Monthly Bookish Blog

Hello booklovers, I hope your 2023 has got off to a good start. What was your first read of the new year? Mine was the wondrous Tyger by S.F. Said. I hope my reading trajectory continues on the up. 2023 will also see in yet another Felixstowe Book Festival weekend and this year we are […]

Hello booklovers, Today we bring you our final Book Advent installment. We hope you have enjoyed it and that Book Advent has brought some literary cheer to your December. Maybe you will spend the 12 days of Christmas reading some of our recommendations? Book Advent concludes with the work of a much loved children’s author […]

Hello booklovers, Happy Christmas Eve Eve! Our guest writer Anna draws our attention to a lesser known but just as special festive story – Can It Be True? by author supreme Susan Hill. Susan Hill has been one of my literary companions since my teenage years. Her novel In the Springtime of the Year was amongst […]

Hello booklovers, Welcome to the solstice – the shortest day of the year. We are in the midst of the darkness, but from tomorrow, little by little, the light will return. With lights in mind, today’s Advent offering will shine through on a gloomy day: The Lights that Dance in the Night by Yuval Zommer. In […]

Hello booklovers, Prepare yourselves for today’s Advent treat, which never fails to bring a tear to my eye. You can peek behind today’s door to find Father Christmas’s Last Present by Marie-Aude and Elvire Murail and illustrated by Quentin Blake. Father Christmas is all that Julien ever hears about at Christmastime – he is Julien’s […]