From the million-copy Sunday Times bestselling author of The Lost Bookshop!In a quiet village in Ireland, a mysterious local myth is about to change everything…One hundred years ago, Anna, a young farm girl, volunteers to help an intriguing American visitor translate fairy stories from Irish to English. But all is not as it seems and Anna soon finds herself at the heart of a mystery that threatens her very way of life.In New York in the present day, Sarah Harper boards a plane bound for the West Coast of Ireland. But once there, she finds she has unearthed dark secrets – secrets that tread the line between the everyday and the otherworldly, the seen and the unseen.With a taste for the magical in everyday life, Evie Woods's latest novel is full of ordinary characters with extraordinary tales to tell.Praise for The Story Collector:'An engaging story about unsettled grief…the possibility that magic and the fairies are real is dangled tantalisingly before the reader, but not in a way that might make a sceptic roll their eyes' Historical Novel Society'Woods weaves a great tale of past, present and that timeless other realm, making for a very satisfying read' Sunday IndependentReaders have fallen in love with The Story Collector:‘I highly recommend this book if you enjoy historical fiction and want to learn more about Ireland and its folklore history surrounding the faeries.’ ?????‘Romantic and magical, an adventure to be enjoyed.’ ?????‘Painted beautifully.’ ?????'A bewitching story which I will treasure.’ ?????‘A mystical treasure that echoes with the fairy world power of Ireland. A mesmerising tale told in two timelines where the past unfolds and ripples like a wave into the future.’ ?????'This is the perfect book to read on a winter afternoon in front of the fire.’ ?????'A delightful tale of love and loss and magical stories.’ ?????Previously published as The Story Collector by Evie Gaughan.Evie Woods's book 'The Violin Maker’s Secret' was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 2026-03-09.

A. K. Herman’s wondrous debut story collection imbues people on the periphery with power hardly visible to outsiders — where no one conforms to type. In these stories, we encounter predatory churches, doomed lovers, babies born in secret and boys with wings. "The Believers" is an unforgettable collection that lingers.In the title story, to leave a seemingly friendly and supportive church, a family must risk everything. In “The Iridescent Blue-Black Boy with Wings (After Márquez),” children find a winged boy in a seaside village in Tobago. In “Ready for the Revolution?” uncertain lovers play rough with identity politics, and are set on an unexpected path. In “Drink the Dew,” love and wrath become one, while the young woman in “Inside,” navigates a complicated business arrangement with her lover.In “Love,” a scandalous affair produces a love child, born with a dark omen, while in “Exile,” a pregnant teen from a staunchly religious family, is exiled to have her baby in secret. A gardener in “Love Story No. 8,” falls for a rich man’s daughter to disastrous ends. The Believers is at once poignant, subversive and utterly haunting.