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Evie Gaughan is a writer and artist living in Galway City, beside the sea. Her books are a mix of genres, incorporating her love of history and a penchant for magic in the everyday.

Evie also writes under the pseudonym Evie Woods and her fourth novel, The Lost Bookshop, has become a Sunday Times Bestseller and was shortlisted for a British Book Award.

One More Chapter (Harper Collins) will publish all of Evie's backlist, beginning with The Story Collector which will be published in July 2024.

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	The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods (Goodreads Author), Evie Gaughan (Goodreads Author) 3.99 avg rating — 335,376 ratings — published 2023 — 57 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Story Collector by Evie Woods (Goodreads Author), Evie Gaughan (Goodreads Author) 3.99 avg rating — 49,919 ratings — published 2018 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mysterious Bakery on Rue de Paris by Evie Woods (Goodreads Author), Evie Gaughan (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 43,743 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cross Of Santiago 3.99 avg rating — 1,072 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Betwixt by Evie Gaughan (Goodreads Author), Evie Woods (Goodreads Author) 4.16 avg rating — 841 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Girl in the Middle: a short story really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 54 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Prone To Panic: Revised Edition by Evelyn Gaughan, Evie Gaughan (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“In a place called lost, strange things are found.”
― Evie Gaughan, The Lost Bookshop

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“Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.”
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“Sometimes if you just let things happen, rather than trying to force them, they come easier.”
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What book would you like to read for our January 2025 Group Read? The theme is Cozy.

The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst
Fantasy, Cozy Mystery

23 votes 23.7%

The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
Mystery

22 votes 22.7%

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
Literary Fiction, Contemporary

13 votes 13.4%

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Classics

10 votes 10.3%

I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons by Peter S. Beagle
Fantasy, Dragons

9 votes 9.3%

The Cat Who Saved Books by Sōsuke Natsukawa
Fantasy, Magical Realism

6 votes 6.2%

The Story Collector by Evie Gaughan
Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Magical Realism

6 votes 6.2%

The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel
Pre-Historic, Fiction

4 votes 4.1%

Perrault's Fairy Tales by Charles Perrault
Fairy Tales

2 votes 2.1%

Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance by Ruth Emmie Lang
Fantasy, Magical Realism

2 votes 2.1%

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“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.”
― George Bernard Shaw

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“Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you.”
― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind

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“The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.”
― Charles Bukowski

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“I could never pretend something I didn't feel. I could never make love if I didn't love, and if I loved I could no more hide the fact than change the color of my eyes.”
― Marilyn Monroe, My Story