We have always been passionate about helping people feel closer to those who matter to them, and our latest gift book does just that. ‘Everything Is Better Because Of You’, written and illustrated by Robert McPhillips, is a heartfelt gift book filled with many reasons someone special means everything. That someone special could be anyone, including a parent, grandparent...

Taken from the new range, the Personalised Book Of Christmas Giftable Tickets makes a wonderful gift during the festive season. It’s perfect for the member of the family or friend who has everything, is really tricky to buy for or for whom a unique gift is just the ticket! The concept works equally well for a whole family or group...

"We can't ever go back to old things or try and get the 'old kick' out of something or find things the way we remembered them. We have them as we remember them and they are fine and wonderful and we have to go on and have other things because the old things are nowhere except in our minds now...

Sadly for us  there will not be the glitzy award ceremony in New York this year due to Covid-19 stopping us all in our tracks, but that isn’t going to stop us celebrating THE GREAT ALIEN CAKE OFF winning BRONZE in the Best Children’s Picture Book Category at the INDEPENDENT PUBLISHER BOOK AWARDS 2020. What are the Independent Publisher Book...

Big Hurrah! FROM YOU TO ME have been short-listed for the British Book ‘Small Press of the Year’ Award with the winners to be announced in May at a prestigious evening in London. We are so proud to receive this recognition. It is a real accolade for our team and our authors who work so hard to produce wonderful products...

With Father’s Day approaching in many countries of the world, I have been reflecting on my life as Dad to my daughter who has just celebrated her 11th birthday this month. I can't believe it is June already, and I certainly can't believe she is into her 12th year. Time flies by and it seems to fly by even quicker...

Brian Patten, author of the beautiful The Book Of Upside Down Thinking, joins us once again as a guest on the blog to give us a further insight into his magical new collection of humorous and thought-provoking verse, in this post looking at interpreting the stories. There is no one interpretation or ‘meaning’ to a Djuha story and there are hundreds of stories. The first ones...

Acclaimed poet Brian Patten, author of the beautiful The Book Of Upside Down Thinking, joins us as a guest on the blog to give us an insight into the inspiration behind this magical new collection of humorous and thought-provoking verse. Written in Morocco The Book of Upside Down Thinking was inspired by folk-stories from the Near and Middle East that...

Except for a fortuitous few, writers used to tell tales of desperation and poverty as they clawed their way up the greasy ladder to become a published author. Kerri Littlefield considers how things have changed. Enter ‘The Storyteller’… With the London Book Fair celebrating it’s 45 year anniversary this week, it’s astonishing to reflect on how the book industry has...

We got quite excited when we were asked to be a National Unplugging Day partner. We were keen to help parents encourage their children to switch off their gadgets and see the benefits of spending more time engaging with their families, friends and nature, in the way ourJournals of a Lifetime do. Little did we realise that it’s us parents...