Images of Hope for Your Mental Health
Dr Sarah Mayo

Published: June 2026
Paperback: 159 pages
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ISBN: 978-1-918172-13-3
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Images of Hope for Your Mental Health
by Dr Sarah Mayo

In a world where depression, despair, anxiety and stress are rife, where we are consumed with grief, and addiction is on the rise, Images of Hope for Your Mental Health cuts through the darkness and brings light - like a lighthouse for a ship on stormy seas.

Using her experience as a GP in England, and as a patient, Dr Mayo brings her own insights and a refreshing openness that challenges the stigma of poor Mental Health.

Packed full of helpful ideas, information and resources, with an easy-to-read, bite-sized style and over 50 hand-drawn images, this book is for you whether you’re curious, struggling, in crisis, or supporting someone and just want to understand.

This book comes out of a place of darkness but shines light on our emotions and feelings.

A must-have for every household in need of hope!



Dr Sarah Mayo (MA Hons Oxon, MB BS, MRCGP) lives in Leicestershire with her husband, daughter, cat and dog. Yes, she has a black dog (real as well as metaphorical)! She trained in medicine at Trinity College, Oxford and St George’s Hospital Medical School, London, followed by training posts around the county of Surrey. Having completed training she has worked as either a salaried or locum GP in London, Oxford, Hampshire, North Hertfordshire and, now, Leicestershire and Warwickshire. She also works in helping assess, diagnose and treat those with ADHD, helping to encourage the thousands of unknown “Neurosparklies” (insert your term of choice!) who never quite fitted in but muddled on through and are now seeing their butterflies emerge as they finally understand they are not wrong, just different. When not working or having family time, she enjoys gardening, singing and playing various instruments, crafting, the occasional attempt at painting and, when she has the time, relaxing in front of a good film or reading a book.

The Magical World of Alice Taylor
Peter Davey

Published: May 2026
Paperback: 201 pages
Price: £9.99
ISBN: 978-1-918172-09-6
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The Magical World of ALICE TAYLOR
Book One of the TaylorS' Magical Dynasty

Alice Taylor is no ordinary child and she is about to become aware of her extraordinary magical powers.

In this first volume of The Taylors’ Magical Dynasty series, we travel back to the year 1882 and watch as six-year-old Alice discovers her exceptional potential for the first time, entering a world of phenomena so strange we have few words to describe it.

Soon, she can incorporate her ‘aura colours’ into her magical ‘weaves’ at will and change their characteristics.

Most importantly, she can make her rainbow-coloured aura dance around her body, which unique talent shows she is already a powerful sorcerer.

But at the moment six-year-old Alice Taylor makes her aura dance and discovers her power, she shines out like a beacon to a number of magical seers around the world, exposing herself to forces both good and evil before she’s old enough to combat them.

Not all seers are friendly – and, for Alice, there can be no hiding from destiny.

Roundabout Lady
Annie Beaumont

Published: May 2026
Paperback: 302 pages
Price: £12.99
ISBN: 978-1-918172-21-8
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Roundabout Lady
a novel by Annie Beaumont - Inspired by real events

Lolanda is a naïve teenager when she is persuaded by her older boyfriend to leave Romania for a new life in Spain. Akim promises her a big house, a well-paid job and a white wedding on the soft, white sand of a Costa Blanca beach.

In reality, the ‘big house’ is a brothel and Akim is a violent thug and sex-trafficker. On the day they arrive, he confiscates her passport and sells her virginity to a high-paying punter. It is her sixteenth birthday.

Punishments for disobedience are brutal. She must spend her days sitting at the side of a roundabout, waiting for ‘customers’ to pay for sex with her, always under the watchful eye of Akim and the other pimps. When they discover that she has tried to run away, she is confined to ‘working’ in the brothel, shut off from the light of day.

After years in captivity, Lolanda at last escapes by jumping from an upstairs window. She believes she has killed Akim in self-defence. Will the traffickers find her and kill her? Will they kill her family, as they’ve threatened so many times?

Will Lolanda ever recover from the trauma, Complex- PTSD and flashbacks to her life of hell in sex captivity?

Miriam’s Shawl
T. A. Marshall

Published: March 2026
Paperback: 181 pages
Price: £9.00
ISBN: 978-1-918172-17-1
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Miriam's Shawl
by T. A. Marshall

In the shadow of WW2 sixteen-year-old Ava clings to the remnants of a childhood that is fast slipping away.

Raised in a quiet village on the outskirts of Leeds, Ava’s days were once filled with painting, gardening and the comfort of her close-knit family and Bill- her love.

