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Meet the Author ~ Kate Storey
There are some books that you like, there are some books that you love and then there are the books you wish you could wander into, and this for me, is one of them. The Memory Library tells the story of an estranged mother and daughter, Sally and Ella, who are reunited after years spent…
Autism ~ a booksellers guide (podcasts, social media and websites)
‘My hope is that autistic people are able to get the support and love they need in a world that may not always understand who they are. I want to encourage anyone out there who is wanting to learn more to seek help and also listen to other autistic people.’ ~ Morgan Harper Nichols Podcasts…
Autism ~ a booksellers guide (tv & film)
~ ‘You can’t judge a person by their looks. But once you know the other person’s inner self, both of you can be that much closer. From your point of view, the world of autism must look like a deeply mysterious place. So please, spare a little time to listen to what I have to…
Autism ~ a booksellers guide (adults)
‘It has taken me several years of exploration, but I am at a place now where I see autism as neither an affliction nor a superpower. It’s just the blueprint for who I am. There is no cure, but that’s absolutely fine by me. To cure me of my autism would be to cure me…
Autism ~ a booksellers guide (children’s and teen books)
‘This is for the souls, Who never quite fit in, The odd ones out, The misfits – Told to grow a thicker skin. This is for the ones, Who feel alien, weird and wrong – Like everybody knows The Rules, While they’re left to tag along.’ ~ A Different Sort of Normal, Abigail Balfe. ~…
Books to Celebrate Pride
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 Davey…
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 about…
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 scone…
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 is…
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 to…
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 wrote…
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 during…
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 our…
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 Dover…
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 of…
A Summer of Hampstead
‘One benefit of Summer was that each day we had more light to read by.’ – Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle – In 2019 I plucked up the courage to work up town for 3 months whilst on a bookshop course for work, which was some what daunting as I’m not naturally a city person.…
Meet the Author ~ Anna James
Whenever a child or parent comes into the bookshop and asks for a book recommendation for 8-12 year olds, I will inevitably put a copy of Pages & Co. – Tilly and the Bookwanderers into their hands whether it’s for a girl, a boy, an avid bookworm or a reluctant reader. Ask any of my…
Diverse Comics & Graphic Novels
Kamala Khan: self-professed gamer and superhero geek is 16 years old, a first generation Muslim Pakistani-American who lives with her strict but loving family in New Jersey USA. Life as a teenager can be pretty hard at times especially when you feel like you don’t fit in but with her two closest friends Bruno Carrelli…
The Ghost of Gosswater by Lucy Strange
The Ghost of Gosswater is Lucy Strange’s third novel for children and she doesn’t disappoint her readers in the slightest! Atmospheric, chilling, intriguing and slightly gothic, the story of 12-year-old Lady Agatha Asquith (better known as Aggie) is set over several weeks, starting from a few days before Christmas 1899 through to the first couple…
Midwinter Storybooks
The stories of Brambly Hedge are as quintessential to childhood for me as figgie pudding is on Christmas Day. With many stories from Brambly Hedge following the seasons of the year, we visit Brambly Hedge twice at Christmastime – once in The Winter Story and again in The Secret Staircase. With beautiful (and I mean…
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