Andy Stanton, author of the popular Mr. Gum series, which includes the new Mr Gum In The Hound Of Lamonic Bibber Bumper Book, will be at the Southbank Centre on Saturday (7/7/2012) for what the Guardian has billed as ‘a side-stitchingly funny…

…show.’

The author of the Never Say No to a Princess!, Tracey Corderoy, has also been recommended by the Guardian, who note that the  ‘much-loved picture-book author will present an afternoon of fun, crafts and storytelling’ on 28/07/2012 at Waterstones, Market Harborough.

Both authors’ events are recommended in the Guardian’s ‘Things to do this summer’. Click here to read the article in full.

You can buy a copy of Andy’s Mr Gum In The Hound Of Lamonic Bibber Bumper Book here.

You can buy a copy of Tracey’s Never Say No to a Princess! here.

A dark, bold literary novel about two estranged brothers brought back into each other’s lives by their father’s disappearance – and the emotional, moral and physical reckoning that follows.

Two estranged brothers emerge from long periods of isolation when their father goes missing. Alike in appearance but sharply divided by experience, the brothers are forced into proximity as they search for the elderly man across Gran Canaria.

Nick is a priest, a man shaped by a violent criminal past and sincere religious conversion, while Gary is a former basketball player whose heightened energy and volatility signal a manic episode brought on by bipolar disorder.

As they navigate seedy bars, churches, beaches and volcanic landscapes, the search becomes something deeper: a confrontation with memory, masculinity, faith and care. Their father’s dementia haunts every step of the journey, destabilising the idea of authority and leaving the brothers to negotiate responsibility between them.
What emerges is a deeply humane novel about male bonds – messy, funny and tender – and about what it means to love someone when certainty has disappeared.