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 […]
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Book Advent: December 19th
Hello booklovers, Christmas is a time steeped in tradition, whether that be reading the same books, listening to festive music or displaying time-old decorations. Our capital city also embraces many traditions, one of them being the beautiful Christmas tree on display in Trafalgar Square. A.N. Wilson’s charming story, The King and the Christmas Tree, is today’s Advent […]
Book Advent: December 18th
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 […]