December Book Club - The Hill in the Dark Grove

Join us this month to discuss The Hill in the Dark Grove at our December book club! 

When: 17/12/26 18:00 start, doors open from 17:50

OR 19/12/26 10:00 start, doors open from 9:50

Where: 26a Crwys Road, CF24 4NL

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You can order the book here to pick up from the shop. 

The Hill in the Dark Grove - £9.99

Book club discount, 10% off - £8.99

Tickets to the book club are free but we would like you to register so that we can keep track of numbers. As it is a free event we would appreciate if you bought the book from us as that allows us to keep running events like this. However if you have a copy already feel free to sign up for just a ticket.

If you would like to book a place but you already have the book you can do that here.

Once you have signed up we will send you an email confirmation (this is separate to the automatic email from Shopify to confirm payment). We will then send an email when the book is ready to pick up. This may be included in the initial email if we already have the stock.

Translated fiction book club runs every other month, the months in between we have a general book club. 

About the book:

Moving and chilling, The Hill in the Dark Grove is a story about a lost way of life and the terrifying lengths we go to to protect what we know.

'Eerie. Dangerous. I loved it' – Claire Fuller, author of Unsettled Ground
'Evocative, tender, terrifying . . . Superb' – Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Mercies
'A not-to-be-missed novel' – The Sunday Times
'Do not read this creepy tale in an isolated cottage' – The Times

Carwyn and Rhian – the last in a long line of sheep farmers – are living out a brutal year on their hillside farm, deep in the mountains of North Wales.

When Carwyn discovers a buried prehistoric ruin in one of the fields on their land, his curiosity quickly descends into obsession. His wife, Rhian, meanwhile, is confronted with the growing realization that the man with whom she shares her life and home is becoming a frightening stranger.

As the harsh winter closes in, Rhian finds herself alone with her increasingly unrecognizable husband, and the mountains, and the looming megalithic stones.

'Powerful, inventive and gripping to the very end' – Ian McGuire, author of The North Water
'A hypnotic tale of twisted folklore that won’t let go' – Scott Preston, author of The Borrowed Hills
'Vibrates with unease' – Anthony Shapland, author of A Room Above a Shop

About the author:

Liam Higginson was born and raised in rural North Wales and lives in Llandudno with his wife. The Hill in the Dark Grove is his debut novel.

Accessibility:

We ask in our confirmation email if you have any access needs, we will do everything we can to accommodate them. If you would like to reach out before booking you can email us lily@bookspacecardiff.co.uk or use our contact form.

We are wheelchair accessible. We have a temporary ramp we can put out to get in over the small step and once inside the shop floor is even. If you want to find out more about how to get here, check out our about page.