Hello booklovers, What brilliant contributions we have been having from our wonderful volunteers over the past two weeks of Advent. Today it is my turn to pick our festive tune. On the week before Christmas, I thought ‘Away in a Manger’ would be perfect as the carol hiding behind today’s Advent door. ‘Away in a […]
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A carol a day… December 17th
Hello booklovers, Advent is flying past and it isn’t long until the festivities can truly begin. I do hope you have been enjoying our festival Advent calendar and that it has been adding an extra bit of festiveness to each passing day. Day 17 on our Advent calendar comes from local business proprieter John, who […]
A carol a day… December 16th
Hello booklovers, I hope you enjoyed our first installment of William’s take on the carol ‘Good King Wenceslas’ as much as I did. As promised, the conclusion to the tale if our offering behind today’s Advent door. Enjoy! William writes… “Brother, it is good to see you on this cold night.” Wenceslas tried to look […]
A carol a day… December 15th
Hello booklovers, Today’s Advent calendar contribution comes from festival volunteer William, who brings us our next two parter with a short story depicting the tale of ‘Good King Wenceslas’. Read on and enjoy… William writes… ‘Wenceslas: The exalted death of an unhappy ‘King’ He knew of whispers of the plot long before it was enacted […]
A carol a day… December 14th
Hello booklovers, I get the lovely job of picking the festive song for our Advent calendar today. In true mellow and festive fashion, I have picked ‘The Christmas Song’, one of my all time favourites which never fails to cultivate that warm Christmas feeling. Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Jack Frost nipping at your […]
A carol a day… December 13th
Hello booklovers, I hope you are feeling suitably festive as we draw closer and closer to Christmas day! Today’s musical choice comes from our wonderful committee member Jez, who recalls a tune from her childhood Christmases, ‘In Dulce Jubilo’. Jez writes… ‘The hymn I have chosen is In Dulce Jubilo. It was my favourite when […]




