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A collection of reflections from Dr Robert's regular local Essex newspaper column. He steps through the frustrations and idiosyncrasies of everyday life with a comic eye and a candid approach to family life. Mixed in with these irreverent musings are caustic attacks on homophobia and moving words on the commonality of young male suicide.

Commissario Soneri, a detective from Parma, investigates an unsolved case of a dead body found in the Po River three years ago. This leads him to river life, where he tries to break the wall of silence, typical of small communities harbouring poachers, petty criminals and big time profiteers.

In Singing in the Dark Times, Margaret Corvid writes, 'I'm just a poet, no Cassandra me, ' but what is it to be just a poet? Corvid incorporates the gifts of many poets who have come before her. There is something of Emily Dickinson's deep playfulness in poems such as 'School', Robert Frost's close appreciation for nature in poems such as, 'All My Favourite Shows', and Philip Larkin's acerbic wit throughout. Unlike the people of Troy, I hope we are wise enough to keep listening to Corvid for years to come. Shaindel Beers, author of Secure Your Own Mask, finalist for the Oregon Book Award

La tragedia di Antonio Ascari, deportato in Germania come lavoratore coatto nel 1944 e morto dopo la liberazione sulla lunga e faticosa strada del ritorno. Una tragedia che si riverbera su un intero nucleo familiare in una comunità sconvolta dalla guerra. Sullo sfondo l'Italia fascista, l'Italia delle vanaglorie imperiali e delle leggi razziali del '38. Un racconto, tra storia e ricostruzione della memoria, che è anche un viaggio introspettivo per comprendere i silenzi, il non detto e le parole appena accennate. Una storia che andava raccontata e che l'Autore racconta con sensibilità utilizzando testimonianze familiari e documentazione storica ma lasciando spazio alla creatività. Il bisogno di non dimenticare, di recuperare quelle pagine cancellate, da parte di chi, forse con meno dolore, può e deve ricordare il passato.Andrea Del Cornò - Londra 20.11.2021

A selection of short prose from Colchester Writenight, a community inclusive writing group, formed in 2011. They write together in regular monthly meetings. The theme of this collection, 'Open Book', reflects the diversity of writing they produce and represents their collective passions.

A collection of essays by artists exploring how current political and health issues adversely affect our arts and cultures,

Human existence is all about the grey areas ‿ and it is those that this anthology of short stories explores ‿ providing a space for stories to be told and voices to be heard. Some stories are based on true experiences, or speculative fiction and political parables to reflect on our present day problems.

By exploring its spiritual themes, the reader discovers the complex religious and philosophical ideas influencing T. S. Eliot. Fifty years since his death, ancient and medieval thinkers are merged with inter-war Europe and the modern technological world. The result is a compelling retelling of Eliot's journey of spiritual transformation.

Dorek has no sense of achievement in life and is perceived as a 'Walter Mitty' character. As a boy, he was obsessed with a girl who lived opposite him and he finds it difficult to relate to other people. This is a result of his deafness and his uncertain sexuality, so he relies heavily on his best friend Mungo. After his mother's death he uncovers a family secret. Then his monetary fortunes unexpectedly change and he decides to travel to Australia and New Zealand. Through learning more about his family history and the connections he uncovers, Dorek eventually finds an inner peace.Dorek is the last title in a trilogy. The other titles are Clarisse and Zaira.

1944, Northern Italy. Antonio's life is shattered when he is deported to Germany as a forced labourer. Thereafter, his joys consist of small things: being able to breathe, to feel the plaster of a wall with his fingers, and the hope that perhaps, one day, he will return to his world. The book, partly in the form of letters and postcards, reconstructs that former world and is itself an act of commemoration...

Nancy wishes Marcus could be close to her again.Marcus wishes he could be in two places at once.Marcus, an Irish-born consultant anaesthetist in London, makes a disastrous error. In a moment of panic he tries to cover his tracks. During the subsequent inquiry, his half-truths are exposed by Asabi, his assistant, who is smarting from his withdrawn attention.Nancy, his wife, is taking long-term leave of absence from her role in the bank. Alone and neglected, she becomes obsessed with an old boyfriend, Tom. News arrives of her sister's pregnancy. Jealous of her sister, she beds her ex-boyfriend and brother-in-law, Shiv. A move she immediately regrets.This fragile marriage is one haunted by ghosts from the past, and a trip to Florence will change everything. 

This diverse and varied anthology of short fiction, essays and poems confronts our present political `tempestuous' times. Some of the contributions have a science-fiction flavour to include dystopian, authoritarian and imagined worlds.

This diverse and varied anthology of poems, short stories and essays includes contributions by Canon Giles Frazer, Helena Kennedy QC, Lemn Sissay, George Szirtes and Stephen Timms MP.My Europe is one attempt to get the story straight, to explore the idea and the reality of Europe and our place in it, through a variety of sources – expert scrutiny, fiction, poetry, drama and personal testimony.“Nations, like families, must speak the truth to each other… This book offers new insights on which we can draw as we painfully work out our future on the edges of Europe.” Tamara HerveyA donation will be made to Europaeum and Luden from the proceeds.

Nita lives at Ambala military base while Rikh is in Burma. She has an affair, leaves Rikh and goes to Lahore. She discovers she's pregnant when WW2 ends and communal violence is spreading all over India. After meeting up again with her Indian Prince, Nita finally moves north. In an orgy of violence, India at last achieves her independence.

This evocative, diverse and challenging anthology of poems and short stories is the result of a writing competition Patrician Press ran in 2016. The short-listed entries, including the winning story by Penny Simpson, were judged by Joceline Bury and Anna Johnson, amongst others.Further contributions from existing Patrician Press and other authors are as follows: Wersha Bharadwa, Mark Brayley, Emma Kittle-Pey, Petra McQueen, Suzy Norman, Robert Ronsson, Nasreem Salem, Ian Shaw, Kenneth Steven, Anna Vaught and Elisa Marcella Webb. Some of the pieces are more loosely connected to the original themes of refugees and peace.Robert McCrum has penned a quote for the back cover and George Szirtes and the Bishop of Barking have provided quotations for the foreword. A donation from the proceeds will be made to: Help Refugees. http://patricianpress.com/book/patrician-press-anthology-of-poems-and-short-stories/ 

17 'love' letters written by an unemployed man and addressed to a vague entity - the Cultural Rehabilitation and 15 prose passages about unpredictable little worlds, where sentences can be delirious and irrational, abandoning the world of ordinary syntax and evoking unexpected aspects of reality.