Authors
Christopher Moore
The Soul of Ebenezer Scrooge - Fiction
Two young men find themselves haunted by both literal and figurative ghosts in the run-up to Christmas, in a retelling of 'A Christmas Carol' set in present-day Belfast.
Christopher Moore is a graduate of English from Queen's University Belfast, and of the MA in TV Fiction Writing at Glasgow Caledonian University. Alongside a number of playwriting achievements, including being longlisted for the 2019 Bruntwood Prize, he has had a number of pieces of short fiction published in magazines, both online and in print, in the UK, Ireland and US.
Richard Butchins
Cripplehood - Memoir
Richard Butchins is a well known and long established television presenter, director and producer of programmes highlighting disability for Channel Four (Dispatches) and the BBC (Panorama) amongst other television networks. Alongside his television work, Richard is a highly respected artist/painter. Richard’s neurodiversity lends his stream of consciousness a unique quality.
Dr Mark Stibbe
The Dream House - Mesmeric literary fiction of the highest calibre, sometimes historical but always interwoven with magical realism.
Born in 1960, Mark was adopted by Philip Stibbe, a star pupil of CS Lewis. Inspired by his father’s passion for stories, Mark became a senior scholar of English Literature at Cambridge University, and subsequently wrote a PhD in storytelling, published by Cambridge University Press.
Mark then went onto write many nonfiction books on spirituality before, in 2012, migrating to fiction. In 2020, he completed his novel A Book in Time and submitted it to the Page Turner Fiction Awards. He won the Writing Award for Fiction.
He and Yasmin love this quote:
“There must always be two kinds of art: escape-art, for man needs escape as he needs food and deep sleep, and parable-art, that art which shall teach man to unlearn hatred and learn love.”
W.H. Auden
Colleen MacMahon
My Name is Ten
YA Fiction
Set in the not too distant future, when the 17 year old protagonist loses both her physical perfection and documentation proving her elite provenance, she is incarcerated in The Kennels, where she has six weeks to either be adopted or face euthanasia.
My Name is Ten tells of a world where distribution of resources is largely determined by a healthy pedigree and reproductive potential.
Born and raised in Bath, Colleen trained at a vocational boarding school in Hertfordshire studying Drama and the Arts. Alongside her acting career – on stage and as an audiobook narrator/voiceover artist – she has been an award-winning short story writer, an adjudicator, teacher and mentor; she is also an accomplished watercolour artist.
A vivid imagination, coupled with her fascination for ‘what if…’ scenarios, has taken her novel writing into the realm of Speculative Fiction where it has found a natural home and afforded her endless possibilities to explore. My Name Is Ten and its sequel will be her debuts into YA fiction.
Sarah Harris
The Definition of Us
YA Fiction
Four teenagers with different mental health problems embark on a road trip in search of their missing therapist. Unexpected humour, twists and turns ensue.
Published July 2018.
Ruchita Misra
Three Women, Three Continents, Three Different Tales
Amor Vincit Omnia or Does it?
Romantic Fiction
Ruchita is an award winning author in India, making her debut in the UK. Ruchita's wonderful sense of humour and warmth make her writing an intoxicating blend.
