Sphere to publish four books with Angela Harding in 2025

Sphere, Little, Brown Book Group will publish four books with Angela Harding in 2025.

Cath Burke, deputy managing director and executive publisher for commercial, acquired world rights from Emily Barrett of The Blair Partnership to Spring Unfurled, Summer’s Hum, Falling Into Autumn and Winter’s Song. The books will be published in hardback and e-book by Burke and Serena Brett, Sphere non-fiction editor, in 2025.

The first in the seasonal quartet series, Spring Unfurled, will be published on 20th February 2025, followed by Summer’s Hum on 29th May 2025, Falling Into Autumn on 28th August 2025 and Winter’s Song on 6th November 2025.

"Available for the first time in collectable small hardback gifting formats, each 80 page title takes readers on a journey through the season, reflecting Angela’s perspective as the nature around her transforms and evolves over the months," the synopsis says. "Taking in landscapes across the UK, via views from Angela’s home studio in Rutland to the Scottish wilderness, from the low-lying marshlands of Suffolk and the windswept hills of Yorkshire, the beautiful illustrations and evocative imagery of the prose make these the perfect books for nature lovers and art lovers everywhere."

This books feature many of the prints from Harding’s previous publications.

Burke said: "Angela is an incredibly talented printmaker, artist and writer and such a joy to work with—she inspires all of us at Little, Brown and is beloved by booksellers across the UK and by readers and admirers of her work everywhere. It is an absolute delight to have the opportunity to work with Angela on her truly beautiful and collectable books celebrating the seasons."