'Revolution' from the Grievous Angels is an uplifting and wonderful album for our times which will have you dancing on the picket lines.

Read Pretenders to the Throne of God by Adrian Tchaikovsky for pleasure, but appreciate the picture he paints of the dangers of anyone preaching greatness or perfection.

'Your Place in this World' by Jake La Botz is an empathic and caring story of someone from the streets of Chicago who's just desperately trying to find a way to be.

'The Rose field' – The Book of Dust Vol. 3 by Philip Pullman brings the story of Lyra and Pan to a resounding and beautiful conclusion.

'The Haunting of Modesto O'Brien by Brit Griffin combines elements of Dashiell Hammett, Irish mythology, gothic horror and a western mining camp

'Metal Horse' from Billy Nomates is an album that will probably fly under most people's radars but it's also one that needs to be listened to.

'The Paper Birds' by Jeanette Lynes is not only a wonderful story. You might just find yourself learning something as you read.

World-shaking events don't impact only the high and mighty in 'Written on the Dark' by Guy Gavriel Kay, a wonderful read filled with elegance and danger.

As one would expect from a brass band, they can blow the roof off a building, but they can also give subtle and nuanced performances that pull out surprising emotional content from any tune they perform.

'Faithbreaker' by Hannah Kaner is not only a wonderful adventure story but a beautiful look at faith and humanity.