When Rob Walton went into lockdown, he didn't know that he would also go into mourning. Here he writes about the life and death of his dad, and how sadness seeped into various aspects of his life.He also manages to find cheap laughs, digs at the government, celebrations of the young and old, unashamed sentimentality and suddenly disarming moments of tenderness.Walton's lines are expressed neatly and sparely, yet hold such purity and poignancy beneath them that they stop...

From tigers in a South London suburb to retired Victorian police inspectors investigating train based thefts, from collectors of poets at Shadwell to life-changing decisions in Canonbury, by way of an art installation that defies the boundaries of a gallery, Stations takes a sideways look through the windows of the Overground train, at life as it is, or might be, lived beside the rails: quirky, humorous and sometimes horrifying.

"Hilarious, action-packed and thought provoking... Sure to become an underground classic." - Metro CanadaIf you were looking for the missing link between Karl Marx and Groucho Marx, you've found it! Rob Walton's RAGMOP is a completely loony romp through time and space, woven cunningly around a single conspiracy caper. Hyper-leftist super-criminal Alice Hawkings must battle against all odds (and against all logic) to obtain the O-Ring, an omnipotent techno-macguffin which may be Earth's onl...

When Rob Walton went into lockdown, he didn't know that he would also go into mourning. Here he writes about the life and death of his dad, and how sadness seeped into various aspects of his life.He also manages to find cheap laughs, digs at the government, celebrations of the young and old, unashamed sentimentality and suddenly disarming moments of tenderness.Walton's lines are expressed neatly and sparely, yet hold such purity and poignancy beneath them that they stop...

‘We asked listeners to be honest, creative, funny, engaging and evocative in their writing…to try to make us laugh, cry and think. We never imagined we would get the quantity and quality of entries that we did for A Page from My Life.’ – Ray D’ArcyIn the midst of the Covid crisis, the Ray D’Arcy Show invited RTÉ Radio 1 listeners to send in ‘A Page from My Life’: 500 words on a memorable event, or a story simply worth sharing. The response was overwhelming. Ray an...

Forward Prize for Best First Collection. Jackie Kay tells the story of a black girl's adoption by a whiteScottish couple from three different viewpoints: the mother,the birth mother and the daughter. This unique and honest volumeof poems has been adapted for radio. Also included in thebook are new poems reflecting issues of sexuality, Scottishness and being working-class.

'You won't find a singsong entry in this book that says, 'Magic happens' or 'Climb a tree with a child.' There are no pictures of cuddly animals . . . It's the stuff I wish somebody, anybody, had told me twenty years ago.'No tattoos before you're thirty is a collection of witty, modern truths aimed more towards the realities of everyday life than the value of eating your greens. It's fun, irreverent and crammed with insight into contemporary life.Visit Sam's...

Travel the globe with this breath-taking collection of short stories from the Crime Writer's Association … perfectly chilling one-sitting reads…'The diverse storytelling styles and takes on familiar genre tropes add up to an entertaining buffet for mystery fans' Publishers Weekly____________________Crime spreads across the globe in this new collection of short stories from the Crime Writer's Association, as a conspiracy of ...

Seventeen brilliantly chilling tales from the master of storytelling.Welcome to a strange and twisted world where the spooky, the shocking, and the positively petrifying are lurking just out of sight.A bus ride home ... turns into your worst nightmare.A quaint country cottage ... has a grisly secret.A hot bath ... swirls with blood.Horowitz Horror. It's all around you. Alive. Waiting. Enter if you dare.Horror fans will love these...

‘Sweet, romantic, perfectly formed coffee break reads. I loved them.’ – Best-selling author, Carmel HarringtonEvery Happily Ever After began with a Once Upon a Time…It takes a lot to distract Jade from her books. But from the moment she spots Marwan browsing the shelves, she can't concentrate on anything else…A gorgeously romantic short story, part of The Meet Cute series.

A Thunk is a beguiling question about everyday things that stops you in your tracks and helps you start to look at the world in a whole new light. A thunk will shake up your templates, rattle your thought routines, and make you think about things differently! The ideal gift for possibly the most impossible person to buy for!

*Includes the winner of the 2021 BBC National Short Story Award*'Outstanding.' Guardian'Eleven perfect stories.' Irish Independent'Glorious.' The Times'My FAVE collection ever.' Pandora SykesIn eleven stories, Intimacies exquisitely charts the steps and missteps of young women trying to find their place in the world. From a Belfast student ordering illegal drugs online to end an unwan...