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A Wedding in the Family: Mothers Tell Their Stories of Joy, Conflict and Loss
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Weddings are of great interest in popular media and are a part of a thriving industry - leading to an ever more elaborate and expensive wedding culture.
Participants of weddings agree that the build-up to the event tends to turn into an experience that is characterised by strong emotions and sometimes unexpected pressures and tensions. Whilst weddings are expected to be a happy time in a family’s life, the emotions that they provoke can be surprisingly complex and bewildering. Old family conflicts may resurface that had been long forgotten. Emotions may run high and sometimes it seems as if the very prospect of a wedding puts a magnifying glass to existing relationships, styles of interaction and communication in the families concerned.
However, a systematic exploration from a psychological perspective is missing. Most of the existing literature is either strictly academic or of a straightforward self-help and advice-giving nature. This book aims to fill this gap: drawing on Annette Byford's own research as a psychologist and psychotherapist conducted over two years, with interviews in real life situations, it provides an insight into the wedding experience from the mother’s point of view and explores the complexities of family relationships that this rite of passage can expose.
The book offers the reader the chance to follow several women from different cultural backgrounds through the time leading up to and beyond their child’s wedding. It is structured around three pivotal stages of the wedding: the announcement of the engagement, the wedding preparations, and the big day itself. For each stage, it draws on interviews with mothers, looking at the nature of their often-moving experiences and suggesting psychological explanations for what is happening to them.
Annette suggests that in all cultures, weddings are rituals that mark family transitions, and as such are presenting family members with a substantial task of adaptation. With it emerge potentially difficult feelings around loss, separation, rivalry, exclusion and inclusion. These may only be present as hardly acknowledged and unspoken undercurrents, as the cultural and personal expectations around weddings focus on the happiness of the “big day”, thus making the necessary emotional processing more difficult. These processes are particularly visible when looking at mothers of brides and grooms. They are dealing with this adaptive task, that a wedding both necessitates and symbolises, by using pre-existing resources and coping styles available to them as individuals and as members of their family systems. Some of the emotional reactions surrounding weddings, which can take all participants by surprise, may be best understood in this context.
“As both an experienced mother of the bride and a psychotherapist, Annette Byford is uniquely placed to guide readers through this fascinating exploration of the impact of a wedding on the family. This engaging and accessible book follows a group of mothers of brides and grooms through the key points of the wedding process, tracing the common themes that emerge during this significant rite of passage. The strength of this book lies in Byford's ability to translate the deeply emotional and sometimes confusing feelings expressed by the mothers about this life transition into clear and thoughtful words. This book is a must-read for mothers and daughters at every stage from engagement to the final blending of two families.”
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- Daisy White - Taming Tigers
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After completing her GMus at the Royal Northern College of Music, Clare went on to do a Masters by Research at Keele University. It was there that she discovered an interest in psychology. Whilst still researching…
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- Rebecca Ronane Forward After Fifty
Rebecca Ronane coaches women to reinvent their mindset around ageing to create an empowered life after 50. She runs a successful networking group, Network Provence, coaching business, Forward after Fifty, and two podcast…
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- Natalie Read - Being Human
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- Peter Morris - Mary and Her Seven Devils
Peter Morris lives in East Yorkshire. Born in Northampton, Peter read physics at Durham and medicine at Newcastle, before embarking on a forty-year-long career as an anaesthetist in England, Holland, Norway and Scotland.…
- Bridget Hargreave - Fine (Not Fine)
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Dr Tim Howard is a doctor, a fourth generation GP. His whole life has been about caring for patients. Tim trained at one of the best London hospitals, and worked in an academic department there, doing clever high-tech medicine…
- Peace Ani - Nurturing Soft Skills
Peace E. Ani started her career in investment banking in the City after graduating with first class honours in BSc Mathematical Sciences in 2004. She is also the co-founder of Child Prodigy, a soft skills development workshop…
- J Merrill Forrest - Flight of the Kingfisher
Jane (J Merrill Forrest) lives in a small Wiltshire village with her Greek husband and crossbreed dog. She has…
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Roxan Burley is an author who delves into the intense world of dystopian fantasy, one where the segregation of magic has a powerful resonance on her characters abilities to change society. She also runs her own business…
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Kieran O’Connor brings together two ends of a spectrum; the precision of a chartered design engineer and the fluidity of a martial arts and fitness expert. Several pivotal moments in his life led him to blending western…
- Born Beautiful by Jane Teverson
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How can you pack for the journey of a lifetime? George Baxter has settled for a comfortable life, content as the years unfold predictably - until Win, his wife of twenty-six years, dies. With his loyal dog Monty by his side…
- Claire Ellis
Claire Ellis is a poet and writer residing in southeast England. From an early age, she found comfort and joy in creative writing, letting her imagination run wild through stories and poetry. She is the author of “…
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Dr Nat Tanoh comes from Ghana but grew up, as a child, in exile in England, due to his parents’ opposition to the installation of a one-party state. Today he divides his time between his home in London and Ghana. He…
- Being Me (And Loving it) - By Naomi Richards and Julia Hague
Naomi was the first life coach for children in the UK and has been coaching since 2004. She works extensively in the UK as well as coaching internationally, running unique workshops for children in schools, writing about…
