Book cover. The background is deep black. There is a shield like pattern with a gold eight pointed star at its centre and a blue woven edge with points north south east and west, and gold stars. Inside the edge is a riot of shapes outlining a stormy sea, black flames with gold edges, blue clouds and water, and a female face, black with gold edging. Text: Songlight. They are hunting those who shine. Moira Buffini.

Ringmer review

Moira Buffini: Songlight

A reader writes: enthralling.

CAKE!!!!! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake!

And books as well.

And jigsaws.

THE BUMPER BOOK AND JIGSAW SALE!

Don't miss it.

Saturday October 25th

10-12 noon

Ringmer Village Hall

Still there. Looks like @faberbooks.bsky.social don't read their social media streams.

Faber's page for "A Bird In Winter" with a shot of the books' cover. The breadcrumb trail above it reads: "Home - Non-fiction - Travel Writing - A Bird in Winter"

Dear @louisedoughty.bsky.social

did you know @faberbooks.bsky.social has A Bird In Winter classified as a travel book?

Book cover. A small figure clad in wet weather gear trudges head down through a desolate landscape. They could be on a beach with shingle and heaped seaweed. Behind are rocks and steam rising from hot springs. The cavernous sky is a dismal blue grey. Text: "Nail-bitngly tense" Paula Hawkins. Sunday Times best selling author of Appletree Yard. Louise Doughty A Bird In Winter. "Psychologically acute. Terrific" Daily Mail. "Pacey and propulsive" Guardian. "Gripping" Maria Claire.

@louisedoughty.bsky.social

Ringmer reviews

Two reviews for Louise Doughty's A Bird In Winter

#1: "Extraordinary"

#2: "Exceptional. Really riveting."

Book cover: A muddy path lined with bushy grass leads to an isolated house in the middle distance. There is a light in one of the upper windows, the only sign of warmth in the scene. Dark smoke rises from a chimney. The sky is grey getting darker the further up you go, and the land is grey with only hints of green. Text: "One of my flat out favourite contemporary suspense writers... I turn each final page both deeply satisfied and ravenous for more" A J Finn author of Woman In The Window. Elly Griffiths The Lantern Men. A Dr Ruth Galloway mystery."

Ringmer review

@ellygriffiths.bsky.social : The Lantern Men

A reader writes: "Superb. The best Galloway story yet."

Book cover: A very, very broken down stone entrance, crowded with ivy and overgrown with trees, with a gateway into a murky beyond. A couple of full bin bags slung to one side. Overhead an equally dramatic cloudy sky. Text: "Ruth Galloway is one of the most engaging characters in modern crime fiction" Kate Mosse. Elly Griffiths The Chalk Pit. A Dr Ruth Galloway mystery."

Ringmer review

Elly Griffiths: The Chalk Pit

A reader writes: Another excellent episode in the lives, loves and murders of Dr Ruth Galloway and the Norfolk cops. Thoroughly recommended.

James MacCleary, MP for Lewes, and librarian Liz Owen with several volunteers stand in front of one of Ringmer Library's stacked bookshelves with some books on display. None of the books displayed refer to political scandals or anything juicy.

We had a very nice visit from our MP James MacCleary. Sadly he was too old to sign up for the #SummerReadingChallenge

Dorothy is a megalodon with seriously fearsome teeth and a beady eye for a book. The golem is largely made of stone, with a quietly happy looking face. On his back and head is a carpet of fertile ground on which book plants are sprouting all sorts of books.

Our regular reviewer Dorothy the megalodon met the book golem to talk about...books, of course. And the #SummerReadingChallenge, which is still on - you can join at the library. Or you can sign up online: summerreadingchallenge.org.uk

Dorothy and the golem are still talking; we can't separate them.

On the left Dorothy the Ringmer megalodon rises out of a shed roof with a beady eye and an open mouth displaying a wonderful set of teeth. On the right a book cover. In the centre is an ornate wrought iron gate with something fabric hanging on ts right hand half. The left hand gate is supported by a hefty and forbidding looking stanchion. In the misty background is a tall thin church spire. Text: 'Bone chilling' The Times. Elly Griffiths The Woman In Blue. A Dr Ruth Galloway mystery.

