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REVIEW: The Victoria Letters: The Official Companion to the ITV Victoria Series by Helen Rappaport and Daisy Goodwin

If you are still suffering withdrawal symptoms from the lavish ITV costume drama series Victoria, why not put this sumptuous official companion book on your Christmas wish list?

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Christmas at the Cat Caf by Melissa Daley

Book review: Christmas at the Cat Café by Melissa Daley

Christmas might not be cool for cats when an unexpected canine visitor turns up at Molly’s cat café and sets the fur flying!
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An Almond for a Parrot by Wray Delaney

Book review: An Almond for a Parrot by Wray Delaney

Meet the amazing Tully Truegood, captivating courtesan, purveyor of dark magic… and currently only a heartbeat away from the gallows.

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Alan Rampling at work

Memories of half a century spent in the city’s parks and gardens

Alan Rampling worked for Preston Council’s parks department for more than 50 years and has written a book about his experiences tending the city’s public spaces and the characters he met along the way. Here he describes his early days with the town hall’s green fingered team.
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The Pennine Way  The Path, The People, The Journey by Andrew McCloy

Book review: The Pennine Way – The Path, The People, The Journey by Andrew McCloy

With some of the most stunning scenery in Britain, walkers are in for a treat with The Pennine Way.

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The Shadow Sister

Book review: The Shadow Sister by Lucinda Riley

From the majestic Lake District of Beatrix Potter to high society Edwardian London and the lush countryside of Kent, brilliant storyteller Lucinda Riley returns with another book in her stunning Seven Sister series.

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Christmas Under the Stars

Book review: Christmas Under the Stars by Karen Swan

Former fashion journalist Karen Swan has earned a much-deserved reputation for serving up delicious Christmas novels… and this year, her army of fans will be over the moon in more senses than one.

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Greatest Animal Stories

Book review: Animal magic heralds a Christmas season of reading

On your marks, get set, go! Oxford University Press has a sparkling line-up of children’s books as the Christmas countdown begins.

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The Witches of New York

Book review: The Witches of New York by Ami McKay

New York in 1880, a city where past and present collide, a place of breathtaking ideas, exciting new beginnings… and where centuries-old witchcraft works its mysterious magic.

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T-Rex invasion

Top 10 things to do at the weekend in Lancashire

Here is a list of fun events coming up this weekend.
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The Reading Room ebook series set for launch

The Reading Room ebook series set for launch

It’s all systems go at publishers Quercus as they gear up for the unveiling of The Reading Group, an exciting new ebook series by Della Parker, a novelist, short story writer and the agony aunt for Writers’ Forum magazine.

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The Chelsea Strangler bySusanna Gregory

Book reviews: The Chelsea Strangler by Susanna Gregory

The Plague is rampant in the summer heat of London in 1665 and the king has fled the city… but royal spy Thomas Chaloner has murder on his mind.

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The Longest Winter byKevin Sullivan

Book review: The Longest Winter by Kevin Sullivan

The Siege of Sarajevo, which lasted 1,425 days from April 1992 to February 1996, was the longest siege of a capital city in the history of modern warfare and one of the cruellest events in the vicious war in Bosnia…

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Betrayal byMartina Cole

Book review: Betrayal by Martina Cole

Twenty-three novels in and this lady is not for turning… soft!

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Royal Renegades: The Children of Charles I and the English Civil Wars byLinda Porter

Book reviews: Royal Renegades: The Children of Charles I and the English Civil Wars by Linda Porter

When King Charles I was executed in January 1649, it ended seven years of bitter civil war and led to a new era of English parliamentary government.

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A promise between friends

Book review: A Promise Between Friends by Carol Rivers

Life in post-war 1950s London is full of hope and promise for two East End girls… but there are dark forces at large which threaten to destroy their new beginnings.

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Royal rabbits, natural wonders and amazing creatures

Book reviews: Royal rabbits, natural wonders and amazing creatures

Children are spoilt for choice this autumn with a selection of wonderful books that take us from the world’s highest mountains and strangest animals to extraordinary rabbit warrens hidden deep below the teeming city of London.

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Treason byJames Jackson

Book review: Treason by James Jackson

Remember, remember, the Fifth of November…
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The Mistress of Windfell Manor byDiane Allen

Book review: The Mistress of Windfell Manor by Diane Allen

The green valleys and rugged limestone outcrops of the Yorkshire Dales form the stunning backdrop to a beautiful tale of family ties, love, hope and hardship from popular storyteller Diane Allen.

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Jeff Kinney with main character Greg

‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ author comes to Blackpool

The best-selling author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid book series will be coming to Blackpool Tower Ballroom.

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