Urbane Publications is an independent publisher of bestselling crime, thriller, contemporary and literary fiction, as well as non-fiction and business books.
At Urbane Publications we are proud to publish original and compelling titles, and bring you the writing of new and established authors.
Paul Burgess recalls how a split minute decision saved his life on 9/11... "Because I remember exactly where I was on the morning of 9/11. I was in Newark airport, NYC, preparing to board a plane to Las Vegas for the honeymoon trip of a lifetime. A late change of...
The five essential tips to returning to work after having a baby, caring for a loved one, taking a break... you name the break, She's Back has the answer and the Guardian knows it! Read more
OSWESTRY market day in December 1176 is the starting point for Avery, a bard with a haunting voice from York and Dog, A Welsh harpist who both find themselves joining together on their way to Cardigan to compete in what was effectively the first Welsh Eisteddfod, writes Barry Jones of...
Our best-selling book, The Brain Always Wins, by John Sullivan and Chris Parker is now available in audio format from Audible. Lie back and listen-up!
Even whilst I was writing it I could sense it all perfectly, and despite what I was doing, and the fact that I was also starting to inwardly feel uncomfortable, I couldn’t stop myself. I wanted to make sure that everyone who reads that scene feels as I did — or maybe...
Tasmanian author, Charles Rawlings-Way chats about his passion project about the Glaswegian rock group del Amitri. Start listening at 1 hour 8 minutes.
In a comic register pitched somewhere between John Dufresne and Scott Bradfield, with sexual politics baked sometime in the early 1980s, Through Hollow Lands by Thomas Paul Burgess is an inventive, extravagant, high-energy thrill ride of a book. Read more here.
But this is no police procedural or whodunnit. Instead, it’s a dizzying feat of the imagination in which the Devil wants a break from the literally hellish work of tormenting sinners and the unworthy. To get some holiday time, he set ups Hell Corp... Read the full article on HellCorp...
Meet the women who want to crack the return-to-work problem - starting with telling you to 'toughen up'. She's Back, by Lisa Unwin and Deb Khan, aims to help hundreds of thousands of professional women who have taken an extended career break, usually to raise a family, when they realise...
Evie Gaughan, author of the recently published The Story Collector, tells the Irish Times about her love of Irish folklore and the new wave of adult fairytales: "Celtic mysticism is rooted in our landscape, but as the modern world encroaches on our wild environment, we are being cut off from...
