A series of personal, curated interviews with internationally-acclaimed literary editors. This book will widen your horizons as a writer, exposing you to new and established literary journals worldwide. Sit down with these experienced editors to find out what they really want from a submission and allow them to demystify the process.
MALTA 1941. The war has created a soldier-saluting adventure for eleven-year-old Joe Zarb, until a telegram arrives with news of papa, Victor. 1961. A nurse and a former RAF pilot travel to Malta. Beth is looking for Joe, the son of her wartime husband, Victor. Her companion, Stuart, is seeking revenge for horrific burns suffered in the war.
Whether the stories are based in reality or fantasy, Of Myths and Mothers is a magical collection that sweeps across decades, embracing both folklore and futurism. From the remote hillsides of Settle to the dark caves of Pabellon, these stories make you believe in legends and question conventions.
A woman worries, under her duvet, whether she should sit content in a marriage that has turned comfortable...that is, until she falls in love with a tree... Short stories of midnight musings, of women itching to be heard and of delightful insanities.
Warriors won the Aryamati poetry prize in 2021. The pamphlet spans a thirty-year history, against the shadow of the Sri Lankan civil war, told from the voices of first and second generation British Tamils. We are privy to a poetic sensibility that seamlessly interweaves themes of migration and conflict with empathy and a deftness of touch.
Julian Bishop has had a lifelong interest in ecology and worked for a time as Environment Reporter for BBC Wales. He's now a member of the collective group Poets For The Planet. A former runner-up in the Ginkgo Prize for Eco Poetry, he's been shortlisted for the Bridport Poetry Prize.