Two opportunities on the same day for tea with Mr Devilskein, the supergenarian companyman (aka Demon) with a need for a new heart…

Malini Stevenson is reading from Devilskein & Dearlove Alex Smith‘s amazing reboot of The Secret Garden, set in Cape Town and featuring Demons, hidden gardens, a cricket who used to be a Chinese ambassador, and Erin Dearlove, possibly the grumpiest heroine in literature… but not without cause…

Catch the readings of the wildest young adult novel of the season at the following times and places:

Thursday 7th August

Balham Library 16 Ramsden Road SW12 8QY at 2:30

Tooting Library 75 Mitcham Road SW17 9PD at 4:30

Opportunity to buy (signed) copies of the book, and depending on the library’s policy (not checked yet – a job for Monday) we might be offering fresh baked scones…