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The Binding

(2018)
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Awards
2020 British Book Award Debut Book of the Year (shortlist)

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SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019

SpellbindingGuardian

Magic’ Erin Kelly

ImmersiveSunday Times

Astounding’ Anna Mazzola

Emmett Farmer is a binder’s apprentice. His job is to hand-craft beautiful books and, within each, to capture something unique and extraordinary: a memory.

If you have something you want to forget, or a secret to hide, he can bind it – and you will never have to remember the pain it caused.

In a vault under his mentor’s workshop, row upon row of books – and secrets – are meticulously stored and recorded.

Then one day Emmett makes an astonishing discovery: one of the volumes has his name on it.

Bridget Collins's book 'The Silence Factory' was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 2024-04-29.


Genre: Fantasy

Praise for this book

"The Binding is a dark chocolate slice of cake with a surprising, satisfying seam of raspberry running through it. It is a rich, gothic entertainment that explores what books have trapped in them and reminds us of the power of storytelling. Spellbinding." - Tracy Chevalier

"Intriguing, thought-provoking and heartbreaking … what a gorgeous book." - Stella Duffy

"The Binding held me captive from the start and refused to set me free. It is a beautifully crafted tale of dark magic and forbidden passion, where unspeakable cruelty is ultimately defeated by enduring love. Breathtaking!" - Ruth Hogan

"Pure magic. The kind of immersive storytelling that makes you forget your own name. I wish I had written it." - Erin Kelly

"What an astounding book … something entirely of its own. Brilliant concept, truly extraordinary writing and a killer plot." - Anna Mazzola

"A moving, spellbinding book with a powerful love story at its heart and one of the best twists I've read in a long time. I fell into and inhabited and loved it. Such a deeply enjoyable and nourishing novel." - Sandra Newman

"An original concept, beautifully written. Collins’ prose is spellbinding." - Laura Purcell


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