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what a winning story or poem looks like - take a look at a selection of
recent anthologies from our ex-workshop stock: click here to choose three
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Books,
Stories, Poetry and Articles
You can read extracts or reviews or, if you would like
your own work displayed here,
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Club Pages to
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Books - Fiction
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Light
in the Shade
by
Pam Eaves
From afternoon tea in an old person’s home to the horrors of war and terrorist activities; mayhem in a nightclub to the restrictions of a religious family life,
U3A Writer's Group leader Pam Eaves is well known for her short stories,
which have appeared in several Earlyworks Press anthologies and a range of
short story magazines. Light in the Shade is her first collection of short stories under her own
name.
Read
an extract
To
buy your copy, or to find out more about Pam's work, visit her website...
www.pameaves.co.uk
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Reviews
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Catherine
Edmunds
Catherine Edmunds is a professional musician who morphed into a poet/novelist/illustrator some years ago. More than 200 of her poems have since been published online and in print, with several competition successes. Solo publications include novels
The Sand in the Painting (2005) and Small Poisons (2009) as well as her solo poetry collection
wormwood, earth and honey (2008). She won the Whittaker Contest for Fiction in 2009, and was delighted to be asked to judge the poetry section of the contest in 2010. Catherine is a prolific artist who has provided cover art and illustrations for Earlyworks Press, BeWrite Books and others.
Her
painting, Diver
appears on the cover of the first
Earlyworks
Press fiction anthology.
Catherine's
website
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Jung's
People
by
Kay Green
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Are you a parent, a child or a lover?
Are you a fighter, a healer or a straw in the wind? What happens when we
improvise and reject society's scripts? We find that there are older, deeper
roles laid out for us - those driven by mythology, by instinct and by fate.
"...Kay
Green draws on Jungian philosophy to create a compelling and intellectually
stimulating collection. This is another excellent collection from Elastic
Press and well worth reading. Jung would, I think, be proud of this
child."
- from Prism: The magazine of the British Fantasy Society
ISBN: 978 906451 01 1
15
original stories based on Jungian archetypes
Read
an extract
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The
Freak and the Idol
by
Katy Jones
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Beautiful Shona has a problem, and this time it's not which lipstick to
wear. It's not even her creepy flatmate, Francis Freak. Telling
the story of an unlikely friendship, the Freak and the Idol is a postmodern
feminist fable about a woman's search for identity and freedom.
ISBN: 1904781365
Price: £7.99
No of pages: 230
Review
by Cathy Edmunds
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Frogs
Under the Wheels
by C R
Krishnan
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Review
by Victoria Seymour _________________________________ Read
an Extract
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My
only doubt about this one was what kind of readers to recommend it to - I
think all kinds of people between about 6 and 100 years old will enjoy
these warm, wise and endlessly surprising stories - KG
C R Krishnan was born in India and has since lived in
Brighton, where he contributed to writing, drama and film projects. These
experiences, along with a loving
imagination and enthusiasm for humanity shine through in all of his tales.
He is now living in Hastings, and offers advice and support to writers
starting their career in the town. Find out more by reading the extract
here, or visiting the following link. - KG
C
R Krishnan's website
www.grenadierpp.com
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Books - Non-Fiction
First Class FCE Teacher
by Kay Green
Published
by Earlyworks Press 2007
ISBN
978-9553429-5-0
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UK
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+ £2 p&p to Europe
+
£4 p&p RoW
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Whether
you are planning your first ever exam course or coming
back to FCE after a hectic summer, this book aims to be
the friend in the bottom of your bag that provides the
answers when you need them.
Exam
information, practice activities and strategies for each
paper, guides to planning, marking and grading, and a
wide range of invaluable tips to make your FCE class a
happy and successful one.
Kay
Green worked in the EFL industry for 10 years as a
teacher of general and business English, as a teacher
trainer and course designer of Cambridge
and IELTS courses and as Director of
Studies of a business English school. She is now editor
of Earlyworks Press and runs workshops and courses in
language skills development in Hastings, Sussex.
