Books of the month 2024

January 2024

For adults

Yellowface by R F Kuang

When Athena dies in a freak accident, June steals her unpublished manuscript and publishes it as her own under the ambiguous name Junipor Song.

As evidence threatens June's stolen success, she will discover exactly how far she will go to keep what she thinks she deserves.


 

For children

Into the sideways world by Ross Welford

child book of the month

When twelve-year-olds Willa and Manny hear of a mysterious animal prowling their town, they are determined to prove it is real. Following the creature into a cave one full moon, they are swept into an alternate, ideal, world - one where pollution and conflict have been conquered decades ago and even their own families seem happier. 

But when they return, no one believes them. How will they prove it exists.

February 2024

For adults

Queer city: gay London from the Romans to the present day by Peter Ackroyd

Queer City by Peter Ackroyd book cover

This LGBTQ+ History month, read an entertaining account of 2,000 years of gay London by award-winning historian and novelist Peter Ackroyd.

The book is filled with fascinating facts and stories about the experiences of London’s gay population including tales of gladiators, pirates, servants and kings!

For children

The totally disastrous school-trip of Lottie Brooks by Katie Kirby

The totally disastrous school-trip of Lottie Brooks

After a summer of meeting handsome French boys and getting a tiny bit sunburnt. OK, fine - a lot sunburnt, Lottie's heading off on a week-long residential school trip. A whole week away from embarrassing parents and Toby's tasty air biscuits!

But the trip soon turns into a total disaster. The other girls staying at the camp are MEGA-MEAN, best friend Jess is spending all her time with new girl Isha, and Lottie's diary gets stolen!

Who knew a school trip could cause so much DRAMA?!o one believes them. How will they prove it exists.

March 2024

For adults

Music in the dark by Sally Magnusson

A story of unlooked-for love in later life, told through the brutality of the Highland Clearances and their lasting effects. 

One night a stranger seeking lodging knocks on the door of Jamesina’s flat near Glasgow. They discover that they are linked by a shared past - the eviction of Greenyards, Strathcarron in 1854 thirty years earlier. 

A moving story, beautifully told. 

For children

Little Bear's Spring by Elli Woollard and Briony May Smith

A beautifully illustrated book about the changes that Spring brings.

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