- Amanda Sington-Williams
Despite having a disability, Amanda Sington-Williams is very widely travelled and she has lived in…
- John Leete - Wartime New Forest Revealed
An established Hampshire-based journalist and author, John Leete turned to the subject of modern History for light relief and became hooked. He is best known as the author of the highly acclaimed book The New Forest At War…
- David Freed - Dads Don't Babysit
David Freed is a successful dad blogger who writes about sharing parenting on his blog Dad's Turn: Raising Little Bear (www.Dads-Turn.co.uk). A social scientist by background,…
- W. J. Blackwood - The Turning Point
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Simon Lowe is the non-nom de plume of the author Simon Lowe. From humble beginnings inside a Melton Mowbray pork pie, Simon spent a summer building insulation for the millennium dome (nobody ever complained about being cold…
- Hira Ali - Her Way To The Top
Hira Ali, Chief Executive Officer of Advancing Your Potential, Managing Director of International Women Empowerment Events, Founding Director of Career Excel, and Co-Founder of The Grey Area is a multi-faceted career coach…
- Yvonne Guérineau - People in their Element
Yvonne is a personal growth and deeper connection enthusiast who believes that positive and rewarding working relationships are fundamental to happiness, wellbeing, and success at work and that we all deserve to know how…
- Professor Paul Griffiths
Professor Griffiths uses his extensive medical experience and real patient stories to demonstrate how cytomegalovirus has avoided detection and treatment for so long. He introduces you to CMV, an intelligent virus…
- Morven-May MacCallum - Finding Joy
Morven-May MacCallum is the debut author of Finding Joy, a novel about a family's fight against Lyme disease, this insightful and powerful novel is inspired by Morven-May's own 16 year battle with Lyme disease. …
- Jude Hayland
Born in London, Jude spent the first 40 years of her life growing up in a north London suburb, studying and working in the capital (a year also spent in Oxford) before moving to Winchester in 1994. A teacher of English and…
- Julie T. Cecere & Phillip Sponenberg - Breeding Better Dogs: Genetics and Reproduction
- Edd Williams
For 14 years Edd Williams has helped people get jobs. He's worked with global corporations and tiny SMEs, he has spoken to CEOs and graduate trainees. He has found engineers in South Korea and nuclear…
- J Merrill Forrest - The Waiting Gate
J Merrill Forrest lives in Wiltshire with her Greek husband and crossbreed dog. They also spend time at their home in Greece, and while Jane is not a psychic or medium herself, she is fascinated by this world and has…
- Carole Smith - Have You Seen The New Forest Unicorn?
Carole Smith was born and raised in London and Hertfordshire. Her parents moved to Milford On Sea when she was 17 and it was there, in 1985, that she met her husband Simon, who is ‘Forest born and bred'. As well…
- Chiew Chong - Life on Planet WWF
Life on Planet WWF is a business memoir with a difference. Chiew Chong veered off his corporate ladder to find success, passion and meaning at the World Wildlife Federation (…
- Anthony Coombs - Bobby and Bubbas Small Adventures
Although he has written extensively on political and economic topics, this is Anthony Coombs' first foray into books. He was encouraged to do so by Bobby and Bubba themselves. Whilst relying on the "daddy"…
- Rebecca Banks - Half The World Away
Rebecca Banks owns a boutique public relations agency specialising in sports and entertainment, and has 20 years of experience in PR and events. She travels around the world but calls London (and currently Oxford - during…
- Susan Doering - Smart Career Moves For Smart Women
Susan Doering is an international career and leadership coach who operates globally, coaching individuals to achieve professional success and facilitating career development training courses for private and public sector…
- Philip Davidson - Birth of the Tiptons
This is the first literary work from Philip Davidson, the son of the bestselling and multi-award-winning author, Lionel Davidson.
- Sophia Ledingham - The Date Night Manifesto
Sophia Ledingham is a psychologist who splits her time between London and Dubai. Much of her focus has been on improving relationships, whether it’s in top-tier corporations or with couples and families. …
- Mark Piesing
Mark Piesing is a successful freelance technology and aviation journalist and author. He writes for brands such as BBC Future, The Guardian, Wired, and The Economist. N-4 DOWN: The Hunt for the Arctic Airship Italia, was…
- John Bieber - Am I Loved?
After a distinguished career as a UK lawyer, formerly with the celebrated Lord Goodman and later with his own law firm, John D Bieber left full time legal work to focus on family life with his wife Joey and four young children…
- Philip Beicken
Philip Beicken was born in Galway, Ireland but moved to England when he was 6 months old. He lives in West Sussex with his wife and two children and spends most of time clearing up the mess made by the growing number of…
- Angie Le Mar
As one of Britain’s top comediennes, Angie has successfully harnessed the power of laughter to create inspiring and thought provoking productions. From stage to radio to TV to the written page Angie is a proven hit…
- JM Simpson - Sea Shaken
Further education in the west country had limited choices, so she bucked the trend of going to secretarial college and opted for a course further away at Exeter college: building & civil engineering. Jo was the only…
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- Keith Naylor - Monkey Mind
Keith Naylor has suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and anxiety for many years. He believes the many traumas, incidences and experiences during his life contributed to his mental illnesses. Keith describes…
- Chris Stringman
This is Chris Stringman's first book. His subject is gambling. He's not a teacher writing about teaching. Instead, he's a teacher writing about gambling. What credentials does he have for this polemic role…
- Caryn Carruthers - Smorgasbowl
Caryn Jeanne Carruthers is a food lover and artist of many mediums. Her passion for healthy eating and her love of cooking started young and flourished when faced with food allergies and sensitivities. She believes food…
- JJ Marsh
The idea for JJ Marsh's crime series was born out of a desire to write an intelligent crime novel in which there were more roles for women than ‘dead prostitute’. The decision to self-publish was…
- Chris McDonald - A Wash Of Black
Originally hailing from the north coast of Northern Ireland and now residing in South Manchester, Chris McDonald works as a primary school teacher and crime writer. He has always been a reader; at primary school, The…
- Alex Waldron - What's Down There?
