Wilkins, Catherine – The Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk Henley-on-Thames Mon, 10 Nov 2025 15:33:37 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cropped-Bell-Background-Blue-32x32.png Wilkins, Catherine – The Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk 32 32 My Brilliant Life and Other Disasters https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/my-brilliant-life-and-other-disasters/ Thu, 05 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=48743

The second book in the hilarious Jess Jackson series from much-loved author and comedian Catherine Wilkins, with a new cover illustrated by Katie Abey – perfect for fans of Lottie Brooks!

JESS and NAT are best friends again, but things have changed a bit. Jess has got new friends now and the comic they’ve put together has just LAUNCHED in school to great acclaim.

Jess is REALLY enjoying her new-found FAME that she starts to neglect the wildlife project she’s doing with Nat… But Scarlett, a new cartoonist on the block, is after her COMIC CROWN. It’s felt-tip pens at dawn!

Look out for these the laugh-out-loud funny books by Catherine Wilkins:

  • Cafï ¿ ½ Chaos: My Family Is Not a Piece of Cake

  • You’re Not the Boss of Me! (WINNER Lollies 2024, Teen)

  • My Best Friend and Other Enemies: A Jess Jackson Book
  • And more hysterical jokes and high jinks to come in the re-issued Jess Jackson books!

“I loved this book. It’s brilliantly funny and painfully true” – Jenny Colgan

]]> My Best Friend and Other Enemies https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/my-best-friend-and-other-enemies/ Thu, 13 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/my-best-friend-and-other-enemies/ The first book in the hilarious Jess Jackson series from much-loved author and comedian Catherine Wilkins, with a new cover illustrated by Katie Abey – perfect for fans of Lottie Brooks!JESS and NAT are best friends. They’ve had some of the most HILARIOUS times ever and nothing can change that, not even the arrival of NEW GIRL, Amelia. Except it changes EVERYTHING.Amelia is MEAN, and soon she and Natalie behave as if Jess doesn’t exist. But Jess has a plan, and a SECRET WEAPON – her HB pencil…A funny, relatable story that will touch a nerve with everyone who reads it as Jess Jackson takes on the mean girl at school, using only her pencil and her sense of humour, and makes all new friends along the way.Look out for these the laugh-out-loud funny books by Catherine Wilkins: Cafï+ ½ Chaos: My Family Is Not a Piece of Cake You’re Not the Boss of Me! (WINNER Lollies 2024, Teen) My Brilliant Life and Other Disasters: A Jess Jackson BookAnd more hysterical jokes and high jinks to come in the re-issued Jess Jackson books!”I loved this book. It’s brilliantly funny and painfully true” – Jenny Colgan.

]]> My family is not a piece of cake https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/my-family-is-not-a-piece-of-cake/ Thu, 13 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/my-family-is-not-a-piece-of-cake/

Hope Crumble and her family serve up cakes, coffee and calamity in this hilarious new series from much-loved author Catherine Wilkins. Illustrated throughout by the brilliant Katie Abey.

“A beautifully funny story – effortlessly brilliant.” – Romesh Ranganathan

Running a bustling cafï ¿ ½ is Hope’s family’s dream – it’s just not hers! While Dad and Gran battle it out in the kitchen, Mum tries to balance the books while serving quiche to hordes of hungry pensioners. Meanwhile Hope’s dramatic sister Stacey is determined to turn all of life into a stage and her “wishes-he-was-on-Wall-Street” cousin Connor decides to buy novelty costumes to advertise the business. And then Auntie Rita rocks up…

Cafï ¿ ½ Crumble is tipping straight into Cafï ¿ ½ Chaos! Luckily for her family, Hope is there to save the day, though ideally this wouldn’t involve dressing up as a giant ice cream and dancing outside the school gates.

You’ll laugh (a lot), you’ll cry (with even more laughter), you’ll develop a strange yearning for caroons (whatever they are!). Welcome to Cafï ¿ ½ Chaos!

“This funny and relatable story will appeal to fans of Jacqueline Wilson, as well as children who, like Hope, have to stand up to their families to make their wishes heard.” – The Bookseller

Look out for these the laugh-out-loud funny books by Catherine Wilkins:

  • My Best Friend and Other Enemies: A Jess Jackson Book

  • You’re Not the Boss of Me! (WINNER Lollies 2024, Teen)

  • My Brilliant Life and Other Disasters: A Jess Jackson Book
  • And more cafï ¿ ½ capers in upcoming Cafï ¿ ½ Chaos stories!

]]> You’re Not the Boss of Me! https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/youre-not-the-boss-of-me/ Thu, 03 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=20475

A laugh-out-loud story about fighting for your right to steal the show, from the much-loved author of the My Best Friend and Other Enemies series.

Amy Miller is a very positive person and she is fully prepared to be the star of the school Comedy Show. But when Harry is put in charge, he stops her from performing or writing or doing anything fun.

Amy can’t understand what’s happening until her sister tells her: Harry is being sexist, and Amy must take a stand. Armed only with killer one-liners, Amy goes into battle to fight for her right to make people laugh.

A brilliantly funny new story from Catherine Wilkins, stand-up comedian, podcaster and author of When Good Geeks Go Bad, The Weird Friends Fan Club and the My Best Friend and Other Enemies series.

]]> My Best Friend & Other Enemies https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/my-best-friend-other-enemies/ Thu, 06 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/my-best-friend-other-enemies/ When Jessica’s best friend goes off with new-girl Amelia, Jessica is hurt but determined not to take it lying down. She has a plan, and a secret weapon – her felt-tips. The pen is mightier than the sword, after all, and having a sense of humour wins Jessica far more friends than she loses.

A funny, wise story that will touch a nerve with everyone who reads it from author and stand-up comedian, Catherine Wilkins.

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