Paul Durston served with the Metropolitan Police in London for thirty years. Having retired, he devotes his time to creative writing and exploring the inland waterways on a narrowboat in Worcestershire with his partner, Caroline. Find out more at https://www.pauldurston.com… →
Mate Arias is Lewis Buxton’s love song to his friends, a soaring voice attempting to communicate in a masculine world often punctuated by silence or violence. Muscles are torn, crossword clues are pondered, and pints are lifted as the poet attempts to make sense of his friends and himself, and their… →
Bound: A Memoir of Making and Remaking
In a new home, relationships shift, and ties fray. Bound: A Memoir of Making and Remaking is a collection of essays about sewing and knowing who you are. Each chapter in this sewist’s diary charts the crafting of a different garment. From a lining embroidered with the names of her female ancestors t… →
From the gentle rivers of Shropshire to the heat-baked seas of Greece, Daughter of the Sun radiates with mothers and tracks our orbits around them. Split into two parts, a sonnet sequence recounts Spence’s time reconnecting with her estranged mother – caring for her through illness and grieving her… →
Please Don’t Read the Footnotes Please
A middle-grade book breaking all the rules, inviting readers to zig-zag across the page between the funny stories and the footnotes. Traditionally, once a book is published, the author’s role is over.* The book belongs to the reader after that, and it’s up to you to decide what the stories ar… →
To witness. To contain. To hunt. The forests of Småland are home to a growing population of wild boar, once on the verge of extinction. They move in packs at night. Gardens are destroyed, farmland churned up. Yet their illusiveness draws in both visitors and inhabitants. Ritve is making a pilgrimag… →
News from the Network… If you’re looking for the latest on the indie press scene, you’re in the right place… so here’s what’s coming up this month from the Indie Press Network! Scroll on down for books and news… (NB There is also a section of the site tailored to booksellers and reviewers – if you s… →
Papillote Press’ first book was published in 2004. A micro, independent publishing house, it started out specialising in books about Dominica and has now expanded to include books from the wider Caribbean. Based in the UK and Dominica, it publishes a range of books, both fiction and non-fiction, and… →
Kay Inckle lives in Liverpool and predominantly writes cli-fi, speculative fiction, and dark political satire which foregrounds minoritised perspectives, particularly disabled women. She has published short stories including Ten Years On and The Virgin Mothers in anthologies by Muswell Press and MTP… →