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Yuletide Reads!
A selection of festive titles that make perfect seasonal gifts!
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Advent Street - by Carol Ann Duffy, illustrated by Yelena Bryksenkov - £9.99
In this enchantingly illustrated Christmas poem, Carol Ann Duffy invites readers to open the windows on Advent Street.
In each one is a gift. You may find yourself back-straight watching a ballerina, poised to begin, or catch your lips movi ... more
Twas The Nightshift Before Christmas - by Adam Kay - £7.99
The number one Sunday Times bestseller in a new festive package, Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas is the perfect stocking filler from the author of multi-million-copy bestseller This is Going to Hurt – now a major BBC TV series.
Christmas ... more
The Light in the Dark: A Winter Journal - by Horatio Clare - £9.99
As November stubs out the glow of autumn and the days tighten into shorter hours, winter’s occupation begins. Preparing for winter has its own rhythms, as old as our exchanges with the land. Of all the seasons, it draws us together. But winter can ... more
The Penguin Book of Christmas Stories - by Jessica Harrison (Editor) - £12.99
The perfect gift this Christmas season: a generous selection of some of the greatest festive stories of all time - now in a beautiful clothbound edition.
This is a collection of the most magical, moving, chilling and surprising Christmas sto ... more
Christmas Stories: Twelve Poems to Tell and Share - by Various authors - £6.95
We all have our own Christmas stories – things that may have happened years ago and that in the telling and retelling have become part of our festive traditions as much as the school nativity play or Rudolph’s red nose.
These entertainin ... more
The Wood in Winter (Pamphlet and envelope) - by John Lewis-Stempel - £5.95
One for those of us who love tales of the natural world, and who enjoy seasonal woodland walks when things lie deep and crisp and even.
John Lewis-Stempel’s The Wood in Winter is a beautiful piece of nature writing about the life of a wood in ... more
Murder On The Christmas Express - by Alexandra Benedict - £14.99
CAN YOU SOLVE THE CASE?
‘It’s wonderful! A page-turning homage to the Golden Age, with a dash of Poirot and a dark, modern heart’ S J BENNETT
‘Magnificent! A smart, suspenseful and snow-covered mystery with plenty of heart and more ... more
Christmas is Murder: A Chilling Short Story Collection - by Val McDermid - £8.99
The Queen of Crime Val McDermid is a master of the dark and sinister story, and these powers are demonstrated in full force in Christmas is Murder, a festive collection of chilling tales.
From an irresponsible baron whose body is discovered ... more
A German Christmas: Festive Tales From Berlin to Bavaria - by Vintage Publishing - £12.99
From helpful elves to an enchanting Nutcracker, rediscover the German Christmas tales behind our most iconic festive traditions
Eine fröhliche Weihnachten -- A Merry Christmas -- made all the more joyful with these literary treats redolent ... more
Winter: An Anthology for the Changing Seasons - by Melissa Harrison (Editor) - £12.99
Winter is a withdrawal: quiet and dark and cold. But in the dim light frost shimmers, stars twinkle and hearths blaze as we come together to keep out the chill. In spite of the season, life persists: visiting birds fill our skies, familiar creatures ... more
A Ukrainian Christmas - by Nadiyka Gerbish and Yaroslav Hrytsak - £16.99
‘History, stories, recipes and beautiful illustrations’ – OLINA HERCULES
‘Christmas brings the indestructibility of hope in times of the greatest hopelessness. As long as we celebrate this holiday, we can neither be defeated nor destro ... more
The Almanac: A Seasonal Guide to 2023 - by Lia Leendertz - £12.99
*THE ORIGINAL & SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING ALMANAC*
Reconnect with the seasons in Britain and Ireland with this month-by-month guide to the world around us – including key dates, tide tables and garden tasks; constellations and moon phases; su ... more
Yule: Rituals, Recipes and Lore for the Winter Solstice - by Susan Pesznecker - £11.99
Yule-also known as Midwinter-is when nighttime has reached its maximum length, but there is a promise of brighter days to come as candles are lit and feasts are enjoyed. This guide to the history and modern celebration of Yule shows you how to perf ... more
Stories for Christmas and the Festive Season - by Various authors - £9.99
The British Library Women Writers series is a curated collection of novels by female authors who enjoyed broad, popular appeal in their day. In a century during which the role of women in society changed radically, their fictional heroines highlight ... more
Mrs Scrooge: A Christmas Tale - by Carol Ann Duffy, illustrated by Posy Simmonds - £5.99
A modern Christmas tale from the Poet Laureate, with illustrations by Posy Simmonds.
With her husband, Ebenezer, now 'doornail dead', the coldest Christmas Eve on record finds Mrs Scrooge outside the supermarket, protesting against consumerism ... more
A Scandinavian Christmas: Festive Tales for a Nordic Noel - by Various authors - £12.99
Ranging from Hans Christian Anderson to Karl Ove Knausgaard, have yourself a nordic noel with the very best Scandinavian Christmas tales.
Have yourself a truly Scandinavian Christmas... Of visions and prophesies seen in dark, dark woods. Of ... more
The Nature of Winter - by Jim Crumley - £9.99
During winter, dark days of wild storms can give way to the perfect, glistening stillness of frost-encrusted winter landscapes – it is the stuff of wonder and beauty, of nature at its utmost. In The Nature of Winter, Jim Crumley ventures into our c ... more
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