Jarrolds Book Guides & Articles Discover what we're loving with inspiration from our experts. News Beauty Fashion Home Food Books Arts & Toys Ian Rankin Midnight and Blue Competition Read more Literary Escape: The Summer Reads you need to know about Read more Wellbeing Well-read: the books to take you into the new year Read more In Someone’s Good Books: The East Anglian Book Awards 2023 Read more Why do authors choose to set their books in Norfolk? We explore the enduring appeal of our county with three contemporary writers who set their novels here. Fittingly for an author, David Blake’s relationship with Norfolk started when he read a book. “Arthur Ransome’s series of Swallows & Amazons books. In particular, the two set in the area: Coot Club and The Big Six,” David explains. Read more 4 Books That Offer A Political Perspective With uncertainty over UK politics there are books that can provide a level of understanding, counsel and clarity, says Jarrold Book Buyer Holly Ainley. Read more Five minutes with...Stephen Fry It was an afternoon of tea, cake and Greek mythology as Stephen Fry joined us for Afternoon Tea at The Pantry, floor 3, to talk about his new book. We grabbed five minutes with him over a clotted cream scone... Read more Five minutes with... Elly Griffiths She’s our absolute top-selling author and her Norfolk-set crime fiction gathers ever greater numbers of fans – and she came to Jarrold last week so we took the opportunity to ask her some questions… Read more Vintage Reads and The Classics The Vintage Classics imprint might not be quite as well-known as its Penguin or Oxford University Press rivals, but here you will find some of the best 20th century authors, says book buyer Chris Rushby Read more