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Anatomy of an Air
Crash
How Culture Decides Your
Fate
An unambiguous critique of the
industry by
Terry
Tozer
a_pilot_with_20_years_in_the_business
Read
an Extract
www.terrytozer.co.uk
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An entertaining, if worrying,
analysis of the impact of politics and big business on a hard won safety
culture. The assault led by corporate managers who cannot fly and yet
ignore pilot’s criticisms.
Ride on the flight deck with the
author as your commentator. Witness take offs, landings, simulator
checks and even well known crashes. Then understand why he is worried.
Get answers to questions you
have always asked yourself. Is Turbulence dangerous? Is the pilot
asleep? What IS that noise? What do crews do on a night-stop? Did the
engineer leave a spanner in the works?
Even the most nervous passenger
will want to read it, as knowledge is power and you will learn which
airlines not to fly with and an awful lot more.________________________________ 
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Family & Local History
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Photo by David Dennis
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Hastings-based author
Victoria Seymour
says,
"if you enjoy
WWII history on the home front and the secret pleasure of reading
someone's private letters, then I'm sure you will enjoy reading my books."
About the books
Victoria's
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FOR OVER HALF A CENTURY HASTINGS HAS BEEN
HOST TO HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS S OF YOUNG PEOPLE FROM ALL
OVER THE WORLD. If you are a host family, have been, or are thinking
of becoming one, this book is for you.
Press
Release
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Poetry
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Poet
Nigel Humphreys
has had work published widely in magazines in recent years since
relaunching his writing career.
First poetry collection:
The
Hawk's Mewl
Poems
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He
read his work from Cinnamon Press
anthology "The Lie of the Land" at the 2006
Nigel's website
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Well known character in Hastings,
Terry
Sorby
has had more than 20 pieces published in
anthologies, and two solo collections,
Beyond
the Greyscale
and
Roadie
& Co
Reviews on Publications
Page
Note
added 16th June 2009
We
are sorry to announce that Terry Sorby, our much loved friend and founder member
of the Earlyworks Press Writers' and Reviewers' Club passed away last week. From
now on, we will be donating £3.50 for each of his books sold from this website
to the British Heart Foundation, in acknowledgement of those who cared for him
in his last illness.
Terry's
Books:
Beyond
the Grayscale
Roadie
& Co
Porkies
(Sweet and Sour Bites of Life by Terry and friends)
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Waiting
for Gulliver
Colourful
and Dark
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Original
poems written by ___Sally_Richards_&_Steve_Mann___
Shropshire
Poets
Diverse
sections contain powerfully evocative words producing vivid images.
The stirring 'Dark Experience and Emotion' section makes compelling
reading and finds its balance in the lively 'On the Lighter Side'.
The varied subject matter complemented by excellent illustrations
provides accessible and enjoyable poetry for all tastes.
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Three Poems
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The Passenger's
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Born in
Inverurie, Aberdeenshire in 1981. Graduated from Stirling
University in July 2003 with a 2/1 in English and Scottish Literature.
Currently working for the second year as an EFL teacher in Trnava,
Slovakia.
Living some
distance away from my home country has given me the perspective and
inspiration to try to fulfil my ambitions of being a writer. At
the moment this is taking the form of a book of poems illustrated by
Sunniva Caro, which we plan to have completed by the beginning of next
year. - MB |
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Three Poems
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For Terry's biog, see Suspense section
above. - KG |
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Spiral
Galaxy
by David Dennis
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Introduction
by Kay Green
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David
Dennis - a short biography.
