PRE-ORDER Those Who Vanish - Patricia Grace King | published 03 September 2026

Durham's own Patricia Grace King's collection of short stories is the 2026 recipient of the prestigious Drue Heinz Literature Prize and we are thrilled to be taking pre-orders ahead of its UK publication on Thursday 3 September. Order NOW to have your copy sent to you or to pick up in-store on publication!

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Taking place during the decades-long civil conflict, Those Who Vanish follows the stories of Guatemalan citizens and North American expats set on a collision course by war.

Martyrs and missionaries, guerrillas and gringos are thrown together amid political violence. A peace worker shelters a rebel fighter. An exile returns to confront the legacy of her parents’ murders. The Virgin Mary begins appearing above an elderly woman’s stove. Set in a world of daily disappearances, the collection addresses a vital question: When all certainties are snatched away, what remains of lives, of memory, of faith?