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Everyman’s Library @everymanslibrary.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

What ho! We’re delighted that entries for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction 2026 are now open. Publishers, you have until 12th June 2026 to submit your entries, via the form that you’ll find at www.wodehouseprize.com/how-to-enter

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Everyman’s Library @everymanslibrary.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Ever since Pushkin, Russian poets have been famous for their ability to combine private and public experience in lyric poetry of a comprehensiveness and intensity unmatched elsewhere. This collection includes work by Lermontov, Tyutchev, Fet, Annensky, Mayakovsky, Mandelstam, Pasternak and more

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Everyman’s Library @everymanslibrary.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

In The White Guard, Bulgakov's brilliant and evocative prose, translated by Michael Glenny and introduced by Orlando Figes, brings unforgettably to life the chaotic city of Kyiv in 1918 and sheds fascinating light on the complex, interwoven histories of Ukraine and Russia.

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Everyman’s Library @everymanslibrary.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Edited and introduced by Christoph Keller, Russian Stories rounds up short stories by the Russian literary greats, including Lermontov, Gogol, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Turgenev, Chekhov, Bulgakov and Nabokov, up to contemporary writers such as Tatyana Tolstaya and Nobel Prize winner, Svetlana Alexievich

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Everyman’s Library @everymanslibrary.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Leo Tolstoy was born in Russia on 9 September 1828. While War and Peace and Anna Karenina became his most enduring masterpieces, Resurrection, his last novel, is a dark story in which the whole of Imperial Russian society is tried and found wanting.

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Everyman’s Library @everymanslibrary.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

The archetypal Romantic, killed in a duel at the age of 37, Alexander Pushkin was effectively the founder of modern Russian literature. This volume includes his short fiction, as well as unfinished fragments, introduced by John Bayley, and translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky.

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Everyman’s Library @everymanslibrary.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

In 1899 the Department for the Production of State Documents asked famous stage-designer Ivan Bilibin to illustrate a series of fairy tales. This, with ten other traditional tales, make up our Russian Fairy Tales collection, for which all Bilibin's original artwork has been faithfully reproduced.

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Everyman’s Library @everymanslibrary.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Alongside Ivan Turgenev, we're proud to publish many renowned Russian writers of prose, plays and poetry, many of whom challenged the cultural and political establishment of their times. To begin, why not try the poetry of Anna Akhmatova, translated here by D M Thomas?

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Everyman’s Library @everymanslibrary.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

This month, we published a new, collected edition of Nest of the Gentry and Virgin Soil by Ivan Turgenev. Turgenev was a supreme artist; in these novels, one early and one late in his career, his humanity, his love for nature and for the Russian countryside, shine through the elegance of his prose.

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Everyman’s Library @everymanslibrary.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Follow your spirit, and upon this charge Cry 'God for Harry, England, and Saint George!' Wishing a very happy birthday to the Bard himself, William Shakespeare, today and a happy St George's Day to all our English readers.

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Everyman’s Library @everymanslibrary.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

While her escape from Sweet Home shows her fierce determination to protect Denver, so her tragic act, on which the novel hinges, can be read as the ultimate demonstration of maternal love: Sethe will not allow her children to experience the pain and trauma of enslavement that she has had to endure.

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Everyman’s Library @everymanslibrary.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

In Beloved, Sethe is torn between her love for her children and her recognition of the incompatibility of motherhood with enslavement. She barely remembers her own mother and, as Paul D observes of Sethe and Denver, “to love anything that much was dangerous, especially if it was her children.”

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Everyman’s Library @everymanslibrary.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Mothers in literature come in many forms: caring, tender, powerful, angry or even absent. But the most iconic literary mothers stay with the reader long after the book is finished.

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Everyman’s Library @everymanslibrary.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona daoibh! A happy St Patrick's Day to our Irish readers. Consider this your reminder to pick up an Irish classic today: ☘️ Irish Stories ☘️ Irish Poems ☘️ The Complete Novels by Flann O'Brien ☘️ The Book of Evidence, and The Sea by John Banville ☘️ Dubliners by James Joyce

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Everyman’s Library @everymanslibrary.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Today we publish Dangerous Liaisons by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, translated by Richard Aldington and introduced by Peter Washington. With devotees as varied as Marie Antoinette and Virginia Woolf, it is a unique combination of sentiment and brutality, psychological insight and erotic tenderness.

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Everyman’s Library @everymanslibrary.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

A haunting tale of lost causes and lost love, The Remains of the Day, winner of the Booker Prize, contains Ishiguro's now celebrated evocation of life between the wars in a Great English House. Within its walls can be heard ever more distinct echoes of the violent upheavals spreading across Europe.

