women’s Art’ by PL Henderson- https://www.facebook.com/share/p/178EHfdvKh/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Celebrated artist Laura Knight was born in 1877.

This self-portrait is a bold statement of Knight's ambition at a time when men still dominated the art world. In it she is shown painting a n**e model, her friend the artist Ella Naper. As a female student at the Nottingham School of Art in the 1880s, Knight and her female peers were restricted from creating life drawings of n**e models. This portrait boldly asserts women's capability to tackle previously taboo subjects with a scale and intensity that signal a shift in artistic practices.

⭐Find it on display in Room 24 on Floor 2

🎨Reproduced with permission of The Estate of Dame Laura Knight DBE RA 2021. All Rights Reserved / Bridgeman Images

13/08/2025

This is Ile de Riou near Marseille where Antoine de St Exupery’s plane was discovered in 2020. He had been missing since 1944.

13/08/2025

Coming this September, In The Scene: Agnès Varda!

Agnès Varda pioneer in French cinema who made a lasting impact with her films, captivating audiences with her artistic insight, intellectual exploration, and compassionate worldview. This book explores Varda's life and works, key films in relation to her personal experiences, cultural context, and central themes.

12/08/2025

Aurora Metro presents "Balti Kings," launching this September!

"Balti Kings" is a comical slice of British Asian life set in the Midlands where curry wars rage between Indian restaurants. A comedy featuring an embattled chef, trying to cook dozens of dishes for a 'Curry-oke' buffet, and a restaurant crew with more on their minds than customer service.

10/08/2025

Why do some women either have to, or choose to, live secret lives? We all have secrets, but what drives these women to hide part of themselves from others?

This book explores the hidden lives of a diverse group of women who operate with a degree of subterfuge, mystery or deliberate deception. From Freemasonry to fe**shism, from Wiccan followers to espionage, the reasons for secrecy are as different as the women themselves. Together, they represent a rich tapestry of female experience, sensitively recounted by the author as she delves into each woman’s secret.

"Secret Women", coming out this November!