Richard Bach (Harper Collins)

A short and beautiful book that for me makes dreaming and going for what you really know you want possible. A sociological and spiritual treatise at the same time, it talks to me about how the systems we are part of constrain individuals and organisations through a lack of flexible thinking and consequent misunderstanding and prejudice.

Oriah Mountain Dreamer (Thorsons)

This book is based around a poem written by this amazing woman after a particularly dull and pointless social occasion. I find the poem touches my views of what is really important in people. Her stories around why she wrote the words are wonderful illustrations of how we can learn from everyday situations.

Philip Pullman (Point - Scholastic Ltd)

Northern Lights / The Subtle Knife / The Amber Spyglass

I love adventure and these books are packed with it! And these adventures are at once moral, challenging and a fantastic mirror to our societal, religious and scientific beliefs. They are billed as childrens books…and I have heard both adults and children enthuse about them. I recommend them for the child and adult in us all.