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  These poems are inspired by David Lythgoe’s world-wide travels, the natural world, our place in the universe, and a (still) developing love of being alive. The poems follow a sequence in which each poem has a connection, sometimes tenuous, with those immediately before and behind. Consequently, you may find here juxtapositions where pathos is followed by unexpected joy, spirituality is intertwined with humour and mundane life engages with the cosmos. David Lythgoe will certainly invite you to look again at nature in Beside Another Sea , his fourth book of poetry. “I like the way it evokes the past … and yet connects with the present … at the same time containing an element of lightness – even of joking – which is entertaining to the reader.” Andrew Motion, Poet Laureate emeritus “David has won awards for his writing and … he unearths feelings as much as facts … his background enables him to merge a travelogue with classical literary, and scientific linguistic device...

  This collection takes the reader on a journey through life, from the innocence of young voices to the reflections of those seeking meaning as they look back at the paths they've taken. Each story captures the very essence of being human. The characters tackle everyday challenges, face inner struggles, navigate familial relationships and friendships, fall in love and out of love, process grief, and reflect on the beautiful fragility of it all. Something Very Human is the debut short story collection from award-winning writer, Hannah Retallick. RRP Paperback £ 8.50 Kindle £2.30  Buy from Amazon (including Kindle)     Note, this is an affiliate link and a small portion of what you pay, at no extra cost to you,   may go to Bridge House Publishing.    Buy from Waterstones UK    Buy from Barnes and Noble  (US)    Buy from us 1-4 books      Buy from us  5 + books   ...

  George Tucker and April Jefferson have never met but they share a secret. Born the same day fifty years apart, in the same town in Florida, both are battling demons. George is African-American – now living in Atlanta, having run from Jim Crow – only it seems you can't outrun the past. April is a white teenager terrified she will end up like her mother.  George’s story is set over fifty years, April’s over a single year…  yet their destinies are tied up together. They must meet… but how is the troubled teenager April the key to unlocking the secrets of George’s past?   Find out in the gripping If Crows Could Talk by award-winning literary writer Debz Hobbs-Wyatt. Paperback RRP £10.50 Kindle £2.30  Buy from Amazon Buy from Waterstones  (UK)  Buy from Barnes and Noble (US)  Buy from us (1-4 books)     Buy from us  (5+ books)  

  Behind the death of a person, a building or a place, life goes on. Here is a strong sense of many places: rural North Wales, a quarry, the woods, a Welsh Woollen Mill storeroom, the banks of the Atchafalaya River, a claustrophobic swampland shack, the Texas panhandle and more.     And there are people. Quinn maybe protects two brothers, from their dead Mam’s sexual secrets. Febby plans her escape. Mostyn has to please his publisher and Mary Mc Allister still nurses the Infant Jesus years after her own baby died. Anne Forrest paints colourful word pictures of these people and places in There’s More to Life than Death.    RRP  £8.50  Buy from Amazon (including Kindle)     Note, this is an affiliate link and a small portion of what you pay, at no extra cost to you,   may go to Bridge House Publishing.   Buy from Barnes and Noble (US)  Buy from us  (1 -4 books)       Buy from us (5+ b...