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Lancashire Writers of Today

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  An anthology of prize-winning and commended writings of the Lancashire Authors’ Association. The LAA has been promoting the reading and writing of Lancashire literature since 1909. Fellowship and Friendliness are prime features of our Association and new members are assured of a warm welcome. Lancashire Writers of Today is a wealth of contemporary writing from those who cherish Lancashire. RRP £6.50  Buy from Amazon    Buy from us (1-4 books)      Buy from us (5+ books)        
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  The Script Challenge   The challenge was to the authors we have already published to turn one of their short stories into a ten-minute script. And here they all are. We looked for: Effective adaptation of the origin text Ease of production Something that could be Covid safe  RRP £6.50    Buy from Amazon   A continuing response by writers to the Covid19 pandemic in 2020 and during the ongoing aftershocks in 2021. This collection is of work by writers we have published before and whom we trust, and their trusted colleagues. When disasters strike writers respond and react in words. They share with us their hopes and fears. They describe and rationalise.  Like its companion book this volume contains pieces of fiction, flash fiction, script, poetry, memoir and some texts which cannot easily be categorised.               There is a loose chronology here – the texts are listed by the order in which they were written and / or by the times to which they refer. There are mes

Offers on our single author collections

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  Visit our bookshop to find other options for buying these and lots of other books  I Knew It in the Bath by Linda Flynn   The bathtub is the place where dreams and possibilities flow as easily as the tap water – if only they would go to plan. I Knew it in the Bath is a collection of absorbing short stories which show that no matter how we expect events to unfold, life has a way of confounding us. What will a woman do to save her friend? Do we really know when we’re being watched? Why did Dora throw the iron through the window? What’s the best way to take revenge on a cheating partner? Settle back for an engaging read through these humorous, sinister and thought-provoking stories, but try not to drop your book in the bath! Linda Flynn, a frequent contributor to our annual themed anthologies , gives us food for thought in the stories collected in I Knew in in the Bath . RRP £8.00 Buy from Amazon      A Feast of Tales, Gently Twisted by Dawn Bush   A tempting

Offers on our charity books

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  Offers on our charity books A continuing response by writers to the Covid19 pandemic in 2020 and during the ongoing aftershocks in 2021. This collection is of work by writers we have published before and whom we trust, and their trusted colleagues. When disasters strike writers respond and react in words. They share with us their hopes and fears. They describe and rationalise.  Like its companion book this volume contains pieces of fiction, flash fiction, script, poetry, memoir and some texts which cannot easily be categorised.               There is a loose chronology here – the texts are listed by the order in which they were written and / or by the times to which they refer. There are messages of hope, cries of despair and acts of kindness. This hardback book is above all a glimpse, a snapshot of some astonishing human history.      Aftermath is the second book in a series of creative responses to the 2020 pandemic and its aftermath.     RRP £13.00  Buy from Amazon RRP £13