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July is set to be a big month here at Scribe, with seven brilliant new books coming to bookshops. There is a book that delves into the lives of owls and another that dives into the psyche of billionaire stockbrokers, a science-backed guide to healing, a searing graphic nonfiction adaptation, a devastating piece of historical fiction from Indonesia, some handy foul-mouthed psychology, and a mythological retelling of the Greek myth of Persephone.

For fans of The Black Swan, Chaos Kings is a fascinating deep dive into the world of billion-dollar traders and high-stakes crisis predictors who strive to turn extreme events into financial windfalls. From the New York Times bestselling author of The Bird Way, What an Owl Knows is a brilliant scientific exploration of owls that investigates why these remarkable and yet mysterious animals exert such a hold on human imagination. Complete with a foreword from Dr Jason Fung (author of The Obesity Code), The Essential Guide to Intermittent Fasting for Women is a groundbreaking guide with step-by-step advice for preventing and reversing metabolic disease. A new addition to our graphic novel list, Flic is an exposé of the inner workings and politics of the police; it is an urgent story for our times, and a gripping work of French comics journalism. Translated by the author herself, Birth Canal is a dazzling novella from a rising star of Indonesian literature that explores what it means to be a woman — whoever you are, wherever you are, and whenever it is in history and time. Unf*ck Your Brain is a no-nonsense guide on how to cope with a slew of mental-health issues that are hellbent on ruining the lives of millions of people worldwide. A glittering debut, No Season but the Summer takes the classic myth of Persephone and reimagines it completely, asking what will happen when our oldest stories fail us, when all the rules have changed.

Find out more about our July books below. For a chance to win a copy, head to our Facebook or Instagram where you can let us know what interests you and why.