Wordsmithery*
Finalist (Publishing) Kent Creative Awards 2016
Winner (Literature) Medway Culture, design and tourism awards 2015
Publishing interesting books...
We published our first book City without a head in 2013 to rave reviews. City without a head is an anthology of creative writing, which if you had to search for it online, might be found under the sub-headings of 'psychogeography', or poetry about place, or experimental prose. Since then we have been working on developing our micro-publishing project. We currently have a number of books in development, with several pamphlets planned.
How to order books: UK based buyers can buy now with Paypal, or email for information on other ways to pay. Non-UK based buyers should email us too for an accurate postage quote.
SUBSCRIPTION TO CONFLUENCE
Confluence Subscription
4 issues
£25
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Subscription features:
* 4 issues of Confluence (starting with the first magazine after payment)
* 1 free copy of City without a head
* UK postage
* Free subscription to our email newsletter detailing our events and projects.
Confluence Subscription
4 issues
£40
Worldwide
Subscription features:
* 4 issues of Confluence (starting with the first magazine after payment)
* 1 free copy of City without a head
* Worldwide postage
* Free subscription to our email newsletter detailing our events and projects.
Confluence #3 (Feb 2017) 36 pages, £6
+ £2 postage (UK) Worldwide buyers, please email for accurate postage quote
Confluence #3: Poetry, prose and illustrations from our delta to yours. Featuring: Matt Chamberlain, Nancy Charley, Maggie Drury (woodcut illustrations), Barry Fentiman Hall, Sam Hall (a play), Mark Holihan, Shaun Philip Hutchings, Philip Kane, Bill Lewis, Daphne Margolys, Maria C. McCarthy, Katarina Rankovic, David Cramer Smith, Spreken, Jonathan Terranova, and Barrie West.
PAMPHLETS
Beautiful Monsters : Fairytales for adults
by Sam Hall
Paperback, 36pp, 2016
£6 (+ £1.50 UK postage)
Six short stories which put a modern slant on the notion of fairytales. A collection of stories from Sam Hall, whose short stories have been performed at Are you sitting comfortably?, and published in Silver Lion, Alphabet Soup, and Litro. Expect magical curses, parallel dimensions, ghostly encounters, devilish fashion, friendly giant spiders and supernatural abilities in these stories.
The cover of each copy of Beautiful Monsters is hand-printed, so each copy is slightly different.
The Unbearable Sheerness of Being by Barry Fentiman Hall
Paperback, 28pp, 2016
£5 (+ £1.50 UK postage)
Thirteen poems and one story all inspired by the Isle of Sheppey. From scorpions, and teenagers, to an escaped dog and an encounter with a timeless entity, follow in BFH's fantastical footsteps as he travels round the island, observing and imagining, and make sure you beware the Big Bad... Barry is a poet, performer and presenter with a taste for psychogeography.
"a kind of nautical magical realism, told on a lingering poetic note with hole punches of bog standard humanity" Sarah Hehir
PLAYS
My Mind is Free by Sam Hall
ISBN: 978-0-9926853-4-8
Paperback, 60pp, 2015
Playtext by: Sam Hall
£9.99 (+ £2 UK postage)
* Nominated for the Human Trafficking Foundation’s Anti-Slavery Day media awards *
Four strangers from different countries find themselves thrown together in a situation out of their control, and out of their understanding. My Mind is Free by playwright Sam Hall tells the stories of four victims of human
trafficking.
Reviews of My Mind is Free:
“...an engaging, challenging and powerful piece of theatre.” Merton Against Trafficking
“an important show...” FemaleArts ****
Zero Down by Sarah Hehir
ISBN: 978-0-9926853-2-4
Paperback, 60pp, 2015
Playtext by: Sarah Hehir
£9.99
(+ £2 UK postage)
When a student joins the zero hours team at a run down care home underlying tensions between the overworked nurses and their patients really start to surface.
Zero Down is playwright Sarah Hehir's second full-length play.
Reviews of Zero Down:
“... opens up all sorts of questions, questions that need to be asked. ”
FemaleArts **** Read full review
“... a nuanced vision of people trapped in the race to the bottom where there are only shades of grey.” 17Percent Read full review
Child Z by Sarah Hehir
ISBN: 978-0-9926853-1-7
Paperback, 56pp, 2015
Playtext by: Sarah Hehir
£9.99
(+ £2 UK postage)
Zoe is a teenage girl growing up in a deeply disturbing society. If those paid to protect her aren't listening, then who is?
Child Z is playwright Sarah Hehir's debut full-length play. Sarah won the BBC Writers Prize for her radio play Bang Up.
Reviews of Child Z:
“... a play that is every bit as moving as it is necessary. ” FemaleArts ***** Read full review
ANTHOLOGIES
An assemblance of judicious heretics
ISBN: 978-0-9926853-3-1
Paperback, 100pp, full colour illustrations,
Oct 2015
Edited by Sam Hall
£15 (+ £2 UK postage)
Writing and artwork by long-standing and established writers and artists sits alongside the work of new talent in this stunning anthology-catalogue. (Nominated in the Kent Culture Awards 2016.) Taking Robert Frost's poem 'The Road Not Taken' as inspiration, 33 writers wrote stories, poems and a play. The writing was then given anonymously to 35 artists who then interpreted the new text in whatever medium they wanted: and the art was featured in an exhibition in September 2015. Words and art are reproduced in full in this gorgeous A5 full colour book. (There are too many heretics to list in full here - but you can read more on the Judicious Heretics page.)
City without a head
ISBN: 978-0-9926853-0-0
Paperback, 156pp, £12, 2013
Writings by: B Fentiman; S Hall (ed); SM Jenkin; AM Jordan; S March; T Moyle; R Smith. Ink drawings by Victoria Wainwright
Usually £12 BUY NOW! ON SPECIAL OFFER HALF PRICE - £6 plus £2 postage (UK)
Dip in and out of this collection of short stories, poems and other ephemera inspired by life in cities... City without a head is an alternative index of life in the city. It is a collection of poetry and prose taking the theme of an alphabetical index. It is not a guide book. If you are lost it cannot help you find your way, but it may help you pass the time until the the way finds you.
Reviews of City without a head:
“This is a city that does not do, or suffer, or change; instead, its parts fall into place like small dead meat on an ocean floor...”
Mythogeography recommends... Read full review
“... an exceptionally refreshing and eloquent anthology...”
FemaleArts **** Read full review
SPECIAL OFFERS WHEN YOU BUY MORE THAN ONE BOOK... FREE UK POSTAGE!
City without a head and An assemblance of judicious heretics for £20!
Buy our 2 poetry and prose anthologies for £20.
Zero Down and Child Z for £15 plus FREE postage!
Buy Sarah Hehir's 2 plays for £15.
My Mind is Free, Zero Down and Child Z for £20!
Buy all 3 plays for £20 + FREE postage.
Back issues:
Limited stock
Confluence #1 (Aug 2016) 36 pages, £5
+ £2 postage (UK) Worldwide buyers, please email for accurate postage quote
Confluence #1: Poetry, prose and illustrations from our delta to yours. Featuring Janine Booth, sean burn (a play), Matt Chamberlain, Nancy Charley, David Cramer Smith, Zack Davies, Rachel Davis, Sarah Hehir, Dan Horrigan, SM Jenkin, Daphne Margolys, Tara Moyle, Katarina Rankovic (illustrations), Angel Uriel Perales, Cameron Williamson.
