Item category 2: Local Authors Collection

Nate Hardman is a frontline reporter with a big problem. Suffering from shell-shock and unable to leave his house, he's lost everything. Neglected and bullied, 9 year-old Adam Boxley is desperate to reach out to his dad and sends a letter to Nate. Only Nate's not who he thinks he is. Will he help...

The essays collected here provide insights into a range of topics of importance in the history of Kent between 800-1220.

Kent is thought of as the 'Garden of England' and has been described as a county of 'hops, apples and cherries'. This may be true of a large part of the county, particularly after the Weald lost its important broadcloth and iron industries, but north Kent bordering the Thames and Medway became in...

In 'Telling Tales' award-winning poet Patience Agbabi presents an inspired 21st-century remix of Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales' retelling all of the stories, from the 'Miller's Tale' to the 'Wife of Bath's' in her own critically acclaimed poetic style.

Poetic Sisters explores the personal and literary connections among five eighteenth-century women poets. Anchored in the work of Anne Finch, author of "A Nocturnal Reverie," this book explores a female literary network, and emphasizes the range and extent of these writers' poetic achievement and ...

A collection of poetry and prose by ME4 writers, inspired by life in cities.

A vivid account of working as a prison officer in a borstal in Kent. In 1980, Simon Barlow read that prison officers were paid more than doctors. Tempted, he soon found himself at Leyhill Officers Training School - and on a journey that would alter the course of his life.