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  We have teamed up with author and illustrator Lara Hawthorne for a special Mini-beast drawing competition! Anyone can enter (not just for kids!) Just draw a Mini-beast of your choosing or even make one up. The categories are: 1) 0-6 years 2) 6-12 years 3) 12+ The drawings will be judged by Lara and one winner chosen from each category will receive a £15 Rye Books voucher to spend in store or online.  To enter simply post your drawings on Instagram with the hashtag   #ryebooksgarden & make sure you're following us. Competition closes at midnight Sunday 17th May. *...

by Phoebe Demeger One of the more common queries I receive as a bookseller is from readers looking for “a really light, feel-good read”. After years spent working in this trade you’d think I’d be ready for it. And yet it’s still a surprisingly hard question to answer. At the heart of almost all stories is conflict, that messy yet necessary part of human existence that we all have to face from time to time. Yet even the most hard-hitting novels – for example A Little Life, something of an endurance test when it comes to trauma and tragedy –...