Waterstones

Join us on the 3rd of August to read our pick - Central Station by * Lavie Tidhar *, 2017 Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee among many other of its accolades. We meet at 7pm in Ground Cafe and will bribe you with free coffee and good chat.

Strange clockwork instruments, giant fighting bears, shadowy kidnappers and a bottle of poisoned tokay haunt the path of Phillip Pullman's plucky heroine, Lyra, as she follows the trail of her missing friends in a world not quite like our own. Northern Lights is the unforgettable first book in the His Dark Materials…

Charles Manson's cult was the diabolical doppelganger to the Coca Cola kids who wanted to teach the 60's to sing. Emma Cline's 'The Girls' explores the fascination and horror of such a cult as seen through the eyes of young Californian teenager Evie. 'There will be blood and plenty of it' thrilled 'The Guardian'.

Join us every Saturday morning @11am for Storytelling and colouring-in in the Children's section. We read a new story every week and encourage children of all ages to join in. Look forward to seeing you there!

If you could cut through the fabric of our own world and into another what would you find? Will discovers that other realities can be just as threatening as the one we're all used to, and even more strange. When he finds himself haunted and hunted through a strange city he is forced to team up with a fearless young girl…