Alex Waldron is the writer and illustrator of the Fred & Woody’s Fantastic World series of books from Ruby Tuesday Books. Inspired by his sons, and the children he supports through the nursery care company he runs…
- Clara Loveman - Crown of Crowns
Clara Loveman was born in Nairobi, Kenya, and identifies as Kenyan and British with dual citizenship. She's an avid reader, keen walker and is at her happiest when she's writing a novel. She enjoys romance…
- Claudia de Llano
A healer of the heart, she helps people transcend from stories of pain and challenge to lives of love and fulfilment. She is interested in helping people to clearly define who they are and help them set foot on the…
- Angela Cobbin - My Name Is Not Wigs
Angela Cobbin’s parents wanted a different life for their daughter—after an unpredictable lifestyle as dancers and performers themselves—encouraging a career in hairdressing instead of the ‘business…
- Andrea Bramhall
Andrea Bramhall wrote her first novel at the age of six and three-quarters. It was seven pages long and held together with a pink ribbon. Her Gran still has it in the attic. Since then she has progressed a little bit and…
- A Wedding in the Family: Mothers Tell Their Stories of Joy, Conflict and Loss
Annette Byford grew up in Germany where she taught at a secondary school before going on to study psychology and train as a psychodynamic psychotherapist in the UK. For the past 25 years, she has worked as a psychologist…
- Dr Gabby Pelicci - All This Healing Is Killing Me
Gabrielle Pelicci, Ph.D. “Dr. Gabby” is a professor and coach, guiding individuals and groups towards wholeness using writing as medicine. She completed her doctoral work in Transformative Studies at…
- J M Simpson - The Castleby Series
Further education in the west country had limited choices, so she bucked the trend of going to secretarial college and opted for a course further away at Exeter college: building & civil engineering. Jo was the only…
- Ben Ellis - How We Got To Today
How We Got To Today is Ben Ellis's third book. The first two, dystopian fiction, were self published, and this new contemporary romance secured a traditional publishing deal with Headline Accent. Ben lives with…
- Professor Cyril Tomkins - A Layman Looks At Philosophy
During his career his research led to over 120 publications, including 12 books, several Government reports, and numerous refereed journal articles on accounting and financial management. Apart from his own personal writing…
- Tony Weekes
Tony Weekes is coming at the world of the NHS and mental health care from a different perspective. He is not a professional in the field of mental health, but he has for many years witnessed the mental suffering of close…
- Caroline Garnham - When you are Super-Rich, who can you trust?
Caroline Garnham is the leading expert in the world of trusts and succession for the super-rich. She was head of the City law firm Simmons & Simmons private client team for fifteen years, Fellow of the Chartered Institute…
- Ævar Þór Benediktsson - Stranded!
Ævar Þór Benediktsson is one of Iceland‘s most popular authors. He is Iceland‘s first UNICEF Ambassador and is known for launching popular nationwide reading challenges to encourage Icelandic…
- Anson's Gold - George Edmunds
George Edmunds is a bit of a polymath with an eclectic career. He has an Engineering background, was a design draughtsman, sales manager and later on owned his own business. A large portion of his career was spent…
- Michael Padraig-Acton - Power Of You
Michael Padraig-Acton (B.Ed., M.Ed. (Psych.) Hons., M.A. C.Psych., P.D. C.Psych., BPSsS., BACP (Accred)), MICF is a consultant, psychological therapist, counsellor, clinical supervisor, legal consultant, systemic life…
- The Seven Dollar Millionaire - Happy Ever After
Did you know that the smallest amount of money you need to save and invest (at a 7% return) to become a millionaire over your career is just seven dollars/pounds/euros? No, nor did the Seven Dollar Millionaire until his…
- Hannah Velten - Lost and Found
Hannah Velten is a grief healer, writer and speaker. This wasn’t a path she ever envisaged for herself, but when her brother, Christian, went missing in Africa in 2003, nothing was ever the same again. For the past…
- James Lindsay - Befriending My Brain
James Linsday hails from Watford, Hertfordshire. He works for Hertfordshire Mind Network and uses his free time to advocate for mental health care by blogging and appearing on podcasts and TV. James enjoys playing football…
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The Lil' Author Skool is a not for profit organisation. It was founded in 2016 by London born children's/YA author A. Bello, who wrote her debut novel 'Emily Knight I am...' at aged 12! The Lil' Author…
- Tola Okogwu - Daddy Do My Hair!
Tola Okogwu is a British blogger and founder of the hair blog, My Long Hair Journey (MLHJ). With a Bachelor’s degree in journalism, she has written for several beauty publications, including Black Beauty and Hair…
- Clare Macnaughton
A Modern Military Mother - Tales from the Domestic Frontline is a compilation of blog posts from amodernmilitarymother.com about the life, reflections and rants of this military wife. Sometimes funny, sometimes sad…
- Tony Lewis - Brand Momentum
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Danny King is an award-winning and BAFTA-nominated writer of novels and screenplays. His 13th book is Infidelity For Beginners. The book's 'hero', Static Caravan magazine editor, Andrew Nolan, is an ordinary…
- My Mother, My Daughter, My Self by Dr. Jane Goldberg
Jane G. Goldberg, Ph.D. has had a long, successful career that has been fuelled by two professional passions: psychoanalysis and holistic health. As a psychoanalyst, she has authored eight books including The Dark Side of…
- Dr Thomas A. Ernst
Dr Thomas A. Ernst FRCP is a senior consultant general physician in a large London teaching hospital. He has a specialist interest in the use of mindfulness-based interventions in the complementary management of chronic…
- Tom Barry
Witty and smattered with the best sort of irony, with twists and turns that keep you guessing, this is the first book in the trilogy. When The Siren Calls is a sensual and moving emotional drama that titillates the…
- Julia Wurz
Essex-born Julia Wurz ran the Press Office for the Benetton Formula 1 Team, which became Renault F1. Dedication above and beyond the call of duty led her to marry her colleague, the Austrian race driver Alex Wurz, and to…
- Alison Booth - The Philosopher's Daughters
Her debut novel, Stillwater Creek, was Highly Commended in the 2011 ACT Book of the Year Award, and afterwards published in Reader’s Digest Select Editions in Asia and in Europe. Alison’s also written The…
- Liza Perrat
When she met her French husband on a Bangkok bus, she moved to France, where she has been living with her family for over twenty years. She works part-time as a French-English medical translator for a company in Lyon, and…
