New writing support newsletter launched
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books
We’re known for our beautiful bookshelf reads, published from our base in the heart of the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire, UK. The full collection can be explored on our online shop
The Storming of Cirencester
We’ve collaborated with fifty-nine schoolchildren to create a new guidebook which tells the story of the civil war battle called the Storming of Cirencester
Children’s farming adventure series wins book prize
Author Joanna Collingborn and illustrator Anna Platts have won the Golden Wizard Book Prize with their new children’s series of adventure stories inspired by Joanna’s life on her Wiltshire family farm
Great summer reads …
Whatever the weather there’s always time for a good book, and we’ve put together some great book recommendations, whether you love a good laugh, a fast-paced adventure, a glimpse of farming life, or to dive into the past
Submissions open: JUMP INTO THE PAST
Calling young writers and poets aged 8 to 15. Submissions are open for our new children’s anthology inspired by history
Submissions open: ARTEFACT
Calling all UK based short story writers and poets. You are invited to submit your work for our new anthology inspired by the objects and archaeological discoveries cared for by the Corinium Museum in Cirencester