We are delighted to confirm the two new books which will be published in July.
That next person you pass on the street. How many connections through other people would it take to link you to them? ‘Six degrees of separation’ is the theory.
Now focus on a small coffee shop in a provincial town and consider its patrons and the people already connected to those patrons: the café owner, the gallery manager, the consultant, the ‘self-made man’, the femme fatale, the social worker, the poet and more.
How many steps exist between the pairs in such a cast of characters? Four? Three — or fewer than three? Perhaps just the one.
With such short chains there is often more in play than mere connection. For those who are one way or another attached to ‘The Extra Shot’, connections also bring with them the baggage of time — not only via the detritus of history (some of it cloudy and secret) but also through those individuals’ hopes and aspirations for the future.
But not all stories are exclusively of the ‘happy ever after’ variety. In fact, very few as it turns out…
Published on July 1st. Pre-order here: Amazon – Waterstones – Barnes & Noble
Zanna Beswick has worked extensively in theatre and drama. She has over 200 on-screen credits as commissioning story editor/producer of British broadcast television drama. She has designed, run and taught the flagship course on dramatic literature and theatre for Wake Forest University USA’s London Faculty; she has taught and directed Renaissance drama as visiting Lecturer for several years at Bristol University.
Although hampered by the brain injury acquired from surviving encephalitis, she has written and published poetry throughout. This is her first full-length collection.
“Zanna Beswick has the gift of transporting the reader through her vision (in two different meanings – both eyes and soul) and these poems do that with such quiet authority and grace.” – Sarah Dunant, Novelist and critic
“She beautifully combines a delicacy of touch in her poems, with a profound and sensitive connection to the wide range of subjects that she illuminates with her work.” – Christina Shewell, Teacher and therapist in voice and communication skills; author of Voicework.
“As a painter I’m deeply touched and inspired by Zanna’s work. She conveys insight the way many painters do, the layers of paint carrying so much more than pigment and glaze. Her poetry just stops me, as profound poetry does. I was tearful when I read ‘Desert’.” – Ricky Romain, Human Rights Artist
Published on July 29th. Pre-order here: Amazon – Waterstones
Coverstory Books - Ian Gouge, Publisher 
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