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The Slow Cooker Supper Club – Sue Heath

Published By: One More ChapterPages: 384Released On: 30/09/2026 When professional house sitter Erin moves into Marie’s cosy home at Station Cottages while the widow takes a four-month cruise, the job seems pretty easy: 1. Stay in the house to take care of Marie’s pup, Bella. 2. Keep an eye on Marie’s plantings in the communityContinue reading “The Slow Cooker Supper Club – Sue Heath”

The Librarian’s Secret – Neil Alexander

Published By: EmblaPages: 352Released On: 15/10/2026 1938. Shy nineteen-year-old, Nora O’Brien, leaves behind her life in rural Ireland and boards a ship bound for Australia – carrying little more than a valise and a secret. On board she meets glamorous and unconventional Flo, and begins a thrilling but dangerous journey of self-discovery.2004. Helen cannot forgetContinue reading “The Librarian’s Secret – Neil Alexander”

The Christmas Cookie Bookshop – Anita Faulkner

Published By: HQPages: 352Released On: 22/10/2026 Noémi Blanc loves happy endings. In fact, she runs a cosy bookshop brimming with them. Following a friend’s tragic accident, Noémi is sworn off adventures (and love), and even refuses to bake her mouth-watering, crowd-attracting cookies. Shay Cassidy craves adventures. In a whirlwind of costumes, he opens a pop-upContinue reading “The Christmas Cookie Bookshop – Anita Faulkner”

Murder Most Cryptic – Alys Cummings

Published By: Michael JosephPages: 400Released On: 08/10/2026 Nina is a promising young journalist. She’s also an alcoholic. Once a week, she attends a recovery group in the local church hall. When a stranger walks in one night, the group think they might have a new member. Until he promptly drops dead. The police believe it’sContinue reading “Murder Most Cryptic – Alys Cummings”

The Midnight Lodge – Carly Reagon

Published By: SpherePages: 320Released On: 08/10/2026 Tom Wade arrives at a remote coastal lodge desperate to salvage his PhD and his fragile marriage to Julia. But as the couple settles into the windswept house, old secrets begin to surface – echoes of betrayals and a haunting presence that refuses to rest. Locals say this partContinue reading “The Midnight Lodge – Carly Reagon”

The Frozen King – Pari Thomson

Published By: Macmillan Children’s BooksPages: 352Released On: 01/10/2026Reading Age: 8-11Illustrator: Elisa Paganelli Eleven-year-old Annika may be heir to the ocean-ruled kingdom of Iffenwild, but she’d much rather be sailing with her traveling theatre troupe than learning how to be queen. But when her beloved uncle Max – the king – returns gravely injured from aContinue reading “The Frozen King – Pari Thomson”

The Booker Prize 2026

For some foolish idea, a few years ago I decided to buy and read the whole longlist of the Booker Prize, and it’s a tradition I can’t really afford but do continue to do. When the longlist was announced this year, I realised I’d already read 2 of them, and owned 4 others, so IContinue reading “The Booker Prize 2026”

Goodnight Silver – Abi Elphinstone

Published By: Simon & Schuster Children’s BooksPages: 304Released On: 27/10/2026Illustrated By: Olivia Lomenech GillReading Age: 8+ ‘One last word revealed itself to them stitch by stitch, across the top of the map, until it shone like gold: Whisperfell.’ Emmy doesn’t believe in miracles. In her experience, hoping for extraordinary things never ends well. So, whenContinue reading “Goodnight Silver – Abi Elphinstone”

Life Out of Order – Audrey Niffenegger

Published By: Jonathan CapePages: 560Released On: 13/10/2026 Alba DeTamble is a time traveller, slipping unpredictably through decades like her father before her. But the hardest thing she carries isn’t the burden of futures she can’t understand, or pasts she cannot change – it’s a secret: she is in love with two different people. Each ofContinue reading “Life Out of Order – Audrey Niffenegger”

The Complicated Magic of Roald Dahl

There are some children’s books that you remember reading, and then there are children’s books that seem to have become part of the furniture of your childhood. Roald Dahl firmly belongs in the second category. His books have been passed from one generation to another for decades, read aloud at bedtime, discovered in school libraries,Continue reading “The Complicated Magic of Roald Dahl”