Новинки Джен Кэмбл

О, скромное обаяние книжного магазина! Пыльные стопки подержанных томиков на эльфийском, мерцание бронзовых канделябров, сонный кот на прилавке и артистичный призрак Диккенса в отделе «Зарубежная проза»… Может показаться, что жизнь книготорговца — сплошная романтика! Отчасти так и есть. Но еще это тяжелый труд и множество безумных, выматывающих, каверзных, абсурдных ситуаций каждый день! Это уморительное собрание подлинных диковинных диалогов убедительно доказывает, что работа книготорговца порой требует героизма и самоотверженности. Английская сказочница и поэтесса Джен Кэмбл в прошлом сама много лет работала в книжных. Однажды она начала…

This is an anthology about people who don’t fit in. These stories explore what it is to be an outsider, from some of the most exciting voices in short fiction. From lovers to loners, moonlighters to midnight walkers, these pages are haunted by more than ghosts: loss, lack of direction, insecurity and otherworldly hunger.

But most importantly, it asks the question: if we’re us, then who are you?

The Girl Aquarium explores the realm of rotten fairy tales, the possession of body and the definition of beauty. Weaving between whispered science and circus, these poems turn a cracked mirror on society and ask who gets to control the twisted tales hiding in the wings.

Franklin and Luna are back again and this time it’s Franklin’s birthday! Luna and all the villagers are planning a surprise party. While the party is being set up, Luna takes Franklin book shopping, and Luna’s tortoise, Neil, finds a padlocked book of fairy tales and can’t help picking the lock. But when he peers inside, the book swallows him whole! Franklin and Luna dive into the book to rescue Neil and tumble into a cobwebbed forest where they meet dusty fairy-tale characters who have been trapped inside the pages for hundreds of years.


In this new Franklin and Luna adventure, the adorable duo meet three pig architects, a wolf with a New Age attitude, and a very bored princess. Desperate to be brought to life, these fairy-tale characters join Franklin and Luna on their hunt for Neil, realizing that the only way to escape the book is to trek all the way through it. Find out if Franklin and Luna find Neil and make it back in time for Franklin’s party in this exciting, new, picture-book adventure.


In the third volume of the Franklin and Luna series, well-loved fairy-tale characters are vividly and wittily recreated to great effect.

Franklin the dragon loves stories and loves reading stories to people too, but everyone is too scared to even look at him. One day he meets a girl named Luna who, far from being scared, is fascinated to meet Franklin, having recently read all about dragons in one of her books. They instantly become friends and talk non-stop about what they’ve read: books about roller skating, King Arthur, spiders and how to do kung fu. Together, they hatch a plan to share their love of books with others by opening a bookshop – a flying bookshop, that is – right on Franklin’s back!

Luna’s best friend, Franklin, is a dragon. They love to read stories about everything from trampolining to deep-sea diving. One day, they are reading about where werewolves live and Franklin begins to wonder where he is from. He is 605 years old and has no idea where to find other dragons!

Luna suggests that they go on an adventure to find his family. They Google his family tree, they e-mail a princess, and along the way they find twenty yetis eating spaghetti, five vampires reading Shakespeare, not to mention disco-dancing unicorns . . . but no dragons!

Where on earth could they be?

Following the success of Franklin’s Flying Bookshop, Franklin and Luna Go to the Moon― a book about the joys of reading, exploring, and coming home― continues to bring the magic of classic fairy tales into the twenty-first century.

'These days, you can find anything you need at the click of a button. That's why I bought her heart online.'

Spirits in jam jars, mini-apocalypses, animal hearts and side shows. A girl runs a coffin hotel on a remote island. A boy is worried his sister has two souls. A couple are rewriting the history of the world. And mermaids are on display at the local aquarium.

'The Beginning of the World in the Middle of the Night' is a collection of twelve haunting stories; modern fairy tales brimming with magic, outsiders and lost souls.

Franklin the dragon loves stories and loves reading stories to people too, but everyone is too scared to even talk to him. One day, he meets a girl named Luna who, rather than being afraid, is fascinated to meet Franklin, having recently read all about dragons in one of her books. They instantly become friends and talk nonstop about what they’ve read: books about roller-skating, King Arthur, spiders, and how to do kung fu. Together they hatch a plan to share their love of books with others by opening a bookshop―a flying bookshop, that is―right on Franklin’s back!

