Biteback Publishing

25/09/2025

Once, political whips swore by a code of omertà…

‘The theory was that you never discussed what went on in the whips’ office until your dying day, as though you worked at Bletchley Park.’

… But not any more.

🙀 Step inside the mysterious world of political whips in Sebastian Whale’s new book, The Usual Channels.

OUT NOW 👉 https://www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/the-usual-channels

🌟“This is a superb book and it’s astonishing nobody’s written something like it before. Through scores of delicious anecdotes, Sebastian Whale exposes how power really works in the secretive and murky world of the parliamentary whips’ offices. Highly entertaining, it deserves to become a political classic.” Michael Crick

24/09/2025

🌟“A magnificent achievement. Whale has delivered the authoritative book on the most mysterious pillar of Westminster’s power structure – the whips’ office. Packed with insight and colourful anecdotes from inside the Houses of Parliament, this is a political junkie’s dream.” Jack Blanchard

Sebastian Whale pulls back the curtain on the whips’ office in his latest book, The Usual Channels.

💥Out tomorrow 👉 www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/the-usual-channels

23/09/2025

💥Out now in paperback, David Pleat’s memoir is not only an account of his lifelong obsession with football but also the story of an evolving game.

⚽It’s the perfect answer to the question of how modern football became what it is today.

Now just £11.99 👉https://www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/just-one-more-goal

22/09/2025

🌟Don’t miss Peter Cardwell on the evolution of the political animal in The Spectator 👇

Most of our politicians themselves are not obedient, kindly and loyal. Similarities between candidates and their faithful cat or dog are few – but as trolls now deter supportive spouses and photogenic children from saccharine election leaflet photos, pets are increasingly becoming familial proxies...

18/09/2025

By-elections aren’t just sideshows; they can topple leaders and remake parties.

Iain Dale’s new book brings together 88 of the most consequential contests, with essays by Andrew Marr, Sir John Curtice, Julia Langdon, Tim Shipman and many more.

💥Out now 👉https://www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/british-by-elections

17/09/2025

😱From shock defeats to political comebacks, by-elections often break the mould of British politics.

Discover 88 of the most consequential in British By-Elections 1769–2025, edited by Iain Dale

Out 18 September 👉 https://www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/british-by-elections

16/09/2025

👑Britain rolls out the red carpet this week. Yet behind the spectacle, the question remains: what role does America now play on the global stage?

The End of America? by Alan Friedman examines the US’s decline and the forces reshaping the world order.

📚Available now 👉 https://www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/the-end-of-america

16/09/2025

Political Animals: The secret life of the political pets of Westminster and Washington by Peter Cardwell is out today💥

🌟“Peter has always brought the human touch to politics and now he adds the feline and canine touch too. A joyous read.” Chris Mason

📚 Copies available online here 👉 https://linktr.ee/petercardwell

15/09/2025

Think politics is all spin and speeches? Try Labradors, pandas and platypuses instead

🌟“This is such a joyful and detailed book: come for the pets and stay for the political history, insight and vignettes.” Isabel Hardman

💥Political Animals by Peter Cardwell is out tomorrow!

15/09/2025

Territorial fights. Sexual harassment. Questionable toilet training. In his role as an adviser to cabinet ministers, Peter Cardwell witnessed how the pets of Downing Street behaved behind closed doors.

Check out Political Animals in The Times today 👉https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/political-animals-larry-the-cat-keir-starmer-3wvk5c3hh

10/09/2025

Who really runs Westminster – the politicians, or their pets? 🐾

😹“Political books aren’t supposed to be this fun.” Patrick Maguire

📚Preorder your copy of Political Animals by
Peter Cardwell, out 16 September 👉 https://amzn.to/46bJUui

09/09/2025

💥Out today🎉

📚The Smallest Room in the House: 50 political oddities to read in more than one sitting by Philip Cowley

🌟*BEST NEW POLITICS BOOKS*🌟
“A compendium of musings on political facts and trivia.” Financial Times

🛒Get your copy today 👉https://www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/the-smallest-room-in-the-house