Books

1 December 2024

Iceni: The Year of Sacrifice by Author Stephen D Owen

The Book 60 AD. The death of Prasutagus, the Iceni king, leaves his kingdom divided between Rome and his daughters. The Roman Procurator Catus Decianus seizes the entire territory and ...
27 November 2024

Aspasia’s world: Athens in the Fifth Century BCE

Athens of the fifth century BCE was a city of contradictions. It was the foremost city of the Eastern Mediterranean, the cradle of democracy where some of the first scholarly ...
26 November 2024

Historic Drama 'Ping' - By Lisa Lucas & Steve Landsberg

Exploring the story of how the innocent game of Ping Pong evolved into a political phenomenon amid unbelivable political wrangling as you look behind the 'Paddle'. The Book The 1880s. ...

25 November 2024

A gripping contemporary thriller Touch Paper by David Ford

The Book How mistakes made in our youth can destroy us as adults In a secluded fisherman’s cabin perched on the cliffs, a terrible incident occurred. Is history now about to ...

12 November 2024

An Eagle Blind: The Reasoning For & Background To

An Eagle Blind is the story of a relationship between two people, Lorna and her partner Chas. They are in their middle age – Lorna is 56, Chas 50, and ...
11 November 2024

The Immigrant Queen by Peter Taylor-Gooby An Extraordinary Woman Of Ancient Athens

The Book A riveting and engaging true story of an extraordinary woman who defied ancient Greek standards and became the First Lady of Athens. Aspasia falls passionately in love with ...
8 November 2024

A Salisbury Tendresse: Poetry, Short Stories & Plays by Radu Herklots

The Book A collection of eleven short stories from the author of the successful ‘John Tedesco crime series’ The title story, ‘A Salisbury Tendresse’ introduces Stephen and Joanna, two middle-aged newcomers ...

5 November 2024

Historical Fiction The Book and The Knife: Thegn of Berewic

The Book In 1031, an Arab scientist, a Jewish astronomer and a Christian monk gather under the dome of an observatory in Spain. A foretelling written on the blade of ...
29 October 2024

Relatable Poetry: 'The Dream Must Die' by Jacob Davies

The Book Jacob Davies presents his darkest, wittiest and most cynical collection of poetry yet with ‘The Dream Must Die’. In this emotionally diverse and thought-provoking anthology, Davies presents the ...
28 October 2024

Growing Up In The 70/80's By Jamie C McNeish

Growing up in the 1970s and early 80s felt like a privilege. Yes, health and safety standards were less than stringent, and our playgrounds, often crafted from unforgiving concrete, were ...
28 October 2024

Dig Two Graves by Author Gigi Johnson

The Book Two minors, a boy and a girl, are victims of sexual abuse at a children's home. The boy escapes and grows to become a man on a mission: ...
22 October 2024

1970's Nostalgia in 'Who’s looking after who?' by Jamie C McNeish

The Book Who’s looking after who? is set in the West Coast town of Millport on The Isle of Cumbrae in Scotland, a comedy drama about a family who are trying to ...
21 October 2024

Political fiction The Plastic Migrant by Professor Rashid Gatrad OBE & Jade-Smedley-Baugh

The Book: The Plastic Migrant Manjolo, fleeing his homeland, in search of solace and perhaps a better life for him and his wife, finds himself embroiled in the British immigration ...
21 October 2024

A ghostly drama 'An Eagle Blind' by Author Brooke Fieldhouse

The Book The remote baroque palace of GOLIGHTLY; ‘2.5 miles to the nearest village . . .’ somewhere in northern England, has a ‘bewitching’ effect on people, not the least ...
20 October 2024

Book 'I Plead Alter Ego' by Author Amanda Verrall

The Book Clare is a successful but newly divorced woman who battles various mental health issues. These include sex addiction, alcoholism, OCD, an eating disorder and depression. She juggles her ...
20 October 2024

I know You Were There by J D Pullan

A gripping murder mystery set within the eerie atmosphere of Dartmoor.  The Book For the first time in months Emily is excited about life, until a fun-filled weekend on Dartmoor ...
20 October 2024

The Price of Dormice by Author Steve Lunn

About The Book Trying to keep the earthmovers away from a nature reserve and its dormice, Mick, Naomi, Andrea and friends coalesce into an amateur sleuthing force strong enough to ...
19 October 2024

Book News: Fortune's Price by Jennifer Antill

1830, Russia and Poland. In a time of war and cholera two men compete for a Prince’s fortune, but in autocratic Russia fame and riches come at a cost.  When ...

18 October 2024

From Ekaterinburg to Askat – Journey Across Russia by Author Margherita Selicato

The Book What if the Romanoffs had survived after the Russian Revolution? From Ekaterinburg to Askat – Journey Across Russia is an alternative story of the Russian Imperial Romanov siblings who, ...
14 October 2024

Authors Reveal: Facts behind 'Vigilante

In this piece author of Vigilante Martin M McShane relates his personal experiences with his latest book played out in scarily similar circumstances. It’s almost midnight. I should’ve been in ...

9 October 2024

Is That It, Then? by Jenny Thomas

Romance and the often dismissed older generation - A novel set against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic in North London, Is That It, Then? follows a diverse cast of ...
3 October 2024

Storybook Success: How Children's Author Stacey Leith Became a Chef for the Stars

A restaurant pot washer who listened to Ed Sheeran to while-away the “long and tedious” hours at the kitchen sink has become a celebrity chef to a slew of A-list ...
30 September 2024

Don’t Look Back by Becca Perl A True Story of risking all

When Anthony and his parents leave their house with just a small bag and Anthony’s teddy bear, it looks as though they are going out for a couple of hours. ...

28 September 2024

Who Says Fairy Tales Are Just For Kids?

Bestselling American author F.R. Black has fans around the world firmly under the spell of her hit series of adult fantasy romance novels, the Fairy Godmother Inc. series. Combining thrilling ...