A Small Key to a Big Life

Despite a devoted wife and two loving sons, Bill Knight is so disillusioned with his life that he hovers on the brink of despair.

Trapped in a job he hates, Bill is consumed by his youthful desire to travel the world and taste the freedom he has always craved.

When his longing drives him to take a reckless gamble, events quickly spiral out of control.

Bill's life is certainly transformed but is it in the way he imagined?

A Small Key to a Big Life
Martin Gillard
ISBN 978-1906206482 UK £8.99
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The Importance of Being Drunk

Businessman Alan Bland is facing retirement and has devised an ingenious plan for the future of the family firm. The question is: how do Eddie and Martin – his drunken, layabout sons and heirs – fit into his manipulative plot?

In drinking holes from Brighton to Newcastle, this hilarious story follows Eddie and Martin on their endless benders – where breakfast is the contents of a hipflask and, many pints later, dinner is a packet of crisps and a pickled egg.

This is a funny yet tragic tale of family ties, corporate tricks and lives dominated by alcohol.

“Speaking as one who knows these things, never underestimate The Importance of Being Drunk” Robert Rankin

The Importance of Being Drunk
Robert Gray
ISBN 1-906206-14-7 UK £6.99
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Torquil

In 1872 Torquil and his family emigrated from Norway following the promise of a paradise land of opportunity and abundance in New Zealand.

This absorbing story, beautifully told through the eyes of a young boy deeply in touch with nature, tells of the hardship and tragedy the Scandinavian people faced in the “Seventy Mile Bush”. How they dealt with the harsh realities of a new culture, language and the challenge of transforming dense virgin forest into a viable farming landscape.

Torquil
Susannah Brobyn
ISBN 978-1906206-08-6 UK £6.99
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