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* if you read on a kindle, perhaps buy something else - cards, puzzles, book tokens, brownies! - from us?!

Monday 27 January 2025, 6.30pm

Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson

A children's classic to read over Christmas! Robert Louis Stevenson wanted Treasure Island to be the best story about Buccaneers ever written! However, it is also a highly political novel written at a time when colonialisation was being questioned, and when the UK's monetary system was linked to the gold standard. As you are reading, think about the history which you are being told - as well as the fabulous story.

What did readers think about last month's book, Project Hail Mary? Read our blog here!

What did readers think about Olive Kitteridge? Read Louisa's blog here!