Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan Alex Howard

Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan Alex HowardIt is 1985, in an Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal and timber merchant, faces into his busiest season. As he does the rounds, he feels the past rising up to meet him and encounters the complicit silences of a people controlled by the Church.

Eleven year-old Tilly has lived above her grandparents bookshop ever since her mother disappeared shortly after she was born

a handsome Englishman

Harry is AMAZED to find his name is one of those that the MAGICAL cup picks out

Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There have enchanted readers for generations

something is awakening in her body

Stephen Fry's bewitching retelling of the legend of Troy - a tale of love and war

What is she thinking as she stares out from one of the world’s best-loved paintings

Desperation causes the Athsheans to retaliate against their captors

Miyazaki-esque monsters than you can shake a stick at

When you’re the son of a Greek god

Bilbo Baggins

A kid's life in ancient Greece might sound like fun