Today Bloomsbury announced that they will be Publishing our beloved Harry Potter in new Hardback and Paperback editions this September with covers featuring stunning illustrations by Johnny Duddle. I think my inner Hermione nearly hyperventilated through excitement!

I made my way to Leeds for another book event at their Albion Street Waterstones store. It rained, it hailed, it snowed and I was four hours early… Was it worth it? Of course it was, I was on my way to meet Graeme Simsion author of best selling novel The Rosie Project.

Gretel and The Dark is a very dark, complex and hard-hitting novel which is not what I was expecting. I was prepared for a mature take on Grimm’s fairy tales, a story of magic and wonderment. This book however is on another level!

Book review of The Dead Wife’s Handbook by Hannah Beckerman, a truly thought provoking and compelling read, a book so powerful it has the ability to leave its readers questioning their own life and legacy.

Today we have the lovely Hannah Beckerman sharing her worst blind date experience with us, very much like those we follow Max on in her debut novel The Dead Wife’s Handbook, I think we’ve all had similar experiences?

Rosie Blake’s laugh out loud debut novel How to Get a (Love) Life follows the story of Nicola Brown on her mission to find herself a man before valentines day, a real man, a tall handsome muscular man. The only reason Nicola actually wants to navigate away from her very orderly life of solitude is because of her work college Caroline.