E Books

Not the Next Cassandra is available as an e-book via Amazon and Kindle.

Not the Next Cassandra, an experimental poetry sequence, began as a journey to retrieve interiority, then developed into a series of tongue-in-cheek imaginary meditative dreamings about a poet’s quest with an imagined companion – or rather series of companions, or avatars. Through exploring Cassandra I wanted to suggest links between past female figures of classical legend and find if they could relate to today’s’ (apparently very different) woman/women.ces taken from my now finished  occasional blog of the same name, available as an ebook from Blurb.  In Standard Landscape format and 114 pages, the collection includes a cross-section of some of the articles and pieces included in the blog.This collection is for the most part based on research I’m currently doing for a longer book about women writers who lived in or had other links with the South-west of England – mostly, but not all, from Devon. Some of the pieces are short and light, others contain much in-depth and original research. Writers who appear include Mary Lady Chudleigh, Mary Coleridge, E.M. Delafield, Frances Bellerby, H.D., Beatrice Chase, Jean Rhys and Sylvia Plath. I discuss their lives and talk about some of their writing and the book is illustrated throughout with photos – nearly all taken by myself. There are also a few of my own poems, all mostly about the women writers discussed.

Persephone’s Shadow, also available on Amazon and Kindle,

a poetry sequence, appeared out of the blue some years ago when I was renting a small cottage in Devon. It was written from a tiny upstairs room, my oasis, which looked out over the village churchyard; perhaps indeed the latter had some impact on the writing! Somewhat archaic in language, the ‘story’ was an imaginative journey inspired by H.D.’s experimental text Kora and Ka.

You can read Persephone’s Shadow via Amazon Kindle.

Gran’s Odd Clock available on Amazon Kindle

Gran’s Odd Clock is available as an ebook from Kindle. It is  a short story for very young children.

One day Michael is with his Gran whilst his mother goes shopping. Michael’s Gran has a clock in the middle of the ceiling. Inside is a clock-man. Michael and his imaginary friend Cranmer meet the clock-man. They have an adventure before Michael’s mother returns and takes him home.

Scrapblog a Writer from the South-West 

is an ebook collection of pieces taken from my blog of the same name. It is available from Blurb Books and you can download a preview from Blurb. 

This collection is based on my old blog about the early years of my research into women writers who lived in or had other links with the South-west of England – mostly, but not all, from Devon. Some of the pieces are short and light, others contain in-depth and original research. Writers who appear include Mary Lady Chudleigh, Mary Coleridge, E.M. Delafield, Frances Bellerby, H.D., Beatrice Chase, Jean Rhys and Sylvia Plath. I discuss their lives and talk about some of their writing and the book is illustrated throughout with photos – nearly all taken by myself. There are also a few of my own poems.

A Family Script for Those who Follow: Finding Sites the Older Ways

A book of family history, inspired by my research into the Sampson family of Broadwoodkelly, in Devon. The book will appeal to readers who research the Sampson family and other related families, or local historians interested in the parish of Broadwoodkelly and surrounding mid Devon parishes.