Life in 'paradise' is not so perfect for those with unfinished business.

WINNER OF THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR 2013WINNER OF THE SPECSAVERS POPULAR FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2014WINNER OF THE BETTY TRASK PRIZE 2014‘I’ll tell you what happened because it will be a good way to introduce my brother. His name’s Simon. I think you’re going to like him. I really do. But in a couple of pages he’ll be dead. And he was never the same after that.’There are books you...

On February 4th 2013 Neil Gaiman embarked on a fantastic art project in partnership with BlackBerry and millions of his fans. He tweeted twelve questions to the world, one for each month of the year. From the tens of thousands of responses he received, Neil picked his favourite answers and wrote twelve short stories inspired by them. Releasing these back to the world, Neil asked people to contribute art to illustrate the stories. To Find out more about A Calendar of Tales visit www.blackbe...

In this Christmas short story, Kate Kerrigan revisits the glamorous 1920s New York first portrayed in her latest novel, Ellis Island. Mae is a young Irish servant. She's left her family back home and is earning money as a ladies' maid to a wealthy socialite, Isobel. Mae looks up to the beautiful Isobel – she has the most amazing wardrobe, an enchanting life full of engagements and parties, more money than sense. But Mae's boss, Mrs Flannery, warns Mae against getting too swept up by Isobel...

In her prize-winning fourth collection, Mean Time, Carol Ann Duffy dramatizes scenes from childhood, adolescence and adulthood, finding moments of grace or consolation in memory, love and language amid the complexities of life. These are powerful poems of loss, betrayal and desire.

A funny, touching picture book from Children's Laureate, and Charlie and Lola creator, Lauren Child.Rat lives in dustbin Number 3, Grubby Alley. At night, when he's tucked up in his crisp packet, Rat looks up at all the cosy windows and wonders what it would be like to belong to somebody. To be an actual pet. To have a home of his own . . .Gently exploring themes of homelessness and poverty, this is the perfect way to talk about this often tricky su...

The definitive short guide to being a better parent or grandparent. If you read nothing else, this is the one book you must not miss and to ensure it helps as many as possible, the price is minimal, the value, incalculable.

These ghostly adventures and spine-chilling stories are great for reads for reluctant readers. Written by well-known authors and illustrated by much-loved illustrators, this series will appeal to boys and girls.

This short book contains five short stories. The stories are called "What Have I Just Seen?", "Follow the River", "A Forest Walk", "The Hunt" and "Welcome Winter."

A humorous explanation as to why all those silly things happen as a result of having multiple sclerosiswell, at least it gives you someone else to blame.

A selection of my poetry and short verse collected over the years; some happy, some funny, some soppy and sentimental, some inspiring and uplifting, and some just plain silly! A few are also written taken from the view of my disability; Multiple sclerosis.

The Secret Seven are siblings Peter and Janet, and Jack, Barbara, Pam, Colin and George. Together they are The Secret Seven - ready to solve any mystery, any time - in Enid Blyton's classic series of 15 mystery novels.A big fight has broken out, and the Seven need to stop it before someone gets hurt.But is the fight all it appears to be?In addition to the Secret Seven novels, Enid Blyton wrote six short stories based on the characters which are publ...