Christmas Capers 2017
The much-loved Christmas Capers community project was a great success as usual. Check out Paul Pitman’s beautiful photos of all the festive action by clicking on his photo below.
A collection of reviews, comments and items received:
Photo from Kevin Graal event
Upstairs at the Ostrich
Saturday 29th April 2017
‘Thank you’ to all who have submitted a photo of the book pile from their bedside:
List of books most likely claimed to have been read when, in actuality, only the film has been viewed-
in order of popularity:
- James Bond books, Ian Fleming
- Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien
- The Chronicles of Narnia, CS Lewis
- The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown
- The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins
- Trainspotting, Irvine Welsh
- The Wizard of Oz, L Frank Baum
- Bridget Jones’s Diary, Helen Fielding
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson
- The Godfather, Mario Puzo
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Ken Kesey
- Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn
- The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini
Books chosen by those who went to The Pile By My Bed event. Their idea of a ‘must read’ book for the future generation . All ages took part!
Literary Festival
Inheritance Tree
How To Train Your Dragon series Cressida Cowell
The Secret History Donna Tartt
The Cave Jose Saramango
The Magic Finger
My Dad Martin Bannister
Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte
Just So Stories Rudyard Kipling
Heroes of Olympus Rick Riordan
Ingo Helen Dunmore
Small Island Andrea Levy
Lord of the Flies
The Famous Five Enid Blyton
Harry Potter series JK Rowling
1984 George Orwell
Peter Rabbit Beatrix Potter
Sapiens: A Brief History of Mankind
The Handmaid’s Tale Margaret Atwood
Wild Swans Jung Chang
Oxford English Dictionary
The Great Gatsby Scott Fotzgerald
The Poisonwood Bible Barbara Kingsolver
Down & Out in Paris and London George Orwell
Goodnight Mr Tom Michelle Magorian
Pride & Prejudice Jane Austen
Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad
How I Live Now Meg Rosoff
My Bear Book
Cutting for Stone Abraham Verglese
Wake Lisa McMann
The Hobbit JR Tolkein
Sapiens
The Girl Who Wasn’t There Karen McCombie
The Complete Works of Shakespeare
Murder Most Unlady-Like Robin Stevens
House at Pooh Corner AA Milne
Wolf Brother
All Quiet on the Western Front Erich Maria Remargoo
The Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling
Some Tame Gazelle Barbara Pym
The Tobacconist Robert Seethaler
Wind in the Willows Kenneth Graham
The Boiled Giant K Ishiguro
The Winds of War Herman Wouk
War & Remembrance Herman Wouk
Little Women Louisa M Alcott
Hons & Rebels Jessica Mitford
Wonder Raquel J Palacio
Lord of the Rings JR Tolkein
Christmas Capers 2016
Another fantastic success for this community project that has become a much-loved part of the festive season in our village. See Paul Pitman’s excellent photos here