Franklin, a well-read and peace-loving dragon, and Luna, a young girl with an independent spirit and an insatiable love of reading, make fantastic role models for young children. Franklin’s Flying Bookshop brings the magic of classic fairy tales into the twenty-first century through exquisite illustrations, and will enchant children as well as anyone who loves books.

On 6th & 7th October 2015, author Jen Campbell wrote 100 Poems in 48 hours to raise money for The Book Bus - a charity which funds mobile libraries across Africa, Ecuador and India. These poems were made into a limited edition pamphlet & you can also read them over here: http://100poemchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

Nicht selten führen Buchhändler absurd-komische Kundengespräche. Dieses Buch gewährt einen lustigen und amüsanten Einblick in den Buchhandelsalltag und ist ein absolutes Muss für alle Fans von Zitatesammlungen und Humorbüchern. Kostprobe gefällig? "Haben Sie auch Pop-up Bücher zum Thema Aufklärung?“ Kunde (hält ein Jamie Oliver Kochbuch hoch): "Würde es Ihnen was ausmachen, wenn ich dieses Rezept fotokopiere?" "Haben Sie Taliban und Liebe?" (gemeint ist: Kabale und Liebe) "Ich suche das Buch Nazis in Dortmund!" (gemeint ist: Narziß und Goldmund)

We're not talking about rooms that are just full of books. We're talking about bookshops in barns, disused factories, converted churches and underground car parks. Bookshops on boats, on buses, and in old run-down train stations. Fold-out bookshops, undercover bookshops, this-is-the-best-place-I've-ever-been-to-bookshops. Meet Sarah and her Book Barge sailing across the sea to France; meet Sebastien, in Mongolia, who sells books to herders of the Altai mountains; meet the bookshop in Canada that's invented the world's first antiquarian book vending machine. And that's just the beginning.

From the oldest bookshop in the world, to the smallest you could imagine, The Bookshop Book examines the history of books, talks to authors about their favourite places, and looks at over three hundred weirdly wonderful bookshops across six continents (sadly, we've yet to build a bookshop down in the South Pole). The Bookshop Book is a love letter to bookshops all around the world.

Вы — чудак, не отлипающий от книги, пока она не дочитана? Пропускаете за чтением свои автобусные/трамвайные/вертолетные/орбитальные остановки? Вам дороги книжные магазины, в них вы отдыхаете, находите сокровища, влюбляетесь и общаетесь? Тогда эта книга — для вас и ваших друзей с чувством юмора. Все невероятные разговоры в этом сборнике — подлинные анекдоты из жизни, всамделишная история чтения в наши дни. Международную часть собирала Джен Кэмбл, а русскоязычную — волшебники из магазинов «Плиний Старший» (Новосибирск), «Додо» и «Читалка» (Москва), а также «Подписные издания» (Санкт-Петербург). Иллюстрации для книги нарисовала дивная…

Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops was a Sunday Times bestseller, and could be found displayed on bookshop counters up and down the country. The response to the book from booksellers all over the world has been one of heartfelt agreement: it would appear that customers are saying bizarre things all over the place - from asking for books with photographs of Jesus in them, to hunting for the best horse owner's manual that has a detailed chapter on unicorns.Customer: I had such a crush on Captain Hook when I was younger. Do you think this means I have unresolved issues?More Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops has yet more tales from…

Jen Campbell’s poetry collection celebrates the presence of the past, in this case childhood and adolescence in the North East, as it floats through the present adult consciousness.

A John Cleese Twitter question ("What is your pet peeve?"), first sparked the "Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops" blog, which grew over three years into one bookseller's collection of ridiculous conversations on the shop floor.

From "Did Beatrix Potter ever write a book about dinosaurs?" to the hunt for a paperback which could forecast the next year's weather; and from "I've forgotten my glasses, please read me the first chapter" to "Excuse me... is this book edible?", here is a book for heroic booksellers and booklovers everywhere.

This full-length collection illustrated by the Brothers McLeod also includes top "Weird Things" from bookshops around the world.

On the 5th and 6th of November 2011, Jen wrote one hundred poems in forty eight hours to raise money for charity. This collections includes all 100 poems accompanied by the prompt word used to inspire them.