- C.F. Dunn - The Tarnished Crown series
- SJ Hardman Lea
Originally educated in the USA, Oxford and London, Simon Hardman Lea now lives and works in Suffolk, UK and his other job is as a hospital based eye surgeon: www.shleyesurgeon.com
- Ann McCracken - How To Get Back Your Mojo
Ann McCracken is an author, a scientist, a motivational speaker, an entrepreneur and was the Vice President of the International Stress Management Association. Her work for ISMA has seen her organise National Stress…
- Kim Rix - The Gemstone Detective
Kim Rix is a professional photographer and gemmologist (GIA). Based in London where she lives with her husband, Kim travels extensively and has gathered a vast amount of the best local knowledge from her world-wide…
- Daniel Snowman - Just Passing Through
Daniel Snowman is a social and cultural historian. Born in London in 1938, he was educated at Cambridge and Cornell and at 24 appointed Lecturer at the new University of Sussex. He went on to work at the BBC where,…
- Terry Geo - Refraction
Born in Derbyshire, raised in Yorkshire, resides in London, Terry learned from a young age that he was different from his peers. He preferred the company of girls over boys, didn’t like sports and would write…
- Ciaran O'Connor
Ciaran O'Connor works a tremendous amount with games in counselling and psychotherapy. Many of his clients will talk about their gaming worlds and from there he wil work outward to the rest of their lives. He began to…
- James Millar - Dads Don't Babysit
James Millar is a father and went part-time in 2014 whilst a Westminster journalist. He's blogged about that experience and the way people treated him at the time - the suspicion that he lacked ambition because he was…
- Avrora Kepler - About the Victor of the Cold War and the Emperor’s New Clothes
Avrora Kepler was born in Eastern Europe and was in her teens at the time when the Warsaw Pact and the Soviet Union disintegrated, and has retained vivid memories of life there in the nineties and late eighties. She then…
- Angela Dyson - The Love Detective
mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}Angela Dyson ditched her London life and downsized her home to move to the sticks in Surrey, to follow her dream to become a professional author. She…
- Jackie Mannell - Heart, Broken: My Journey To Self-Healing
Jackie Mannell is a working mother of two sons, with an extraordinary tale to tell. Her life is laid bare in her book - My Journey To Self-Healing - for two reasons: she hopes her life experiences will resonate with everyone…
- Lisa Dart - Fathom
Lisa Dart has a doctorate in Creative Writing from the University of Sussex, England. She has published poetry, book reviews, creative non-fiction and articles and has won both the Grolier Prize, USA, and the Aesthetica…
- Stephanie Nimmo - Goodbye Daisy
For nearly 10 years her blog Was this in the Plan? has shone a light on the world of disability, palliative care and end of life planning as she openly shares the details of her life caring for a life limited child, her…
- Eleanor Dixon - Tally and the Angel, Book One India
Eleanor Dixon’s school life was spent in a girls’ boarding-school specialising in classical ballet and on leaving she danced professionally, touring Europe, for four years. After that she ran her own ballet school…
- Andry Anastasis McFarlane - The REALLY RESILIENT Guide
She has blended her career with over twenty years of researching and practising resilience-building in some of the world’s leading charities, universities and innovative start-ups. Having survived losing two…
- E C Scullion
Emma Scullion joined the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in 2003. For the past eleven years she has managed to escape Westminster, working in British Embassies in Beijing, Bangkok, Panama City and Montevideo in Uruguay…
- Sarah Morrell - A Head Full Of Magic
Sarah lives in Yorkshire and used to be a Criminologist until she fell in love with writing and quickly swapped a life with crime for a life with rhyme! She is married with three awesome kids who keep her on her toes whilst…
- Danson E. Ubebe
DANSON ENOGIOMWAN UBEBE was born in Nigeria in 1945. He obtained a teaching degree in 1970, and then his Well Engineering certificate in 1973. He taught briefly before working with Shell and retired, after 33 years, in 2004…
- Kevin Landt - Myface
Kevin Landt lives under a roof in a sun-drenched city. He devotes one third of his life to lying horizontally in an unconscious state. The remaining time is spent obeying his publicist, who insists that every contemporary…
- Dr Anne Dickson - Reconnecting With The Heart
Reconnecting With The Heart explains how emotional health is as important to wellbeing as physical and mental health. Accessible and practical, the book guides you through the whole range of emotions, clarifying the frequent…
- Sharon Sutila - The Stealing
Inspired by her own upbringing on the haunting, rugged coast of Delaware, Sharon Sutila wrote The Stealing during the isolating lockdowns of 2020, creating a modern reincarnation of the classic gothic romance and a heroine…
- A Week of Prayer in Jerusalem
Andy’s interest in Israel was sparked by an article in the Observer newspaper in August 1963 which said anyone could volunteer to take part in a massive archaeological dig at Masada, Herod’s fortress-palace by…
- Averi Ridge Castaneda - The Compulsion Cloud
Averi Ridge Castaneda, LCSW-A, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker Associate who is passionate about making a difference in the lives of young people. She currently works as a therapist for children and adolescents who…
- Stuart Roberts - Get Strong, Get Fit, Get Happy
Growing up watching loved ones at the mercy of debilitating illnesses, Stuart became passionate about transforming people’s health, helping them attain boundless energy and maintain their fitness whatever their age…
- Carolyn Hobdey Redefining SELFISH
Carolyn Hobdey is the author of ‘All The Twats I Met Along The Way’ and founder of the Redefining SELFISH community. She lived a life of shame and blame so is now passionate about pioneering new ways of thinking…
- Dr Allswell Eno - The Anglo-French Exchange
Dr Allswell E. Eno is a practising doctor in family medicince, and author of African heritage, from London, England. Born in Greenwich, south-east London, he grew up in the boroughs of Southwark and Lewisham and…
- Jacquie Flecknoe-Brown
Jacquie Flecknoe-Brown worked in an acute psychiatric ward where she realised that a person’s suffering and behaviour carried a meaning for that person, even when it was not fully understood. She trained in Milan…
- Gen Alpha-Z
Abiola Bello is a 30-year-old author who was born and raised in London, where she still lives and works. She wrote her first novel at the age of eight - she fought monsters and dragons on a daily basis – and experienced…
- Abi Appleby
