Posted by Will on 27th Aug 2026
Wilomina: The Land of Dreams and Nightmares Launch Party With John Chalmers and Sandra Marrs
We're delighted to welcome the award-winning comics duo John Chalmers and Sandra Marrs (also known as Metaphrog) to the shop for a launch party celebrating their brand new children's fantasy comic, Wilomina: The Land of Dreams and Nightmares! Meet the pair and garb a copy of the book when they visit the shop on Thursday 24th September 2026, from 7-9pm.
Studio Ghibli meets Wednesday in this action-packed, fantastical full-colour graphic novel for readers aged 8-12, full of wild imagination, enchanting characters and hair-raising adventure.
On their way to visit Mum in hospital, Wilomina, her father and baby brother Kes get stuck in the middle of nowhere. Desperate, Wilomina leaps aboard a mysterious train - and away from the world she knows. On board, she meets Mephisto, a talking cat - and this is only the beginning of the absurd...
Soon, Wilomina is separated from her family, tumbling into Nocturna - a parallel land where dreams and nightmares come from. But something eerie is happening: the nightmares are taking over. With Mephisto's help, Wilomina must find her family and seek the gate that will lead them home. On their journey, they meet spectres, dragons and spider-witches, crossing monster-infested waters and facing impossible puzzles at the maze-like Premonition Library.
But worst of all: Nocturna is slowly transforming Wilomina into a ferocious 'werepire'. Can she fight the monster within... and find the way home?
John and Sandra will be at Gosh! on Thursday 24th September. You can pre-order a signed copy of their new book right now, available for collection or mail-order, by clicking the link here.