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NEW TITLES FROM SILVER QUILL IN 2024
Silver Quill Publishing is delighted to introduce two new authors,
Christopher C. James and Peter Bromley.
UNREDACTED EXPLETIVES is a collection of short stories written by Christopher C. James. The Kindle and paperback versions of this title are both available from Amazon.
UNREDACTED EXPLETIVES
Short stories arrive with us in all shapes and sizes. A bereaved family riven by internal friction. A beleaguered policeman with a rejuvenated wife. A burnt-out doctor, counting the minutes. Cameos from life in a small Welsh town. Diversions to other crises around the world.
In his first foray into fiction, Christopher C James’s incendiary and acerbically witty collection of short stories is a perfectly observed study of the malaise of modern day life.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DMVYZ7K5
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Unredacted-Expletives-Christopher-C-James/dp/1804402303
Peter Bromley's debut novel, OF HUMAN FOLLY, is available from Amazon in paperback and as an eBook.
OF HUMAN FOLLY
Struggling with a series of personal and professional turning-points, Simon Carter re-evaluates his own role in helping avert the current climate crisis. Giving up his work as an environmental lecturer, he moves to a remote area of Northern England, where he seeks to become self-sufficient, less dependent on others and sets about re-wilding the local landscape. However, despite swapping words for action, climate change and the lives of others continue to close in around him. As further crises develop, he once again has to assess his own place in this changing world and question where, with his family and friends, hope might be found.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DM9GRRX1
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Human-Folly-Peter-Bromley/dp/B0DMNMLN6Y
This fabulous new book from JOHN CLEWARTH is the first in a trilogy that offers a fresh take on Greek mythology for young readers. The paperback and eBook versions can be purchased from Amazon.
THE INCREDIBLE QUEST OF CHARLIE ODDIE
Charlie Oddie is an ordinary boy with an ordinary life and ordinary friends. But that is about to change in a very extraordinary way!
When Charlie’s Nanna Dawn is taken to hospital, a series of events begin, bringing monsters from Ancient Greece right into the present day
With Eric and Kelly at his side, Charlie must use his wits and courage to outsmart legendary beasts and send them back where they belong. Along the way, he discovers surprising allies, hidden strengths, and the true meaning of bravery. Just who is the mysterious Mr O’Clare? Why do the Rinse triplets sing so badly? Why is Polly McPhee so grumpy? And why do boys start sprouting tails and snouts?
Packed with action, humour, and heart, The Incredible Quest of Charlie Oddie is an unforgettable adventure for young readers who believe that even the smallest heroes can make the biggest difference.
Silver Quill is pleased to announce the debut novel from Maura Kennedy Fair.
MURDER AT THE MERIDIAN CLUB BALL is now available from Amazon in eBook and paperback versions.
MURDER AT THE MERIDIAN CLUB BALL
I hate you
I’ve always hated you.
You’ve ruined my life!
Serena is a young woman who has been bullied from an early age. The mental wounds ran deep and have never completely healed.
Grudgingly learning to ride to please her mother, she discovers she enjoys being around horses and starts to have confidence in herself.
Now grown up, all is going well for Serena both personally and professionally until her past returns to haunt her… An old adversary re-enters her life. Amy, who is intent on revenge and destroying Serena’s life. This leads to a dramatic showdown at the Meridian Club Ball.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Murder-at-Meridian-Club-Ball/dp/1804403997
A new children's story from Oliver Eade, illustrated by his thirteen-year-old granddaughter, Lara.
SPIKEY'S SORE NOSE
A story for all young animal lovers
Mandy recues a young hedgehog whose nose is stuck in a roadside drain, but his nose is injured and it's Saturday. The vet's place will be closed, plus her dad hates all animals... particularly hedgehogs!
With help from her friends, brainbox Thomas and Amy, a true artist and storyteller, can she persuade her dad to let her keep Spikey till his nose is better?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Spikeys-Sore-Nose-Oliver-Eade/dp/180440196X
Patricia Goodwin's new story for young readers was inspired by the real escape of two pigs dubbed the Tamworth two and tells of how Sally's two favourite pigs, Porky and Trotty, managed to escape from the farm and of their adventures in the wild.
The Adventures of Porky and Trotty
Sally lives on a farm. Porky and Trotty are her two favourite pigs who are about to go to market and she is very upset when she finds out what is going to happen to them. This is the story of their escape from the farm and of their adventures in the wild. They meet many animals, most are friendly but some are not very pleasant. The pigs eventually get homesick but do they go home?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Adventures-Porky-Trotty-Patricia-Goodwin/dp/1804402907
The latest book from IONA CARROLL can be purchased from Amazon in both Kindle and paperback versions.
WANDERERS ALL
Iona Carroll draws on her own family history as she tells of the hardships and joys of emigrant families arriving in Australia and New Zealand in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wanderers-All-Stories-emigrant-families-ebook/dp/B0D47YRJYR
OLIVER EADE'S new book for teens deals with the sensitive issue of bullying in schools. It is now available from Amazon on Kindle and as a paperback.
THE ROO CLUB
Emily, a pianist at a London private girls’ school catering for gifted young musicians, is saved by her imaginary brother, Jimmy, from committing suicide, by drowning in a pond, because of bullying instigated by a new girl, Belinda. With the help of the girl’s world-famous pianist granny’s imaginary friend, Jenny, who shows Jimmy how to enter the hippocampuses of the brains of the bullies who were once Emily’s musical friends, things are turned around.
Because of problems revealed by the girl’s’ memories stored in their brains, visible to Jimmy and Jenny, Emily is able to help, and win back, those friends, and together they form the Roo Club (tenets: ‘Forgive, Help, Love) to aid girls with problems. Soon the beautiful half-Italian Belinda, becomes the isolated one.
What, Emily wonders, should she do when Belinda calls her, asking to meet up beside the very pond where she intended to end it all? Again, she turns to her wise imaginary brother for help.
And who, really, is the mysterious Jimmy?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Roo-Club-Oliver-EADE-ebook/dp/B0D3ZWWV67
Stewart Shale has recently joined us at Silver Quill Publishing, and we are delighted to be able to offer you not one, but three of his books. You will find the following titles for sale on Amazon:
HIPPO IN A HAIRNET - A French Adventure
Two divorcees, a new life in France.
Five teenage kids on a bonding holiday.
A dream French farmhouse becomes a money pit.
Helpful neighbours - but some rogues.
A five year plan on a limited budget.
What could possibly go wrong?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hippo-Hairnet-Adventure-Stewart-Shale/dp/B09K1YZQFT
IF ONLY WE'D KNOWN
The long awaited sequel to the much loved
Hippo in a Hairnet. The continuing saga of two divorcees and their attempts to create a new life in France together. Their battles with authority, rip-off merchants and even sometimes less than trustworthy friends and neighbours.
Interesting characters, humour and colour, tinged with pathos makes a riveting read.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Only-Wed-Known-Stewart-Shale/dp/B0B8BDFCXG
ASHES IN THE WIND
A collection of short stories including both fiction and non fiction, ranging from comedy, biography through drama to horror.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ashes-Wind-Mr-Stewart-Shale/dp/1804403156
