Listen to an exciting extract from Whispers Under Ground!
It’s week four of Cityread and for those of you who might have already finished Rivers of London we thought we’d share one of our favourite selections from the third book in the Peter Grant Mysteries:...
View ArticleListen the one of our favourite sections of Broken Homes!
It’s the final week of Cityread and we thought we’d share another favourite audio selection from a bit further along in the Peter Grant series. Our next clip – is a wonderful little of piece from...
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Cover Reveal: The Hanging Tree
We’re thrilled to be able to reveal the artwork for Ben Aaronovitch’s upcoming Peter Grant novel The Hanging Tree. After a brief trip to the country Peter is back in London and in the thick of it with...
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The Hanging Tree Announcement
Gollancz is delighted to announce the publication of THE HANGING TREE, the sixth book in Ben Aaronovitch’s bestselling Peter Grant series, on November 3rd 2016. The publication will be supported by a...
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Ben Aaronovitch’s The Hanging Tree Tour is coming soon to bookshops across...
We are delighted to share with you the details of Ben Aaronovitch’s The Hanging Tree bookshop tour. Don’t miss Ben Aaronovitch as he tours the UK from the 31st October to celebrate the publication of...
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Which Ben Aaronovitch character are you?
Are you a little bit of Lesley or a lot of Peter Grant? Find out in our personality quiz! To celebrate the publication of The Hanging Tree we’ve devised this handy personality quiz. But, wait, there’s...
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A new adventure in Ben Aaronovitch’s bestselling PC Grant series, for...
Gollancz is delighted to announce the acquisition of THE FURTHEST STATION, a brand new novella in the bestselling PC Grant series by Ben Aaronovitch, for publication in September 2017. Publishing...
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Ben Aaronovitch’s Lies Sleeping is coming!
We are thrilled to announce that Ben Aaronovitch's brand new Rivers of London novel, Lies Sleeping, will be available on the 6th November 2018! Join Peter Grant, detective and apprentice wizard, for a...
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Cover Reveal: LIES SLEEPING
We are thrilled to share with you the stunning cover for Lies Sleeping, the new novel in Ben Aaronovitch's incredible Rivers of London series. This November, Peter Grant returns for a brand new mystery...
View ArticleListen to a thrilling extract from Moon Over Soho
It’s week three of Cityread and for those of you who might have already finished Rivers of London we thought we’d share one of our favourite selections from the second book in the Peter Grant...
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Team Gollancz Friday Reads
Check out what Team Gollancz are reading over the weekend.. Amy – Rivers of London Emily – Monstrous Regiment Charlie – Othergirl Marcus – Arthur C. Clarke The Collected Stories Jen – Murder is Bad...
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Ben Aaronovitch Tour! Nov-Dec 2018
Peter Grant is coming to a bookshop near you. Meet Ben Aaronovitch on his epic tour of Great Britain to celebrate the publication of his upcoming, new RIVERS OF LONDON novel, LIES SLEEPING. Ben will be...
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Announcing Ben Aaronovitch’s THE OCTOBER MAN!
We have some very exciting news! We are thrilled to announce the acquisition of The October Man, a brand-new novella from bestselling author Ben Aaronovitch. Expanding the author's Rivers of London...
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Announcing Ben Aaronovitch’s exclusive Independent Bookshop Week tour for his...
We are thrilled to announce that for the publication of the new RIVERS OF LONDON novella, THE OCTOBER MAN, Ben Aaronovitch will be celebrating Independent Bookshop Week by visiting as many local...
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Happy Publication Day: 13th June 2019!
It's a big day of book publishing here at Gollancz Towers. There's something comforting in the knowledge that, even though the rain might never stop (it's June - COME ON), there's a bumper pile of...
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Brilliant books; brilliant readers; brilliant audiobooks!
Audio publishing is, without doubt, the most fun you can have in the book world without a free bar – I mean, where else can you sit and listen to a former member of the Rocky Horror band give voice to...
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Books for Life (Happy World Book Day)
To celebrate World Book Day here at Gollancz Towers we've each come up with a book we wanted to share with you. A book for life. And because it's World Book Day we're offering you a chance to win each...
View ArticleWhispers Under Ground – First Chapter extract
I was neither born nor bred in London. But I’ve lived and worked here for longer than I have anywhere else – 26 years now. If I’m anything, I’m a Londoner. My children are born and bred Londoners and I...
View ArticleThe Sound of Whispers Under Ground
You’ve been treated to extracts and articles in the build up to the release of Ben Aaronovitch’s third Peter Grant novel, Whispers Under Ground, and it wouldn’t be a new Gollancz release without a plug...
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Love Charing Cross Road Festival
This weekend, two of London’s best bookshops have joined together to put on a day of literary, musical and culinary events to celebrate Charing Cross Road, spiritual home of the UK bookselling trade....
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Gollancz signings this weekend, and a competition!
There’s lots of exciting signings going on this weekend, so we thought this would be a good chance to let you know about some of our author’s movements. Ben Aaronovitch has been all around the country...
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Rivers of London- Chapter One
This week we're giving you a chance to acquaint yourself with Ben Aaronovitch's Sunday Times bestselling series of supernatural London Detective novels. We're serializing the opening chapters of the...
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Rivers of London- Chapter Two
To celebrate our long week part serialization of Rivers of London Team Gollancz are sharing their love of London before each chapter. Today, Gillian tells you why London is a miracle of a city . . . ....
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Rivers of London- Chapter Three
To celebrate our long week part serialization of Rivers of London Team Gollancz are sharing their love of London before each chapter. Today, Jen tells you why London is home . . . I first set foot in...
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Rivers of London- Chapter Four
To celebrate our long week part serialization of Rivers of London Team Gollancz are sharing their love of London before each chapter. Today, Jon shares his London memories with you . . . There’s a...
