Spotlight 25-26

WEEK A

WEEK BEGINNING 12/01/2026

Our selection of books guaranteed to get you out of a winter reading slump!

New Year, New Books

Katabasis by R.F Kuang

Nowhere on Earth by Nick Lake

Dark academia takes a trip to the underworld! A fiendishly clever fantasy from the author of Yellowface Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry by Joya Goffney Heartfelt rom-com about facing your fears and living your truth! Calling My Name by Liana Tamani Taja faces the pressure of family expectation and finding herself in this luminous coming-of-age story

A girl and her younger brother, hunted through the wilderness. But who ’ s after them, and why? The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh Mina has been cast into the Spirit World - but it ’ s also her chance to put an end to an age old curse Fable for the End of the World by Ava Reid An assassin and the girl she is hunting form a surprising bond in this thrilling dystopian romance.

Blenheim Society: Allies at War Monday 12 6pm, Recital Room th, The Blenheim Society have invited historian Tim Bouverie to talk about his remarkable book Allies at War , the story of an improbable and incongruous coalition, divided by ideology and politics and riven with mistrust and deceit, that won the Second World War and ensured the defeat of Nazi Germany. A copy is available to borrow in the library.

Book Box Restocked The Book Box on Field side has now been fully restocked, with lots of fiction, non-fiction, graphic novels, and manga ready to be signed out! On the top shelf, we’ve highlighted some of our favourite stories from around the world, including Japanese murder mysteries, Indigenous American dystopia, Indian family sagas, and Russian classics!

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