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So late in the day by Claire Keegan

Memorable from 2025 was this tale in which a dissatisfied Cathal reflects on his relationship with fiance Sabine. Not for readers after anything meaty, this is a very slim read, more short story than novella. Nevertheless its observations on the relationships between men and women, at both personal and societal levels, are fully fleshed and will stay with the reader. Great for fans of contemporary Irish fiction.

Paperback | RRP £7.99

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Books of the week

Mullets

Fabulous, daft fun!

Reviewed on 1st December 2025

Explores how seahorses have had to adapt to climate change

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The secret world of seahorses

Explores how seahorses have had to adapt to climate change

Reviewed on 20th November 2025

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Flipped

Enjoyable time-travel mystery adventure

Reviewed on 13th November 2025

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The rose field

A resounding end to the trilogy

Reviewed on 7th November 2025

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Our favourite food

Embark on a culinary adventure...

Reviewed on 28th October 2025

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A positive, life-affirming celebration of human diversity, from how we look, to how we think and how we celebrate

A rhyming story about how bodies are all different but all equally good.

A wide-ranging, vibrantly illustrated guide to the technologies and inventions that have shaped our everyday lives and forge our future.

Find out all about Lunar New Year and how it is celebrated in different communities across the world.

A field guide to the stars featuring notes, spectacular photos, and colourful illustrations of all 88 constellations.

A horrible compendium of the worst traitors in history.

A funny, fresh comic-strip look at the amazing (and very long!) history of planet Earth for kids

After the Five create a new den, they find some unusual visitors waiting for them.

What would you do if a little dinosaur followed you home from the park?

Five true stories of amazing survival.

Discover the fascinating world of the kingdom of Benin through 99 questions and answers

Wangari Maathai tells the story of this scientist and women's rights activist. It explores how she inspired thousands across Africa to plant 30 million trees in 30 years, saving many from hunger and poverty.

Be surprised by the astonishing science of electricity.

A colourful guide to the horrible, shocking and disgusting aspects of the science of human body.

Be surprised by the astonishing science of sound.

Smart machine fundamentals for children, using clear, expert explanations and comic illustrations to spark interest and enthusiasm in the next generation of computer scientists!

Explores aspects of history from the perspective of females

A graphic novel adaptation of the novel by Ann M Martin.

Maths is all around you, it can be seen everywhere in nature and in the human-made world.

In Statistics, learn how to conduct research and display numbers in brightly coloured pie charts, find out to take a census and how statistics help to track the weather.

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Playing happy families can be a deadly game.

An addictive, pulse-pounding psychological thriller from top 10 bestselling author KERI BEEVIS . A must-read for fans of Louise Candlish. Shalini Boland and C.L. TaylorAn island full of secrets. A woman on the run. What should she fear most? The man she is fleeing, or what awaits her on Purity Island?

Discover the BRAND NEW breathtaking, unputdownable thriller from bestselling author Tom Bale Perfect for fans of All Her Fault, Harlan Coben and Simon Kernick! 'Very clever and very nasty. Tom Bale is back. With a vengeance.' Bestselling author Luke Jennings

His native Scotland stands on the cusp of a new era of international expansion under its charismatic new leader, but former top cop Sir Robert Skinner is settled happily in Spain with his family, fully engaged in a new and unexpected career.

ONE MISSING BOY.

Esther Nacht is born in Vienna in 1905. Her father dies on board a ship from Bremerhaven to Portland, Maine, and anti-Semites murder her mother in Portland.

It's Noel and Dani's first Christmas in their new home and they want everything to be perfect - lavish presents, a beautiful tree and outdoor decorations to join in with the festivities in this welcoming community. But they quickly wonder if this street is as perfect as it appears.

What's the most useful thing you could know about your own life?

It's 1942 on Victory Walk in East London, and the Harrison sisters are wishing for some winter magic...

For the very first time, one of the nation's most-loved chefs celebrates the most wonderful time of the year with a book to cosy up and hunker down with. Rick Stein's Christmas reflects not only his incredible culinary career but also the special memories, times with family and festivities that Rick has cherished over the years.

All Lara wants for Christmas is a chance for a fresh start . . .

Long ago, Arthur Poole built a grand house overlooking the turbulent ocean, in a Maine village that bore his name. Today, Sonya MacTavish lives in that house-a manor that has been cursed for generations. Within its walls, she has witnessed the deaths of seven brides and the thefts of seven wedding rings.

Isolated and disconnected after her husband's death, Los Angeles gallery owner Sabrina Thompson escapes to a charming fishing village in south-west France, seeking refuge in the beautiful Château de Bonport.

The child you never knew

A snowy escape. A charming stranger. A Christmas she'll never forget...

Jack Reacher will make three stops today. Not all of them were planned for.

The ultimate air fryer cookbook. 15-minute feasts

15-minute air fryer meals for when you need them the most. This is your ultimate bible of flavour filled, ultra-fast air fryer meals that will be your perfect hearty mid-week dinners for the family, bountiful breakfasts, lunches to grab while you're on the go and delicious desserts too.

Saving money doesn't have to cost the earth.

Molly Palmer-Jones arrives at her aunt Ursula's house one morning, only to find her body slumped lifeless on the sofa . . .

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Disaster strikes when Greg's family forget his birthday.

Join the journey as our heroes discover the influence of belief and find truth from within.

A young boy gets more than he bargained for when he is locked inside London's biggest toy shop on Christmas Eve.

Bunny vs Monkey intergalactic monkey business!

Bunny, Monkey, and the rest of the residents of the woods discover a mini-Monkey and travel into space.

