The Handheld Classics are new editions of fabulous forgotten fiction and lost authors, with introductions by experts and astonishingly useful notes.

The Handheld Research books bring you stories from scholarly research, in plain English.

Our Handheld Modern list presents excellent modern fiction from living authors. (This list is no longer being developed, but our Moderns are still very good.)

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The Gap in the Curtain

Now published!

John Buchan was a stealth writer of supernatural fiction in amongst his thrillers (The Thirty-Nine Steps) and his historical novels (Witch Wood) (actually, that’s supernatural too). The Gap in the Curtain (1932) was his last supernatural novel, in which an Einsteinian mathematician trains five guests at a country-house weekend to see one year into the future. But what will that knowledge do to them? And what will they do with what they now know?

Gift Cards

We are delighted to be able to offer our gift cards – perfect presents for every reader. More details.

Writing retreats

Our next writing retreat will be on Fiction, Travel and Nature Writing (24-27 January 2022), followed by Life-Writing, Biography and Memoir (21-24 March 2022). You’ll get protected writing space and time, (almost) full board, a guest evening speaker, optional tutoring, and nudges from our resident publisher: all details here.