Build a Christmas tree made of books!

I’ve just come across this really cool alternative Christmas tree! If you’re stuck for inspiration this year, watch this video! (The advert was made by The Book People, who often sell books in schools.) Continue reading →

Curious Fox winner!

The amazingly lucky winner of the Curious Fox Christmas Cracker giveaway was picked totally at random and is…Oreolu Grillo! Massive congratulations, your parcel should be on its way VERY soon! Continue reading →

Winner of the ‘Lottie Biggs’ Competition

There were lots and lots of entries but I have picked a winner. Isobel Jones of Portishead… guess what?  It’s you! Your parcel of books will be with you within the next ten days. 🙂 Continue reading →

From book to film!

It will soon be the release date for the second Hobbit film. I’m a huge fantasy fan and I read the Hobbit a long time ago. But I’m always nervous when I see a book I love made into a film. Sometimes the film doesn’t live up to my expectations. Sometimes I enjoy the film … Continue reading →

Even Bigger Jaws

My son, who is twelve, managed to wind me up yesterday very successfully. I was driving him somewhere, in busy traffic, in the dark. That’s my excuse. Anyway, he told me, in all seriousness that there was a brand new sequel to the film ‘Jaws’. “Really?” I said, “That’s interesting, but I thought there was … Continue reading →

Winners of The Bex Factor Competition

Here are the winners of The Bex Factor competition as selected at random by Pax the Cat. Congratulations to Rhian Ivory, Kate Huxstep and Pat Lawrence Continue reading →

I Want a Pet WINNERS

Kate Huxstep, Jaden Okyrere, Oreolu Grillo, you have all just won a copy of I Want a Pet by Lauren Child for correctly telling us that Lauren’s favourite pet is a PESKY RAT. A copy of the book will be posted out to you shortly. Happy reading Continue reading →

Team Collins or Team Moffat?

One of the fantastic things about having a teenage daughter is that (sometimes) I get to do teenager-y things, such as going to see film adaptations of the YA books she has enjoyed, or watch TV which is supposed to be for kids. Yesterday we went to the cinema where we ate a ridiculously large tub of … Continue reading →

Christmas Is Coming

I spent this Sunday putting up a Christmas Tree just outside my husband’s shop. Here’s a picture of it, as you can see it’s a big tree and it took us ages to put up. You might think it’s a bit early to put up a Christmas Tree but the reason we had to do … Continue reading →

ALWAYS ENDEAVOUR TO AVOID MICROWAVING SOUP

My best mate Big D has been asked to make an ‘inspirational’ speech in a local school. Apparently he’s supposed to come up with some useful ‘life tips’ for the students. I’ve known Big D since 1971 and we chat nearly every week – in fact he just invented the tagline for the front cover … Continue reading →