Lila Cain

LILA CAIN is the pen name for writing duo, Kate Griffin and Marcia Hutchinson. Kate Griffin won the Faber / Stylist magazine competition with Kitty Peck and the Music Hall Murders and went on to write three more novels in the series. Marcia Hutchinson worked as a lawyer before founding educational publishing company Primary Colours and was awarded an MBE for services to Cultural Diversity in 2010. Her solo debut novel Mercy is due for publication in summer 2025.

Journal & Events

  • Glass Bell Award - SHORTLIST 2026

    Glass Bell Award - SHORTLIST 2026

    Rebecca McDonnell

    Goldsboro Books is delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2026 Glass Bell Award, celebrating six exceptional novels chosen from a long list of twelve outstanding books. This year's shortlist...

    Rebecca McDonnell

    Glass Bell Award - SHORTLIST 2026

    Goldsboro Books is delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2026 Glass Bell Award, celebrating six exceptional novels chosen from a long list of twelve outstanding books. This year's shortlist...

  • Fresh Ink: November 2026 Revealed

    Fresh Ink: November 2026 Revealed

    Rebecca McDonnell

    Why We Chose Hope House by Joe Bond for Fresh Ink, November 2026 “A rare, brilliant, generous, bighearted book that mines hope from the darkest and most difficult human experiences.”—...

    Rebecca McDonnell

    Fresh Ink: November 2026 Revealed

    Why We Chose Hope House by Joe Bond for Fresh Ink, November 2026 “A rare, brilliant, generous, bighearted book that mines hope from the darkest and most difficult human experiences.”—...

  • PREM1ER: November 2026 Revealed

    PREM1ER: November 2026 Revealed

    Rebecca McDonnell

    For November 2026, we wanted to choose a novel that would bring something completely different to the PREM1ER collection: witty, original, wonderfully eccentric and utterly absorbing. Peck & Peck by...

    Rebecca McDonnell

    PREM1ER: November 2026 Revealed

    For November 2026, we wanted to choose a novel that would bring something completely different to the PREM1ER collection: witty, original, wonderfully eccentric and utterly absorbing. Peck & Peck by...

  • New Doors, New Readers, the Same Goldsboro

    New Doors, New Readers, the Same Goldsboro

    David H Headley

    On 27 August, I will be in Kuala Lumpur with Daniel to officially open Goldsboro Books’ first international shop. Even now, writing those words feels extraordinary. Goldsboro has travelled a...

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    David H Headley

    New Doors, New Readers, the Same Goldsboro

    On 27 August, I will be in Kuala Lumpur with Daniel to officially open Goldsboro Books’ first international shop. Even now, writing those words feels extraordinary. Goldsboro has travelled a...

    1 comment
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