Item category 2: Local Authors Collection

Featuring the same sense of community and period that characterizes her novels, Lena Kennedy's autobiography is written in three sections. The last one covers her years of success, in contrast to when she was a "shack-dwelling" child sitting on her grandmother's doorstep. Kennedy died in 1986.

Packed with hilarious anecdotes and laced with quirky insights, this autobiography provides an inside look into the world of music as well as an insight into the debonair gentleman and national institution that is Jools Holland.

The "disappearance" of the poet Rosemary Tonks in the 1970s was one of the literary world's most tantalising mysteries. All her published poetry is now available here for the first time in over 40 years, along with a selection of her prose. This second edition has an expanded introduction and an ...

Horace Sheppard was 21 years of age in 1927 and one of the first to join Her Majesty's Customs & Excise. His career in Customs spanned some 42 years and a wide variety of jobs in different parts of Britain. This is his story.

Editorial, BFS news, short stories, poetry and illustrations. Includes winning entries from the BFS 2014 short story competition. The runner up, Nikki Pratt, is a Medway resident and local author.