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  Chapters by Tim Key

  Tim Key

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  The audiobook of Tim Key's least ambitious project to date. A slim book of the crap he’s been churning out over the past eighteen months.  
  Poems about men getting stuck in webs, poems about the ancient city of Canterbury, poems about canoodling with a rose.  
  A prolific sod, he’s selected ninety of his trademark vignettes and packed them off to Emily Juniper for her to fling onto pages and shape into a book.  
  Discussions ensued about what, if anything, the point of it all was, and a healthy debate as to whether it should be broken up into chapters and, if so, why. All of these discussions are documented in the leftover space around the poems. The result is a splurge of words which very occasionally shine a light on modern times.  
  It is the third book Tim and Emily have generated together. 
  Chapters by Tim Key. 
  Read by Tim Key with Katy Wix as Emily Juniper. 
  Produced, recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell. 
  Executive producer is Ben Williams.  
  Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound. 
  Original book published by Utter & Press, copyright Tim Key, 2023. 
  This recording is copyrighted by Plosive Limited, 2023.

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  Divine Terror - Book 2 (Divine...

  Aisha Urooj

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  Damon and Saynt are back on Earth again, this time for another tough assignment. They are calling the human a 'divine terror'. Who is the new human, terrorizing angels and demons alike? 
  Now that Damon and Saynt are working for different and opposite realms, can they still work together? Or will their new roles cause strife in their friendship? 
  This is the second book in the Divine Error series (a dark comedy/urban fantasy comedy). Expect more fun, loveable, quirky characters; a handsome adversary, and the return of Mr. Whiskers!

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  The Diary of a Secret Royal

  Henry Morris

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  The most scandalous Royal book of the year 
  In a rapidly changing world the Royal Family own swathes of the country, most of the seabed and more money than anyone could ever spend. It is the role of the Chamberlain of the NDAs to keep things that way. 
  From transgressions to successions, travesties to majesties, follow eighteen months in the life of trusted toady Fenton Footlicker Esquire as he takes Queen Elizabeth to rehab, foils a breakout from the Balmoral Labour Camp and runs a counter-espionage unit of royal lookalikes – the Crown Duals. 
  Fenton knows better than anyone that without the monarchy UK tourism would instantly collapse. Which is why he calls himself the Royal Flush: because he always cleans up the messes his charges leave behind. 
  This humorous diary adaptation, filled with satire and pastiche, offers a biographical fiction like no other. Fenton Footlicker Esquire, the Royal Flush, is the best planner, always ready to clean up the royal messes. 
  For fans of Richard Osman (The Last Devil To Die), Robert Galbraith (The Running Grave), Laura Shepherd-Robinson (The Square of Sevens), Amal El-Mohtar (This is How You Lose the Time War), and Wendy Holden (The Princess). 
  HarperCollins 2023

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  Darwin Awards 3 The: Survival of...

  Wendy Northcutt

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  The Darwin Awards III commemorate those who improve our gene pool by removing themselves from it, showing us just how uncommon common sense can be! 
   
  Meet the absentminded terrorist who opens a mail bomb returned to him for insufficient postage. Marvel at the thief who steals electrical wires before shutting off the current. Gape at the would-be pilot who flies his lawn chair suspended from helium balloons into air-traffic lanes. 
   
  These tales of trial and awe-inspiring error illustrate the ongoing saga of survival of the fittest in all its selective glory! The author has appeared in USA Today, Entertainment Weekly, The (NY) Daily News, Boston Herald, Publisher Weekly, BookPage and CNN.com.

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  A Waitākere Werewolf

  Melissa Gunn

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  It's a hot day in the hills. Yearning for a cooling summer swim, Miranda and her brother set off for a sojourn at a dune lake. But there's competition for the water. Will Miranda and her brother get the swim - and the company - they're wanting? Or will a rival pack spoil the day? 
   
  Enter a fantasy version of Aotearoa New Zealand in this short story set in the Woodside Cosy Urban Fantasy world, a place where werewolf packs divide the city into territories, dryads run private investigation firms, and failed seers run bookshops.

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  A Modest Proposal

  Jonathan Swift

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  A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift is one of the most famous and biting works of satire in English literature. First published in 1729, this short but powerful essay uses sharp irony and shocking humor to criticize social injustice, political indifference, and the harsh economic conditions faced by the poor in Ireland.
  
  Swift adopts the voice of a seemingly rational and concerned observer who claims to have discovered a "practical solution" to the widespread poverty and hunger afflicting Irish families. In a tone that mimics the detached logic of political economists, the narrator proposes a disturbing and outrageous plan intended to solve the problems of overpopulation, unemployment, and famine.
  
  Through this deliberately shocking suggestion, Swift exposes the cruelty and moral blindness of those in power who treated human suffering as little more than an economic inconvenience. The essay satirizes the attitudes of wealthy landowners, politicians, and policymakers who ignored the desperate circumstances of the poor while benefiting from the existing system.
  
  What makes A Modest Proposal so powerful is Swift's masterful use of irony. By presenting an obviously inhumane solution in calm, logical language, he forces readers to confront the harsh realities of exploitation and inequality. The essay highlights the dangers of viewing social problems purely through cold economic calculations without compassion or humanity.
  
  Though brief, the work delivers a profound critique of political irresponsibility, class inequality, and colonial exploitation. Swift's fearless satire shocked readers of his time and continues to provoke thought centuries later.
  
  Bold, darkly humorous, and intellectually striking, A Modest Proposal remains a timeless example of satire at its most powerful—a work that uses wit and irony to challenge injustice and awaken moral awareness.

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