New Authors

Tales of the Bright, the Dark & the Bizarre Maurice Connolly

Connolly is a fascinating storyteller who brings his numerous characters dramatically into being with natural, true-to-life dialogue. He encapsulates the very essence of southern Ireland, transporting you there in an instant.

These stories are interspersed with a vivid, intelligent and intriguingly dark humour that may well take you by surprise.

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Last Known Address - James Darcy

From the moment the door latch fell, their lives would never be the same. Archie Mullins wasn't built for 'trimming' or much else in truth. A suitcase in one hand and hope in the other, he clutched the ticket as if his life depended on it. Pulling on his britches he stepped over the swill thrown from the windows of Wickham Court and followed the filthy water to the corner of Valentine Avenue, its doorways a witness to everything but love harboured nothing but the stench of poverty - there was no going back,

Human Nature - MD Blackburn

This collection of stories and rhymes has been gathered together for the first time in one volume, showing the author's versatility as a writer.

MD Blackburn began putting pen to paper in March 2009, having never written before. He often wonders where the words come from. He ranges from poetry to prose as he ponders life's past experiences, taking the reader back into a time when life was simple.He examines his own childhood and encourages the reader to explore their own nostalgia

Yes and pigs might fly -

Linda Louisa Dell

Rosie is a beautiful and sensitive woman; with three children by her violent and abusive husband. When the children grow up and leave home, Rosie also leaves.

She just walks out one day and does not return, losing contact with her family. Living on the streets, Rosie witnessed many hardships, before eventually running a homeless hostel.

Stay Cheeky - G.D.Milne

Stay Cheeky is a humorous story of growing up in the sixties and seventies in a country community on the outskirts of the city.

The book follows the escapades of Vince and his cheeky chums as they stumble their way through primary school and on to secondary school and then as young adults at work.

Another Mouth Has Passed -

J C Sledge 

There is a proposal to put a social housing development in the middle of the attractive village of Horton Fence. For some, this is a welcome initiative; for others, it is a betrayal of all that is best in the village. As the project progresses, it gives rise to all manner of events and memories. Some of them are rather less than welcome.

Christopher Holt - The Gate of Tears

When Bronwyn Huguet sails in the Rarotonga from Liverpool in 1946 with five-year-old Tristan to be reunited with her Australian husband Robert in Sydney, she does so with mixed feelings. Her husband has become a changed man. He carries a shameful secret from his wartime service in the Merchant Navy, which is gnawing away at his soul.

Gate of Tears is set in Sydney's northern suburbs in the years immediately following the Second World War.

Fru Ferdinand - Pitfalls

Annabel Fold is a modern, ambitious young woman of twenty-two, about to attend a post-graduate course at Bonn University to further her dreams of becoming an international journalist. Her upbringing in a Catholic family has been sheltered by strict, but loving parents, and attendance at an all-girls school. On the day before her departure to Bonn, Philip Fold, her father, delivers what Annabel regards as his pitfalls mantra , an oft-repeated sermon about the dangers of liaising with black and ethnic people

Victoria Howard - The House On The Shore

The House on the Shore is a sensually suspenseful story filled with non-stop action, romance, and mystery. The facts of Scotland are told with brilliant description that bring the land to life and leave you feeling as if you have stepped out of your world and into the pages. Ms. Howard uses such passion and emotion when telling her story, making the tale flow right along until the last page is turned.

John Brown - North of Watford Gap

A long awaited new travel book from John Brown (remember Return to Oz?) which explodes the myths held by many about the North.

From the lush plains of Cheshire to the Yorkshire Dales and Northumberland, from Hadrian's Wall to Cumbria, Lancashire and Merseyside – John Brown skillfully picks away at the widely-held belief that all people 'North of Watford Gap' live in terraced houses, keep whippets and pigeons, and wear flat caps and clogs.

Fiona McDonald - Katie Cameron

"Katie Cameron", the author's second novel, is a historical romance, the story of a girl born in Inverness, Scotland in 1845 to a Scottish father and French American mother. Shortly after the untimely death of her much loved father, Katie is taken by her mother, Isabelle, to live with close relatives in her native Louisiana just before the outbreak of the Civil War there in 1861.