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April Book Club
Chalfont – Tuesday 14 April 2026, 7.30pm
Beaconsfield – Tuesday 14 April 2026, 7.30pm
We will be sharing our thoughts about:
Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy and/or Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt. Please use code V&TBOOKCLUB at the checkout to receive your 10% discount.
Do come along and join us to talk about one, or both, of these books. Order your discounted books here for free collection from either store. Sign up by emailing matt@vinnyandted.co.uk
Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
A family on a remote island. A mysterious woman washed ashore. A storm gathering force.
Dominic Salt and his three children are caretakers of Shearwater, a tiny weather-lashed island that is home to the world’s largest seed bank. As Shearwater risks being lost to rising sea levels, the island’s researchers have fled, and only the Salts remain. Until, during the worst storm in living memory, a stranger washes ashore.
The family nurse the woman, Rowan, back to strength, but it seems she isn’t telling the whole truth about why she’s there. And when Rowan stumbles upon sabotaged radios and a recently dug grave, she realises that she’s not the only one on the island with a secret. A novel of breathtaking twists and dizzying beauty, Wild Dark Shore is about the impossible choices we make to protect the people we love.
Set on the fictional island of Shearwater, based closely Macquarie Island, a subantarctic island located halfway between Tasmania and Antarctica, and a World Heritage Site.
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt.
After Tova Sullivan’s husband died, she began working the night cleaner shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium. Ever since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat over thirty years ago keeping busy has helped her cope.
One night she meets Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium who sees everything, but wouldn’t dream of lifting one of his eight arms for his human captors – until he forms a remarkable friendship with Tova. Ever the detective, Marcellus deduces what happened the night Tova’s son disappeared. And now Marcellus must use every trick his old body can muster to unearth the truth for her before it’s too late…
Shelby Van Pelt’s debut novel is a reminder that sometimes taking a hard look at the past can help uncover a future that once felt impossible.
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