You're called Fidge and you're nearly eleven. You've been hurled into a strange world. You have three companions: two are unbelievably weird and the third is your awful cousin Graham. You have to solve a series of nearly impossible clues. You need to deal with a cruel dictator and three thousand Wimbley Woos (yes, you read that sentence correctly).And the whole situation - the whole, entire thing - is your fault.Wed Wabbit is an adventure story about friendship, da...

'Bloody funny, bloody moving - bloody buy it!' - Meera SyalSome people live life in the fast lane. Others have stalled and are waiting for assistance on the side of the road, sustained only by the piece of chewing gum they've just found in the glove compartment.Spencer's ex-lover has died, leaving him a lizard and a list of things to do before the end of the year.Spencer's friend Fran shares a house and a mortgage with her brother and his g...

When Noel Bostock - aged ten, no family - is evacuated from London to escape the Blitz, he winds up in St Albans with Vera Sedge - thiry-six, drowning in debts. Always desperate for money, she's unscrupulous about how she gets it.The war's thrown up all manner of new opportunities but what Vee needs is a cool head and the ability to make a plan. On her own, she's a disaster. With Noel, she's a team.Together they cook up an idea. But there are plenty of other people making m...

A nostalgic, warm-hearted memoir from one of the producers of the cult-hit TV show Father Ted.'What a treat - it brought the whole experience flooding back. A feast for fans of the show or indeed anyone interested in the creative chaos of making television' Graham NortonThree decades after it first appeared on screen, Father Ted is still cherished, quoted and endlessly re-watched. Its beloved main characters, unforgettable...

'This funny, heart-warming and beautifully crafted novel is a must-read.' Daily Mail'A beautifully written, minutely observed and researched, evocative and very funny tale.' GuardianNow a major film starring Gemma Arterton and Bill Nighy___In a man's world, it's up to Catrin Cole to lift the spirits of a nation...It's 1940. In a small advertising agency in Soho, Catrin writes sn...

From the acclaimed author of Crooked Heart comes another "smart, funny, ingenious, revealing tale of London life during the Second World War" ( The Independent).It is 1940. France has fallen, and only a narrow strip of sea lies between Great Britain and invasion. Now is the time when everyone must do their part. Young copywriter Catrin Cole is drafted into the Ministry of Information to help "write women" into propaganda films—something that the me...

Ed and his sister Roo are faced with the most boring half-term holiday in history: five days spent in the company of their elderly neighbour Miss Filey, and her ancient, smelly cat.But when they find a box of birthday candles in a cupboard in Miss Filey's house, their world is changed completely. These are no ordinary candles, every single one of them comes with a wish.There's only one problem: some of those wishes actually belong to someone else . . .

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Old Baggage written by Lissa Evans, read by Joanna Scanlan.'The work of a novelist in her prime' Daily Telegraph'Wise and witty' Sarah Hughes, Observer'Essential . . . Evans is a brilliant storyteller' StylistWhat do you do next, after you’ve changed the world?It is 1928. Matilda Simpkin...

The secrets of a woman and her adopted son struggling to survive the London Blitz are about to be exposed in this "darkly comic" ( Booklist ) novel.It's late 1944. Hitler's rockets are raining down on London with vicious regularity and it's the coldest winter in living memory. The Allies are gaining ground, but victory is certainly dragging its feet.In a large house next to Hampstead Heath, Vee Sedge is barely scra...

Stuart Horten, ten years old and small for his age, is about to have the strangest ADVENTURE of his life.After moving to the boring town of Beeton, he finds himself swept up in an INCREDIBLE QUEST to find his great-uncle's lost legacy: a magician's workshop stuffed with trickery and MAGIC. There are clues to follow, unbearable neighbours to avoid and PUZZLES to solve, but what starts as FUN ends up as DANGER, and Stuart begins to realise that he can't finish the task on his own . ....

#1 UK Bestseller. "A thoughtful, funny, companionable novel . . . executed with verve" from the bestselling author of Their Finest and Crooked Heart ( The London Times).1928. Riffling through a cupboard, Matilda Simpkin comes across a small wooden club—an old possession that she hasn't seen for more than a decade. Immediately, memories come flooding back to Mattie—memories of a thrilling past, which only further serve to remind her of her ...

'Evans is very funny . . . the Tom Sharpe for the next generation' Sunday ExpressSome are born odd, some achieve oddness and some are just in the wrong place at the wrong time…Netta Lee had always felt like the odd one out growing up. But when, as an adult, she returns to the Midlands to help her family move house, it becomes apparent that perhaps she isn’t the unusual one after all. A brother with a penchant for rubbish collection, a mother who seems to think she’...