View ArticleFriday Reads: Remembrance of the Daleks
I bought all the fondly remembered Target novelisations of Doctor Who stories as an 80s kid. I couldn’t afford to buy the videos till much later so the books were cheap and cheerful reminders of...
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Ben Aaronovitch Month – Peter Grant is back!
We’re excited to be publishing the latest Peter Grant novel, Broken Homes, later this month from Ben Aaronovitch. We’re particularly excited, because PC Grant will be heading south of the river, to...
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Moon Over Soho – extract and audio clip
Moon Over Soho is the second outing for Peter Grant and this time Ben shifts the focus for his wonderful series of supernatural London investigations to London’s much loved and notorious Soho. But this...
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Whispers Under Ground – Chapter 1
There's only one week to go before the publication of Broken Homes, the fourth book in Ben Aaronovitch's brilliant crime series featuring everyone's favourite policeman-slash-wizard, Peter Grant. This...
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Happy Publication Day to Broken Homes!
Broken Homes is out in bookshops today and we couldn’t be more excited to share this fantastic new PC Peter Grant adventure with you. To celebrate we returned to the bookshop where the adventure began....
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The Intern Insight: Ben Aaronovitch’s book launch
Our lovely publicity intern, Jessica, has shared her experiences of being asked along to the Ben Aaronovitch book launch last week, to celebrate the release of the fourth Peter Grant novel, Broken...
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Behind the Sofa: Ben Aaronovitch
At the end of this month, we're going to be publishing an expanded edition of Behind the Sofa, a collection of celebrity memories of Doctor Who. All the royalties will go to Alzheimer’s Research UK, as...
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Gollancz Signings this Autumn
Gollancz are running some exciting events this autumn, so we thought it only fair to share a round-up with you. Lots of chances to meet some of your favourite authors and get one (or many) books signed...
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The Rivers of London Rap – written, composed and performed by Doc Brown and...
Introducing The Rivers of London rap! Yep, you read that right! What do you do when two talented friends tell you they’d love to write, compose and record a rap song based on your novels? Well you say...
View Article2014: The Continuing Series
In the last of our series of sneak peeks at Gollancz’s 2014 schedule, our focus turns to ongoing series. We’re thrilled as always to have so many authors and series returning, and the books below are...
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Big news for fans of Peter Grant/Rivers of London!
We are delighted to announce that in a major deal, we have acquired publishing rights from the Zeno Agency for the seventh and eighth books in Ben Aaronovitch‘s hugely successful Peter Grant/Rivers of...
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Ten Reasons Why You Should Be Reading Rivers of London Right Now . . .
Happy World Book Night! To celebrate Rivers of London being one of the chosen titles we’re sharing with you our Ten Reasons Why You Should Be Reading Rivers of London Right Now: 1. Because you have to...
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Friday Reads- Bank Holiday Edition!
We’re getting ready for the Bank Holiday Weekend here at Gollancz Towers and no Bank Holiday would be complete without some fantastic reads. Here’s what Team Gollancz will be reading over the long...
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Cover Reveal: Foxglove Summer
We’re delighted to be able to show you the cover for Ben Aaronovitch’s hotly anticipated new novel Foxglove Summer. This was something of a challenge for the superb Stephen Walters who has done the...
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You can take Ben Aaronovitch out of London…
In the anticipated fifth instalment in THE SUNDAY TIMES bestselling RIVERS OF LONDON series, FOXGLOVE SUMMER (published on the 13th of November 2014), Ben Aaronovitch takes Peter Grant out of London –...
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Friday Reads
For this week’s Friday reads from Gollancz we are offering you a plethora of reading options for the weekend. Lucky you! Check out our super creepy eBook deals for October, which are currently...
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Cityread London announces Rivers of London as its 2015 book
Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch (Gollancz) has been chosen as the focus of Cityread London’s 2015 campaign. The title will be the centre of a month-long celebration of reading in the capital,...
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Peter Grant is back!
Peter Grant is back! Peter’s new adventure, Foxglove Summer is out in bookshops and online tomorrow. For those of you who can’t wait until then we’ve got an exclusive video from Ben Aaronovitch with a...
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Happy Publication Day: November 13th 2014
We’d like to wish a very happy Publication Day to all of our books out in bookshops and online today. From brand new cases to acclaimed masterworks, to bleak futures and incredible adventures we’ve...
View ArticleThe Rivers of London Rap is here!
If you’re enjoying Ben’s new book, Foxglove Summer, or are just embarked on the Peter Grant series or are even just wondering what all the fuss is about we think you might enjoy this music video for...
View Article#WeirdLondon- Celebrating Favourite London Based Novels
London, any city in fact, is a coming together of many, many stories. Writers of the fantastic have long been fascinated by the potential of cities as locales for their stories but London, with its...
View ArticleRivers of London is taking over the capital!
Join us this month as we team up with Cityread London to make Rivers of London the book everyone in the capital is talking about. Each April, Cityread asks London’s citizens, workers and visitors to...
View ArticleListen to the first chapter of Rivers of London
It’s week two of Cityread London 2015 and we’re continuing the celebrations by sharing one of our favourite audio extracts from Rivers of London with you. Let us set the scene for you: It’s a cold, wet...
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Announcing Ben Aaronovitch’s False Value UK tour!
We are thrilled to announce that for the publication of FALSE VALUE, the latest RIVERS OF LONDON novel, Ben Aaronovitch will be embarking on a huge bookshop tour across the UK! We would love to see as...
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10 years of Ben Aaronovitch’s RIVERS OF LONDON
We are thrilled it has been 10 years since Rivers of London, the first book in the bestselling Rivers of London series, published. Lynne Hardy, line editor for Rivers of London: The Roleplaying...
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