Glyph

· Penguin
Audiobook
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This book will become available on January 29, 2026. You will not be charged until it is released.

About this audiobook

Brought to you by Penguin.

The new novel from bestselling, Booker Prize-shortlisted author Ali Smith - a companion to Gliff

Glyph follows Ali Smith's 2024 novel Gliff and tells a story hidden in the first novel. Gliff is set in a near future rife with surveillance, where people can be labelled 'unverifiable' by the state. It follows siblings Briar and Rose as they attempt to survive in a world that strives to crush curiosity and meaning.


©2025 Ali Smith (P)2025 Penguin Audio

About the author

Ali Smith was born in Inverness in 1962. She is the author of several novels and short story collections including, The Accidental, Hotel World, How to Be Both and the Seasonal Quartet. She has been four times shortlisted for the Booker Prize, has won the Goldsmiths Prize, Orwell Prize, Costa Best Novel Award and the Women’s Prize. Ali Smith lives in Cambridge.

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