The home of great writing and storytelling: beautiful books that entertain, delight and provoke. Part of Penguin General @PenguinUKBooks.
London
- Tweets 1,143
- Following 275
- Followers 1,389
- Likes 795
Fig Tree retweeted
This week in the media, Blank Canvas (@FigTreePenguin) by Grace Murray was reviewed in the Guardian by Rebecca Wait, who praised this “witty, assured debut” 👇 ebx.sh/uR8xEo
1
3
1,177
They knew they were changing history.
They didn’t know they would change each other 👩🎓
Set in Oxford in 1920, #TheEights by @JoannaMAuthor follows the friendship of four of the first women students at the world-famous university - and it's just 99p today!
amazon.co.uk/Eights-captivat…
3
283
Fig Tree retweeted
Catch @SusanKBarker , author of Old Soul, at ESEA Lit Fest on 19th July 2025 as she discusses political histories and the spectral.
Tickets: southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-…
2
1
503
Fig Tree retweeted
I read this pre-publication and will recommend it to ANYONE who can read, it is a delightful, poignant, often painful, funny and well-crafted novel very much for our times. Superb writing; great translation.
1
1
3
158
Fig Tree retweeted
Thank you so much to Savreet and @FigTreePenguin for my copy of #BloodyAwfulinDifferentWays by #AndrewWalden which is out on 14th August.
This is Andrev’s story, and how he has seven fathers over seven years, and it sounds brilliant!
2
4
13
676
Fig Tree retweeted
Writers, join us for my life stories course - online & in-person- on situation & story, memory enhancement, social history & archives, French auto-fiction & the tricky questions of ethics & truth, & my memoir #homeiswherewestart @FigTreePenguin !
Info: quaywords.org.uk/events/shor…
2
2
359
Introducing the cover design for #WantsAndNeeds, the brilliant second novel by As Young as This author @RoxanaDunn !
Coming January 2026
penguin.co.uk/books/455751/w…
5
701
Fig Tree retweeted
Lovely to get my copy of @EnableMagazine! It was great to talk about Who Wants Normal? and many other things too.
On newsstands now.
ALT A double page spread of my interview for Enable magazine. On the left side is text and an image of my book, Who Wants Normal? On the right hand page is a large photo of me and some text. The magazine is placed on a green garden table.
1
14
68
2,583
Fig Tree retweeted
🎧 OUT NOW! Hear an exclusive interview with
Ferdia Lennon, author of 'Glorious Exploits', previously shortlisted for 2025 prize. Lennon is in conversation with @swanseauni English Literature students Alec Taylor and Freya Slatter.
▶️ bit.ly/DTPbookendspodcast #SUDTP25
1
5
10
891
Fig Tree retweeted
It was such a pleasure to speak to @EnableMagazine for their May/June issue.
We chatted about why I wrote Who Wants Normal?, my tips on challenging inequality, and finding hope in the future during shitstorm times.
On newsstands now.
ALT A full page Q and A with the headline: A Crucial Voice. To the left, there’s an image of Who Wants Normal?
ALT A small bit of additional text sits below a large photo of me: a blonde woman in her thirties sitting in a wheelchair wearing a sleeveless taupe dress.
12
42
1,514
Fig Tree retweeted
Glorious Exploits, written by Ferdia Lennon, has won the @AuthorsClub Best First Novel Award. Novelist Tracy Chevalier presented Lennon’s publisher with £2,500 at a reception at the National Liberal Club in London on 21st May 👇 thebookseller.com/news/autho…
1
4
5
1,569
Fig Tree retweeted
Delighted to announce the winner of the @AuthorsClub Best First Novel Award 2025, chosen by #TracyChevalier from our shortlist of six, is #FerdiaLennon for Glorious Exploits publ by @FigTreePenguin: authorsclub.co.uk/best-first…
1
1
105
Fig Tree retweeted
Clare Pollard has won the Tadeusz Bradecki Prize for The Modern Fairies (@FigTreePenguin) for its “history and magic, novelistic depth and sharpness of fable” 👇 thebookseller.com/news/news/…
4
6
1,783
Fig Tree retweeted
‘Phenomenal and powerful’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Girls who Grew Big by @leilamottley is a novel about the joys and entanglements of a fierce group of teenage mothers in a Florida beach town.
Pre-order signed copy: linktr.ee/TheGirlsWhoGrewBig
Netgalley: bit.ly/41806LR
1
1
265
We're hiring!
We're looking for a brilliant editorial assistant to work across our wonderful list of literary fiction, narrative nonfiction, and cookery books. If you're super organised, an avid reader, and bursting with ideas, we'd love to hear from you.
jobsearch.createyourowncaree…
2
5
1,264
Fig Tree retweeted
Congratulations to Stanley Tucci for winning Book of the Year: Non-Fiction Lifestyle & Illustrated for What I Ate in One Year (@PenguinUKBooks @FigTreePenguin) ✨
Our judges agreed that this was an example of "fun" and "quirky" publishing #Nibbies #BritishBookAwards
ALT A dark blue background with the outline of the Nibbie. In the top left corner is The British Book Awards logo and in gold text reads: winner. In white text reads: Book of the Year Non-Fiction Lifestyle & Illustrated
3
14
44
3,550
Fig Tree retweeted
Thrilled to see Rosie Jones supporting Who Wants Normal? by @DrFrancisRyan – a groundbreaking memoir about what it means to be a disabled woman in Britain today.
@FigTreePenguin @DrFrancesRyan #WhoWantsNormal
1
1
6
456
Fig Tree retweeted
#4 Then we have #SIGNED copies of ALBION by Anna Hope @FigTreePenguin - of which Jonathan Coe says: “Superb… engages head on with some of the most urgent and challenging issues facing the world today…” 👇🏻
1
1
127
Fig Tree retweeted
In Who Wants Normal?, I loved chatting to Jameela Jamil, Rosie Jones, Nikki
Fox and more about dating and friendships.
I wrote for @theipaper about one hidden aspect: how friends can go quiet if we’re going through health problems (and what might help). inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/…
1
22
47
2,284