Abi Appleby was born and raised in Southampton with her parents and two sisters. Abi has struggled with Generalised Anxiety Disorder since her early teenage years and alongside this has struggled with a difficult relationship…
- Heleen Kist
Throughout her life, Heleen Kist has been fondled, patronised and ordered to smile by random men. So she wrote 'Stay Mad, Sweetheart', a feminist tale of justice, published November 2019. Whilst her professional…
- Suzy Rowland - S.E.N.D. In The Clowns
Suzy Rowland is an author, Autism & ADHD Specialist & Trainer, Cognitive Behavioural Therapist and a poet. Suzy’s son was diagnosed with Asperger’s and ADHD aged nine. Determined to share her experience…
- Sarah Mathilde Callaway
Sarah Mathilde Callaway lives in fair Verona, the city perhaps best know for inspiring the setting for Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Sarah spends her days taking care of the Lamberti Tower in Verona, the iconic 12th…
- Theo A Michaels - Orexi
Theo Michaels was born in London but comes from a large Greek Cypriot family. After competing in BBC television’s MasterChef UK in 2014, he opened his first pop-up restaurant which was a sell-out success and he has…
- Sally Arnold Rock'n'Roll Nanny
Sally Arnold has lived an incredible life, from being a Norland Nanny to the Jagger family, to then becoming tour manager for The Rolling Stones (the first female to take up such a role in the rock business). Sally then…
- Jessica Taylor-Bearman
Jessica Taylor-Bearman was born in March 1991, at Maidstone Hospital in England. She grew up in Rochester and Canterbury, Kent, where she attended Rochester Grammar School for Girls. At the age of 15, she became acutely…
- Stuart Parkin - Getting Positive
Stuart Parkin was born in Yemen, the son of a flying Royal Air Force doctor. The fourth of five children, he was educated in the UK, where he began his career in oil broking and trading. He then left the UK and has lived…
- Martin van Es - Call Me Joe
Martin van Es is a Dutch entrepreneur, father and grandfather. Born in 1959, the youngest of three children, he studied clinical psychology in Groningen, but got distracted by partying and a permanent lack of money. In 1986…
- Carolyn Hobdey aka The Midlife Mistress
Carolyn Hobdey is The Midlife Mistress: every woman’s best friend at a time when she wants to take back control of her life. Describing herself as a ‘Joyful Revolutionary”, she is a passionate, energetic…
- John Gerzema, author of The Athena Doctrine
John Gerzema is a pioneer in the use of data to identify social change and help companies anticipate and adapt to new interests and demands. A best-selling author, columnist, speaker and social strategist, his books have…
- Adam Jukes
Adam Jukes is one of the world's leading clinical researchers on men's abuse of women. He is the co-ordinator of The Men’s Centre in London, an organisation whose primary concern is to stop men from abusing…
- Carly Chamberlain - Listening Through My Hands
Carly Chamberlain has 15 years’ experience in holistic health, integrated therapy, and training. She is founder of the I AM WELLness community, online self-care course, and women’s wellness clinic. Carly…
- G. Donald Cribbs - The Packing House
G. Donald Cribbs has written and published poetry and short stories since high school. Donald is a graduate of Messiah College in English and Education and holds a master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling…
- Colum Sanson-Regan - The Tall Owl and other stories
Born and raised in Blarney, County Cork in Ireland, now living in South Wales, Colum Sanson-Regan's first experience of storytelling was to tourists visiting the castle, improvising local legends to coax a bit of…
- Sarah Mackie Thin Deep
Sarah Mackie is a trained journalist, yoga teacher and personal trainer. Sarah is a runner and a lover of the outdoors, particularly the forest close to where she lives. Sarah is a mother to two beautiful children, Isabella…
- Hedley Rees - Taming the Big Pharma Monster
The pharmaceutical industry is in meltdown. We constantly hear of eye watering drug prices, shortages, litigation over damaging side effects, dodgy marketing practices, economic adulteration, consent decrees, counterfeiting…
- John Uttley - The Dove Is Dead
John Uttley was born in Lancashire just as the war was ending. Grammar school educated there, he read Physics at Oxford before embarking on a long career with the CEGB and National Grid Group. He was Finance Director at…
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J.D Redvale is a former software engineer who substituted writing code with writing prose. He lives in New York City with a standard…
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Venessa Taylor brings two decades of experience as an inner-city primary school teacher and assistant headteacher, to the creation of the Baller Boys series. Aimed at encouraging young boys to enjoy reading, the football…
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Wolfe Cotto lives in London but his identity remains unknown and he likes it that way. Describing himself as 'reclusive', the author lives with his partner, the children have flown the nest, and with more time to…
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Robert Vallier comes from a distinguished musical family and spent much of his life in music management. He created the Into Space! series of lectures and books (which he published) for his close friend the late Sir Patrick…
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Some are born with silver spoons in their mouths. Michael Forester was born with a pen in his hand. Of course, it was immediately pinched by his big brother who put it on a shelf too high for him to reach. He got his own…
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As a child she was encouraged to write and wanted to nurture her talent and become a journalist. She never did; instead, she studied law, then qualified as an accountant and worked for twenty years in the City. She&rsquo…
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It's not surprising that Sue's writing draws upon the nature of the sea. Her father was a sea captain. She fondly remembers him telling stories of far away places, and mysterious and unfathomable events which he…
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Born and raised in Big Sky Country, Joann Howethhas always found ways to nurture her passion forwriting. After penning her first work of fiction at the age of 12, she went on to study English literature andobtain her teaching…
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Louise’s first novel, Distorted Days, was described by Kirkus Review as ‘a formidable work’. Her chilling blend of the lyrical and the dark is the most gripping in her thrillers and horrors…
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Paul Thomas lives and breathes cheese…he makes cheese, judges cheese, teaches cheesemaking, works as a cheese inspector and is now the author of a cheesemaking book! As head cheesemaker at Lyburn Farm (Salisbury),…
