Children's & Young Adult

From Hope to despair: London’s role in the world’s largest gem heist by Samuel Mee The story of the cursed Hope diamond is a tale about the biggest jewellery robbery of all time - and about the disguise and re... Publishing Industry Jun 06, 2025

Gillian Reads, The Haunting: AKA Operation Orphanage Rescue. A children's middle-grade chapter book by Kristin Fulton. Gillian Young reads "The Haunting" to her golden retrievers, Poppy and Devon.Children’s fiction and the supernatural are two of my favourite... Book Reviews May 10, 2025

Gillian's Book Review: Selena Flowers and the Phantom Tides, the latest YA/children's fiction book, by Ella English Gillian reads - Selena Flowers and the Phantom Tides, by Ella English.Today's review is Selena Flowers and the Phantom Tides, the second in... Book Reviews Apr 01, 2025

Relationships and Affinity During the Wars of the Roses by C.F. Dunn What do recent politics, a cost of living crisis, and a pandemic have in common with a mid-fifteenth century civil war? A faile... Authors & Interviews Jul 11, 2024

Boxley Abbey and its "animated" rood screen... by Toni Mount The fully restored Boxley Abbey Barn is clearly visible as you drive by on the M20 and, originally, this wasn’t a barn but the... Publishing Industry Mar 28, 2024

The Oaks Mine Christmas Disaster by David A. JacintoDecember 12th, 1866,  began not unlike most winter days in the village of Hoyle Mill. Two weeks before Christmas, a foggy... Publishing Industry Nov 06, 2023

British Women at War: Womens' Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF)  The youngest and arguably the most dynamic and egalitarian of the womens' services was the WAAF. While the other women's services were graf... Children's & Young Adult Jul 29, 2023

British Women at War: The Women's Royal Navy Service  The smallest and most elite of the women's services in the U.K. was undoubtedly the Women's Royal Naval Service or WRNS. Because its number... Children's & Young Adult Jul 08, 2023

British Women at War: The Role of the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) in WWII   From the start of the war, British women were encouraged to volunteer for one of the three women's auxiliary military services: Auxiliary... Authors & Interviews Jun 25, 2023

Liverpool's Role in the US Civil War Liverpool in the 1860s Unlike the rest of Britain, Liverpool’s population and economic status plummeted after World War Two. Go back 80 year... Publishing Industry Jun 24, 2023

British Woman at War: The Contribution of Factory Girls to Victory in WWII As in the Soviet Union, Nazi Germany and, indeed, the United States, by far the largest number of women mobilized in support of the war effo... Publishing Industry Jun 14, 2023

Sir John Crosby and Crosby Place, Bishopsgate, London by Toni Mount In 1466, wealthy city grocer Sir John Crosby took a 99 year lease on a buildings adjacent to the Priory Church of St Helen in... Publishing Industry Feb 16, 2023

Artúr mac Áedáin of Dál Riata and his time by Marco MazziWhen we speak of "Dark Ages", we refer to those centuries (5th - 9th) of which we have scarce and often unreliable historical... Publishing Industry Dec 20, 2022

KDP Amazon Adds Hardcover Option It’s been a long time coming, as Amazon has finally added hardcover books as an option for self-publishers using their platform. From their... Publishing Industry Nov 03, 2021

review: The Only Woman in the Room Today being Hedy Lamarr’s birthday, it seems an appropriate time to publish this review! The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict was th... Book Reviews Nov 09, 2020

new: The Desert Nurse Jan 2020 Release – Amazon Link BOOK DESCRIPTION It’s 1911, and 21-year-old Evelyn Northey desperately wants to become a doctor. Her father f... Publishing Industry Jan 31, 2020

new: The Guest Book Jan 2020 Release – Amazon Link BOOK DESCRIPTION The Miltons are a powerful old New York family – the kind of family that used to run the wor... Publishing Industry Jan 30, 2020

new: The Plum Tree Jan 2020 Release – Amazon Link BOOK DESCRIPTION A deeply moving and masterfully written story of human resilience and enduring love, The Plu... Publishing Industry Jan 29, 2020

new: The Chocolatier Jan 2020 Release – Amazon Link BOOK DESCRIPTION A young widow. A husband she thought she knew. On the picturesque Italian coast of Amalfi li... Publishing Industry Jan 28, 2020

CreateSpace (CSP) and Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) Become One Not a surprise to many self-published authors to hear that Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing (for ebooks) and CreateSpace (for paperbacks) a... Authors & Interviews Sep 22, 2018