Dear readers,
We’re delighted to announce the next five titles from Blackwater Press. Spanning the battlefields of the First World War, the forests of an imagined world, Victorian Central Asia, and the Alaskan wilderness, these forthcoming books showcase the breadth and diversity of our publishing programme.
The Chemist of Berlin, The Horseman of Ulster, The Farmgirl of the Kingdom of Mourne: Sic Transit Gloria Mundi
by Boni Thompson
Publication date: 23 June 2026
Drawing on scholarly research, family history, letters, and photographs, Boni Thompson brings together the lives of Clara Immerwahr, wife of the chemist Fritz Haber, Ulster horseman George McGivern, and farmgirl Ellen Rogers. Their intertwined stories reveal how the First World War shaped both the celebrated figures of history and the ordinary people caught in its wake.
The Wounded Me
by Sherezade García Rangel
Publication date: 14 July 2026
When Peter is sent to capture a child unlike any he has ever encountered, he embarks on a perilous journey alongside the mysterious “bird child” and his companion Jamie. Inspired by Hugo Simberg’s The Wounded Angel and the Venezuelan crisis and diaspora, this haunting literary novel explores belonging, difference, and the powerful allure of charismatic leaders.
Arthur Conolly, Victorian Spy
by David H. Mould
Publication date: 8 September 2026
As Britain and Russia vie for influence across Central Asia in the 1840s, East India Company officer Arthur Conolly undertakes a dangerous mission to forge alliances, expand trade, and combat slavery. David H. Mould recounts the extraordinary life of one of the most fascinating figures of the Great Game.
What About the Scientists?
by Eric Percak
Publication date: 28 September 2026
In 1991, a young writer disappears after participating in a secretive year-long drug trial. More than two decades later, a cache of documents and the discovery of an abandoned research facility begin to reveal what really happened. Told through found documents and personal narrative, Eric Percak’s novel is a compelling literary mystery about ambition, discovery, and the limits of human experimentation.
Tomorrow We Will Do Beautiful Things and Other Stories
by Leah Rogin
Publication date: 27 October 2026
From Iceland to Minnesota, from the Italian Dolomites to the beaches of Spain, Leah Rogin’s debut collection takes readers around the world through the eyes of travellers, dreamers, outsiders, and seekers. By turns funny, poignant, and sharply observed, these stories explore friendship, identity, loneliness, belonging, and the complicated freedoms of movement in a world that remains beautiful. At least for now.
Thank you, as always, for supporting independent publishing and the authors whose work makes it possible. We look forward to sharing these remarkable books with you in the months ahead.
Warm regards,
Blackwater Press
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