The Bumper Book is launched with a Treasure Hunt

Rain nearly stopped play, but at 2.15pm last Sunday afternoon, the clouds parted and the sun came out just as scores of families gathered at the Millennium Bridge to take part in our Treasure Hunt through the City, ending up at Daunt Books on Cheapside for tea and 400 cup cakes, all decorated in London Bus red..

Lovely review on the online magazine Parents in Touch -

The Bumper Book of London by Becky Jones and Clare Lewis

The cover tells us that this book has 'Everything you need to know about London and more...' An ambitious claim, but this book does pack in an enormous amount of information. The best thing is that much of it is unusual - this certainly isn't your ordinary guide book. It's a fascinating read and a great book to dip into and learn some fascinating facts to fascinate your friends and family - it's an excellent book for any lover of trivia. Broadly arranged by history, you will learn about art and architecture, landmarks, hidden places, ghosts, pearly kings and queens, festivals, street names, games, traditions, markets, football teams, and much, much more. On just one two page spread, there is London lingo, Georgian houses, Georgian secrets, a poem and a recipe - I can only give a small flavour of the contents here - but do get yourself a copy of this book!

Chicago, Chicago you're my kind of town..

Well it's the 1st February and the clock is ticking closer to the launch date of our new book, The Bumper Book of London, and we are bowled over to discover that we have a cracking review in the Chicago Tribune all the way across the pond.  So exciting.  Let's hope their readers can buy the book as it is not in the shops till early April!

Here it is to delight you all

"The Bumper Book of London: Everything You Need to Know about London and More …"

Frances Lincoln, $19.95

The statistics in this fun and fascinating book are often mind-boggling: 1 billion people travel on the London Underground every year; 25 million visitors arrive here annually; 13 million people attend theater in London yearly. The city has 4,500 pubs, 17,000 black cabs, 300 languages, 30 rivers and canals and 40 theaters in the West End. There are sections on Roman London, Saxon and Viking London, Tudor and Elizabethan London, Stuart London, Georgian and Regency London, Victorian London and Edwardian and 20th-century London as well as chapters on Royal London and the River Thames.

There are anecdotes about the origins of the bowler hat, the history of Big Ben and the stories behind London street names. All in all, the book is a treat.

ctc-travel@tribune.com

Hot off the Press...

...and just through the letterbox - long awaited advance copies of our Bumper Book of London.  It's real and it's here.  Hooray.

What the Dickens

Having fun with Wordle. Our Dickens London walk produced this result..

Bumper Book of London...coming soon

Hurrah. We've got a launch date for our new book The Bumper Book of London. 7th April 2012 since you are asking. 


Busy scratching our heads trying to put together a party plan and all the things we need to do to get the book on the shelves.


Just designing a freebee book mark with it's funky new hi-tech QR....we are feeling very modern!