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August
  • Author(s): Gerard Woodward
  • Location(s): London, Wales
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Mid 20th Century

Ever since Aldous Jones careened over the handlebars of his bicycle in 1955 and landed next to Farmer Evans’s first field, it has become a tradition for him to take his family camping in Wales. Aldous has started to...

Autumn Leaves at Mill Grange

Autumn Leaves at Mill Grange
  • Author(s): Jenny Kane
  • Location(s): Somerset
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Sam Philips’ time in the forces changed him forever. Supported by his friends, Sam is keen to help make beautiful Mill Grange a safe retreat for injured army personnel… but his crippling claustrophobia means Sam is living in a...

Babel

Babel
  • Author(s): Rebecca F Kuang (R F Kuang)
  • Location(s): Oxford
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1830s

Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal. Oxford, 1836. The city of dreaming spires. It is the centre of all knowledge and progress in the world. And at its centre is Babel, the Royal...

Barefoot on the Cobbles – a Devon tragedy

Barefoot on the Cobbles – a Devon tragedy
  • Author(s): Janet Few
  • Location(s): Clovelly, Bideford, Bucks Mills, Torquay
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Early 20th Century

In the euphoria of the armistice a young woman lay dying. Daisy had grown up, barefoot on the cobbles, in a village on the rugged North Devon coast; she was mindful of the perils of the uncertain sea. Her...

Barnabas Tew and the Case of the Missing Scarab

Barnabas Tew and the Case of the Missing Scarab
  • Author(s): Columbkill Noonan
  • Location(s): Egypt, London
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Victorian, Ancient Egypt

In “Barnabas Tew and The Case of the Missing Scarab” two well-intentioned but somewhat ineffective detectives, Barnabas and Wilfred, find themselves snatched from their comfortable, if unremarkable, lives in Victorian London to solve a case that threatens all of...

Baron’s Court, All Change (Beats Bums and Bohemians)

Baron’s Court, All Change (Beats Bums and Bohemians)
  • Author(s): Terry Taylor
  • Location(s): Baron's Court, Soho (London)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1950s

Baron’s Court, All Change is the Holy Grail of Beatnik novels. Terry Taylor’s only published book, unavailable for decades, documents one summer in the life of the unnamed sixteen-year-old narrator. He leaves his suburban home and boring job as...

Based on a True Story

Based on a True Story
  • Author(s): Sarah Vaughan
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

This is a compelling story, with deep roots, which asks us to think about the stories we tell not just publicly, but also privately, to make up a life. It manages that rare trick of being both addictive and thoughtful’...

Beautiful Little Fools

Beautiful Little Fools
  • Author(s): Olivia Horrox
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1920s

Elizabeth “Birdie” Graham must defy her family to discover herself. Birdie dreams of becoming a professional artist, but the constraints of society demand she marries well. In order to fulfil her dreams, she makes a deal with her parents:...

Beautiful People

Beautiful People
  • Author(s): Amanda Jennings
  • Location(s): Cornwall, France, London
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

As the champagne flows at a glittering society wedding, one guest isn’t celebrating. It’s been years since Victoria fell in love with Nick and was welcomed into his circle of privileged friends at university. Then life took a darker...

Becoming Abigail

Becoming Abigail
  • Author(s): Chris Abani
  • Location(s): Nigeria, London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): early 21st century

Tough, spirited, and fiercely independent Abigail is brought as a teenager to London from Nigeria by relatives who attempt to force her into prostitution. She flees, struggling to find herself in the shadow of a strong but dead mother....

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