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Garry Mansell is a graduate in Applied Chemistry from the University of Hertfordshire. But following a number of research roles in the fields of pharmaceuticals, water quality and food analysis he joined Mars, Incorporated…
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Susan Scott is a business psychologist, nutritional therapist, trainer, consultant and coach, as well as a public speaker and an author. Susan believes that everyone - Young Professionals in particular - deserve…
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Carolyn Shanti is the author of ‘Trap, Prey, Lust’. A new novel based on the true story of her own childhood, where she was brought up in a wealthy and privileged family in England. Carolyn spent her childhood…
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Liam has lived all over the world, enjoyed many careers and called a lot of countries his home. He left his native Germany to study in the USA, returning to Germany briefly before leaving for art school in…
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Cathy Gunn was a financial journalist and editor before turning to fiction. Scottish by descent, she was born in Tanzania and grew up in Nigeria, Scotland and parts of England before settling into multicultural London. &#…
- Toni Glickman - Champagne at Seven
Toni Glickman is a former retail executive, who spent twenty years in the cashmere and silk-studded front lines in the luxury space of the piranha infested industry. She now enjoys life as a real estate professional, where…
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Elizabeth Hendrick was born and raised in East Anglia. She graduated in mathematics from Durham University in 1994 and began a career in financial services in London. In 2004, she left finance to enter the risky world of…
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JD Smith has been a writer and researcher focusing on the life of Zenobia for more than 10 years. JD has written and published four novels, the first of which (Tristan and Iseult) became one of four finalists for the…
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Elyssa Campbell-Barr has been writing about childcare and education for more than 15 years. She was editor of Who Minds?, the National Childminding Association magazine, from 1999–2006, and editor of The Teacher…
- Leo Perry, The Marvelous Magical Door
Leo Perry is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts and works in community mental health. He and his wife Deborah, along with their Vizsla dog Scout, live on Cape Cod in Massachusetts. They love spending family time…
- Mandy Lancaster - Fred & Woody's Fantastic World
Mandy Lancaster has a professional background in sexual health, mental health and youth work. She is a consultant on the creation of the Fred & Wood's Fantastic World series, written by Alex Waldron, and published…
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From periods of glittering success to near total derailment due to an unrelenting passion for her career, Heels of Steel unveils the truth behind a woman’s climb to success in the male dominated world of the City.&…
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Steve Stine has been working in and around the corporate world for over 35 years in the areas of advisory, leadership, and people development, primarily focused on the Asia Pacific region. He is the…
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Anna Pattle is a 17-year-old student at Wycombe Abbey School. She found the inspiration for this book while being locked down in London for the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. This is her second novel, the first being Sardaron,…
- Judy Bartkowiak - Understanding Children And Teens
Judy Bartkowiak is an International NLP and EFT Trainer for Parents, Teachers and existing Practitioners/Coaches/ Therapists. She shares her passion and skills in working with children and teens through training and by writing…
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A life long lover of all things legal Simon Michael was called to the Bar by the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple in 1978. Since then he has spent many years prosecuting and defending criminal cases and in doing so…
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Emily Knight is back! A. Bello’s eagerly anticipated second book in the Emily Knight series is due for release in September 2017, following rave reviews for the debut novel – first published in 2012. The series…
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Bryony Hill was born and educated in Sussex and, after a year at Brighton Art College, she lived in France, returning to London in 1975 where she met her future husband, ex-professional footballer and television legend Jimmy…
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“Author A” is a successful businessman, loving father and victim of parental alienation who lives in the UK. The author has worked with a ghost writer to validate his story. The characters have been anonymised…
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Pamela Walker is the Development Manager for the national food charity, FoodCycle, which provides free communal meals for anyone experiencing food poverty or social isolation. She began as a frontline worker, and now has…
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Annabelle Steele is a primary school teacher in Manchester. She’s been writing poetry and YA and children’s fiction since her own primary school days. Her books explore mental health, relationships and the realities…
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She enjoys archery, writing, playing the violin badly and spending most of her time in England. This is her second book, co-authored with Peter Morris. Her first, The East German Police Girl, released in early 2022 to many…
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Jason Wegner is currently a university student at the University of Lethbridge, working towards becoming an English Language Arts Teacher. His writing experience includes participating in 14 major writing courses at the…
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Charlotte trained as a psychodynamic counsellor in 2009 and has been accredited since 2015. Initial train in Anthropology and Social Philosophy provided the theoretical backbone for her work, inspired by Jungian depth-psychology…
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Homegrown on British bangers and mash, Gavin Morse moved to France during his adolescence for the steak-frites. Living in Alsace, eastern France, he had the Vosges Mountains as his playground. Gavin was soon hiking and mountain…
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More Life, Please! is a unique new self-development text that will give you six easy steps to ‘getting more’ from your life.
