Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Special Rehearsal Edition Script) Parts One and Two – Based on an original new story by J K Rowling, John Tiffany and Jack Thorne – Published by Little,...

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The Shepherd’s Life: A Tale of the Lake District by James Rebanks – Published by Penguin, 2016 Exactly as it ‘says on the tin’, the story of a shepherd working the family farm in...

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Zio The Hero by Marc Grimston – Published by Fastprint 2011 and reprinted in 2013 The Baron is an out and out rotter, an old school baddie (boo! hiss!) but he’s no match...

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The Cat Lover’s Quotation Book (A collection of Feline Favourites) Published by Hatherleigh Press, 2016 I thought I’d read every book about cats and every quote involving them, but this book proved me wrong....

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Polly and Pals Put on a Talent Show! by Vinay Nair Rather a different review from the usual. Why? Well, this delightful little book, aimed at one to three year olds, hasn’t...

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Florence Foster Jenkins by Nicholas Martin (screenplay) and Jasper Rees (biography) (The Inspiring True Story of the World’s Worst Singer) – Published by Pan Books, 2016 You’ve seen (or heard of) the film, now...

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Cry of the Gulls by Kate Ryder – Published by Create Space Romantic fiction, written by a Cornwall based author, this is a many layered book with vivid descriptions of landscapes, intertwining characters...

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The Amber Shadows by Lucy Ribchester – Published by Simon & Schuster in 2016 It’s 1942 and Honey Deschamps is a so-called typist in Hut 6 at Bletchley Park. One night she bumps...

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The Night Manager by John Le Carré – Published by Hodder and Stoughton, 1991 and by Penguin (with Afterword by the author), 2016 No prizes for guessing why I decided to re-read this...

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Iris Grace by Arabella Carter-Johnson – Published by Penguin, 2016 Iris Grace was born in 2009. She was eventually diagnosed as having severe autism. He parents tried many things to try to include...

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