AUTUMN - The Story of a Season - Kate Mosse
Published 09:58 on 21 Sep 2026
An atmospheric journey through the misty marshlands of Sussex from beloved bestselling novelist Kate Mosse launched at the Assembly Room, Chichester on the 10th September
I remember the chill autumn days, the air heavy with the smell of bonfires and dusk, damp mulch of leaves underfoot.
In Autumn, Kate Mosse celebrates the time of shifting light, sharpening pencils and crisp mornings. In a magical adventure through the season, she describes the ever-changing colours of the autumn landscape, the crunch of leaves underfoot, the drift of migrating birds and the last of the sun's warmth for the year.
She takes us to the Sussex marshlands of her childhood, when they are at their mulchy, misty, golden-hued best. In the reed banks she spots plovers and Goldeneye duck. Along the sea wall, she glimpses purple sea lavender, Brent geese and curlews, in the oak pond, herons and little egrets.
Exploring folklore, nature and creativity, this is a love-letter to Sussex and an atmospheric portrait of the autumn season from one of our best-loved writers.
Full of warmth and joy, love of people, places, and nature. I adored this book Caroline Quentin
Kate Mosse, CBE, is an award-winning novelist, playwright, performer, campaigner, performer, interviewer and non-fiction writer. The author of eleven novels and short-story collections, four works of non-fiction and three plays, her books have been translated into thirty-eight languages and published in more than forty countries. The inspiration for all of Kate's writing is place and the stories that come out of the landscape of southwest France, Holland, South Africa and her native Sussex. The Founder Director of the Women's Prize for Fiction and the Women's Prize for Non-Fiction, she is also the founder of the global #WomanInHistory campaign, a visiting professor in creative writing and contemporary fiction at the University of Chichester, and a Trustee of the British Library. In January 2024, she was awarded a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to literature, women and charity.
