Poble Sec Books: 6 books

Why free art in Barcelona? The idea for these guides sprang from hard times. Whether in boom or recession, art remains fundamental. But while free art is a great idea, not all great art is free. So this guide takes you places where there is no admission fee. BCN Free Art 01: The Port...

‘We were awake by then and suddenly the ack-ack (anti-aircraft) guns down on Hackney Marshes started firing. Mum got us both into one bed and lay over us herself, hoping we would not be in a direct hit. After a few seconds of quiet, we got coats and shoes on, grabbed blankets, and Dad shepherded...

A Welsh grandmother tells her granddaughter the story of Sian who, long ago, with great bravery, saved her village from the Grey Man. Our heroine journeyed to find the Winterwife to ask for her help. Sian, the Winterwife and her giant silver fox Arian fly over the hills to the girl's village....

“Stunning debut: If you like Kerouac or Isherwood, you will loveCelia’s Room.” Kevin Booth paints an expressionist portrait of the Barcelona night in a year of sex, drugs and deception. Told through their own eyes, sensitive Joaquim—whose passion for painting will propel him into...

“Wind in the Willows meets Watership Down, with foxes” Rubic finds he is a city fox. He can’t kill his food. A city fox doesn’t need to. On the journey home he meets tigers, and encounters a maddened ferret at Stonehenge. He puzzles over whether the deer in Richmond Park are free or...

The Hunters are coming. It was time for the Running. The Foxlings must flee. But first they have to rescue a Polish fur fox from the Zoo. Cats run the railways, parakeets do the aerial survey, the squirrels, with their tiny hands, pick the locks. Rats are guides. Hawks help along the way. Without the Creature Code, it wouldn’t happen.