SPENCER'S LIST

BIG CHANGE FOR STUART

Stuart Horten is now the owner of a magician's workshop, except that without his Great-Uncle's last will and testament, he can't actually prove it, which is a problem, since someone else wants it as well; someone who has a lot of money…

CROOKED HEART

When Noel Bostock – aged ten, no family - is evacuated from London to escape the Blitz, he ends up living in St Albans with Vera Sedge - thirty-six and drowning in debts and dependents. Always desperate for money, she’s unscrupulous about how she gets it and sometimes dangerous. Noel may have been moved to safety, but he isn’t actually safe at all…

ODD ONE OUT

This is the story of two disparate characters in a small Midlands town: Paul is a young, newly-qualified hospital doctor, and Netta is returning to help her family move house. When Paul vomits on Netta's shoes one morning, the consequences are not only messy but extraordinarily far-reaching.

OLD BAGGAGE

It is 1928. Matilda Simpkin, rooting through a cupboard, comes across a small wooden club – an old possession of hers, unseen for more than a decade. During the Women’s Suffrage Campaign she was a militant. Jailed five times, she marched, sang, gave speeches, and nothing since then has given her the same excitement. Now in middle age, she is still looking for a fresh mould into which to pour her energies. Giving the wooden club a thoughtful twirl, she is struck by an idea...

SMALL CHANGE FOR STUART

A fast-moving blend of comedy and magic, this is the story of Stuart Horten, ten years old and small for his age. When he moves to Beeton, a dreary town far from all his friends, he gets involved in a strange adventure, which starts with a quest to find his great-uncle’s lost workshop.

THEIR FINEST HOUR AND A HALF

It is 1940. France has fallen, the war could go either way and everyone must do their bit. Young copy writer Catrin Cole is drafted into the Ministry of Information to help write women in propaganda films - something that the men aren't very good at.