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Dr Tony Ortega is a first generation Cuban American gay man. He is a licensed clinical psychologist, life coach, and author who has been in practice since 1992, currently serving the LGBTQ population in his private practice…
- Karen Braysher
Karen Braysher lives in Sussex and runs a successful hairdressing business. The process of writing – with the help of a ghostwriter – her life story had a much bigger impact on her than she ever thought possible…
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Lynn Crilly became a counsellor when one of her beautiful daughters fell into the evil trap of Anorexia Nervosa and OCD, at the age of 13. Lynn explored every avenue and source of help, but they were not right for her daughter…
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Originally born in the UK, Sam Pearce grew up in Toronto Canada where she developed a fascination with art and design by leafing through the album covers of her father’s vinyl collection. Despite other passions for…
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Jeremy Hullah grew up in the rural Midlands, where he spent a lot of time dreaming about being a pianist…
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The authors are clinical psychologists with a combined total of 80 years’ experience working in the NHS and independently with children who have emotional and behavioural difficulties. Each author is a parent, with…
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Lisa Stewart started life in leafy Bricket Wood. The village is home to the oldest naturist community in the UK where rumours of bike-riding naturists sparked great hilarity in junior school. Aged eight, she moved 410 miles…
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My earliest memories – apart from crashing a car when I was two-and-a-half – are of scrambling around the mountains and stony bondu on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. It was a slow and sleepy place…
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Annette Byford grew up in Germany where she taught at a secondary school before going on to study psychology and train as a psychodynamic psychotherapist in the UK. For the past 27 years, she has worked as a psychologist…
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Jess Impiazzi, now living back in the UK after years in LA, is a regular face on the small and big screens, having starred in The Only Way Is Essex (2012), MTV’s Ex on the Beach (series 2 and series 5) and Celebrity…
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Luciano Iorio was born in Rome in 1937 and moved to London in 1971. In his native country he gained a music diploma and a degree in law. He decided to become a professional musician, and has enjoyed a long and distinguished…
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Henry Becket was one of that curious breed, a Choral Exhibitioner at Cambridge, where he read... books. And magazines. He then spent decades nurturing what a head hunter once described as an iffy CV – as a Westminster…
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He's Captured My Heart is Karen Frances' debut novel. A story of tragedy, pain, sexual attraction, lust and complicated emotions set in the beautiful surroundings of Loch Lomond, Scotland.
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Wendy Sheffield is a new spiritual author who has a lot to say about spiritual matters, in particular, spiritual unfoldment or awakening which she has personally experienced - and she appreciates first-hand …
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Wyn Bramley has 50 years experience as a psychotherapist. She was senior Psychiatric Sister at the Cassel Therapeutic Community in the late 1960s. Afterwards, she headed the counselling service at the University of Westminster…
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AK Michaels is an indie author success story who only came to writing later in life after a career in the finance industry. Despite only writing for just over two and a half years she has almost 30 books under her belt and…
- Amanda Weinberg - The Tears of Monterini
The Tears of Monterini is Amanda Weinberg's first novel inspired by an Italian village with which she has a deep connection. Amanda has a degree in modern languages from the University of East Anglia and a…
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Dr. Tony Ortega’s passion for helping others began at a very early age. He always knew that no matter what he did, he wanted to be of service to others. Once he knew that such a profession existed, he had a goal for…
- Katie Kinsella, I Cant Have That I Have Allergies
Katie Kinsella is a SEND Teacher, supporting children with complex needs in a mainstream primary school in the UK. She is a qualified Children’s Yoga Teacher, and she is passionate about supporting children’s…
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Helen Jane Campbell works as a life and business coach for ambitious and creative entrepreneurs. Clients seek her help to bring more joy, energy and abundance into their lives, to create space and reconnect with their self…
- Samantha Hunter - Flamingo Fashion
Sam Hunter is a full-time mum, podcast host and entrepreneur. She started writing after the birth of her son in 2017 and self-published her first book - Flamingo Fashion - at the end of 2020. Sam wrote creatively as…
- Olivia Spencer - Sad Dad
Olivia Spencer studied at a top London all-girls day school, attended Durham University (BA Philosophy 2.1) and trained as a chartered accountant (ACA qualified 2008). She then got married in 2009, left her job as auditor…
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With a lifelong passion for music and words, Georgia made the stage her professional home as a saxophonist, playwright, performance poet and speaker, touring Europe with bands and winning Poetry Slam Contests in both the…
- Charles Leon - A Sketch Journal of The Thames Path from Hampton Court to The Thames Barrier
Past President of the BIID (British Institute of Interior Design) and former member of the All-Party Parliamentary Design and Innovation Committee, Charles is also a guest Lecturer at Middlesex University. He is also a licenced…
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Anissa de Gomery is the founder of FairyLoot, the world-renowned monthly subscription box for young adult and adult fantasy enthusiasts. Born to a Belgian father and a Thai mother, Anissa grew up in Bangkok, Thailand, where…
- Sonja Lewis - The Seasons
Sonja Lewis is a freelance journalist (having worked on The Albany Herald in the US for two years) and is available for editorial commissions, as well as interview. Sonja has plenty of experience writing for print and online…
- Bamboo Island - Ann Bennett
Ann’s father had inspired her interest in South East Asia during WWII. He had been a prisoner of war on the Thailand Burma Railway, and the idea for Bamboo Heart and a Southeast Asian WWII trilogy came from researching…
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Graham Whitlock is a writer and local instigator who is hopelessly in love with London. He edited the Dev and Olli children’s books by Shweta Aggarwal and his critically acclaimed writing for the stage includes adapting…
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Kathryn Pana is a single mum of two boys, originally from Sheffield, South Yorkshire, but now lives in a small town in Lancashire. As well as writing, Kathryn loves everything creative, especially cross stitching; she owns…
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Previously a falconer, consultant and writer-presenter of CITV's Wild World, JC Clarke is now loving the writer's life and is also a script consultant and copywriter. She's been involved in falconry and conservation…
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- Lotte Moore - School Scooter Fun
Lotte Moore is the best-selling author of Lotte’s War, which reached number one in the charts after its release on Remembrance Day 2016. Lotte has written more than 25 published books but only started writing aged…
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Kent-based Kathy Carter is an experienced writer and published author. She is Mum to a young son and when he was an infant she used baby signing including British Sign Language (BSL) and American Sign Language (ASL), as…
