BLOG POST: Here Comes The Fun
We were delighted to welcome Ben Aitken to the woods this summer for our Words In The Woods day festival. Ben is bestselling author of Here Comes The Fun: A Journey into the Serious Business of Having a Laugh (Icon, July
BLOG POST: How Small Changes Can Make A Big Difference to Teachers
Blog post by author Michelle Auton In teaching there is always so much to do, so why do we want to be worrying about wellbeing as well? With over a fifth of teachers leaving the profession in the first two few
BLOG POST: You will find kindness in the corners of a bookshop
You will possibly find dust in those corners as well but that's a different blog. There are many ways to purchase a book. Some people don't feel the safety or the conviviality of a bookshop is for them. They may prefer
BLOG POST: This is your shop
We received the following message from a young customer who was recently won the 'Top Young Reporter of the Year' award. Congratulations Rosie It’s Rosie, I’m not sure if you remember me but wrote an article about the shop last Autumn.
BLOG POST: Rivers, Bodies, Stars with award winning poets
We are thrilled to have an event scheduled with award winning poets, Rebecca Goss, Emily Hasler and Joanna Ingham Amongst other accolades, Rebecca is the winner of the Sylvia Plath award 2022, Joanna won second place in the BBC Wildlife Poet Competition
BLOG POST: Hunger Games comeback – is this the Dystopian Renaissance?
By Regina Lopez Puerta When I opened my phone yesterday, I felt I was transported all the way back to 2013. Suddenly, I was back in my childhood bedroom, a mockingjay pin on my jacket, Katniss posters all over my wall, scrolling through
BLOG POST: Anna reviews This Family by Kate Sawyer
This Family by Kate Sawyer It’s a new beginning. She should be happy. And she is. She is. But where there are beginnings, there are always endings too.’ I enjoyed Kate Sawyer’s first novel The Stranding, a powerful reimagining of the end
BLOG POST: Local poet, Ricci Read, preaches
Being a poet is a lifestyle. It is a commitment to being your rebellious, authentic self. I preach that poetry shouldn't follow any rules! I hope to inspire others to find and use their voice to tell their own stories. Of course,
BLOG POST: Daisy Jones & The Six: It Could’ve Been Great
For a book whose central conflict lies around being good vs being great, that emphasises the need to make history with one’s art, the new series falls short of that. Don’t get me wrong, the screen adaptation is perfectly good,
BLOG POST: When authors recommend other authors
Blog note: Author Kate Worsley has kindly provided Red Lion Books with a list of books that inspired her latest novel 'Foxash', from 'Fenwomen', a feminist Akenfield, to 'Love on the Dole''s 1930s Salford. Foxash is published on 27th April