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Lunch on a Green Ledge.

Ivy is sad. She lives in a city and the colours she used to see around humans have faded. Her world is getting greyer and greyer. With her friend Stoat, Ivy sets off on a mission to help reconnect the humans with the beauty of an urban environment. On her way to meet the Old Dandelion she experiences the joy of the many native animals and flowers that live in towns. Does Ivy succeed? Do the colours return? How can you get involved? · A playfu...

When seventeen-year-old Brigid chooses a worthless family trinket as her "something old" to wear on her wartime wedding day, she has no idea what she has set in motion. Brigid knows nothing about the iron brooch, nor has she ever been to Scotland, her father's homeland, but before long, the brooch makes its power felt, as she finds herself drawn into the world of a book about the Celtic fae - and in particular, she senses the influence of its ...

Iconic Tattoo. Iconic Tattoo follows Richard Harries wildly sucessful Awakening with yet another beautiful, funny and sad volume wher he visits a childhood friend, and ponders what humanity has done to our natural world.

Set in Ireland in 1650, The Story of the Pirate Queen takes as its subject the life of the Irish clan chief and pirate Grace O'Malley - or Grainne ni Mhaille - who spent her life fighting the forces of Elizabeth 1 before sailing up the Thames for a summit meeting with the English queen. In the book, Grace's ten-year-old great great granddaughter Maude is being told the story of her ancestor by her tutor, Catherine, on the eve of her betrothal ...

Otto lives with his uncle, an ambitious mechanic and creator of mechanical animals that live in the orangery. when a break-in occurs and many parrots are stolen, the police blame Florence, a street child, who sits outside the orangery and draws. Otto and Florence work together to solve the crime, encountering pirates and an arch villain along the way. A rollicking steam adventure with mechanical parrots and a clever monkey.

Broke Hotel. When Reggie and her family holiday at a respite facility for the physically disabled, she begins to resent those within it. Once Reggie begins to form friendships with some of the residents, much to the distaste of local boy Raymond, whose jealousy grows leading to disaster.

York, 1919. A young pilot returns from war, scarred physically and mentally. David Young, a gifted concert violinist, drifts into a humble job accompanying silent movies at The Electric, a fleapit cinema in provincial York. There he joins a diverse cast of misfits, each with secrets and tragedies of their own. Little does he realise these strangers, and a chance meeting, hold the key to regaining his lost hopes. As glamorous romance flickers a...

Fatherhood.

Herdsmenization. A razor-sharp collection examining all that is broken and the few things that work in a country controlled by cows, herders, and theiving officials.

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Literary Arts Magazine featuring poetry, prose, reviews and the art of ...

In an ideal world you would stand at a crossroads, one big white sign pointing to SANITY, and the other to MADNESS, and in the broad light of day, with the sun on your back, you would make the only possible choice you could, and trot down the hill towards safety. Why make any other choice? The trouble is that when you personally get to that crossroads it's nearly always midnight, you haven't slept for a while, and some kids have been messing w...

Djoser and the Gods. There are many mysteries surrounding the Egyptian pyramids.One night, Pharaoh Djoser hears a voice that awakens him, claiming to come from a god who lives in another universe. Is he dreaming, or could this be true? This is a stoy of the construction of the first pyramid.A Historical Novel with a dash of Science Fiction.

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On the Other Side of the Beach Light.

One father's fight to stay close to his children in a journey that crosses geographical, cultural and emotional borders.When Richard realizes his German wife is not returning to England with their children, the subsequent journey he must take encompasses new geographical and emotional realms. With the help of comic but effective German lawyer Otto Lehmann, Richard's fight for his family is both heart wrenching and humorous, in a story that cro...

Part memoir part biography of a beloved father York author Rita Jerrams final collection of poignan. In this final collection of stories by well-known York writer, Rita Jerram, Rita recalls her fathers eventful life and her own youth. This delightful memoir vividly records a vanished world.

A distillation of creativity fostered by mutual support - the work of a writing community transforming individual experiences into stories and poems to share. Lockdown woodland walks, consolatory rescue hens, edible oysters, satirically depicted departments for future success - these and other gems will tease, comfort, shock and amuse you.

A powerfully imagined futuristic thriller. The Keepers conjures up a menacing twenty-second century England fragmented by civil war and a Great Devastation. The law of the land is in the hands of the Keepers who enforce peace and happiness at any cost. To want knowledge and freedom is treason. To rebel is the ultimate crime. This is the story of Esther, a member of a secret network of dissidents, who risks life and love to break free, for hers...