Emily St. John Mandel

The best dystopian novels of all time

Our pick of the best dystopian books ever written, from classic authors like George Orwell, Margaret Atwood and Aldous Huxley. 

12 books to read after The Handmaid's Tale

Finished The Handmaid's Tale? Here's our list of the best books to read next.

Ten books about cults

The idea of a cult can be as gripping as being caught in the throes of one. So if you're vulnerable to persuasive plots and mind-altering outcomes, then read on for a selection of books about cults that have drawn us in and changed the way we think.

Station Eleven book club questions

If you have read or are planning to read Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel with your book club (which we would highly recommend), take these questions along to get your discussion started.

The beauty of the book: an homage to book cover finishes

We all know a beautiful book cover when we see one – it can pull you as if by magic from one side of the bookshop to the other with its shiny gold foil or its stroke-me surface. But magic it is not: the clever design and production teams spend hours and days plotting how to make the mo...

Station Eleven, George R. R. Martin's novel of 2014, wins the Arthur C. Clarke Award

We all fell in love with Station Eleven when it first came in on submission to Picador, and we couldn't be more excited that it has won the Arthur C. Clarke Award for science fiction.

The Singer's Gun: a cleverly layered, multi-stranded story

In Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven, a bleak post-apocalyptic world is transformed into something beautiful by following a travelling Shakespearean theatre company as they pass through ruined town to town. She explores art, celebrity, fame and leaves the reader with a nostalgia f...

New book cover designs for Emily St. John Mandel

Not only do we have a brand new cover for the paperback of Station Eleven, out in January 2015, we also have beautiful matching covers for her three other novels, which will be published for the first time in the UK next year.

Apocaliterary fiction and the Museum of Civilisation

The world we live in is a strange one. One full of evil, illness, yet undeniable beauty. It is a world where our elders complain of the younger generation's blunted youth, dumbed down by iPhones, computers and social media; corrupted by gratuitous violence. But in Emily St. John Mandel's ...

The making of Station Eleven

Station Eleven, Emily St. John Mandel's beautiful, dark novel set in the days and years after the collapse of civilisation, has a cover to die for. The humble computer screen doesn't do justice to the fluorescent pink of Pantone 806 C which makes up the lettering of the title, so you'...

FANTASY IN THE COURT - WHY SFF IS ALIVE AND KICKING

Shakespeare, plagues, and a post-apocalyptic novel

On the eve of Shakespeare's 450th birthday, people around the world are preparing to celebrate the Bard and his plays. But what is it about his work that means we still celebrate not only his plays, but also his birthday? Emily St. John Mandel’s novel, Station Eleven, features a tr...

Literary sci-fi?

The nominations for sci-fi literary prizes are looking more like the Man Booker each year. What's going on?