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Everyman’s Library @everymanslibrary.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Lady Chatterley's Lover shocked its original audience with its portrayal of adulterous love across the class divide as well as its explicit descriptions of sex. It remains a hymn to erotic love and an impassioned treatise on 'tender-hearted fucking' as salvation from the sterility of modern life.

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Everyman’s Library @everymanslibrary.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

When poverty drives Tess Durbeyfield to claim kinship with the wealthy D'Urbervilles, her 'cousin' Alec proves to be her downfall. Another man, Angel Clare, seems to offer her love and salvation, but Tess must choose whether to reveal her past or remain silent in the hope of a peaceful future.

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Everyman’s Library @everymanslibrary.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

We wish our readers a happy Valentine’s Day, courtesy of Jane Austen’s much-loved story of contrasting sisters and hidden longing, Sense and Sensibility. #lovestories #ireadclassics #classiclovestories #tragiclovestories #yearning

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Everyman’s Library @everymanslibrary.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

‘Be with me always – drive me mad! only do not leave me!’ Wuthering Heights, a novel of impossible desires, violence and transgression, is a masterpiece of unsettling power, chronicling the passion, betrayal and bitter vengeance between the foundling Heathcliff and heiress Catherine Earnshaw

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Everyman’s Library @everymanslibrary.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

By the end of a summer day in 1934, the lives of Briony Tallis, her sister Cecilia and Robbie, Cecila's childhood friend, will have been changed for ever. Robbie and Cecilia will cross a boundary and Briony will commit a crime for which she will spend the rest of her life trying to atone...

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Everyman’s Library @everymanslibrary.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

As Valentine’s Day approaches, we wanted to dedicate this month to stories of love, yearning, longing, transgression and heartbreak. To begin, we suggest two perfectly romantic Pocket Poets: Love Speaks Its Name and Love Letters, both ideal gifts for a loved one. Visit the link in our bio for more

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Everyman’s Library @everymanslibrary.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Is 2026 the year you read more modern classics written by women? We have just the thing: why not try this collected edition of The Bookshop, The Gate of Angels and The Blue Flower by Penelope Fitzgerald. These novels all display her characteristic wit, intellectual breadth and narrative brilliance.

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Everyman’s Library @everymanslibrary.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Is ‘a book by a Nobel Prize winner’ on your reading goals list this year? If so, we recommend Independent People by Halldór Laxness, introduced by John Freeman, a masterly realist novel evoking in rich detail a family and a rural community struggling to survive in the starkest of landscapes.

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Everyman’s Library @everymanslibrary.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Ye Pow’rs wha mak mankind your care, And dish them out their bill o’ fare, Auld Scotland wants nae skinking ware That jaups in luggies; But, if ye wish her gratefu’ prayer, Gie her a Haggis! Wishing a very happy Burns night to you all – Slàinte Mhath!

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Everyman’s Library @everymanslibrary.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Looking for a memoir in translation to read in 2026? Hope Against Hope is an account of Stalin's persecution of the Russian intelligentsia, and of Osip Mandelstam (1891-1938) whose poetry, in spite of the unfolding tragedy of his life, continued to shine

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Everyman’s Library @everymanslibrary.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas, from all of us at Everyman’s Library. We’ll be taking a winter break until 5th January and we hope that you, like us, are taking the time to rest and revive. ‘And so, as Tiny Tim observed, God bless Us, Every One!’

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Everyman’s Library @everymanslibrary.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Christmas Eve has often been a time for friends and families to gather and tell stories. So, let us turn to this collection of seasonal tales of all varieties. Each of these stories is imbued with Christmas spirit of one kind or another, and all are richly and indelibly entertaining.

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Everyman’s Library @everymanslibrary.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

As our thoughts turn from present-buying to frivolity, it’s the ideal moment to treat ourselves to a few tales from Party Stories. All kinds of literary greats consort in this festive gathering, a perfect gift for readers and partygoers alike.

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Everyman’s Library @everymanslibrary.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Thinking of that friend who loves a beer festival or mixing the perfect martini? Treat them to a copy of Shaken and Stirred Intoxicating Stories or Hip Hops: Poems about Beer -- cheers! 🥂

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Everyman’s Library @everymanslibrary.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

For those who love the great outdoors, what better gift than a book that allows them to explore nature, whatever the weather? Whether they favour a stroll by the riverside, a woodland walk, a countryside ramble or pottering in the flowerbeds, there’s a collection for them here.

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Everyman’s Library @everymanslibrary.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Looking for something to entertain the lyricist in your life? As well as chic treasuries of lyrics by Sondheim and Cohen, Jazz Poems demonstrates the powerful influence of this vibrant musical genre on American poetry, from the 1920s to the present day.

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Everyman’s Library @everymanslibrary.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

There’s not long left to buy those final gifts, so please allow us to share a few suggestions for literary stocking fillers... Shopping for a cat or dog lover? These story collections are for those who like nothing better than curling up with their furry friend and reading a good book.

