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”
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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”
The Piano Teacher of Montparnasse – Heather Morris
Published By: FirefinchPages: 384Released On: 22/10/2026 In 1942, the Nazis come for a Jewish family living in Montparnasse, occupied Paris. In the chaos of their arrest, eleven-year-old Josie flees to the only person she trusts: her piano teacher, Andrée Levallois, secretly an operative in the French Resistance. Andrée takes her in as a member ofContinue reading “The Piano Teacher of Montparnasse – Heather Morris”
Galaxies – Jake Foster; Royal Observatory Greenwich; Collins Astronomy
Published By: CollinsPages: 112Released On: 08/10/2026 The universe is teeming with beauty beyond what the human eye can detect, and only relatively recent advances in technology have allowed us to capture it in all its glory. Galaxies explores the Universe on an expansive scale, showcasing and examining the gargantuan structures of stars, planets, gas and darkContinue reading “Galaxies – Jake Foster; Royal Observatory Greenwich; Collins Astronomy”
Delores Mackenzie and the Dead of Winter – Yvonne Banham
Published By: FireflyPages: 254Released On: 08/10/2026Reading Age: 11+ When tragedy strikes close to home, Delores, Prudence and Gabriel are thrown into their darkest, most dangerous mystery yet. The ghoulish victim of a decades old murder is hunting Delores down. Rage-filled and unpredictable, Temperance Darrow is screaming for justice from beyond the grave. Delores’ greatest challengeContinue reading “Delores Mackenzie and the Dead of Winter – Yvonne Banham”
Adam and Eve – Jeffrey Archer
Published By: HarperCollinsPages: 480Released On: 06/10/2026 November 11th, 1918. As the guns of the Great War fall silent, two babies draw their first breath. Eve is the daughter of an Earl. Adam, a shepherd’s son. Yet from their first meeting they form an extraordinary bond that neither privilege nor prejudice can break. Then on aContinue reading “Adam and Eve – Jeffrey Archer”
Yearning Difficulties – Elle McNicoll
Published By: First InkPages: 320Released On: 08/10/2026 Zella has just landed her dream student job as the co-host of a show on Radio Panache, Lake Pristine High School – if only she didn’t have to share the gig with her chauvinistic ex-boyfriend. Her classmate Killian seems shy, but has no qualms calling out Zella’s ex live on airContinue reading “Yearning Difficulties – Elle McNicoll”
Her Last Christmas – Claire McGowan
Published By: Thomas & MercerPages: 187Released On: 20/10/2026 When Emma joins her new boyfriend Michael for a ‘Friendmas’ in the Alps, she’s quickly thrust into an exclusive world of privilege, partying, and politics. Emma can’t ski and is out of place among the close-knit group, but she’s determined to win them over. Without the usualContinue reading “Her Last Christmas – Claire McGowan”
