A BOUQUET FOR ROSIE  by Simon Berry, age 71        

Poetry collection, privately printed limited edition, 2018

These short acrostic poems were written from 2014 to 2018. They are dedicated to the person I fell in love with over that time and are intended For Her Eyes Only.  She is very knowledgeable on flowers so these poems are written in 12 different floral voices (plus an ultimatum from a cereal plant).  My assumption is that just as we enjoy inspecting and appreciating flowers they in turn enjoy scrutinising us. 

THE GHOST OF ERRAID, a novel

Fran Brady, Age 73
THE GHOST OF ERRAID, a novel

, A lighthouse family in the 1920s on the Hebridean Isle of Mull.A bleak but beautiful landscape, Jacobite history,
Druidic myth, a 17th century shipwreck legend, and a woman in the grip of a dangerous obsession . . . the suspense
builds to a terrifying climax.

Point Me at the Stars by Noel Williams (age…

Poetry Collection

In this narrative sequence of 28 lyric poems, Noel tells a story of loneliness, ambition, love and loss. A child craving affection grows up with promises of glory. But he equates love with idealistic ambition. In aspiring for the stars is love inevitably lost?

The book is available from Indigo Dreams www.indigodreams.co.uk/noel-williams/4594148627 for £6.80 including (P&P)

War Baby by A C Clarke (age 75)

Poetry Pamphlet (Cinnamon Press 2018)

War Baby was one of four joint prizewinners in the 2017 Cinnamon Press Poetry Pamphlet competition. It focuses on the author’s childhood in post-war London and explores both highly personal moments in that childhood and the wider context of life in a society still recovering from war but on the brink of change. The book is available from Cinnamon Press https://www.cinnamonpress.com/index.php/hikashop-menu-for-products-listing/poetry/product/313-war-baby-a-c-clarke for £4.99 including postage and packing or direct from the author at acclarke6@btopenworld.com

More about A C Clarke at http://www.scottishbooktrust.com/profile-author/30627

Quigley’s Way, a novel by P. McCormac (age77) (Black…

A dying man asks Sheriff Quigley to deliver a message to his family. Quigley does so, only to find himself the target of range baron Huston McRae. McRae controls everything in Gila County, including the local sheriff and doesn’t want an outsider nosing around in his affairs. He orders Quigley killed. That was a big mistake. See Philip’s books at www.philipmccormac.co.uk Borrow them at your local library from Amazon.

IN THE BALANCE. a novel by William Neenan (…

In the year 2022 a 19 year-old computer savant with Asberger Syndrome overcomes personal problems and ends up using his revolutionary talent on the quantum computer to support a worldwide movement against nuclear weapons in space.  I have just finished this work and am now beginning to seek representation.

A Troubling Woman

A Troubling Woman by A C Clarke (age74) (Oversteps Books, 2017)

Poetry Collection

A Troubling Woman centres on the life of the medieval visionary Margery Kempe and has been praised by John Glenday and Sam Tongue among others. The poems explore varieties of belief and unbelief through a series of monologues. The book is available from Oversteps Books http://www.overstepsbooks.com/cat/a-troubling-woman/ for £9.80 including postage and packing or direct from the author at acclarke6@btopenworld.com

Hall of Mirrors

Hall of Mirrors – Shards of Clarity:   Autism, Neuroscience and Finding a Sense of Self    by  Phoebe Caldwell (age 84)  (Pavilion Publishers, 2017)                                                

Non-fiction   Autism

Hall of Mirrors: Shards of Clarity marries recent research with the author’s current practice. It investigates the loss of ‘Sense of Self’  described by many autistic people and uses case studies to show how those who support them can build emotional engagement through the use of body language to confirm and embody lost self-awareness.

Existential Edinburgh

Existential Edinburgh: An Eccentric Odyssey by Jenni Calder (age 76) (Luath Press, 2018)

Non-fiction: history and memoir

An exploration of the city’s past and present, weaving together personal experience, memory and history. It takes the reader beyond the city’s historic centre, looking out to surrounding areas that are inseparable from Edinburgh’s story and venturing down serendipitous side tracks. The black and white photographs reveal aspects of the city often overlooked, and highlight Edinburgh’s fascinating unpredictability. Available August 2018 from www.luath.co.uk