Below you will find the latest details on publication dates for the new books from Girls Gone By Publishers (GGBP) and other publishers such as Greyladies, Books to Treasure and the Abbey Chronicle

Sally is taking advance orders for all the new titles mentioned here. We ask that you order and pay in advance, so that we can send out the books as soon as they are published, and it also helps us gauge how many to order. You will find details of the postage cost below.

Postage is cheaper for advance orders. Titles are going out of print fast, so do pre-order to be sure of a copy.

The following list of forthcoming titles for the next few months is correct as of  March.

Allan, Mabel Esther [ As Priscilla Hagon]; Mystery at the Villa Bianca; pb Greyladies 2024. Frances Grey takes up a post as secretary at an exclusive finishing school in Switzerland; she enjoys it and gets on well with the girls. But some strange things start to happen, and what started as a young adult school story turns into a tense thriller! Introduction by Sue Sims. New. £12

Brent-Dyer, Elinor; A Future Chalet School Girl pb rep GGBP 2024. New. £13

[Brent-Dyer] Millies of the Chalet School by Sarah Wright; pb GGBP 2024. A new fill-in set in the finishing branch. New. £13

Forest, Antonia; Autumn Term; GGBP 2024. The first Marlow title, first GGBP publication. New. £13

Goudge, Elizabeth; The Joy of the Snow; pb GGBP 2024. This new edition of her autobiography includes a selection of letters written by her in later life which have never been published before. New. £13

Recently published new titles

Allan, Mabel Esther; Over the Sea to School; pb GGBP 2024. Dillion Harvey is reluctant to go to school, but the progressive Dundonay House on Skye is a different matter… New. £13

Allan, Mabel Esther; Shadow Over the Alps; pb GGBP 2023. A group of Sixth formers taken to the Alps face an atmosphere of increasing menace. Can anyone really wish them harm? New. £13

[Brent-Dyer, Elinor]; Lorna’s Last Year at Wynyards by Amy Fletcher pb GGBP 2023. The Lorna duo is a favourite with many, and now this experienced author of Chalet fill-ins has turned her attention to what might have happened to Lorna afterwards. New £13Brent-Dyer, Elinor; Gay from China at the Chalet School; pb rep GGBP 2023. New. £13

Brent-Dyer, Elinor; Redheads at the Chalet School; pb GGBP rep 2023. New £13

[Brent-Dyer] Rosamund Heads the Chalet School by Lisa Townsend; pb GGBP 2003. In the same term that Redheads is set, Rosamund Lilley is the head girl, but is hardly mentioned. So Lisa’s new fill-in fascinatingly rectifies this by bringing us the term’s events from Rosamund’s point of view. New. £13

Brent-Dyer, Elinor; Janie Steps In; pb GGBP rep 2023. The final La Rochelle title. New £13

Allan, Mabel Esther; Amanda Goes to Italy; pb GGBP 2022. New £13

Saville, Malcolm; Malcolm Saville Short Stories; pb GGBP, 2023.  A new collection. New £13

[Brent-Dyer, Elinor]; Maeve of the Chalet School by Helen Barber; pb GGBP 2022. Set in the same term as the CS in the Oberland and Shocks, 12-year-old Maeve makes good resolutions as her elder sister leaves the school and her mother isn’t very well. £13

[Brent-Dyer, Elinor]; Tales from the Chalet School by Helen Barber and Katherine Bruce; pb GGBP 2023. This is a collection of the short stories by two of the most admired writers of “fill-ins”, with 2 new ones in addition. New. £13

Brent-Dyer, Elinor; The Chalet School Wins the Trick; pb GGBP 2022 New £13  This is the final title in GGBP’s publication of all the Chalet School titles, so is something of a milestone!

Brent-Dyer, Elinor; A Challenge for The Chalet School; pb GGBP rep 2023 New £13

Brent-Dyer, Elinor; Stepsisters for Lorna; pb GGBP rep 2023. New £13

Forest, Antonia; Run Away Home; pb GGBP rep 2023. New. £13

Goudge, Elizabeth; Sister of the Angels; pb GGBP. £13

Hill, Lorna; No Castanets at the Wells; pb GGBP 2022. New £13

Lewis, Lorna; Tea and Hot Bombs; pb Greyladies 2023. Jackie Lawrence joins the emergency Mobile Canteen Corps to fill in time until she is old enough to join the W.A.A.F. and is immediately in the thick of the London Blitz. Based on the author’s own experiences, this is a fascinating novel of the home front originally published in 1943. New. £12

Matthewman, Phyllis; Pat at the Helm; pb GGBP, 2023.  Pat, Josie and Rusty are now in the Sixth Form at Daneswood, and shouldering more responsibilities, in the face of some opposition from lower down the school. New £13

Oxenham, Elsie J; A Go-Ahead Schoolgirl; pb EJO Soc, 2023. New £16

Saville, Malcolm; The Sign of the Alpine Rose; pb GGBP 2022. Jillies story, set in Austria. New £13

Saville, Malcolm; The Luck of Sallowby pb GGBP 2023. Jillies story. New £13

Shaw, Jane; New House at Northmead; pb GGBP 2022. New £13

Postage Details

Our postage rates for advance orders are below - they offer a bit of a discount on actual postage rates as an incentive to place an order in advance to help with our planning.  It may occasionally be necessary to charge more if a book is significantly bigger, and we may also need to change them when the new postal rates come in.

New titles : 

£1.50  within the UK

£5.00 Ireland / mainland Europe

£7.50  Non-European countries excluding Australia and New Zealand

£9.50 Australia and New Zealand

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