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'Come Sit Awhile' is a collection of warm, memory-evoking stories, poems and images created with and for people living with dementia, their families, friends, and carers. The pages offer gentle moments of reflection, shared laughter, and reminiscence - celebrating creativity, connection, and comm...

Two novels by one of the Soviet Union's most inventive writers, written in the tradition of Gogol and Dostoyevsky but with a twentieth-century, modernist edge. Konstantin Vaginov was an early and exemplary figure of Soviet modernist writing in all its agonized and glorious contradictions. Born in...

At Ravendale Castle, nestled in the snowy heart of the Lake District, Lara is busy preparing for the Winter Spectacular - a glittering light trail that will fill the grounds with the magic of Christmas. It's the perfect distraction from her recent heartbreak until Flynn, the ruggedly handsome tec...

Hidden in the corner of a dusty old bookshop, Joachim discovers a handmade advent calendar and begs his father to let him take it home. The next morning, when he opens the calendar's first door, out falls a tightly folded piece of paper: the first instalment of a magical story about a young girl ...

The discovery of a man’s corpse creates public outcry and leads to divisions within the force.

Three short stories explore characters separated by age, life stages, and locations as they strive to understand their unique positions within the societies and cultures they inhabit.

Georgine loves Christmas. The festive season always brings the little village of Middledip to life. But since her ex-boyfriend walked out, leaving her with crippling debts, Georgine's struggled to make ends meet. To keep her mind off her worries, she throws herself into organising the Christmas s...

Dave Win is thirteen years old when he first goes to stay with the sponsors of his scholarship at a local boarding school. This weekend, with its games and challenges and surprising encounters, will open up heady new possibilities, even as it exposes him to their son Giles' envy and violence. As ...

Ten years ago, DCI Oldroyd was the only person who could see the monster hiding behind Adam Blake's charm. Oldroyd proved that Blake was a deadly serial killer, responsible for multiple murders. Having vowed to take revenge on Oldroyd, on a crisp autumn morning Blake escapes from jail. Hours late...