A Celebration of Motherhood

Mums

The perfect gift for the mum in your life - a hugely enjoyable collection of new fiction, memoir and anecdote, illustrated with pictures and cartoons

Fans of the [short story] genre will love this collection ... telling tales of great mothers, reluctant mothers and eccentric mothers that will have you laughing one minute and wiping away a rogue tear the next. Dip into it or read it from cover to cover as I did, I promise you won't be disappointed

A delightful ... touching, and often hilarious, compilation

Sarah Brown is married to Gordon Brown and is President of the charity PiggyBankKids, which she founded in 2002. PiggyBankKids has launched the Jennifer Brown Research Fund to seek solutions to pregnancy difficulties and help save newborn lives, and supports a wide range of charitable projects which create opportunities for children and young people - www.piggybankkids.com. Sarah and Gordon live in Fife and London with their sons John and Fraser. 
 
Gil McNeil is the bestselling author of The Only Boy For Me, Stand By Your Man, In the Wee Small Hours and Divas Don't Knit. She helps run the charity PiggyBankKids, and lives in Canterbury with her son.

From inspirational mums who are not afraid of anything - except spiders - to magical mums, reluctant mums and mums behaving badly, this is a wonderful collection of fiction and memoir from some of Britain's best-loved writers. 
 
With touching and amusing anecdotes from celebrity mums such as Nigella Lawson and Arabella Weir, as well as original illustrations from the likes of Shirley Hughes and Quentin Blake, this rich treasure trove with proceeds going to children's charity PiggyBankKids reflects many voices from across the generations and is a glorious celebration of motherhood.

Journey To The Sea

A collection of new travel writing and short stories on the theme of the sea from some of Britain's finest writers

Before you yawn "Not another celebrity author anthology" let us assure you this one is definitely worth a second glance ... it works on many levels, exploring relationships with the sea as well as covering a range of writing styles that manage to both please and challenge in the most rewarding way

The collection is a joy to read...A great read for sea-thirsty travellers

Don't just buy this as an act of charity - it's a great read

A whole range of emotions are evoked as you read and are led to contemplate your own memories of the sea

Sarah Brown, wife of Gordon Brown, is President of the charity PiggyBankKids, which she founded in 2002. PiggyBankKids has launched the Jennifer Brown Research Fund to seek solutions to pregnancy difficulties and help save newborn lives, and supports a wide range of charitable projects which create opportunities for children and young people. Sarah and Gordon live in Fife and London with their sons. 
 
Gil McNeil is Publishing Director for PiggyBankKids and has worked in advertising, the film business and publishing. She is the bestselling author of The Only Boy for Me, Stand by your Man, In the Wee Small Hours and Divas Don't Knit. She lives in Canterbury with her son. 
 
Hugo Tagholm is Programme Director for PiggyBankKids. Hugo has worked in public relations and events management with a wide range of organisations, including the National Gallery, the Art Fund and the BBC. He lives in Camden Town and spends most of his spare time wakeboarding or chasing waves along the north Devon coast.

Whether it is memories of childhood holidays or exotic fantasies of faraway places, a sea and its coast forms the most evocative of landscapes. Combining elements of romance, danger and mystery, it provides the perfect inspiration for this unique collection. The finest writers from our water-bound nation, including Alexander McCall Smith, Ruth Rendell, Joanne Harris, Joseph O'Connor and Libby Purvis, give us their accounts of adventures and chance encounters, short stories and non-fiction pieces representing the many facets of the sea's power that will haunt and inspire. The collection also includes gripping accounts of real-life adventures on the ocean from such experienced sailors as Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Alan West and Tracy Edwards. 
 
A literary tribute to the last earthly frontier - the ocean.

Sarah Brown

Gil McNeil

sentimental but affecting...a timely little book

a formidable line-up to celebrate fatherhood

A Celebration of Fatherhood by Britain's Finest and Funniest

They may be your inspiration or your best friend, kind protectors or big on homework and manners, there for the first nappy change or always down the pub - but there is no one else quite like Dad. 
 
In Dads, Britain's finest and funniest share their anecdotes and personal recollections about both what it is like to be a dad - from the shock of looking after a new born to the mixed blessings that are teenagers - and their changing relationships with their own fathers. 
 
The phenomenal list of high-profile contributors includes Sir Richard Branson, Bill Bryson, Andrew Collins, Jilly Cooper, Richard Curtis, Sir Alex Ferguson, Anna Ford, Joanne Harris, Charlie Higson, Kathy Lette, Davina McCall, Fiona Millar, David Miliband, Anthony Minghella, John O'Farrell, David Puttnam, Ian Rankin, David Tennant, Alan Titchmarsh and Fay Weldon 
 
Hugely entertaining and thought-provoking in turns, this celebration of fatherhood explores just what it is to be a dad.

Gil McNeil

Praise for Dads

sentimental but affecting...a timely little book

enchanting

a formidable line-up to celebrate fatherhood

sentimental but affecting...a timely little book

enchanting

a formidable line-up to celebrate fatherhood

sentimental but affecting...a timely little book

enchanting

a formidable line-up to celebrate fatherhood

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