To celebrate Pride month I’ve gathered together a few of my favourite reads that celebrate the Lgbtqiap+ community for all ages. There are plenty more that I would love to recommend but here are some of my favourites, I hope you’ll find something you enjoy 🙂 My Magic Family by Lotte Jeffs & Sharon DaveyContinue reading “Books to Celebrate Pride”
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Festive Favourites
We all have our favourite Christmas traditions that make our December special so I thought I’d share some that my family and friends love to do each year. From favourite movies to festive music, midwinter activities to seasonal reads there’s something for all ages. I hope you enjoy 🙂 (If you’d like to read aboutContinue reading “Festive Favourites”
Tom Allen ~ No Shame
In No Shame Tom Allen looks back on his early life from childhood through to the awkwardness of his adolescence years to his tentative first polished-shoed steps into the world of adulthood. He narrates his experiences engagingly and puts the reader at instant ease, almost as if you’re both sitting down over a nice sconeContinue reading “Tom Allen ~ No Shame”
Autumnal Beginnings
Hello everyone and happy autumn! I hope wherever you are in the world, that you are keeping well and enjoying the season. I’ve not posted on here for quite a while due to the busyness of work and my university photography course, but oh how I’ve missed writing here! It’s no secret that autumn isContinue reading “Autumnal Beginnings”
Meet the Author ~ Simon James Green
I’ve been lucky enough to work with Simon on several book events and each time has been an absolute pleasure, as has witnessing the love that readers have for his books. When I started out as a bookseller there weren’t many mainstream LGBT+ books out there for children and teens but I’m very pleased toContinue reading “Meet the Author ~ Simon James Green”
Meet the Author ~ Gianna Pollero
1. How did you become a children’s author and was it something you always wanted to do? I have wanted to be a children’s author for as long as I can remember so have written a multitude of stories over the years. Although I tried for a long time before, it wasn’t until I wroteContinue reading “Meet the Author ~ Gianna Pollero”
Dear Hope
I think it’s safe to say that everyone has faced some kind of hardship over the last year. From the obvious continuing difficulties of living through a pandemic to inequalities of all kinds, police brutality to political unsteadiness, devastating assaults to financial hardships, let alone the loneliness, worry and isolation that we’ve all experienced duringContinue reading “Dear Hope”
Books to help with Grief & Heartache
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy Now this book is one I can’t easily categorise for the simple fact that I don’t know of any other book quite like it. It’s appeal is universal from when we’re tiny tots to when we’re aged with laughter lines etched in ourContinue reading “Books to help with Grief & Heartache”
January Treasures
The Extraordinary Hope of Dawn Brightside by Jessica Ryn If there’s one book to bring hope from 2020 into this grey time we’ve all found ourselves in, I’d put a copy of The Extraordinary Hope of Dawn Brightside (that’s “Brightside one word”) at the very top of the pile! Set on the coast of DoverContinue reading “January Treasures”
Meet the Author – Lucy Strange
Since then, it’s needless to say, that Lucy has become not only one of my own favourite children’s authors but has become a staple on the bookshelves of booksellers, children, teachers and readers up and down the country (and even across seas too!), and has bought the love of reading to countless children, some ofContinue reading “Meet the Author – Lucy Strange”
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