BLOG POST: A diamond has been hiding in plain sight
By Anna Johnson, 2024 Unraveller - Frances Hardinge A diamond has been hiding in plain sight on the shelves of the Red Lion bookshop and I must sheepishly admit that I was late in noticing it. I’ve just emerged from the world of Unraveller, and it was enthrallingly imagined, intricately plotted and heart
BLOG POST: In the age of beautiful copies, giveaways, and freebies, are our reviews still honest?
By Regina Lopez Puerta For the past couple of years, I've been swinging between the world of bookselling and the world of book influencing. They often collide, but surprisingly, they also divert. In a way, a bookseller has to be a book influencer as well. We’re often invited to events, get free
BLOG POST: This is your shop
We received the following message from a young customer who was recently won the 'Top Young Reporter of the Year' award. Congratulations RosieIt’s Rosie, I’m not sure if you remember me but wrote an article about the shop last Autumn. I was lucky enough to win Top Young Reporter of the
BLOG POST: Rivers, Bodies, Stars with award winning poets
We are thrilled to have an event scheduled with award winning poets,Rebecca Goss, Emily Hasler and Joanna Ingham Amongst other accolades, Rebecca is the winner of the Sylvia Plath award 2022, Joanna won second place in the BBC Wildlife Poet Competition and Emily received an Eric Gregory Award. Their new work is
BLOG POST: Hunger Games comeback – is this the Dystopian Renaissance?
By Regina Lopez Puerta When I opened my phone yesterday, I felt I was transported all the way back to 2013. Suddenly, I was back in my childhood bedroom, a mockingjay pin on my jacket, Katniss posters all over my wall, scrolling through billions of fan theories about this fascinating world; and it was
BLOG POST: Anna reviews This Family by Kate Sawyer
This Family by Kate SawyerIt’s a new beginning. She should be happy. And she is. She is. But where there are beginnings, there are always endings too.’I enjoyed Kate Sawyer’s first novel The Stranding, a powerful reimagining of the end of the world but I loved her most recent novel,
BLOG POST: Local poet, Ricci Read, preaches
Being a poet is a lifestyle. It is a commitment to being your rebellious, authentic self. I preach that poetry shouldn't follow any rules! I hope to inspire others to find and use their voice to tell their own stories. Of course, it can be fun to write a haiku or a
BLOG POST: Daisy Jones & The Six: It Could’ve Been Great
For a book whose central conflict lies around being good vs being great, that emphasises the need to make history with one’s art, the new series falls short of that. Don’t get me wrong, the screen adaptation is perfectly good, and that is exactly why it fails. Because it could’ve