Below is a selection of my current and forthcoming titles. I hope you find something that takes your fancy. Although I like to keep this page up-to-date, it will never match the sheer variety of information, pleasure and joy that can be gained from joining my happy band of ‘Mailing List Gold Friends’. Mailing list friends are always the first to receive info on exciting stuff like book releases, signings, readings, etc. If that sounds like your bag, then you’re very welcome to join here.
Seaside Tales From Asper St Jasper About 94 miles away from where you live sits the weird and wonderful little seaside town of Asper St. Jasper. Here, in this modest book, are a wealth of magnificently strange tales about the town’s oddball residents and their curious antics. Why does Shanklin Roquefort keep throwing fruit at pensioners and putting signs up everywhere? Will Chunky Fido, with his expertly-honed guerrilla tactics, ever succeed in eliminating soft-scoop ice creams from the town? And what possible reason could there be for a nose to jump off a fisherman’s face and go looking for cake? As you can see, there’s a lot happening in town! |
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Poems From the Seashore A poetry collection written from lazy days by the seashore in Cornwall. Although the poems cover many topics, all were inspired by the gift of being able to move at one pace with the rhythm of the sea and the Cornish countryside. As Phil states, “My greatest pleasure is watching time drift by, taking my time, wasting my time, moving against the structure of time. All of my poems therefore celebrate freedom to see, freedom to feel, freedom to be.” Click here to order a signed copy
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The Silence of the Suburbs, The Call of the Sea The title for this second book of Phil’s poetry comes from the author leaving Cornwall and returning to his childhood home of Twickenham, West London. Taking cues from his first highly acclaimed Palores collection (Poems From the Seashore) Phil continues to be seduced by the ocean, but now, the palate is mixed with wily and sometimes fierce observations from life in suburbia. As Phil comments, “This collection both opens up and adds to the themes explored in my first book. It’s fair to say that some of the black has now been covered with brighter hues, and as a writer, maybe I’ve travelled on the train that little bit more, stopping to bask at previously unexplored stations." |
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The Day Off Date of publication TBA The day off is a charming little tale about two friends called Jake and Babble who decide to take a day off work and go to the seaside. There they discover the thrill of the merry-go-round, the joys of eating ice cream and the pleasures that can be had by simply letting go and being. It’s also beautifully veiled critique on the constrictions of modern society and the monotony of life in a corporate world. Filled with allegory and hidden meanings, some folk have been kind enough to describe as the ‘Jonathon Livingstone Seagull’ of its generation. But if you just want to read it as a happy story then that’s just dandy. The author thinks it would be nice if you read it on a beach, but that’s entirely up to you.
Peg is a lovely little piglet who is born one night with the most gorgeous
pink fluffy wings. From the moment they meet him, all the animals on
Hollybush farm know Peg is special and want to be his friend. So does
Mrs. Bramble, the farmer’s wife, who feeds him up on special eggs
and apple pie. But Mr. Bramble doesn’t agree. He thinks Peg is
a misfit and wants him off the farm. Together with his evil friend Farmer
Grimshaw they hatch a plan to get rid of Peg forever. Will Peg ever
learn to fly? And more importantly will he survive the evil farmer’s
plans? |
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