QBD Book Club – November Highlights
Each month, our wonderful “Channel 7 x QBD Book Club” hosts Victoria Carthew and Lee Carseldine discuss five great books of all different genres – from enthralling crime fiction to inspiring non-fiction. This November, they reviewed “Time of My Life” by Myf Warhurst, “The Heartstopper Yearbook” by Alice Oseman, and MORE! To order our November […]
Franc.World – October BOTM Review
Warning: this book contains a truly ridiculous number of delicious cakes, a herd of rude cats, a ramshackle gang of kids, and a dangerous organisation determined to spoil things for everyone, even you… When Trilby’s mother catches a strange sickness, Trilby must find her only other surviving relative, a 300-year-old aunt who lives in a […]
Franc.World – September Reviews
“The Gilded Ones” by Namina Forna Bold and immersive, this New York Times bestselling book, is the first instalment of a feminist fantasy series inspired by the culture and folklore of West Africa. The debut novel from playwright Namina Forna, The Gilded Ones sees sixteen-year-old Deka living in Otera, a deeply patriarchal ancient kingdom, where […]
Franc.World – September BOTM Review
Anyone who has ever known the sheer delight of eating hot chips by the water will know the sheer terror that is being swarmed by a flock of hungry seagulls. In fact it’s such a common occurrence, author/illustrator Sam Cotton has created an entire TikTok series around chippies and seagulls and other cute cartoon characters […]
