How to draw your own mermaid by Lydia Monks

One of the long-standing friends of the Edge of the World Bookshop is author Anna Wilson. Anna writes hilarious children’s books and we have enjoyed lots of children’s events with Anna with the whole audience in stitches. Her newly published memoir is on a more sober subject, her mother’s autism.

Sophie Kirtley reads the first two chapters of her new book The Wild Way Home If you love adventure and time-slip this novel might just be what you are looking for. Perfect for 8-12 year old readers it has received rave reviews and is out this week.

Lamorna Ash is the author of Dark, Salt Clear: Life in a Cornish Fishing Village. Here Lamorna introduces her book for the Edge of the World Bookshop. Charting her time in Newlyn and the fishing community there, this is a captivating insight into the life and character of our beloved

Author Frances Hardinge reads the opening chapter of her stunning new novel Deeplight. This author is an Edge of the World absolute fave and her latest novel doesn’t disappoint. If you are looking for page-turning fantasy then fiction this good shouldn’t be only available to teens. The gods of the

Lydia Monks has illustrated some of Julia Donaldson’s classic stories including What the Ladybird Heard. To celebrate the publication of a new adventure, What the Ladybird Heard at the Seaside, she shows how to draw your very own mermaid. Have a go!

We were due to feature author Kiran Millwood Hargrave at the Acorn Penzance to talk about her latest book ‘The Mercies’. One of the disappointing aspects of the lockdown for us has been having to cancel and postpone a series of exciting events we had planned and this was one

We love a chance to draw a favourite character with an illustrator who creates wonderful books for children. Here the multi-award winning Emily Gravett shows us how to draw Pete the Badger.