Free B Fest

In celebration of Victoria Film Festival's Free B Fest - books, movies, and other treats to add to your experience in the park.


Updated August 8, 2025
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Collected stories
Dahl, Roald
Paper Book
Includes the stories "Poison" and "The Ratcatcher," now short films from Wes Anderson on Netflix The only hardcover edition of Roald Dahl's stories for adults, the Collected Stories amply showcases his singular gifts as a fabulist and a born storyteller. * "An ingenious...
Elvis and the Colonel : an insider's look at the most legendary partnership in show business
McDonald, Greg
Paper Book
A fresh biography of legendary entertainment manager Colonel Tom Parker, with a contrarian and corrective point of view. Colonel Tom Parker, often reviled in his time, led the strategy from the earliest days of Elvis's career. Together, they built the most legendary...
Love from Boy : Roald Dahl's letters to his mother
Dahl, Roald
Paper Book
From the author of The BFG, Matilda, James and the Giant Peach, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, and many more beloved classics--a whimsical, witty, and revealing collection of the legendary children's author and writer Roald Dahl's letters written to his...
Matilda
Dahl, Roald.
Paper Book
"A true genius . . . Roald Dahl is my hero" - David Walliams "So Matilda's strong young mind continued to grow, nurtured by the voices of all those authors who had sent their books out into the world like ships on the sea. These books gave Matilda a hopeful and comforting...
Monster, she wrote : the women who pioneered horror & speculative fiction
Kröger, Lisa
Paper Book
Meet the women writers who defied convention to craft some of literature's strangest tales,from Frankenstein to The Haunting of Hill House and beyond. Frankenstein was just the beginning- horror stories and other weird fiction wouldn't exist without...
Teller of the unexpected : the life of Roald Dahl : an unofficial biography
Dennison, Matthew
Paper Book
Book of the Week on Radio 4, and in the Observer, Sunday Times, Daily Mail and The Week 'Riveting, and immaculately written' Sunday Telegraph 'A superb psychological study of a literary genius' Business Post ...

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