Friday Giveaway: The perfect way to deal with winter…
17 January, 2014
There is really only one way to deal with a cold and chilly winter. 1. Stay indoors and get comfortable under your favourite blanket. 2. Choose a pertinent novel set in the dead of winter (pun intended) so you don’t lose the wintry atmosphere but can feel doubly snug and smug at the fact that […]
Revisiting an important time in history
6 January, 2014
As we gear up for the Academy Awards season, the talk of the moment is 12 Years a Slave – a film which will hit UK cinemas on 28 January and ย follows the story of Solomon Northup, who was kidnapped and sold into slavery in the 1840s. ย Already nominated for seven Golden Globes, critics appear […]
On the Twelfth Day of Christmas…
20 December, 2013
My true love sent to me… Today’s snippet from The Mischief of the Mistletoe: “of the effigy.” Now you should have the complete quote! (Read the previous posts if you are missing any clues) and you canย enter our 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway now to win all twelve books!
On the Eleventh Day of Christmas…
19 December, 2013
My true love sent to me… Win all the books in our 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway – find out how here. Today’s snippet from The Mischief of the Mistletoe: “marble hands” Find the previous clue in yesterday’s blog post.ย Next instalment tomorrowโฆ
On the Tenth Day of Christmas…
18 December, 2013
My true love sent to me… Win all the books in our 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway – find out how here. Today’s snippet from The Mischief of the Mistletoe: “in the cold” Find the previous clue in yesterday’s blog post.ย Next instalment tomorrowโฆ
On the Ninth Day of Christmas…
17 December, 2013
My true love sent to me… Win all the books in our 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway – find out how here. Today’s snippet from The Mischief of the Mistletoe: “perched” Find the previous clue in yesterday’s blog post.ย Next instalment tomorrowโฆ
On the Eighth Day of Christmas…
16 December, 2013
My true love sent to me… Win all the books in our 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway – find out how here. Today’s snippet from The Mischief of the Mistletoe: “so purposefully” Find the previous clue in Friday’s blog post.ย Next instalment tomorrowโฆ
On the Seventh Day of Christmas…
13 December, 2013
My true love sent to me… Win all the books in our 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway – find out how here. Today’s snippet from The Mischief of the Mistletoe: “Christmas pudding” Find the previous clue in yesterday’s blog post.ย Next instalment on Mondayโฆ
On the Sixth Day of Christmas…
12 December, 2013
My true love sent to me… Win all the books in our 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway – find out how here. Today’s snippet from The Mischief of the Mistletoe: “wrapped” Find the previous clue in yesterday’s blog post.ย Next instalment tomorrowโฆ
On the Fifth Day of Christmas…
11 December, 2013
My true love sent to me… Win all the books in our 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway – find out how here. Today’s snippet from The Mischief of the Mistletoe: “the gaily” Find the previous clue in yesterday’s blog post.ย Next instalment tomorrowโฆ
On the Fourth Day of Christmas…
10 December, 2013
My true love gave to me… Win all the books in our 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway – find out how here. Today’s snippet from The Mischief of the Mistletoe: “about it,” See the previous clue here.ย Next instalment tomorrowโฆ
On the Third Day of Christmas…
9 December, 2013
My true love gave to me… Win all the books in our 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway – find out how here. Today’s snippet from The Mischief of the Mistletoe: “a little macabre” See the previous clue here.ย Next instalment tomorrowโฆ
On the Second Day of Christmas…
6 December, 2013
My true love sent to me… Win all the books in our 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway – find out how here. Today’s snippet from The Mischief of the Mistletoe: “something…” See yesterday’s clue here.ย Next instalment Monday…
On the First Day of Christmas…
5 December, 2013
My true love sent to me… Win all the books in our 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway – find out how here. Today’s snippet from The Mischief of the Mistletoe: “There was…”
Get ready for our 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway
4 December, 2013
Starting tomorrow, we’ll be celebrating the 12 Days of Christmas – with a literary twist! So if you fancy a bit of festive fun and a chance to win a lovely pile of books, follow this blog and look out for a snippet of text from a line in the festive mystery, The Mischief […]
What’s better than playing with a toy train?
3 December, 2013
Did you like to play with trains as a kid? I certainly did.ย Seeing as one of my favourite books as a child was The Little Engine that Could, the Christmas where Santa brought me a steam-engine-train-set remains a highlight in the memory bank of past Christmasses. I’d still get a kick out of one […]
Have your cake and eat it.
26 November, 2013
There’s a National Day of Something for every day of the year.ย And we’ve come to the point where we’re doubling up – there aren’t enough days in the calendar to give a National Day to all the Somethings we want to dedicate a National Day to. And half the time we get confused with […]
Friday Fun: Alternative Book Titles…
15 November, 2013
Oh, the little pleasures in life.ย Hearing a robin sing, kicking up a pile of crunchy autumn leaves, sipping the perfect cup of tea, coming across an accidental renaming ofย a book title… You know what I mean – when someoneย refers to a book, say, called The Yellow Dog, when it’s actually The Yellow […]
A Yak’s Lesson on How to Rope a Reader in…
28 October, 2013
For those who complain that they have no time to read a whole novel, I’ve come across a lovely little site called YakTale (great name) – where you can take your pick of short stories (from known and unknown writers) listed with the amount of time it takes to actually read it – anywhere between […]
Wednesday Cover Story: Choose your favourite Nicholas Bracewell cover…
16 October, 2013
We’re waiting expectantly for the next three books in the Nicholas Bracewell series to arrive from the printers. I’m actually looking forward to the act of unpacking and placing them on the bookshelf next to the other titles in the series. This probably borders on book-fetishism but the attractive packaging is immediately heightened when the […]
Celebrate Children’s Book Week!
7 October, 2013
Today marks the start of Children’s Book Week – with special events and activities taking place in bookshops and libraries across the country, aimed at encouraging children to explore the joys of reading… and an excuse for us adults to think about our favourite childhood reads. You can find out more about the celebrations on […]
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