Dear Historian

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Jonathan Cape
17 March 2026

Graphic novels: literary & memoirs

Improbable friends Margaret and Lucy navigate their age gap, the cult of personality, graveyards in the rain and bad knees- from cult graphic novelist Joff Winterhart

'One of the most talented graphic novelists in the UK' ZADIE SMITH

'An unmitigated delight' OBSERVER
*Graphic Novel of the Month
*

Improbable friends Margaret and Lucy navigate their age gap, the cult of personality, graveyards and bad knees- from cult-favourite graphic novelist Joff Winterhart

At this point in her life, septuagenarian Margaret is particular about the things she likes. These include looking out of train windows, graveyards in the rain, an afternoon sherry. But most of all, it is her lifelong subject, the obscure 17th century polymath J.

W Preece, who she has devoted her life to studying.

Margaret doesn't like- drawing attention to herself, extravagant behaviour and television.

When she meets a young history TV producer, Lucy, they form a tentative bond, despite Margaret's reluctance to be drawn into the media world. Several decades Margaret's junior, heartbroken and unsure of herself, Lucy finds curious new inspiration as she falls under the spell of Margaret's passions.

With inimitable sensitivity and humour, cult-favourite graphic novelist Joff Winterhart returns with an irresistible portrait of two women navigating their age gap, loss, self-made-celebrity-historians, and bad knees...

'Just when I thought I couldn't love Joff Winterhart more, along came Dear Historian. It has all the wry humanity and keen eye for detail that won Driving Short Distances and Days of the Bagnold Summer such passionate fans' PATRICK GALE

'Even in the prose aisles, you'd be hard-pressed to find a piece of literary fiction as nuanced and beautiful as this.' VULTURE, on Other People

By: Joff Winterhart
Imprint: Jonathan Cape
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 277mm, Width: 210mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 931g
ISBN: 9781787332669
ISBN 10: 1787332667
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 17 March 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Joff Winterhart is an artist, writer, occasional film-maker, 'drummer', and dog fan. His graphic novel Days of the Bagnold Summer was shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award in 2012 and adapted into a film. His second graphic novel Driving Short Distances came out in 2017. He also made the animated films Two Guys I know and Violet and Turquoise, which won the Cymru BAFTA for best animation in 2003. He lives in Bristol, where he plays drums and writes songs in the long-running band Bucky, and thinks about getting a new dog.

Reviews for Dear Historian

'A delightful odd-couple story about two women bringing the past to life...I thought it would be hard for Winterhart to top Driving Short Distances, one of my favourite graphic novels of the past 10 years. But somehow, with this rather offbeat premise, he’s managed it...The story Winterhart weaves around this curious clash of personalities is an unmitigated delight' -- Killian Fox * Observer *Graphic Novel of the Month* * Brilliant... Offbeat, poignant, incredibly funny. It will win your heart! -- Claire Powell, author of ALL IN

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