Hello booklovers, ‘Be gay, spawn! Laugh, stuff yourselves, gorge and forget.’ Thanks to Stella Gibbons, I need no further instruction! Sometimes the only thing that will do at Christmas is snuggling down with a festive classic – with that in mind, we bring you the eye wateringly entertaining Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm. Christmas brings utter […]
Book Advent – December 17th
Hello booklovers, ‘One Christmas was so much like another, in those years around the sea town corner now…’ Hiding behind Advent door number 17, we bring you A Child’s Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas, a hearty slice of nostalgia for what is a very nostalgic time of year. This magical account of Dylan Thomas’s […]
Book Advent – December 16th
Hello booklovers, Rebecca and My Cousin Rachel are two of my favourite novels. Atmospheric, evocative stories that keep their reader guessing until the end. So it’s no surprise that her festive short story Happy Christmas, written in 1943, is equally as excellent and affecting- so we were delighted to hide it behind our 16th Advent door. In Happy Christmas, we […]
Book Advent – December 15th
Hello booklovers, Today we bring you a magical story of the night before Christmas, brought to us by author Katherine Rundell and beautifully illustrated by Emily Sutton. It’s Christmas Eve and Theo waits at home with his baby sitter. Gazing out of the window, he sees an unfamiliar star and, as is only right when […]
Book Advent – December 14th
Hello booklovers, Another tasty treat in stall for you today – dig your teeth into The Little Library Christmas by Kate Young. I first came across Kate Young as she was interviewed in a food magazine, discussing recipes inspired by her favourite books, and felt an instant connection. I’ve always been interested in how food is […]
Book Advent – December 13th
Hello booklovers, Behind today’s Advent door we have hidden the festive stories of literary gem, Michael Morpurgo, with Michael Morpurgo’s Christmas Stories. Michael Morpurgo is a giant of children’s literature and has spent the last 40 years writing thought provoking, imagination igniting novels. His Christmas stories are no different – you can lose yourself in faraway […]