But when the war breaks out this world shatters, Ava is forced to grow up far too soon.

She endures both love and heartbreak and tries her utmost to keep going during a very trying time.

Keeping a diary keeps her sane and helps her express her feelings, but will the contents of this eventually lead to sorrow?

Through every heartache and every goodbye Ava discovers the quiet strength that comes from holding on to memories, even when the people around her insist on forgetting.

A heartwarming story of courage, family ties, heartbreak and the ultimate love between two people.

Once Upon a Time in Longden Coleham
Peter John

Published: April 2026
Paperback: 422 pages
Price: £16.99
ISBN: 978-1-918172-15-7
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Once Upon a Time in Longden Coleham
The Story of my Search for a Father Never Known
by Peter John

My mother, who died on New Year’s Eve 2009, never knew who her father was. Her mother never married and she was a domestic servant when she gave birth to her first child - my mother’s older brother by almost two years, whilst she was a charwoman at the time my mother was born in May 1925.

After my mother’s death I resolved to see if I could find out who her father was. However, in doing so, I was mindful of the fact that, as my mother had never known a single thing about him, I was setting myself a considerable challenge - especially as her mother had once told her that he had gone away.

Perhaps, upon reflection, it was a slightly crazy thing to do - particularly as I had no sensible plan as how to proceed, and given that what subsequently transpired turned out to be so much more than I could have ever anticipated.

Evidence or Common Sense
Gabriel Symonds

Published: April 2026
Paperback: 277 pages
Price: £12.99
ISBN: 978-1-918172-12-6
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Gabriel Symonds
Evidence or Common Sense
New Perspectives on some Medical Controversies
by Gabriel Symonds

Unlike physical illnesses where evidence-based treatments are important, in problems affecting the mind, doctors may be at a loss how to proceed due to lack of ‘evidence’.

In children and young people confused over their ‘gender’, there have been calls for research into the efficacy of puberty blockers. Dr Symonds argues that this information is unknowable and should not even be sought.

In so-called mental illnesses, there is no scientific basis for labelling symptoms such as depression, anxiety, or delusions as brain disorders. The claimed benefits for antidepressants or antipsychotics are unsubstantiated, and their use merely exposes patients to the risks of harms, which may be severe.

Regarding the smoking/vaping problem, investigations to find the best quitting ‘tool’, being fixated on scientific evidence, overlook the fact that putting nicotine into your body by smoking or vaping is a voluntary activity.

Rather than seeking an elusive bio-mechanical basis for diagnosis and treatment of all these problems, it would be better to approach them with a good dose of common sense.

Dr Symonds also casts his satirical eye on ‘wokeism’ in the NHS, doctors going on strike, and the scandal of largely useless orthodox treatments for low back pain and frozen shoulder.

Dr Gabriel Symonds is an English doctor living in Japan where for many years he ran the Tokyo British Clinic serving the expatriate community. Now retired from full-time practice, he offers his unique method of smoking and vaping cessation, as well as Jungian-based psychotherapy.

www.drsymonds.com

Mary Hindle
Nigel Jepson

Published: April 2026
Paperback: 219 pages
Price: £10.00
ISBN: 978-1-918172-25-6
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Mary Hindle
A young mother is caught up in the Weavers' Uprising of 1826
by Nigel Jepson

Mary Hindle is a compelling historical novel telling the story of a young woman who finds herself caught up in the East Lancashire Weavers Uprising of 1826.

Sympathetic to the plight of families suffering from unemployment and starvation, she meets fiery rebel captain Thomas Emmett and pledges herself to take part in an attack on William Turner’s factory aimed at destroying all of his 106 power looms.

Taken prisoner and later separated from her husband George and beloved daughter Elizabeth, the price she goes on paying for the event she took part in on 24 April will haunt her for the rest of her life until the day she dies in Australia.

The Craft of Memoir Writing
Reinhard Tenberg

Published: March 2026
Paperback: 174 pages
Price: £10.00
ISBN: 9781918172195
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The Craft of Memoir Writing
by Reinhard Tenberg

The Craft of Memoir Writing: A Brief Practical Guide is written for creative writing students and emerging memoirists who seek to turn lived experience into compelling narrative.

At its core, memoir is an act of self-discovery: a conversation between past and present, memory and imagination, self and place.

Blending clear guidance with practical exercises, reflective prompts and close readings from memoir and fiction, this book explores voice, structure, timeline, dialogue, and silence.

With hands-on activities and literary examples throughout, it helps writers shape authentic material with clarity and care.