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We live in times of crisis. How has the theatre responded? Has it lived up to its essential purpose: to “hold up the mirror” to our turbulent times? Carol Rocamora’s book CRISIS: The Theatre Responds examines this question in detail using modern classics such as Mother Courage and Her Children, Guantanamo: …

Another beautiful classic collection of farm animal tales written by best-loved Yorkshire Vet, Julian Norton. Julian shares heartwarming and often humorous stories of the various farm animals who need his help and care over the course of one summer. Set against the wild and beautiful Yorkshire hills, these ten stories …

The Five are camping on Kirrin Island and hear a mysterious noise coming from the castle. And when they don’t find anything in the dark, Dick tries to convince the others that it’s the ghost of Kirrin Island. But ghosts aren’t real… right? Sufiya writes another cracker set in the …

When a mysterious pregnant woman turns up in a ditch, a corpse is found with a mouth stuffed with nutmegs and a man is murdered outside his home, Gabriel Taverner finds himself at sea, figuratively and literally, to solve the crimes.. In the penultimate story in the Gabriel Taverner Mystery …

Lara has spent a lifetime trying to forget why she escaped from Dorset to Puglia seventy years ago. But when she sees her granddaughter, Bea being swept off her feet by Matteo, Lara fears Bea is in danger of making the same mistake she did all those years ago.. A …