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Everyman’s Library @everymanslibrary.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

The Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize is the only literary accolade to present its winner with their very own pig. Here's this year’s winner, Rosanna Pike, with her new companion, aptly named after her winning novel: A Little Trickerie . #BEWP2025 #ChampagneBollinger Photo: Laurie Fletcher

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Everyman’s Library @everymanslibrary.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

The Vintage Bollinger Prize, celebrating 25 years of the funniest fiction, is received by Marina Lewycka’s partner Donald and her daughter Sonia. A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian won the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction in 2005. #VintageBollingerPrize #ChampagneBollinger

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Everyman’s Library @everymanslibrary.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

And here’s our winner of the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction 2025, Rosanna Pike, for her debut novel A Little Trickerie. Congratulations again, Rosanna, from all the judges and everyone at Everyman’s Library and Champagne Bollinger. #BEWP2025 #funnyfiction #ChampagneBollinger

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Everyman’s Library @everymanslibrary.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

The winner of the Vintage Bollinger Prize, celebrating 25 years of the funniest comic fiction, is A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka. We’re incredibly lucky that Marina's enduring legacy is one of laugh-out-loud literature. #VintageBollingerPrize #BEWP2025 #ChampagneBollinger

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Everyman’s Library @everymanslibrary.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

The winner of the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction 2025 is A Little Trickerie by Rosanna Pike! Judge James Naughtie said, “Silky and effervescent, it bubbles with wit and style”. Huge congratulations to Rosanna and the team at Fig Tree #BEWP2025 #funnyfiction #ChampagneBollinger

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Everyman’s Library @everymanslibrary.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Did you spot this interview in @FiveBooks.com with our Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize judge Stephanie Merritt? It’s one week until we announce our winner so it’s the perfect time to try a book from our shortlist! fivebooks.com/best-books/t... #bewprize2025 #funnyfiction #bollingerchampagne

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Everyman’s Library @everymanslibrary.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

We couldn't be happier that LoveReading are joining the celebration! They're offering one lucky reader the chance to win copies of all our previous winners, plus a bottle of Bollinger Special Cuvée. To find out how you can enter, and all the details, head to www.lovereading.co.uk/competitions...

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Celebrate the Vintage Bollinger Prize with us! Win all 24 winners plus a bottle of Bollinger Special Cuvee

To mark the Silver Jubilee of the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction, the Vintage Bollinger Prize will also be awarded in addition to the regular prize.

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Everyman’s Library @everymanslibrary.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

As you all know, the Vintage Bollinger Prize will be awarded on 1 December alongside the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction. This magnificent 'winner of winners' award will be chosen from our side-splitting past recipients.

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Everyman’s Library @everymanslibrary.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

This Halloween, we celebrate Mary Shelley, who wrote what is widely considered to be the first work of science fiction, aged only 19: Frankenstein. If you can’t wait for Guillermo del Toro’s adaptation to drop on Netflix, dive now into this groundbreaking novel... buff.ly/8IEtEp0

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BookBlast® Official @bookblast.org · 08/10/2025

A classic, to reread and consider in the light of the grim mess the West is in…..

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Rose Knapp 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @roseknapp.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Poems About Trees @everymanslibrary.bsky.social ‬⁩ H.D., Denise Levertov #poetry #trees

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Pushkin Press @pushkinpress.com · 27/10/2025

Cheers to Last Acts being shortlisted for the 2025 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction 🥂 ‘A magnificently humane book about losers’ - @IrishTimes ‘A rare thing in fiction these days: genuine humour’ - George Saunders

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Everyman’s Library @everymanslibrary.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

What ho! We are delighted to share this year's shortlist for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction. Which will you pick up first? Chair of the judges Peter Florence said: “Whichever novel wins will be a comic banger Wodehouse might enjoy.” Our winner will be announced on 1st Dec 🍾

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Everyman’s Library @everymanslibrary.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Few authors reach the brilliance of Toni Morrison. Beloved, a spellbinding portrait of a woman haunted by the past, may be her best loved novel of all, and our Everyman's Library edition is presented with an introduction from A. S. Byatt. #BHM #BlackClassics www.penguin.co.uk/books/373082...

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Everyman’s Library @everymanslibrary.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

The Intuitionist is Colson Whitehead’s debut novel. Set in a darkly comic otherworld, heroine Lila Mae, the very first Black female elevator inspector, must clear her name and discover the secret formula of the Perfect Elevator at the same time. #BHM www.penguin.co.uk/books/457478...

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Everyman’s Library @everymanslibrary.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Nella Larsen was a major figure in the Harlem Renaissance. In her brilliant literary career, Larsen wrote piercing dramas about the black middle class that featured sensitive, spirited heroines struggling to find a place where they belong #BHM #BlackClassics www.penguin.co.uk/books/456310...

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