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September 2017

The Growing Season Publication

The Growing Season is out in the world! We celebrated publication with a launch in Waterstones Argyle Street, Glasgow. The Growing Season was also selected as one of the Ten Best Feminist Dystopian Novels by Red and publication week saw a great review in The Big Issue:

“Sedgwick describes her off-kilter world brilliantly and she considers the big ideas in her novel from all sides like a true scientist… It’s smart and thoughtful writing – a novel to make you consider deeply what family means and what the not-too-distant future might hold.”

 

 

Publication week was followed by a trip to London for book signings at Waterstones TCR, Goldsboro Books, LRB, and Hatchards – where I got to sit at Oscar Wilde’s table. And then it was to the BBC for an interview for Radio 4’s Open Book with Mariella Frostrup. If you missed it on the radio, you can listen to it here.

 

 

Finally the Edinburgh launch of The Growing Season was held in the beautiful Golden Hare Books – it was a wonderful event and you can read more about it (and see some photos) here.

When The Dead Come Calling

"Unputdownable. When the Dead Come Calling tracks the toxin which seeped into a village. If you read closer you will see who the 'key workers' are. Helen Sedgwick saw into the future and that future is now! It's an incredible book! READ IT." Lemn Sissay

"Helen Sedgwick has written a novel which creates an atmosphere and tension which suits these times – paranoid, uneasy, at times angry, but with a humanity which offers hope despite everything."  Scots Way Hae!

 

The Growing Season

 

"So enjoyed The Growing Season. Galloped my way to the conclusion, despite wishing it would never end. Smart & provocative." Carys Bray

"An elegant and ingenious narrative, told with skill and sensitivity." Meg Howrey

"Sedgwick keeps us in a suspenseful state of discomfort."  The Guardian

"Asks questions prevalent within today’s society regarding reproduction, feminism and what it means to be individual… beautifully written and incredibly thought-proving."  Book Snail Reads

The Comet Seekers

 

"Readers will be enveloped in the magical world that Sedgwick creates and will grapple with the big issues she tackles - love, family, freedom, and loneliness. Those drawn to intimate stories of family drama are sure to respond to this beautiful, character-driven novel, which is reminiscent of the work of Amy Bloom and Elizabeth Strout." Booklist

"[Helen Sedgwick] has created an enigmatic and original lead, the kind of girl who wonders, 'Why draw a square house with a triangular roof when you can draw the patterns in the stars?'" Irish Times

"A stellar love story that echoes down decades and centuries." Glamour

"A Spellbinding tale of love and loss, aglimmer with passion and melancholy."  Sunday Express, S Magazine

"Uniquely structured and stylistically fascinating, the multilayered story comes full circle in a denouement that is both heartbreaking and satisfying." Publishers Weekly

"A gorgeous novel that should resonate with fans of Audrey Niffenegger’s The Time Traveller’s Wife… A breathtaking tale full of love, hope and heartbreak. You’ll be utterly captivated from the first page." Elle, Book of the Month

 

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