The completely chaotic Christmas of Lottie Brooks

Lottie continues to keep a diary of her embarrassing moments and romantic entanglements, this time at Christmas.

Fall in love this Christmas and open a chapter a day in a swoony festive romance that will open your heart. A slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers romance in the snow, in a groundbreaking bestselling advent calendar format that delivers a sealed chapter each day. With stunning gilt edges, full colour artwork and ribbon marker, this is the perfect pre-Christmas gift for readers of Lynn Painter, Rachel Cohn and David Levithan.

A beautiful boxed set containing all seven Harry Potter novels in paperback.

Explores the origin of the beloved Dog Man characters as they join forces to stop the Space Cuties from destroying the city.

Prequel story to the original trilogy, following Haymitch Abernathy's own experiences as a tribute participating in the Hunger Games

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Lottie and her friends hatch a plan to make Amber be friends with them again

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The dragons call out, and the ratatoskas tell of murder. Christopher is called back to the Archipelago to help the dragons, and is embroiled in a royal plot where justice must be done.

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Dog Man finds himself the target of a new supervillain and Petey gets a visit from his own father who abandoned him as a kitten.

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Offers practical advice on various aspects of life, including school, friendships, and dealing with crushes.

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Captures Harry's first Christmas at Hogwarts.

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Follows the adventures of a character created by George and Harold who is half dog and half man and fights crime as a policeman.

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Reunite with April and Bear for this new adventure in the Artic; from the wildest climate in the world to family and friendships, this novel has everything you'd expect.

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The extremely embarrassing life of Lottie Brooks

Lottie Brooks is 11 3/4 and her life is already officially over - not only is she about to start high school without any friends or glamorous swooshy hair, she's just discovered she's too flat-chested to wear A BRA!

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Mr Poirot ends up solving a mystery when he tries to take a relaxing holiday.

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When Bunny, Monkey and friends discover that all of existence is a virtual reality simulation, life gets a little bit crazy...

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A group of children take part in an escape game, only to discover that the puzzles they have to solve are far more serious than they expected.

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Record breaking facts and figures from around the world. 2026 edition.

'One day you'll look back and realise how hard it was, and just how well you did'

Who's got time to think about murder when there's a wedding to plan?

Join Britain's best-loved cook, Mary Berry, as she celebrates her 90th birthday with a career-spanning collection of iconic, fuss-free recipes for every occasion.

Jack Reacher will make three stops today. Not all of them were planned for.

Accompanying celebrated academic, Katherine Solomon, to a lecture she has been invited to give in Prague, Robert Langdon’s world spirals out of control when she disappears without trace from their hotel room.

Are you in the top 50% of the country?

Jack Reacher is alone, the way he likes it.

Bathroom salesman Matt is at a crossroads. He has lost his job, he is about to be made homeless and his girlfriend has left him.

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In Dividium, all crimes are punishable by life in prison. A prison that's a life sentence in more ways than one. Where the wealthy can hunt the inmates for sport.

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The 2025 Private Eye Annual brings together twelve months of the most incisive, hilarious and downright cheeky content from Britain's favourite satirical magazine.

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Are you in the top 50% of the country? The top 10%? Or even the top 1%?

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The original and bestselling almanac

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Duty. Blood. Honour. Power.

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Uncooperative animals, underperforming crops, and rather less than best-laid plans pursued with unbridled enthusiasm. Clarkson's farm is the gift that keeps on giving.

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When Gavin met Stacey and everything in between

From the BAFTA award-winning writers James Corden and Ruth Jones, discover the funny and intimate memoir about the making of one of our most beloved shows. 'Gavin & Stacey' is a TV series like no other. Now, for the first time, its creators tell the full extraordinary story of how they turned their little show into a full-on cultural phenomenon.

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Follows Lyra on her quest to reunite with Pan and to find out what is inside the mysterious Red Building.

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Even when she was a kid in Islington, Kathy Burke did things her own way. After gaining a place at the Anna Scher Theatre when she was a teenager changed the course of her life, she became an actor in 1982. By the mid-1990s Kathy was a household name.

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'People say to me, if you could do it all again, knowing what you know now, would you change anything? I'm like, f*** no. If I'd been clean and sober, I wouldn't be Ozzy. If I'd done normal, sensible things, I wouldn't be Ozzy.'

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Peter Kay returns with his most entertaining autobiography yet!

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"Welcome to the family," Nina Winchester says as I shake her elegant, manicured hand. I smile politely, gazing around the marble hallway. Working here is my last chance to start fresh. I can pretend to be whoever I like. But I'll soon learn that the Winchesters' secrets are far more dangerous than my own . . .

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The rollicking, rowdy and hilarious memoir of Top Gear and The Grand Tour, from the elusive man behind the camera

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Fifteen-year-old István lives with his mother in a quiet apartment complex in Hungary. New to the town and shy, he is unfamiliar with the social rituals at school and soon becomes isolated, with his neighbour - a married woman close to his mother's age - as his only companion.

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A new annual of bizarre facts and trivia for 2026

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Who knows what the storm will blow in...

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Daughter. Prisoner. Survivor. Warrior. Virginia Roberts Giuffre hit the headlines as Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s most outspoken victim: the woman whose decision to speak out helped send both serial abusers to prison, whose photograph with Prince Andrew catalyzed his fall from grace.

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She was promised a miracle. She got more then she bargained for.

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Tomorrow - if morning comes, if the storm stops raging - Cora will register the name of her son. Or perhaps, and this is her real concern, she'll formalise who he will become.

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It is Christmas Day and at Champton Rectory, Canon Daniel Clement and his mother Audrey are joined by the residents and guests of the big house to drink, eat and be merry.

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