Christmas at the Nightwatchman
Whether you’re looking for a festive gift for the cricket-lover in your life, or you just fancy treating yourself to some high-quality cricket literature now that the weather is colder, we’ve got you covered.
Read on for a selection of book and magazine offers with substantial discounts, perfect for gifting to friends and family this Christmas…
For our UK-based customers, if you place your order no later than 23:59 GMT on Tuesday, December 16, your order will be dispatched for delivery before Christmas. We cannot guarantee pre-Christmas delivery if Royal Mail services are affected, so we’d recommend you to get your orders in ASAP.
THE NIGHTWATCHMAN
Give the gift of 500+ pages of brilliant long-form cricket writing with a subscription to the Nightwatchman. What’s more, as it’s the season of giving, for annual subscriptions we’re throwing in a cricket book of your choice at no extra cost!
Choose your free gift from these five Fairfield Books titles…
Lara: The England Chronicles by Brian Lara – Lara in his own words, unfiltered and unrestrained
Being Geoffrey Boycott by Geoffrey Boycott and Jon Hotten – a retrospective warts-and-all diary of each of Boycott’s Test match appearances
Blood on the Tracks by David Tossell – a gripping and forensic account of England’s brutal tour of Australia in 1974-75
A Striking Summer by Stephen Brenkley – Brenkley captures the drama of the 1926 Ashes and shows how in troubled times the cricket briefly united the nation
The Legend of Sparkhill by Moeen Ali and Tanya Aldred – the Ex-England star’s story of an ordinary Birmingham schoolkid in modern Britain. A great gift for children
This offer is available as a one-off 12-month subscription or an ongoing subscription paid by Direct Debit. As well as being the best-priced option available, paying by DD means you’ll never forget Christmas again!
Click here to buy a subscription to the Nightwatchman
WISDEN CRICKET MONTHLY
Wisden Cricket Monthly is the regular magazine from the best-loved and most trusted name in cricket publishing. A year’s subscription makes a brilliant gift for any cricket lover, with each issue of WCM featuring hard-hitting interviews, astute analysis, thought-provoking comment and opinion, original and entertaining features, coverage of recreational cricket, book reviews, competitions and much more.
As with the Nightwatchman, we’re also offering one of the five Fairfield books listed above as a free gift for both one-off and Direct Debit subscriptions!
Click here to buy a subscription to Wisden Cricket Monthly
FAIRFIELD BOOKS
In the run-up to Christmas, Fairfield Books is offering 25% off* a wide range of print editions, including books released in 2025.
Use coupon code FAIRFIELD25 at the checkout to apply the discount when shopping at fairfieldbooks.co.uk.
Fairfield is an award-winning and critically acclaimed imprint from the team behind the Nightwatchman and Wisden Cricket Monthly, with recent releases including:
The King of Spain and I by Ashley Giles
In Syd’s Voice: The Extraordinary Life of Dave Lawrence by Dave Lawrence with Dean Wilson
The Cricket Captains of England 1979-2025 by Vic Marks
Cricket Changed My Life by Annie Chave
Sticky Dogs and Stardust – The Second Innings by Scott Oliver
There is also a huge back catalogue to choose from including One Hell of a Life by Stephen Chalke, Sticky Dogs and Stardust by Scott Oliver and Who Only Cricket Know by David Woodhouse, winners of the Wisden Book of the Year in 2025, 2024 and 2022, respectively.
Click here to browse all Fairfield Books titles