Everything You Need to Know About… Ivy Compton-Burnett

Posted 18th March 2021

Ivy Compton-Burnett has always provoked strong reactions. Along with much critical success, she consistently elicited shock or dismay with each successive novel. Our new edition of Compton-Burnett’s A House and Its Head is ‘[t]he merriest tale of human depravity you…

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Extract: My Brother by Karin Smirnoff

Posted 9th March 2021

My Brother by Karim Smirnoff is a taut, suspenseful novel of hidden family secrets, abuse, trauma and resilience. It follows Jana as she returns to her family home in the remote rural north of Sweden, where she unravels the horrific experiences…

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Maxine Mei-Fung Chung’s female-led thriller recommendations for International Women’s Day

Posted 8th March 2021 by Maxine Mei-Fung Chung

by Maxine Mei-Fung Chung It is International Women’s Day and we are buzzing to have just published the electric psychoanalytic thriller THE EIGHTH GIRL by Maxine Mei-Fung Chung. We asked Maxine to recommend her favourite psychological thrillers and suspense from…

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An Encounter with… Ryunosuke Akutagawa

Posted 8th February 2021

Featured image: @mikitravelgram Murder in the Age of Enlightenment by Ryunosuke Akutagawa is available now from Pushkin Press, introduced and translated by Bryan Karetnyk. To give readers a glimpse into Akutagawa’s strange, beautiful, highly visual world, we have paired excerpts…

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A Q&A with John Kåre Raake, author of The Ice

Posted 5th February 2021

John Kåre Raake is one of Norway’s most famous screenwriters, but The Ice is his debut novel. The tense geopolitical thriller was a bestseller in Norway, and is now being translated into 7 languages and adapted for a television series. Pushkin Vertigo recently published in…

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New Year’s Resolutions from our Pushkin Children’s Authors

Posted 2nd January 2021

With such an unconventional year as 2020, it might feel a little odd to be writing New Year’s Resolutions. However, as the blank page of 2021 lies ahead of us, we think a reset would do us all good. So,…

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Christmas Around the World with Pushkin Authors

Posted 22nd December 2020

Christmas in Sydney with Tiffany Tsao I wasn’t always here for Christmas. By ‘here’, I mean Sydney, Australia, the Southern Hemisphere, where Christmas is a summer thing. Where time-honoured Christmas activities include barbecuing and beach-going. Where festive fare, alongside ham…

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Pushkin’s Books of the Year

Posted 8th December 2020

We made it! With 2020 drawing to a close, we are feeling extremely reflective over what has been a complete rollercoaster of a year. While we’re definitely looking forward to the new hope that January will bring, this year has…

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An Encounter with… Rainer Maria Rilke

Posted 4th December 2020

by Will Stone Poems to Night by Rainer Maria Rilke is available now from Pushkin Press, introduced and translated by Will Stone. Rainer Maria Rilke was born in Prague on December 4th, 1875, the only child of a joyless marriage.…

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