Stop Walking on Eggshells, Start Blending Successfully: The Complete Formula 84 Million Families Can’t Find Anywhere Else
Every single day, 1,300 new stepfamilies form across America, and while celebrities like Gwyneth Paltrow admit “there’s no playbook” for stepparenting, most of the 84 million Americans in blended families are left to navigate complex emotional dynamics with zero guidance,…
Thatcher In The Dock In Navy Veteran’s Book
Written by Harry Turnbull Navy veteran Paul Cardin’s Falklands adventure torpedoes the idea of Maggie Thatcher as a respected war leader. The former radio operator reveals a peace message was sent to the prime minister a day before the sinking…
Ancient Greek computer inspires new novel ‘The Great Year’
A 2,000 year old mechanical ‘computer’ known as the Antikythera Mechanism is at the heart of an intriguing new novel: ‘The Great Year’. The mechanism may already be familiar to Indiana Jones fans as the so-called ‘dial of destiny’. In…
Walsall’s Royal Connections: A Tribute to Queen Elizabeth II and Local Memories
Written by Martin Banks Queen Elizabeth II was Britain’s longest-serving monarch and much loved throughout her Kingdom. Now, a newly-launched book aims to chronicle the late Monarch’s links to one particular part of her realm: the town of Walsall in…
Tanya Pengelly wins 2024 Rhys Davies Short Story Competition with ’emotionally breathtaking’ tale written in memory of late father
Welsh-born writer Tanya Pengelly has won the 2024 Rhys Davies Short Story Competition for her story, ‘A Dictionary of Light’, which was written in memory of her father. The competition celebrates the best unpublished short stories in English by writers…
Heartwarming New Children’s Book equips Children with Resilience, Coping Skills and Understanding
Author Fiona Whyte has again managed to tug on the heartstrings with her second children’s book, which gently equips children with the resources they need to navigate loss and separation in a challenging and uncertain world. In the poignant tale…
70 Years Since The Release of Lord of The Rings – The Fantasy Book Genre is Still Going Strong
It has been seven decades since J.R.R. Tolkien’s seminal work, The Lord of the Rings, first graced bookshelves around the world. First published in 1954, Tolkien’s epic trilogy redefined the fantasy genre and laid the foundation for modern fantasy literature….
Andrée Rushton pens novel inspired by her own mother’s escape from Nazi-occupied France
Retired civil servant and established writer Andrée Rushton has written a new inspiring historical novel exploring the French resistance movement during World War II, showing the fortitude of the women of the time while weaving through inspiration from her own…
Teetotaller and co-founder of Social Chain, Dom McGregor puts pen to paper about booze in new book
Leading content creator also tells Status Update podcast that influencers need to forge deeper relationships with fewer brands Entrepreneur, content creator, co-founder of Social Chain and mental health campaigner Dom McGregor is adding another title to his CV – that…
Mutual Understanding and Unlikely Friends: Fiona Whyte’s “The Clever Little Gecko” Proves to Be an Instant Hit
In troubled times with scary, war-filled news stories, it’s uplifting to see that people still want to read and learn more about mutual understanding – and share it with their children. Perhaps that’s why Fiona Whyte’s first book, only launched…