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03/10/2026

The Book Fairies are sharing copies of Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie across both the UK and the USA today! The fairies are celebrating 50 years since the novel’s posthumous publication, after Agatha had filed it away for over thirty years.

Who will be lucky enough to spot one of these beautiful books today? These were hidden at St Fagans in Cardiff.

About the book:

A strange house. A ghost from the past. As soon as she moves into Hillside, Gwenda knows there’s something strange about this house. Despite her best efforts to modernize the house, she only succeeded in dredging up its past. Worse, she felt an irrational sense of terror every time she climbed the stairs.

A sealed room. A hidden door. The apparition of a young woman being strangled.
But strangest of all – this all seems quite familiar.

In fear, Gwenda turned to Miss Marple to exorcise her ghosts. Have the two of them dredged up a perfect crime committed many years before?

The killer may have gotten away with murder. But Miss Marple is never far behind.

03/10/2026

The Book Fairies are sharing copies of Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie across both the UK and the USA today! The fairies are celebrating 50 years since the novel’s posthumous publication, after Agatha had filed it away for over thirty years.

Who will be lucky enough to spot one of these beautiful books today? These were hidden at Insole Court in Cardiff.

About the book:

A strange house. A ghost from the past. As soon as she moves into Hillside, Gwenda knows there’s something strange about this house. Despite her best efforts to modernize the house, she only succeeded in dredging up its past. Worse, she felt an irrational sense of terror every time she climbed the stairs.

A sealed room. A hidden door. The apparition of a young woman being strangled.
But strangest of all – this all seems quite familiar.

In fear, Gwenda turned to Miss Marple to exorcise her ghosts. Have the two of them dredged up a perfect crime committed many years before?

The killer may have gotten away with murder. But Miss Marple is never far behind.

03/10/2026

The Book Fairies are sharing copies of Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie across both the UK and the USA today! The fairies are celebrating 50 years since the novel’s posthumous publication, after Agatha had filed it away for over thirty years.

Who will be lucky enough to spot one of these beautiful books today? These copies have been left at the Better Read Book Feat in Abergavenny

About the book:

A strange house. A ghost from the past. As soon as she moves into Hillside, Gwenda knows there’s something strange about this house. Despite her best efforts to modernize the house, she only succeeded in dredging up its past. Worse, she felt an irrational sense of terror every time she climbed the stairs.

A sealed room. A hidden door. The apparition of a young woman being strangled.
But strangest of all – this all seems quite familiar.

In fear, Gwenda turned to Miss Marple to exorcise her ghosts. Have the two of them dredged up a perfect crime committed many years before?

The killer may have gotten away with murder. But Miss Marple is never far behind.

01/10/2026

🎶 Boys and girls of every age, wouldn’t you like to see something strange? 🎶

It’s October and that means the spooky season is upon us! From 26th October to 5th November, The Book Fairies will be celebrating wonderfully spooky books around the world.

Join us! Find the scariest books on your bookshelf, dress them up, and hide them in your favourite spots around your city. OR if you cannot let them go, just and tell us why you love reading them.

Make sure to use the hashtag so we can see all your pictures! 👻

Do you have a favourite scary book? Will you be joining in? Let us know in the comments!

16/09/2026

“The world’s great cities are shaped not only by people and events, but by the stories they’ve inspired - and today, they remain full of places that cherish the written word.”

The Book Fairies are sharing copies of A World of Bookish Places across the UK today!

Who will be lucky enough to spot one amongst the spots mentioned? This copy is at the wonderful Betty Campbell statue opposite Cardiff Central, who the first black headteacher.

About the book:

If you’ve ever planned a trip around a bookshop, sought out a hidden library or detoured for a literary landmark, this book is for you. Created by people who feel the same, A World of Bookish Places is a celebration of literary travel, written for book lovers who love to travel and travellers who love books.

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11/09/2026

“Once upon a time there was a tiger. Tiger was very grumpy.”

Waiting at Barry Skate Park!

The Book Fairies are sharing copies of Once Upon a Tiger by Sarah Massini across the UK today!

Who will be lucky enough to spot one? Make sure to share with the other child-cubs!

About the book:

One day, a grumpy tiger wakes to find not one, not two, but three child-cubs upon his back – and try as he might, they will not move. So tiger and children stay together and slowly, gently come to teach one another about bravery, kindness and belonging.

