Winter, with its unsettling blend of the cosy and the sinister, has long been a popular time for gathering by the bright flame of a candle, or the warm crackling of a fire, and swapping stories of ghosts and strange happenings.\nNow eight bestselling, award-winning authors - master storytellers of the sinister and the macabre - bring this time-honoured tradition to vivid life in a spellbinding collection of new and original haunted tales.\nFrom a bustling Covent Garden Christmas market to the frosty moors of Yorkshire, from a country estate with a dreadful secret, to a London mansion where a beautiful girl lies frozen in death, these are stories to make your hair stand on end, send shivers down your spine and to serve as your indispensable companion to the long nights of winter.\nSo curl up, light a candle, and fall under the spell of The Haunting Season . . .\nFeaturing new and original tales from:\nBridget Collins 
Sunday Times bestselling author of The Binding\nImogen Hermes Gowar 
Sunday Times bestselling author of The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock\nKiran Millwood Hargrave 
Sunday Times bestselling author of The Mercies\nAndrew Michael Hurley 
Sunday Times bestselling author of The Loney\nJess Kidd 
International award-winning author of Things in Jars\nElizabeth Macneal 
Sunday Times bestselling author of The Doll Factory\nNatasha Pulley 
Sunday Times bestselling author of The Watchmaker of Filigree Street\nLaura Purcell 
Award-winning author of The Silent Companions

The Haunting Season: Nine Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights

Literature & Fiction

Bridget Collins

Andrew Michael Hurley

Laura Purcell

Natasha Pulley

Jess Kidd

Kiran Millwood-Hargrave

Imogen Hermes Gowar

Elizabeth Macneal

Literary

SPHERE

Splitfish

Gatehouse Press

Julia and the Shark

A remote island. A stormy summer. And an adventure as big as the Great Greenland shark ...\nMy name is Julia. 
This is the story of the summer I spent living in a lighthouse. 
The summer I almost lost my mum, and found a shark older than trees. 
Don't worry though, that doesn't spoil the ending ...\nJulia has followed her mum and dad to live on a remote island for the summer - her dad, for work; her mother, on a determined mission to find the elusive Greenland shark. But when her mother's obsession threatens to submerge them all, Julia finds herself on an adventure with dark depths and a lighthouse full of hope...\nA beautiful and uplifting story about a mother, a daughter, and love - with timely themes of the importance of science and the environment.

Julia and the Shark: An enthralling, uplifting adventure story from the creators of LEILA AND THE BLUE FOX

Children's Books

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Orion Children\'s Books

The thrilling second Geomancer book in the epic fantasy trilogy from the bestselling, award-winning Kiran Millwood Hargrave, for readers of Philip Pullman and Katherine Rundell.\n'Destined to be a classic' - Garth Nix 
'This tale of adventure and magic is as brave as it is exciting' - Independent 
'A stunning adventure' - Cressida Cowell 
'Fierce, lyrical ... an earth-shattering fantasy' Piers Torday\nUnlock a magic that could change the world ... or destroy it.\nYsolda is on the run, travelling with a rebellious princess to the wilds of the Drakken Peak - on the back of a huge sea wolf. With her faithful sea hawk Nara by her side, her quest to find the fabled magic of the Geomancer is just beginning ...\nFrom the author of The Girl of Ink and Stars, Julia and the Shark and The Mercies, the Geomancer trilogy is a new modern classic for readers young and old.

Geomancer: The Storm and the Sea Hawk: An epic fantasy adventure from a bestselling author

Action & Adventure

Geomancer The Storm And The Sea Hawk

Geomancer: The Storm and the Sea Hawk: An epic fantasy adventure from an award-winning author

Leila and the Blue Fox: Winner of the Wainwright Children’s Prize 2023

In The Shadow Of The Wolf Queen (signed First Edition)

orion#

Trial 1: Track a wolf 
Trial 2: Tame a wolf 
Trial 3: Train a wolf\nEira's always wanted to compete in the Wolf Trials. The winners become part of the Ryders, an elite group of warriors who ride gigantic sea wolves.\nThere's only one problem: Eira can't take part, because her mother is the fearsome wolf queen.\nShe won't let that stop her, though. Eira decides to disguise herself and compete... but will she succeed? Will she be recognised? And if she isn't, will she survive the Wolf Trials?

Geomancer: The Wolf Trials: World Book Day 2025

Orion Children's Books / Hachette Children's Group

Dance Tree

Pan/Macmillan

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