A manuscript is found. Filled with small, precise writing and smelling of pit-water, it tells the story of an old recluse and his strange home – and it’s even stranger, jade-green double, seen by that ...

Penguin Weird Fiction: a celebration of the very best of the weird, a store of novels and tales that for generations have delighted and horrified. Sometime around the turn of the twentieth century, ...

A place that is unreachable from the Scottish mainland for twelve hours each day. Once the hideaway of Vanessa, a famous artist whose notoriously unfaithful husband disappeared twenty years ago. Now ...

If you love reading books from around the world – especially the ever-popular and growing canon of translated Japanese fiction – then the literature of Korea is your next fix. Modern Korea, split into ...

The dead man had been taken away. The only thing still living in the charred skeleton of the warehouse was a tiger-striped tabby cat with demonic yellow eyes. It showed no sign of having narrowly ...

Enter to win one of five RHS Memberships and five hardback copies of England: A Natural History. Ten runners up will also win a hardback copy of England: A Natural History. And to celebrate further, ...

Get inspired to throw your own Worst Witch themed Halloween party with three spellbinding crafts. Transform your spare toilet roll tubes into mini Mildred Hubbles, paper plates into stylish witch hats ...

But if you’re looking for something that has the dread of horror, combined with the wild imagination of fantasy, we recommend trying out weird fiction. Weird fiction is a literary style that blends ...

In April this year, Sophie Kinsella shared that she has been receiving treatment for an aggressive form of brain cancer, prompting an outpouring of love and support from her readers. Kinsella’s new ...

This prize draw is open to UK residents aged 18 years or over, with the exception of employees of the Promoter, their families, agents and anyone else connected with this promotion. Entries must be ...

Whether your favourite is Elphaba or Glinda, both of these iconic witches have plenty of life lessons to share. This is a book of two halves - just as there are two sides to every story - that invites ...