Ringmer review

@ellygriffiths.bsky.social: The Woman In Blue

Dorothy the RIngmer megalodon says "The cover says 'bone chilling'. Good. I like bones. Not sure about chilled ones though. Cracking good book, couldn't put it down. Not even to eat."

Cartoon of several children in a garden, playing with books, bugs, hay stacks, watering cans, plants, etc. Text: The Reading Agency. Summer Reading Challenge. Story Garden illustrations by Dapo Adeola, illustrations and logo copyright The Reading Agency 2025

Too hot in the garden? Nothing on TV? Read a book! The Summer Reading Challenge is here. Sign up at Ringmer Village Library and read anything you like.

You're right, Rachael 👇 ; it really is all still happening.

@ellygriffiths.bsky.social Woman In Blue wasn't on the shelf at @ringmerlibrary.bsky.social so I asked to go on the waiting list. Man went to check, and came back with it in his hand. I said, "It wasn't there!" He said, "It was in the hand of the person putting books back on the shelf". Result!

Two book reviews. The first reads Ringmer Review Dorothy the Ringmer megalodon reviews Elly Griffiths "A Room Full of Bones". "Yum. I love bones. Crunchy. I love this book too. Love watching Galloway and Nelson's relationship evolve." On the left Dorothy the Ringmer megalodon rises out of a shed roof with a beady eye and an open mouth displaying a wonderful set of teeth. On the right the cover of "A Room Full of Bones" shows a weathered timber building beside a low fence on the edge of a strip of sand. Above is grey sky shading to black. Text: Brilliant on the eerie landscape of the Norfolk coast. Sunday Times. Elly Griffiths A Room Full of Bones. A Dr Ruth Galloway mystery. The second Ringmer review A reader writes A lovely dollop of Galloway, Nelson, Cathbad et al. And Kate, of course. And a juicy mystery to solve. Book cover: A stormy sky lowers over a woman treading a damp wooden boardwalk between wire fences. On one side is a single cross denoting a graveyard. The woman looks over her shoulder in apparent apprehension. She has slim legs and an elegant coat (hence is definitely not Ruth Galloway). Text: Crimes of the past; secrets in the present. Ruth Galloway's latest case will push her to the edge. Elly Griffiths. The Outcast Dead. "Enticingly atmospheric... a really intelligent murder story" Independent

We have been reading a lot of ‪@ellygriffiths.bsky.social‬ lately.

Book cover: The silhouette of a black clad person holding a gun runs along a rocky shore. The figure looks like a man, which is a bit odd as the two main characters in the book are women. In the distance is a lengthy bridge under a brilliant sunset with a helicopter hovering to one side. Text: "Baldacci is the master" Jeffrey Archer. David Baldacci The number one best seller. Simply Lies. The truth can be deadly..."

Ringmer review

A reader writes

David Baldacci: Simply Lies. The first Baldaci book I've read but it won't be the last. Intriguing plot and great characters; two female protagonists who may or may not be on the same side. Definitely worth reading.

Book cover: A stormy sky lowers over a woman treading a damp wooden boardwalk between wire fences. On one side is a single cross denoting a graveyard. The woman looks over her shoulder in apparent apprehension. She has slim legs and an elegant coat (hence is definitely not Ruth Galloway). Text: Crimes of the past; secrets in the present. Ruth Galloway's latest case will push her to the edge. Elly Griffiths. The Outcast Dead. "Enticingly atmospheric... a really intelligent murder story" Independent

Ringmer review

A reader writes

@ellygriffiths.bsky.social The Outcast Dead

A lovely dollop of Galloway, Nelson, Cathbad et al. And Kate, of course. And a juicy mystery to solve.

It's tomorrow!!!

Books

Jigsaws

Cakes

Ringmer Village Hall 10-12 noon

Books

Jigsaws

Cakes

Children’s books from 20 pence, paperbacks from 50 pence, hardbacks from £1.