10/09/2026

“‘Oh, no,’ Juliet said earnestly. ‘I asked my dear old friend, Friar Laurence to pay him a visit. He’s always full of the best ideas. When he finally gets to the right place.’”

Hidden around Cardiff!

The Book Fairies are sharing new paperback copies of The Last Bard by Maz Evans today across the UK!

Who will be lucky enough to spot one?

About the book:

Will Davenant has known more tragedy than laughter. But in an unexpected twist, he inherits his grandfather’s copy of The Complete Works of Shakespeare – and makes a surprising discovery. As the last living relative of William Shakespeare himself, Will can summon the Bard’s heroes from the pages and now he has some extraordinary new friends to help turn things in his life around.

03/09/2026

“All magic has its price, but the Dawn Sister’s magic was as temperate and balanced as she herself was, requiring only a fleeting tithe: chattering teeth for a warm breeze, wizened cheeks for a tree in bloom.”

The Book Fairies are sharing copies of The Last Starborn Seer by Venetia Constantine across the UK today! These are at the lovely new statue in Porthkerry, Barry.

Who will use their seer powers to work out where they’re hidden?

About the book:

Leilani Stellarion is cursed.

The last of a ruined bloodline, she’s shunned for her volatile Starborn magic, which grants her prophetic visions but is slowly corrupting her mind. Branded a pariah, Leilani is blamed for the Sickening, a wasting curse that fractured the realms of Arcelia and plunged them into war.

When her dying mother’s health deteriorates and a forced marriage threatens her future, Leilani seizes the chance to reclaim her fate. A prophecy speaks of an ancient relic that could end the Sickening – and she’s determined to find it.

To retrieve the sceptre, she must survive the deadly climb to the Astral Mountain, forge alliances with enemies, outwit rebel forces, and navigate her own treacherous feelings for a rival envoy, which grow under the watchful eye of her betrothed.

Hunted by a vengeful spectre and haunted by her magic, Leilani must decide what she’s willing to sacrifice in the name of redemption – before her powers consume her.

01/09/2026

“I could feel my life changing direction as I stood facing that stage, with every ear-splitting beat.”

Left at the radio station in Cardiff!

The Book Fairies are sharing copies of The Manchester Chronicles by Clint Boon around the UK today!

Who will be lucky enough to spot one?

About the book:

A born storyteller, Clint Boon pieces together a collage of often hilarious stories to give us a unique take on the city’s coming of age alongside his own. At art school, rehearsal studios and sweaty gigs, we meet the movers and shakers of Manchester, often well before they were famous, as they came together to forge their identities and put the city on the map.

Be it a near-fatal tour bus crash, or suffering the ignominy of being on Top of The Pops one week and signing on the dole the next - while your former roadie, Noel, makes pop history - Clint entertainingly captures the mayhem of music, success and the city’s extraordinary musical family.

Encountering bands like Buzzcocks, Joy Division, The Fall, New Order, the Smiths, James, the Stone Roses, the Happy Mondays, Elbow and Oasis, raconteur Clint tells the Manchester legend not as an exhaustive history, but as what it felt like to be there at the time, taking the trip of a lifetime.

22/08/2026

“My eyes try to see through the throng of bodies. See if he’s seen me. If he discovers I’m here, he’ll want to know why, and I’m not sure my flimsy excuse will cut it.”

These books were hidden all around the Red Dragon Centre in Cardiff!

The Book Fairies are sharing copies of The Exes by Leodora Darlington throughout the UK today!

Who will be lucky enough to spot one?

About the book:

Natalie chose James carefully, because he’s different from all the men she’d loved before. Calm. Competent. Kind. And there are three very good reasons she needs to be so careful. Their names are Marc, Luca and George. Natalie prefers not to think about what they did to her. Let alone what she had to do to them.

Except now, on a night they are meant to be celebrating how happy they are together, Natalie and James are lying in separate bedrooms.

She is asking herself how she could have been foolish enough to let yet another man hurt her like this.

Slowly, Natalie realises she’s already holding a knife.

But she’s not going to do anything with it.

She’s not. Not again.

About the author:

Leodora has quickly established herself as one of the UK’s most exciting literary voices. She was recently shortlisted for the McDermid Debut Award 2026 and The Exes was selected as a Good Morning America Book Club pick.

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