In advance of the publication of "New Contexts: 1" on the 1st January 2021, Coverstory books is delighted to be able to share some of the comments from early reviewers of the anthology: "wonderful""the anthology looks great""a very handsome publication""strong and wonderfully varied writing""a very good crop of writers""impressive""it looks superb" Please make a note [...]
Category: Writing
How’s 2021 looking for Coverstory books?
Here at Coverstory books, 2020 has finished with something of a flourish with the publication of Kate Miller's book of three plays "Pins & Feathers" at the beginning of this month, and our inaugural "New Contexts" anthology being readied for a 1st January publication date. Add these to 2020's five other books and it has [...]
New Contexts: submission update #3
After a strenuous selection process throughout October, we are making good progress in preparation for our publication of "New Contexts" in the new year. With all shortlisted submissions how verified, final preparations are now underway in advance of proof production in early December. Subject to signing that off, "New Contexts: 1" will be available from [...]
bookshop.org in the UK!
Coverstory books is proud to be contributing to the new UK-based on-line bookselling platform, bookshop.org! A books-only alternative to the internet giants, and which directly supports small independent UK bookshops. We now have our own page on the site: Coverstory books - please go and check it out! Most books are offered at a discount [...]
Coming soon! “Pins & Feathers: Three Plays”
Coverstory books is thrilled to be bringing to market its first collection of plays. These three plays, all produced by Hertfordshire-based community theatre 'Pins & Feathers', tell extraordinary stories of ordinary people. With emotion and humour, they bring history to life, portraying characters challenged by events beyond their control, whose defiant voices resonate today. Published [...]
Reprise: “A Pattern of Sorts”, by Ian Gouge
We often encounter difficulty when trying to reconcile our memories of events with what actually happened. In the almost inevitable mis-match, our mind plays tricks on us, and what we have recently learned and how we have recently lived gets in the way and colours the past. Pressed to recall his own life, the challenge [...]
Reprise: “Stepping Westward”, by Berta Lawrence
The hill country of West Somerset is famous for its association with the Romantic poets, Coleridge and Wordsworth, whose Lyrical Ballads (1798) emerged out of their experience of the area and revolutionised English poetry. It was 130 years later that a young teacher, Berta Lawrence, came to live in the same part of the county. [...]
Reprise: “The Myths of Native Trees” by Ian Gouge
Myths attach themselves to just about everything. This is certainly true in the case of English native trees. Pagan, mystical or religious, some of these are well-known, but others are more obscure. In “The Myths of Native Trees”, Ian Gouge uses fragments from some of these myths as the basis for a suite of poems [...]
Reprise: “Oak Tree Alchemy”, an anthology
A delightfully diverse and unpredictable sequence of poems from a flourishing Yorkshire group of writers, this anthology is the kind of compilation that will have something of appeal to those who think they dislike poetry as well as to those who love it. The power of poetry to move us, make us laugh or shudder, [...]
Reprise: “At Maunston Quay” by Ian Gouge
Life weaves its magic of triumphs and disappointments everywhere, and often those burdened with more than their fair share of tragedy can feel lost and alone. Even in a quiet coastal backwater such as Maunston Quay, people like Lewis Airy struggle with their personal tragedies and grief. And when Anna arrives, evidently trying to come [...]
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