Words are Life

Wigan poet, Shaun Fallows, has produced one of the quirkiest and most thought-provoking books of poetry I’ve ever read.

I recently got hold of three books by Wigan writer, Samantha Turner, and they are three glossy-covered and slim volumes.

​Rumer Godden's 'The Diddakoi' was made into a children's TV series called Kizzy when I was a little girl, and I couldn't tear myself away..

Below is a review of a book published in 2011 about the Pretoria Pit Disaster which appeared in Wigan Heritage Service’s Bulletin "PAST...

I happened upon this little book recipes by chance, and was drawn to so much about it. Firstly, the format. ‘Recipes From The Past’ is a...

We're now chuffed to bits to announce that you can purchase 'Milk to Motorways' by Fred Smith in our store.

The story is a one-sided insight into the suffering of Lacie as she communicates with Paul - a young man who is introduced to us while lying

Joanne Merryweather’s speech to the Republican-Democratic Party Conference in Blackpool, 2021, promised to be quite a spectacle. Not only be

This book is the story of Liam Parry, and he is quite a guy! Throughout the course of the book, he enjoys psychiatric nurse training, nursin

What is the point in writing yet another review of a classic? None. Other than for personal satisfaction and as a reminder of what I...

‘The Last Runaway’ was written in 2013 and was selected for me to read by my teenage daughter. She was hovering around the historical ficti

I came across the organisation ‘Never Such Innocence’ when my 13 year old daughter, Morrigan, decided to enter their 2018 art competition wi

The first thing you notice is that it is a very attractive book with a simple but well-designed and effective cover. This really does the co

Buy the book HERE! Only £3.99! This collection of poetry, compiled in 2017, was inspired by many things.

Over 40 poems which vary from the sublime to the ridiculous. The sublimity of ‘The Swan’ – for example:"Majestic, pure white vessel, Glidi

The book begins with the statement “These stories of allotment life draw on the author’s own experiences as an allotment gardener of over 30

27 short poems - and almost every one jumped off the page at me! I’m a lapsed musician so ‘The Bass’ spoke to me, especially the final

This is the first of Peter’s short story books published under the title of ‘Light Reading’ - but is the second I have read. How typical o

I have heard Peter McGeehan read his work in person on a great many occasions, and his touching and humorous short stories are always w

I love books like this. They basically buy into what I’ve always felt - that work and play are seriously allied. Work is best when seen as