An exquisite literary anthology that celebrates life’s comforts and joys, both big and small.

This warm and welcoming anthology concentrates on the things that make us happy, from spending time in nature and seeing our friends, to enjoying the comfort of being at home. The Cosy Commonplace Book contains a rich selection of quotations from novels, letters and diaries and poems from a wide range of writers including Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jackie Kay, Emily Dickinson, Jorge Luis Borges and many more.

Alongside the literary content, Miranda Mills provides a wealth of additional features including book lists to help you plan your reading, TV and film recommendations, recipes and lists of cosy activities for all times of the year.

Chapters include: Celebrating Cosy Season; Nature’s Tonic; No Place Like Home; Simple Pleasures; Wise Words for a Happy Life; Love and Friendship.

Illustrated with enchanting domestic scenes and pretty, colourful background designs, this book is perfect to dip in and out of, to bring joy to your everyday life.

Miranda Mills is a blogger, Instagrammer and YouTuber who shares book reviews, seasonal reading guides and insights into country life on her social media channels. Miranda is the founder of Seasons of Story, an online literary journal and community celebrating literature, art and the natural world. She is also the author of The Country Commonplace Book, published by Batsford. Miranda can be found on mirandasnotebook.com, Instagram @mirandasbookcase/@mirandasnotebook and YouTube @MirandaMills. She lives in Yorkshire.