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Paintings
and Poems
The Austringer
by Colin Breck
with
Skyward Will
by Kay Green
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For Colin's biog, see art exhibition - Hastings
artists. - KG |
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Stories
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The Secret of Elm Manor
by Terry Sorby |
Suspense |
Terry Sorby: Male, middle sixties - began writing a few years
ago after a traumatic heart bypass - now disabled. Lived in
Hastings, East Sussex since 1966. Love humour, on which most of my
work is based, mainly poetry and short stories. Small selection of
my work published in anthologies (Forward Press) and magazines between
2001 and 2005. - TS |
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Alsiso
by Kay Green |
The oldest story - a new look at something that might have happened in
Ireland before the beginning of history as we know it. - KG |
See
About Us
page |
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Central Proposition
by David Dennis
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A marvelously rich historical
story interwoven with incidental details and imaginatively created
backgrounds that kept me fascinated and well into it all. With an
easy direct style of writing, consistent tone and lots of variety in
language and vocabulary, it is for me a hugely entertaining and
instructive read. I loved it and it gave me all those people and
places to google as well.- JL |
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Stories, Poems and Books for Children
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An extract from a cycle of tales Mustapha is compiling in memory of
his Algerian Berber grandmother and her fireside storytelling. - KG |
Read about Mustapha on the
About Us page. |
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by Kay Green
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A creation fantasy, dedicated to Lauren, who confessed to inventing
the froggicorn in class one day . And now sporting a brand new
illustration by Katy Jones. - KG |
Read about Kay on the
About Us page. |
| Poems
by David R Morgan, Terry Sorby and Sheila Whitmill |
Poems
designed for big people and little people to read together. - KG
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Walrus on a Rocking Chair'
by David R Morgan:
Club reviewer Terry Sorby says:
'A simply well illustrated book that lacks nothing....Easy to
read...often leaving you with a wisp of a smile at the corner of
your mouth. Don’t know if I’m mistaken or not, but I think David
has left a subliminal message within the front cover, the
transparency of the walrus revealing the rocking chair, very
effective
Children especially will love this whilst grown ups can reflect
on another time. The line I like the most is: “I’ve shared
my sweets with baby, she only choked a bit”
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Wake Squidgy
up to find out more.
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You can order your copy from
Sheila
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with a fondness for gold jewellery and a sharp set of wheels, and how she
got up Roman noses. Discover all the secrets when we dish the dirt and
start...Spilling the Beans on Boudicca.
This is one of a series of fun biographical histories from publishers
Miles Kelly. |
Easy to read and
understand even the big words, complimented by the very witty line
drawings. I would recommend this to any parent, guardian, teacher or young
person with an appetite for good reading matter.
I am now left in the predicament of hiding this book from my grandson, as
he will want the whole series. (Cheers, David £ £ £ £ £ £ £ !) - Terry
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Author David R
Morgan teaches 11-19 year olds at Cardinal Newman School in Luton, and
lives in Bedfordshire with his wife and two children.
David has been
an arts worker and literature officer, organizer of book festivals and
writer-in-residence for education authorities, a prison and a psychiatric
hospital (which was the subject of a Channel 4 film, Out of Our Minds).
His books for
children include : The strange Case of William Whipper-Snapper,
three Info Rider books for Collins and Blooming Cats which won the Acorn
Award and was recently animated for BBC2's Words and Pictures Plus.
David has also written poetry books, including: The Broken Picture Book,
The Windmill and the Grains (Hawthorn Prize) and Buzz Off.
books and TV by
David R Morgan |
Articles
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by Kay Green
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A personal view of copyright - how it is, how it should be.
Anyone
wishing to copy part or all of this article is very welcome, but an
acknowledgement would be appreciated! - KG
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About Us page. |
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by David R Morgan
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If you are lucky enough to be in one of
David's English lessons, the chances of writers' block lasting more than
ten seconds are very low indeed! - KG |
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David's
biog |
by
Kay Green
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What are people really thinking about?
What do they want to read about? PS I wrote this last year - you may need
to change some of the names now! KG |
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second short story competition, I put together these guidelines based on
comments from our readers and administrators about what makes them want to
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