Jenny Ayre Jenny Ayre

A Horror Read For Everyone

Are you a horror reader? Or is it a genre that you are interested in getting into? We have a round up of fantastic horror recommendations for everyone below!

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Lex Brookman Lex Brookman

If you liked THE WRONG SISTER by Claire Douglasโ€ฆ 

โ€œI feel like Claire Douglas crept up on me; appeared out of nowhere with these brilliantly atmospheric, plot-driven crime thrillers. I picked up THE COUPLE IN NO. 9 during a โ€˜big shopโ€™ and never looked back.  I then celebrated THE GIRLS WHO DISAPPEARED on our YouTube Channel - it is the one that really cemented my love for Claire's writing.โ€ - Lex 

Hereโ€™s some recommendations of what to read next if you loved THE WRONG SISTER by Claire Douglas.

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Jenny Ayre Jenny Ayre

Albums that Made Me

Growing up, my parents didnโ€™t really play music at home. This meant that my music education came from two places: recording the Top 40 off the radio on a Sunday afternoon, and stealing my sister's punk CDs.

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Lucy Jones Lucy Jones

Digital Detox: Could you rise to the challenge?

Itโ€™s one of the trending phrases in the wellbeing space at the moment, and I think itโ€™s fair to say itโ€™s often a suggestion that we make flippantly to people we think are in desperate need of some self care; โ€œJust take some time out, do a digital detoxโ€ is a very easy suggestion for us to offer to others, but could you actually do a full week completely away from your phone, laptop, and other devices that connect you to people?

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Jenny Ayre Jenny Ayre

Sci-Fi as a genre: why we are all secretly Sci-Fi readers.

Have you seen the Netflix trailer for 3 Body Problem? When Team Tandem first saw it, lots of us thought, this looks so cool- but Iโ€™m not a Sci-Fi fan. The book that inspired the show took the world by storm, selling 3 million copies worldwide. This got me thinking on why people have this aversion to Sci-Fi, and is that fair?

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Stephanie Holland Stephanie Holland

The Women Behind the Collective

Itโ€™s International Womenโ€™s Day; a day on which we celebrate women, and give focus to issues such as gender equality, reproductive rights, and violence and abuse against women. In our opinion, those things should be a focus every day; thatโ€™s why I wanted to shine a light on some of the exceptionally brilliant women who Iโ€™m proud to call my colleagues and friends; women who are changing the world daily.

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Stephanie Holland Stephanie Holland

What This Week

Come with me, and youโ€™ll see, thereโ€™s a particularly sweet cultural roundup in store for you this weekโ€ฆ and no Iโ€™m not talking about Glasgowโ€™s infamous Willy Wonka eventโ€ฆ

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Stephanie Holland Stephanie Holland

World Book Day 2024

World Book Day brings with it a certain kind of pressure; what on earth should we focus on when our entire world is books?! This year, due toโ€ฆ gestures vaguely to the world which is aflame in all the bad ways and not the cute waysโ€ฆ. we are keeping things light with some quick-fire ultimate recommendations from the team, so that you may never need to be short of some bookish escapism when youโ€™re having a moment of indecision.

3, 2, 1โ€ฆ.. go!!

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Stephanie Holland Stephanie Holland

Monthly Wrap Up - February 2024

Hello friend! February saw us immersing ourselves in some truly captivating, heart-rending, thought-provoking and unforgettable talesโ€ฆ. read on to find out what we Readalong-ed this past month!

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Ellen Pickering Ellen Pickering

Super Bowl Trailers

We are going to be honest, we were just watching the Super Bowl for the halftime show and to get the first sneak peek of the highly anticipated movies that are about to drop. And they did not disappoint, from mischievous minions to animals on steroids, are you as excited as we are for this year's lineup?

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Stephanie Holland Stephanie Holland

What This Week

Come with me, and youโ€™ll see, thereโ€™s a particularly sweet cultural roundup in store for you this weekโ€ฆ and no Iโ€™m not talking about Glasgowโ€™s infamous Willy Wonka eventโ€ฆ

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Camilla Riccadonna Camilla Riccadonna

A Podcast Round-Up: Strong Female Character by Fern Brady

Last month we had the pleasure of working on the release of the paperback version of Strong Female Character by the amazing Fern Brady, a strong, frank and funny memoir about her experience with autism as an adult woman. You can listen to the thoughts and reviews of our exceptional podcasting community, here.

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