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This anthology brings together poetry and prose to celebrate independent bookshops. It has been specially commissioned for the 50th Anniversary of the opening of Kemptown Bookshop in Brighton, while honouring the significant impact independent bookshops have on local communities and on the arts.
Featuring winning writers and contributors including Peter James · Elly Griffiths · Roy McFarlane · Erin James · AFLO. the poet
Cover design by Alexa Vieira
Published by époque press
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by Caro Claire Burke
Natalie lives a traditional lifestyle – and her followers are sick with envy. Her charming farmhouse on her working ranch is artfully cluttered, her husband is a handsome cowboy, her homemade sourdough boules are each more beautiful than the last. So what if there are nannies and producers and industrial-grade ovens behind the scenes? What her followers don’t know won’t hurt them.
Then, one morning, Natalie wakes up in a strange, horrible version of reality. Her home, her husband, her children—they’re all familiar, but something’s off. Is this a hoax? A reality show? A test from God? Natalie knows just two things for sure: this isn't her perfect life, and she must escape, by any means possible.
by Kate Mosse
In Autumn, Kate Mosse celebrates the season of shifting light and crisp mornings.
This magical journey through the turning year captures the ever-changing colours of the autumn landscape, the crunch of leaves underfoot, the drift of migrating birds and the last warmth of the sun. Starting in her own garden, Kate leads us out to the misty Fishbourne marshes of her childhood, with their vast skies and wading birds, and into ancient yew forests/ steeped in myth and mystery. We travel across the harvest fields, follow the river bends of the Ouse and the Lavant, and join the crowds at Lewes on Bonfire Night, where the air crackles with flame and torchlight.
Exploring nature, folklore, memory and history, Autumn is a love letter to Sussex and an atmospheric portrait of the season from one of our most celebrated writers.
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A Guide to LGBTQ+ Wellness and Wholeness in Midlife
by Dr Paul Taylor-Pitt
For many LGBTQ+ adults in midlife, the legacy of stigma, silence, and survival still lives in our bodies. We grew up during the AIDS crisis. We navigated Section 28.
We were told we would end up lonely, tragic, or dead. And yet, we're still here. Still Here! Still Queer! Now What? is a declaration of power for LGBTQ+ people entering the next chapter of life.
It celebrates who we are and invites us to rediscover the joy, magic, and wholeness that have always been ours. Coach and activist Dr Paul Taylor-Pitt offers a practical and inspiring toolkit for queer midlife flourishing. Drawing on lived experience, interviews, and coaching frameworks, he provides tools and reflections to help us move beyond shame, reconnect with pleasure, and step into our most vibrant, deliberate selves.
This is a love letter to Generation X queers and a celebration that we are still here, still queer, and ready to live with renewed purpose and pride.
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By John McCullough
John McCullough's Crowd Voltage addresses yearnings for community. It probes fragmentation within groups and individuals – disturbances within the body of the crowd and the crowd of the body. Engaging with working-class and queer experiences, the poems move between solitude and togetherness, haunted by ghosts from history as they dream of unity and discover joy in deserted corners.
To be common here is to share not only qualities but stories with many others – to be classed alongside people with similar origins and become connected also to what is commonplace in the world of animals and plants, days and tables. Sky and sea dominate as the speakers search for oneness and completion, confronted by vast silences and the shadow of Brighton’s collapsing West Pier. John McCullough has published four previous collections, one with Salt and three with Penned in the Margins, most recently, the Costa-shortlisted Reckless Paper Birds (2019), winner of the Hawthornden Prize, and Panic Response (2022), which included his long poem 'Flowers of Sulphur', shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Single Poem.
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By Karen Newby
Unlock the secrets to vibrant health and vitality after menopause with this expert guide from nutritionist and author Karen Newby. Offering essential nutrition advice, lifestyle strategies, and delicious recipes tailored specifically for women’s health and nutrition needs in this transformative stage of life. This one-stop handbook focuses on the key factors affecting women in the years after the menopause offering advice on: achieving metabolic harmony; supporting cardiovascular health and musculoskeletal systems; and the best foods to feed the brain, as well as looking at simple lifestyle switches that lead to long-term longevity rituals.
Karen uses her expertise as nutritional therapist to curate a ‘longevity larder’, with the key hero ingredients to supplement your diet and eat for better health. These ‘longevity larder’ ingredients feature in 30 delicious recipes, created to tackle the key issues affecting women’s health in the years after the menopause. Recipes include: Shakshuka-style Lamb and Aubergine with Herbaceous Kraut Butterbean Masala Chipotle Chicken Traybake Berry Crumble with Roasted Plum Yoghurt Black Beans with Sweet Potato and Lime This is the ultimate guide to eating and aging well – starting today.
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By Roy McFarlane
Part memoir, part meditation on the art of poetry and what it is to be a poet in the modern age, The Way of the Poet by Roy McFarlane is a journal following the daily life in creative practice.
Full of guidance, encouragement and reflections on the personal, political and radical nature of the craft of writing in troubled times, this will be a ground-breaking book from one of the new millennium’s most inspiring and socially-engaged writers.
by Coco Mellors
Signed indies edition with sprayed ombre edge
Note: this is a pre-order page, the book will be publishing on the 8th April 2027
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By Rosie Pink
Meet Daisy Sunshine and fall in love with her colorful, cozy world! It's a beautiful day and Daisy Sunshine can't wait to explore. Look at those tulips! Daisy loves tulips. And look at the berries and birds! She loves them too.
Of course, she also loves her friends, Bear-Bear and Summerfly. But wait! Does Daisy Sunshine love too many things?Step into the joyful world of Daisy Sunshine in this series debut from an exciting new talent and discover how much there is to love!
Note: This is a pre-order page. The book will be published on November 26th. Allow 3-5 working days for your order to be dispatched - we are small team. Thank you for your understanding.
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