‘The Walworth Beauty is a carefully crafted, unconventional ghost story. The time-slip hauntings are subtly constructed…’

‘All the Birds in the Sky is a beautiful fusion of fantasy and science fiction that transcends the constraints of literary genre.’

‘It is a story of the human ability to love, the sacrifices we make for those we love, and why we make those sacrifices—as well as how tragedy can shape us, for better or for worse.’

‘I think finding peace is very different to fueling a vendetta.’

Get excited for April! This month, don’t miss out on the Newcastle Writers’ Festival, a great series of poetry slams and workshops, as well as a feast of other excellent events, readings and launches.

‘This book is a refreshing thriller with great bouts of horror, intrigue and romance.’

‘I’m always left haunted by the feeling that anyone – the teenage girls on my bus, my elderly neighbour, I, myself – might be capable of murder if the circumstances were right.’

Amanda McLeod reviews Ashley Hay’s A Hundred Small Lessons.

Ahead of her six-week course, From First Draft to Polished Manuscript, we spoke to longtime publisher and editor Linda Funnell about perfecting a manuscript and getting your work out there.