The title is the Susan Cooper book which I read probably first 35 years ago and it is my choice for this week’s Book Club. I always thought it was one of the best children’s book and was reminded about it when the Guardian highlighted it recently when it was celebrating books for young people. It will be interesting what my fellow Bookies think on Wednesday.

Talking books it is the Cheltenham Literature Festival is currently taking place and we went to an event on Saturday. It was a discussion with Amy Jeffs (I saw her two years ago ) and Nicholas Jubber who recently had a book called The Fairy Tellers published. Both authors had a wide range of knowledge so it was a good listen! We have both been underwhelmed with this year’s programme – hopefully we will find more next year!

A couple of pictures from our visit to the Scillies. More to follow.