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Matthew Ross was born and raised in the Medway Towns in Kent, that's in the South-East of England about an hour's drive from Central London - it's not quite Country not quite Capital. He attended the Howard…
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THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE REVOLUTION OF THE CARNATIONS: In the early hours of 25 April 1974, the Carnation…
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Emily Benet is a half-Spanish half-Welsh writer who now lives in Mallorca. She has always had a huge passion for writing that originally was expressed through blogs but this turned to book writing when Salt Publishing noticed…
- Arnold Dixon - Little Gordon Grape
Arnold Dixon was born in 1962 to West Indian parents who came to England in the late 1950s. It was whilst attending a Church Youth Club that Arnold met a Christian Youth Worker who helped him with his many questions…
- Alice Hewson - Neurodiversity in the Workplace: How to create an inclusive and safe environment
Alice Hewson experienced several periods of poor mental health throughout her teenage years and although her…
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A Body of Fates is Kenneth Evren's first novel. A fictional tale inspired by a personal, real-life tragedy. Using bits and…
- Tola Okogwu - Hopes Braids
Tola Okogwu is a British blogger and founder of the hair and beauty blog, My Long Hair Journey (MLHJ). Tola holds a Bachelor’s degree in journalism and has written for several beauty publications including Black Beauty…
- Dr Anne Dickson
"Discovering what unites us as humans across cultural boundaries is key to my future plans. An example of human interconnection is the experience of emotion. I have always maintained an interest in the impact of emotion…
- Wendy Waters
Wendy is already well known as a singer, composer and librettist, having performed in venues all over the world. She is the composer and lyricist of the musicals Scheherezade and Goddesses, has fronted Jazz bands in Honolulu…
- Leonie Huie - The First Year Is Survival
Leonie Huie is the founder of Empower Me which she started in 2019 after being inspired by her twin daughters to help empower other mothers to improve their work-life balance. After experiencing a challenging pregnancy and…
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Wafa’ Tarnowska is an award-winning writer, translator and storyteller. She was born in Lebanon and has worked and lived in several countries from India, to Australia, to the UAE as well as Cyprus and Lebanon. She…
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Dr Sarah Myhill MB BS qualified in medicine (with Honors) from Middlesex Hospital Medical School in England in 1981 and has since focused tirelessly on identifying and treating the underlying causes of health problems, especially…
- Abiola Bello - Emily Knight I Am Becoming
A. Bello was born and raised in London. She first began writing the Emily Knight saga shortly afterwards (only 12 years old!) with the intention of filling the gaping hole in children’s fiction for an inspirational…
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Sherene López Monzon is a member of First Baptist Church of Grand Cayman. Her debut book, The Redemptive Life of Caymanian Woman, is due out at the end of 2022. Sherene received the Truman Bodden Award for…
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Coming from Sussex where Bryony Hill was also educated, after a year at Brighton College of Art, she spent four years in France after which, on returning to England, she met and eventually married the television sports presenter…
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Born in the industrial Midlands, Gillian's heart has always yearned for the wilds of North Wales and the pull of the ocean. A Company Director for twenty years, she has written obsessively for over a decade, predominantly…
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Harriet Waley-Cohen is a multi award-winning speaker, experienced leadership coach and mentor. Harriet offers a range of coaching options, always tailored to clients’ specific needs and desired outcomes. From corporate…
- Albert Kemp - Brexit Unmasked
Albert Kemp was born in Shoreditch in 1927 to a family of politically aware Eastenders. Kemp worked in the Admiralty for eleven years before joining the Home Office in 1961, where he entered the Immigration Service. He learned…
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On 16th July until 6th August 2017, the world is set to go football-crazy! The UEFA Women’s EURO 2017 Finals will take place in the Netherlands, and as a self-confessed sports fanatic, Wendy Temple’s new novel…
- Barbara Hebert - Two Words
Barbara Hebert is a retired chemist and industrial hygienist. She is frequently asked what does an industrial hygienist do? Barbara would respond by saying her job involved the science of protecting employee…
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Denis Shaughnessy is the author of the Awful Truth series of ground-breaking comedies that send-up bestsellers in a unique way, written by the “imbecilic Marco Ocram”. With a working-class background as one of…
- Tor Eigeland - Stuff Happens
Tor Eigeland is an internationally recognised photojournalist. Norwegian born, Tor has had a long and distinguished career contributing to such prestigious publications as Time, Newsweek, Fortune, The New York Times…
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- Kshamta Purohit - Karma Sagas: The Sangam
Kshamta is an author, poetess, dentist, teacher, mum, cook, Tolkien fan, and a fabulous cleaner. When she is not busy figuring out treatment…
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Yang-May Ooi is a bestselling author, award-winning TEDx speaker and acclaimed story performer of Chinese-Malaysian heritage, now living in London. Her first novel The Flame Tree topped the Malaysian bestseller…
- Derrick Evans - Mr Motivator - The Warm Up
Derrick Errol Evans, better know as Mr Motivator, is a Jamaican-born British exercise instructor. He rose to fame in the early 1990s through appearances on the UK breakfast television show GMTV, where he dressed in…
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Lee Winter has worked as a newspaper journalist in almost every state in Australia for the past 28 years. In that time she has covered everything from courts, police, news, television, features, been a humor columnist and…
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Linda Elsegood discovered LDN after relapsing/remitting MS, which caused her to have attacks every six months. It took months for a relapse to recede, only to have…
- Julia Keys - The MANScript
Julia Keys has a professional background in nursing, counselling and psychotherapy; her specialist subjects include dealing with relationships, mental health issues and eating disorders. Julia was a school counsellor…
- C Scott Jordan - A Very British Muslim Activist
Scott Jordan is a philosopher, writer, and political scientist living in America and Malaysia. He is the Executive Assistant Director of the Centre for Postnormal Policy and Futures Studies. He holds a Masters in East-West…
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'Makkah to Madinah' is the culmination of more than a decade's worth of research, field expeditions and analysis by Dr Abdullah Alkadi. Photographs included in this beautiful, design-led book, were taken along…
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Aideen grew up in Birmingham in a Catholic family with two older sisters and a younger brother, all raised by loving Irish parents. Her childhood was idyllic and full of opportunities but when it came to going to school…
- Jamie Cawley - The Birth of Now
Jamie has continued to studying history and religion for 40 years when he has not been working on understanding human behaviour for marketing. During his career Jamie spent 20 years heading up his own company as well…
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Susan Scott lives in Surrey with her family and travels the world on business. She is a business psychologist, nutritional therapist, trainer, consultant and coach, as well as a public speaker and an author. Susan is…
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