Get back into reading with a little help from Nancy Blackett’s Book Month, celebrating 80 years of “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea”!

We’re encouraging everybody to get reading after the success of last month’s Marathon Reading of “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea”, so here are some incentives to get you, your family and your friends started.

First up is our special 3 for £20 offer on all “Swallows and Amazons” paperbacks and all “Strong Winds” series paperbacks by Julia Jones, saving you over 16%, as all of those titles are normally £7.99 each.

We’re also giving away a FREE North Sea Voyage A5 Postcard, with every book order, newly designed by Claudia Myatt and based on the voyages of the Goblin in “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea”, and the Nancy Blackett in real life!

And if you spend £25 or more on our books, we’ll give you a FREE Burgundy Three Ships Teatowel worth £5 (while stocks last)!

And there’s still time for you to win a signed copy of Sophie Neville’s book “The Making of Swallows and Amazons (1974)”, her often hilarious behind the scenes memories of the classic 1974 film in which she appeared as a child actor. To enter, all you need to do is just tell us which character Sophie played, and give us your email address – enter here by Sunday 12th November!

And finally, you can also pre-order the new book about Nancy Blackett by Peter Willis, “GOOD LITTLE SHIP: Arthur Ransome, Nancy Blackett and the Goblin”, with a Foreword by Libby Purves.

It’s the definitive story of the boat, the book she inspired, and the history of her near-death, restoration and renaissance as an ambassador for Arthur Ransome, and is due out on 16th November.