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As we are celebrating women this month, the Willoughby reading lists have been full of strong and well written woman, along with the families you are born into and the ones you make along the way. The books below are all about love, identity and trying to find where you belong in world that is full of many ups and downs.

It's Mother’s Day and here at Willoughby we’ve been discussing and compiling a list of our favourite mothers in literature. We asked ourselves: What makes a mother? A mother can be a guide, an emotional support, a burden, a friend, she can have a wand and tiara even. Sometimes, a mother isn’t a mother at all. Like families, mothers come in all forms and guises. Sometimes a book can feel like a mother. We may feel comforted, protected and guided by the pages of our stories.

This year’s International Women’s Day and Women's History Month, the theme is #BreaktheBias. The campaign wants to help promote a world where difference and inclusion are celebrated and stereotypes, bias and discrimination are relegated to the history books!

With snow arriving it is well and truly beginning to look at lot like Christmas! there are few things as reliable as the Christmas magic that comes around every year without fail. At Willoughby HQ we have been digging into our new secret santa reads and digging out old  favourites to get us in that wintery mood!   Dark Matter by Michelle Paver The year is 1937, and war looms in Europe. When Jack is offered the chance to join an Arctic expedition he jumps at the chance. Tensions begin to mount as the short Arctic summer wanes, and incidents force...