The inspiration for my book was my family, who asked me to write about my childhood during WW2. I felt that my grand & great grandchildren, & all young people, should know & understand what my generation had to endure. We lived in Northolt, near RAF Northolt, one of the main aerodromes defending London but children […]
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The Silver Apples of the Moon and the Golden Apples of the Sun
“Pale stars hung in the wintry sky, over silver mist and the golden crown of Bran mac Febail, High King of Ireland. Wandering alone through the forest, he paused beneath a lofty oak tree, enchanting music lingering on the air. Resting his back against the gnarled trunk, Bran sat down, and let the sweet melody […]
From Start to Finish by Lisa Stewart
I live in Edinburgh and have worked for NHS Scotland for more than 30 years. I’m currently managing a team of 120 administration staff in six mass vaccination centres in Lothian. In my spare time (!) I enjoy writing feel-good fiction. I love the creative process from coming up with an idea, to writing the […]
‘Notes from my Polish Childhood’
There are various reasons why I decided to write an account of my early life in Poland, up to the moment of departure to the UK and I happily teamed up with the SPP for the second time. This recent work is a sort of sequel to the book I published with the SPP in […]
‘Me 100’ by Ryan Boyd
In 2017, having been active in the wellness industry for a few years I wanted to get my content, findings and teachings out to the world. I started off with the creation of the logo to give me the inspiration and meaning behind the book. When brainstorming ideas for the book I had to create […]
‘Early Dutch Poetry’
Peter Morris describes his journey to self-publishing his Dutch poetry book. My first job – when fourteen – was house-painting in the summer holidays for two shillings and ten pence per hour. Later I became anaesthetist, which like house-painting, has long periods when the grey cells and the white cells, have nothing much to do […]
The Origins of ‘Heavenly Tales’
I first decided to write some short stories during a time of extreme ill-health in my family primarily as a means of distraction. My first story – In the Beginning – described the creation of mankind. It proved to be popular with my friends whose approval and pleasure persuaded me to compose another story about […]
‘1980s London: Making the Best of it by Alec Forshaw
Published in April 2021, 1980s London: Making the Best of It is my second book with Brown Dog Books and The Self-Publishing Partnership. It follows a very successful first project, An Address in Bloomsbury, first published in 2017 with a revised edition in 2018. I have been writing books, off and on as a side-show to a career […]