Egmont Press has agreed a deal to publish a brand new series by international bestselling author Lemony Snicket. The series, which at this stage cannot be named (for fear of jeopardizing the final stages of Mr Snicket's investigations), will contain four titles and the first instalment will publish...

Children's author Lemony Snicket is to write a further series of books after signing a new deal in the UK, it has been announced. Snicket - real name Daniel Handler - is famous for his popular, but sinister, A Series Of Unfortunate Events books. More than 60 million copies of his stories have been...

[quote user="firepoppy"] But no one has to read it. It's not on a school's required reading list. MAybe one day books will have warnings and classifications like there are with films. [/quote] Yes I can see where you're coming from too, but does that mean that parents would have...

Author: Kit Berry ISBN: 9780955143939 I managed to get an advanced, autographed copy of this book from the author Kit Berry at last weekend's Halloween Festival . The story of Sylvie, Yul, the Magus and the community continues in this the third book of the Stonewylde series. This third book does wind...

dingsy: I rather like the sound of this:thanks for the review, and bringing it to my attention. Unfortunately,there are none on the library here, but am so intrigued that I've ordered it from Amazon. It gets 5 star ratings there, so am looking forward to it. Thanks again. I believe if you buy it directly...

by Kit Berry ISBN: 095514390X I had heard about these books on different forums and had read the some brief reviews in a few magazines. I bumped into the author at an event in London, and she was kind enough to autograph the book, and its sequel for me. I was looking forward to reading them as they promised...

" Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows " by J.K. Rowling; and " Druids: A History " by Professor Ronald Hutton. I only completed two because I was working 7 days a week this month. Hopefully, August will be more productive.