Two Years of Heron & Willow
By Heron & Willow
Two Years of Heron & Willow
By Heron & Willow
Books that have made an impression on us (and/or our reading groups) during our second year. All come highly recommended!
Clear
Carys Davies
£9.99 £9.49Enjoyed by our book group, an understated story of isolation and language, set on a barren, beautiful Scottish island.
Poor Things: Read the extraordinary book behind the award-winning film
Alasdair Gray
£9.99 £9.49Classic Scottish writer; a playful, sometimes disturbing tale that is open to interpretation (and different from the film)
Wilding: How to Bring Wildlife Back - an Illustrated Guide
Isabella Tree and Angela Harding
£20.00 £19.00The illustrated version of the modern classic - we screened the new film at our festival in September.
The Mythmakers: The Remarkable Fellowship of C.S. Lewis & J.R.R. Tolkien (A Graphic Novel)
John Hendrix
£18.99 £18.04Stunning graphic novel biography of C.S. Lewis and JRR Tolkien. A perfect way to tell their story.
Cuddy: Winner of the 2023 Goldsmiths Prize
Benjamin Myers
£9.99 £9.49One of our favourite authors - this really got our book groups talking!
Orbital
Samantha Harvey
£9.99 £9.49Booker Prize winner and the only book all three of our bookgroups read. A calm meditation on life from space.
But: Life Isn't Like That, Is It?
Boff Whalley
£18.99 £18.04Our March '25 guest's book, playful thoughts on creating, disrupting, challenging and saying thank you.
My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante
£10.99 £10.44First book of the huge series about two life long friends.
Double Proof: Shortlisted for the Bloody Scotland Debut Prize
Martin Stewart
£9.99 £9.49TheCrime-heads in our Book Group LOVED this - authentically Scottish tale of crime and whiskey.
Raising Hare: The heart-warming true story of an unlikely friendship
Chloe Dalton
£18.99 £18.04Beautiful book for nature lovers.
Fart Zoo: The silliest, funniest fart book EVER! (From the co-creator of Olobob Top)
Leigh Hodgkinson
£7.99 £7.59All you ever need to know (and more!) about farts.
The Secret History
Donna Tartt
£9.99 £9.49An all time classic that really delivers. Treat yourself.
Unruly: A History of England's Kings and Queens
David Mitchell
£10.99 £10.44Very accessible (and amusing) look at the history of the English crown.
Unicornia: Learning to Fly: A magical unicorn school fiction story for kids - making friends and flying unicorns in Unicornia fo
ANA PUNSET and Diana Vicedo
£6.99 £6.64Great new series of children's chapter books
Guards! Guards!: Discworld: The City Watch Collection
Terry Pratchett
£14.99 £14.24Here to represent the perennially popular Mr Pratchett. This is part of a lovely series of hardbacks with great covers.
The Edge of the Silver Sea
Alex Mullarky
£7.99 £7.59Brilliant children's author who visited us for our festival in September. This and her other book come highly recommended.
The Hot Trod: A History of the Anglo-Scottish Border
John Sadler
£11.99 £11.39John and his Time Bandits visited us during our festival in their WWI gettup. He also visited us to talk about this, his brilliant history of the Borders. Insightful yet accessible.
Grey Bees: A captivating, heartwarming story about a gentle beekeeper caught up in the war in Ukraine
Andrey Kurkov
£10.99 £10.44A book tackled by two of our bookgroups and it's a tale whose reading is constantly in flux, given the ongoing war, but one a very real, slightly absurd take on living in the middle of a war.