Make sure to attend the Frome library as the year draws to a very grateful close. This is because the astounding Paula Wilkes will be performing a reading of her well written and adored book 'Annie and the Butterfly Fairies'. Children will love it, and you will love the fact that they love it. Now is the chance to meet the woman behind it all, Paula Wilkes. ‘What? Rescue who? But I'm only seven!' After falling asleep in her mother's car Annie suddenly finds herself in the strange but beautiful land of the fairies, where the King and Queen desperately need her help. Humans, who do not believe in fairies and can only see them as butterflies, have captured their daughter Princess Erin, and it is up to Annie to come to her rescue. She is accompanied on her exciting journey by friends both old and new. Can this be real, or is Annie only dreaming it? A touching adventure in the tradition of The Wizard of Oz, Annie and the Butterfly Fairies shows a young girl learning responsibility and helping others using the inner strength she never knew she had.

If you head down to Feltham Library early March, you can spend an hour of your Thursday night with the author behind 'The Land of White', a enthralling and unique book that combines cooking and memoirs. The Land of White is a combination of cookery book and food memoir which takes the real cooking experiences from the writer straight to your kitchen. The often eclectic recipes, interspersed with charming evocations of the author's beloved homeland, reflect Lebanon's cosmopolitan heritage. The dishes may be simple to make but the results are rich in aroma and flavour, with unique ingredients, and prepare you for a real Lebanese adventure. The fusion of aubergine puree with pomegranate rubies, stuffed Swiss chard cigars and kibbe balls stuffed with minced lamb all create a rich and mind-blowing gastronomic extravaganza!

Whether you're a fan of David C. Pike's most recent work 'Fire - Floats and Fireboats', or you're more interested in 'Beyond the Flames' or 'London's Firefighters', head down to the Excel centre on Saturday to meet the man who wrote all three of these compelling novels. After his autobiography Beyond the Flames and his eclectic anthology London's Firefighters, David C. Pike's latest book about the London Fire Brigade, Fire-Floats and Fireboats, takes as its focus the history of firefighting on the river Thames. Starting in Roman times and bringing the story right up to the present day, Pike's comprehensive survey charts the astonishing evolution of the vessels used to combat fire from the river, pays homage to the intrepid crews of these often unwieldy craft, and vividly recreates some of the most devastating conflagrations the capital has ever seen. With more than 250 fascinating illustrations, Fire-Floats and Fireboats is certain to appeal to lovers of London and aficionados of history and technology, but will also be enjoyed by a wide range of general readers.

'The Chicken and Frog Bookshop' is hosting Sarah J. Jay, author of the vegan cookbook 'Rooted' for a book signing event, so head down to get your copy signed, ask her a few questions about transitioning into a vegan lifestyle and share a few vegan snacks that Sarah J. Jay will be bringing along with her. If you are already a vegan, or thinking of becoming one, have a look at this amazing book that provides you with the best of recipes. If you are looking for a way into vegan food that doesn't look like vegan food to the untrained eye, then welcome. This book is the one for you. What you are holding is the result of the first eighteen months of a transition from omnivore to vegan, made by me and later, my children: the things that were good, and the errors we made. I hadn't intended to write a guide and recipe book, but since I couldn't find one that suited me, I concluded there must be a gap in the market, a need not being met. My food only needs a supermarket, a kitchen space and a little time. No weird ingredients. No mushy, nondescript dishes. This is wholesome, comforting and familiar. Some of it is even naughty! So dive in. What are you waiting for?

Robert Thayer is Performing a Reading and Q&A at Paddington Library for his book 'The Apology of Arthur Tresbitt'. Have your questions at the ready as this author inspires you to write and to learn. After landing a highly lucrative job in The City, Arthur Tresbit unwittingly gets caught up in an elaborate Ponzi scheme. But when he tries to extricate himself from the scheme, he inadvertently sets off a chain reaction that causes a global financial catastrophe that cripples the entire system and eventually leads to the destruction of civilisation as we knew it... And for that he's very sorry.

Patrick Church is making multiple appearances for a book signing at Abbeygate Cinema in Bury St. Edmunds. Make your way to the cinema, this time not to catch a film, but to meet the mam who wrote the incredible book 'The Smallest Show on Earth'. Make sure to catch him at 11am, 3pm and at 6.30pm. From the 60s through to the present day Patrick Church has worked in the cinema from Peterborough through to Bury St Edmunds. In The Smallest Show on Earth he takes the us through that experience in an autobiography that draws the reader into the trials and joys of a being a projectionist screening blockbusters like ‘Jaws' and a curious period of Indian films where half the time is spent splicing the films back together. The role of projectionist was always a low paid, but with the advent of TV and bingo and other demands on people's time it also became a precarious one as the decades rolled by. Sometimes Patrick had to plead his case as cinemas changed hands from ABC, to Odeon and bingo conglomerates, just to keep his job going and the buildings in operation. The fact that he succeeded is testament to his love for cinema and this passion shines through in this engaging book.

R.J. Sloane, author of the thrilling book 'Confessions of an Heiress' is attending Newmarket Library in Suffolk, where you'll be able to meet him, ask him your questions and of course, get him to sign your copy of this magnificent read. Annabelle's mother is successful, generous and intelligent; the perfect businesswoman and mother - or, at least, that's what the world believes. For Annabelle, however, home life with her mother is a very different story. There are lies hiding under the surface and an undermining, controlling atmosphere that leaves her feeling trapped and depressed. When she discovers that her mother has decided, on her behalf, that going to university and getting a decent education isn't the right move for a young heiress, dashing her hopes, she's had enough. With an overwhelming desire to achieve true independence and knowing she can only do this through her own merit, Annabelle must break every rule and learn how to hold her own to realise her dream - or so she hopes...

J.D. Welch is making an appearance at the Upper Room in Cheadle where she'll be giving a riveting talk about cracking codes, and her debut novel 'The Einstein Code', the first of the series of Children's books. Ben's mother has been kidnapped and the adults don't believe it. They think she's just missing and her employers and the police don't really want to know. The meeting she attended, after all, never took place. But the message she sent Ben tells a different story. To find his mum Ben must follow a perilous trail and solve a series of difficult clues, whilst evading being captured by the kidnappers. With help from his alarmingly clever cousins, Jess and Freddie, as well as some hindrance from his uncle, he investigates her mysterious disappearance. Tormented by conflicting leads and a growing threat, Ben's search becomes increasingly desperate. Can he solve the puzzles and save her, before anything terrible happens to her - or him?