Jigsaws

Cake

Free entry.

Book cover. Stylised silhouettes of sugar cane plants against a red and orange background that might be flames or fiercely burning sunshine. Text: "Alex Wheatle writes from a place of honesty and passion. Steve McQueen Director of 12 Years a Slave. Cane Warriors. Alex Wheatle. Winner of the Guardian prize."

Ringmer review

A reader writes

Grim but compelling reading about a part of Jamaica's history and Britain's shameful past.

Chicago Sun-Times prints summer reading list full of fake books Reading list in advertorial supplement contains 66% made up books by real authors.

THE BUMPER BOOK SALE OF THE SUMMER!!!

This Saturday 10-12 Ringmer Village Hall.

Did you read about the reading list full of fake books? (arstechnica.com/ai/2025/05/c...)

Well, none of our books are fake!

None of our jigsaws either!

We're just checking the cake now...

See you there on Saturday.

Book cover. A very craggy clifftop close up is framed by a smoky sky with birds wheeling. A mysterious person stands a few feet from the edge. Text: "Crimes of the past; secrets in the present. Ruth Galloway's latest case will push her to the edge... Elly Griffiths Dying Fall 'Perfect ratio of anticipation, shock and surprise' Independent."

Ringmer review

@ellygriffiths.bsky.social Elly Griffiths: Dying Fall

In an unforeseen development Ruth swaps the Broads for Blackpool and still manages to solve a dangerous case. Great fun.

A Cardamom and Pistachio cake created for #WikiLovesCakes 2021 in the shape of the WikiWomenInRed logo James Slack, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

May 24th!!!! Book the date!!! 10-12 noon

Books, jigsaws, cake

BUMPER BOOK AND JIGSAW SALE

Children’s books from 20 pence, paperbacks from 50 pence, hardbacks from £1.

Jigsaws

And did we say CAKE!

Free entry.

Cake inside. Soon to be inside you.

Did we mention cake?

Much Ado Books Award-winning Much Ado Books, in Alfriston, East Sussex, stocks thousands of new books, old books and antiquarian books for readers and collectors.

Quick shout out for #independentbookstoreday for the lovely Much Ado Books in Alfriston. www.muchadobooks.com Visit, visit, visit - in person or online (Listed by the Times this year as one of the best browsable bookshops in the UK).

We applaud the sentiment, though not necessarily the execution.

On the left Dorothy the Ringmer megalodon rises out of a shed roof with a beady eye and an open mouth displaying a wonderful set of teeth. On the right the cover of "A Room Full of Bones" shows a weathered timber building beside a low fence on the edge of a strip of sand. Above is grey sky shading to black. Text: Brilliant on the eerie landscape of the Norfolk coast. Sunday Times. Elly Griffiths A Room Full of Bones. A Dr Ruth Galloway mystery.

Ringmer Review

Dorothy the Ringmer megalodon reviews Elly Griffiths "A Room Full of Bones".

"Yum. I love bones. Crunchy. I love this book too. Love watching Galloway and Nelson's relationship evolve."

We were pleased to be on our local radio station this afternoon, talking about our recent fab event with @ellygriffiths.bsky.social and these three great books.

We concur with all of these.

she's good at that, isn't she.

We have now.

As fans of @ellygriffiths.bsky.social we are delighted to learn that there is a Galloway hoard in Scotland. We have a Galloway hoard too, but people keep taking them out.

Book cover. Elly Griffiths The Frozen People. Some murders can't be solved in just one lifetime. Big Ben and the tops of the Houses of Parliament, with the sun low behind them, can be seen in the distance across a misty and cold river Thames. The scene is framed in a Gothic archway dimly lit by a lantern at the top.

Ringmer review

@ellygriffiths.bsky.social: The Frozen People

A reader writes, "I already like Ali Dawson as much as Ruth Galloway. We need more.

"Great last line too: "She takes his arm and they walk down the quiet street into the restless, timeless city."