Not far from Bristol, there is a village. This village belongs to the people who live in it and to those who lived in it hundreds of years ago. It belongs to England's mysterious past and its confounding present.It belongs to families dead for generations, and to those who have only recently moved here, such as the boy Lanny, and his mum and dad.But it also belongs to Dead Papa Toothwort, who has woken from his slumber in the woods. Dead Papa Toothwort, who is listening to ...

A tender, frank and funny play about a West Country farm struggling to survive the Foot and Mouth pandemic.South Devon, 2001. Disease ravages the countryside, pyres are lit on the horizon, and dairy herdsman Michael is trapped as his farm becomes a battleground for his business, his heritage, and his friendship with local vet Jeff. Ten years on and the battle scars are as evident on their relationship as they are on the landscape.Bea Roberts' play And Then Come The Nig...

'You know you act like you're not from here.'Entrenched in her picturesque Devonshire village, Ivy Tiller is preparing to wage a war.Her target: the invasive grey squirrel. Her goal: to oust the invaders and restore the native red squirrels as the 'rightful' inhabitants. Galvanised by her important mission, Ivy's determination swells to uncomfortable heights.Bea Roberts' blackly comic play Ivy Tiller: Vicar's Daughter, Squirrel Killer challenges ou...

In Whitby Harbour, in the summer of 1991, something extraordinary happened. A humble pleasure boat set sail for the Arctic, crewed by misfits, pensioners and the vicar for Egton and Grosmont.This motley crew was assembled for a daring mission: to erect a plaque honouring the legendary Whitby whaler and explorer Captain William Scoresby Senior on a volcanic island hundreds of miles north of Iceland. The boat was illegal, the crew untrained and the plan... unhinged.A joyful, ...

Waverley is a small cat with a big miaow and he lives with Mr and MrsTurner and their son Jonathan at number 10, Marten's Drive.Waverley likes the house at number 10, Marten's Drive because it haslots of good places to sleep and a back garden that seems to go onforever. Beyond the wooden fence at the bottom of the garden there isa children's playground, green fields, and then the woods. All daylong Waverley snoozes in the sunny spots around the ho...

LOOK FOR THE FINAL HEART OF STONE NOVEL, ALL OF ME, AVAILABLE NOW!Tristan Stone has made all of Nina's dreams come true. Three beautiful children, a gorgeous home, and everything she could ever ask for is hers. But now he needs to show her that even domestic bliss can use a little surprise every so often, and what better time to do that than Christmas? Join your favorite couple and see how Tristan shows Nina just how much he loves her in A Heart of Stone Christmas....

How do you begin to help a psychologically traumatised child?A Sunday Times bestseller, The Girl Who Just Wanted To Be Loved is an inspirational, heart-wrenching true story from foster mum Angela Hart.Eight-year-old Keeley looks like the sweetest little girl you could wish to meet, but demons from the past make her behaviour far from angelic. She takes foster carer Angela on a rocky and very demanding emotional ride as she fights daily bat...

A silver lining in the storm clouds of mental illness and suicide. Mental health issues touch all of us who live in the human community. In Lost Boy Bipolar Dreaming, Jocelyn Price tells the story of her journey with her son (Cameron suffered from bipolar disorder and eventually suicided). She writes of his dreams, his good times and his not so good times. Told through the veil of a mothers compassion, dawning consciousness, receptivity, understanding, acceptance and strength to go on in l...

"Monster Planet, here we come!"One morning at school, Natalie is feeling bored - until a tiny monster waves at her from a plant on the classroom window sill. The monster whizzes her off in his mini flying saurcer for some MONSTER FUN. Now Natalie really has some monster stories to tell.An exciting and funny adventure from the award-winning author of THE DINOSAUR'S PACKED LUNCH.

Britain's leading machine knitting serial killer, Hilda Hopkins is back! Even while on leave, our anti-hero manages to wade knee deep in dead bodies while making some exquisite arts and crafts! In this, the final Hilda Hopkins' adventure, we tie up some loose ends as various characters tie the knot while others find themselves tied to the past!

Elsa finds a book with strange powers and must face her tortured past.It's been seven years since Else visited her tiny hometown on an isolated island off the coast of Scotland. After years of suffering bullying at the hands of the few other residents, she left to make a new life. But now that her mother has passed, Else has returned. And when her old tormentor Karen Little hands her the very book that sent her running all those years ago, the cruelties of her past ...

From the bestselling author of the generation-defining series The Baby-sitters Club comes a series for a new generation!Is she Mrs. Porter . . . or a witch? Karen lives next door to an old lady named Mrs. Porter. Mrs. Porter wears long black robes and has wild gray hair. Her black cat is named Midnight. No wonder Karen thinks Mrs. Porter is a witch!Mrs. Porter is having a meeting at her house. Karen is sure the meeting is for witches. Are the witches going to cast ...