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You’re all invited to a wedding. Sam and Chloe are getting married in Small Angels, the church of Sam’s childhood village. His sister Kate is along to help. But something is not happy with the imminent festivities at the edge of Mockbeggar Woods. It’s angry, manipulative and eldritch at the same time. Small Angels is a patchwork of a book. Beneath it is a general, creeping, lurking terror of what will happen on the day itself. Beneath that is … Read more
Cathie – head of our schools team – shares her top picks for adventurous readers… Here are our favourite adventure books from the last few years! From time travelling with a hamster to surviving in the jungle, there is sure to be something to catch your imagination. We think these are books that you won’t be able to put down and are perfect holiday reads. Darwin’s Dragons – Lindsay Galvin A book with a difference. It’s based on fact: the … Read more
Kev McCready is a writer, born in Liverpool but now living in Devon. Always with his nose in a book and a cuppa brewing. A fanatical reader since the age of five, Kev has a collection of bookmarks as esoteric as his bookshelves… Iain Banks occupies a peculiar place in literature. His contemporary novels have a dark, oxymoronic moral coating of sex, violence and morality. There is a very manichiestic sense of what is what is right and wrong; but … Read more
A fascinating selection hand-picked by our Work Experience teen: Amelie! “This is a selection of our favourite young adult books that focus of growing up and exploring the world around us. They are about teenagers from all walks of life and range from fantasy to real life, and are guaranteed to be gripping reads!” Aristotle and Dante Discover The Secrets Of The Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenez Aristotle is 14 when he when he meets Dante, a scrawny boy who … Read more
One of the most successful run of children’s books in the 1980s were the Fighting Fantasy gamebook series. Heavily influenced by the Dungeons & Dragons craze at the time, these activity ‘novels’ allowed the reader to shape their own destiny and navigate their way through a story making decisions along the way (and usually fighting monsters!). Perfect for reluctant readers, this hybrid style of book and game was very fashionable and spawned many imitators. Like most crazes though, they gradually … Read more
Annette Shaw is a freelance journalist with 30 years of experience, and has a regular column in Devon Life, sharing her pick of brilliant books with Devon connections. With her reputation for championing books and authors around the county, we’re delighted to have the opportunity to showcase her reviews here. Breakpoint by T. Orr Munro Set in Devon. Tick. Author lives on site so to speak. Tick. Unsettlingly creepy. Most definitely. And the cover has that air of seaside scenic allure … Read more
Clever, quirky and hugely imaginative, discover the new eco-adventure series from the bestselling author of A Place Called Perfect. The earth has shifted on its axis, a mysterious dark mark has appeared on the sun and the whole world is in peril. But billionaire tech genius Howard Hansom has a plan and it seems the world is happy to put their trust in him. When Grian’s sister goes missing, he’s convinced she has run off to Hansom’s new city … Read more
Kev McCready is a writer, born in Liverpool but now living in Devon. Always with his nose in a book and a cuppa brewing. A fanatical reader since the age of five, Kev has a collection of bookmarks as esoteric as his bookshelves… I met Anne Enright at a book signing in Liverpool. She’s all business, polite but friendly. There is also that impish, playful side to her, smiling wryly as she signed my book that my girlfriend at the … Read more
Freya loves rainbows. She loves their bright colours and their curvy shape. More than anything, she wishes she has one of her very own. One that she can keep forever. So she decides to become a Rainbow Hunter! Armed with a net and a rucksack full of rainbow hunting kit she sets off to catch a rainbow, but there are no rainbows to be found. Undeterred, Freya decides to make her own, collecting items in every colour of the … Read more
Our intrepid volunteer Nicola highlights some fun and interesting picture books that will appeal to both young children and their parents! With 10,000 new children’s books published each year, it can feel overwhelming knowing where to start when you want to buy new books for your children or school. Understandably, people often return to old favourites and well-known names. At The Bookery, we are always here to help with this dilemma and this month we have selected six of the … Read more
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