Queen of Freedom: Defending Jamaica
- Location(s): Jamaica
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): 1720, 18th century
How one woman masterminded slave resistance against the British in eighteenth-century Jamaica – the incredible true story of Queen Nanny and the Maroons. Part of the True Adventure series! 1720. Blue Mountains, windward Jamaica. High above the army camps...
- Location(s): London
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Queenie Jenkins can’t cut a break. Well, apart from the one from her long term boyfriend, Tom. That’s definitely just a break though. Definitely not a break up. Then there’s her boss who doesn’t seem to see her and...
Queenie Malone’s Paradise Hotel
- Location(s): Brighton
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Tilly was a bright, outgoing little girl who liked playing with ghosts and matches. She loved fizzy drinks, swear words, fish fingers and Catholic churches, but most of all she loved living in Brighton in Queenie Malone’s magnificent Paradise...
Queens: 3,000 Years of the Most Powerful Women in History
- Location(s): World
- Genre(s): Children, Nonfiction
- Era(s): N/A
Celebrating strong, brave women across the centuries and around the world, Queens tells their stories of strength and resilience. Spanning 3,000 years from Cleopatra to the Viking queens, Queen Nanny of Jamaica to HRH Elizabeth II, discover new stories...
Queer Africa: New and Collected Fiction
- Location(s): Africa
- Genre(s): LGBTQIA+, Short Stories
- Era(s): Various
he first volume, Queer Africa: New and Collected Fiction won the 26th Lambda Literary Award. In 2017 Queer Africa 2: New fiction added fresh material to the LGBTIQA+ literary landscape.Stories from Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, South Africa, Botswana, Sierra Leone...
- Location(s): Dublin
- Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
- Era(s): Modern
Is it possible to tell the story of a generation and a city through the history of a restaurant? Ella Brady thinks so. She wants to film a documentary about Quentins that will capture the spirit of Dublin from...
- Location(s): Greece
- Genre(s): Fantasy, Humour, Young Adult
- Era(s): Ancient and modern
“Not just another book about serial-killing monks who travel through time and wear Union Jack flip-flops.” – Unusual Footwear Monthly When Horace Tweed is commissioned to travel back through time in search of the long extinct Holey Snail, the...
- Location(s): London
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 2022
‘Beautifully sensitive, quietly reflective, this absorbing tale about a group of strangers brought together following the death of Queen Elizabeth II is an absolute triumph.’ LoveReading debut of the month One queue. 250,000 people. Twenty-four life-changing hours. A young...
- Location(s): United States (USA)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Inspired by the Cervantes classic, Sam DuChamp, mediocre writer of spy thrillers, creates Quichotte, a courtly, addled salesman obsessed with television, who falls in impossible love with a TV star. Together with his (imaginary) son Sancho, Quichotte sets off...
- Location(s): Glasgow, Scotland
- Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
The darker the memory, the deadlier the obsession… Jenna is trying to rebuild her life after a series of disastrous relationships. Luke is struggling to provide a safe, loving home for his deceased partner’s young son, following a devastating...
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