Little Spark by Jess Kidd Library Display Pack

Little Spark by Jess Kidd Library Display Pack

From the bestselling author of Things in Jars and The Night Ship comes a Victorian-era mystery of sublime invention - with a twist you won’t see coming. Little Spark is gothic suspense at its finest.

Canongate is offering free display packs to libraries to promote the book which will be published in August. Each pack will include the following:

  • 1 x A3 poster
  • 1 x A4 standee
  • Reading group guide (downloadable pdf)
  • A3 wrapping paper sheets
  • A copy of the book

More about the book

A secret cannot stay locked away forever

Bodkin Bell, orphan, pickpocket and survivor, doesn’t know where she came from, but she knows she’s different. Gaslights flare as she walks past. Cutlery spins. Shocks fly from her fingertips.

For years, she was ‘Little Spark’, the star of an electrifying travelling act – until it went too far and she ended up in a London gaol.

Now she’s been offered a way out. A chance to serve at Point Mote, a vast, desolate house marooned on the misty Kent marshes. There, she will assist a reclusive family of cunning inventors in the creation of automata: miraculous, lifelike machines for which gentlemen collectors will pay handsomely.

But this house of wonders hides mysteries too. As Bodkin starts to question why she is really there, she unearths secrets that have been buried bone-deep for years – and a truth beyond all imagining. One that was never meant to be found.

About the author

Jess Kidd was brought up in London as part of a large family from County Mayo. She is the author of several acclaimed novels for adults including Himself, The Hoarder, Things in Jars and The Night Ship, and a book for children, Everyday Magic. In 2017, Kidd won the Costa Short Story Award and in 2020 she was picked by The Times as one of the best emerging Irish writers.

How to order

Please place your free order below.

Orders for one pack per library only. If you are ordering more than one pack (to disperse to other libraries in your region) you need to also email  kathleen.ktorides@readingagency.org.uk to notify her of the individual library names that the packs will be used at. Alternatively, you can do individual orders for each library in the shop. Please place your order by 24 July. Packs may sell out before this date.

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