New signing: Broken Horses by Kate Beales
We are excited to tell you about our latest signing. Broken Horses is a novel that is both epic and intensely personal, a story of female agency set in the…
The Sun-Room by Jess Watts
Jess Watts’ short, poetic, powerful memoir The Sun-Room came in as an unsolicited submission and within a page I was captivated by the energy of her raw-to-bleeding cry of anger…
New Linen Press Poetry Anthology
After putting out a call for poems and short-form prose for an anthology which speaks of the past year and its aftermath – both politically and personally – we have…
Call out for poetry and short-form prose
I find it difficult to know how to absorb and respond to what I have witnessed on my screen and on the news over the past year. It feels like…
He wrote her a hundred letters. What did she write back?
Ali Bacon finds that letters are everywhere in historical fiction.
The Fine Print Workshop
An online practical workshop to give you the best chance of success when submitting your writing to agents, publishers and competitions with Avril Joy and Lynn Michell. Sunday 11th February…
Book Club Discussion Questions for Susan Clegg’s Debut Novel, The Dolphin
The Dolphin, Susan Clegg’s debut novel, is our most recent publication. We’re very excited about this book, and we’re loving the reviews that have been coming in. The book poses…
The unknowability of everybody
Charlotte Faibairn in conversation with Imogen Davies about her fourth novel Cried Out the River For Love How would you describe your book in a few sentences?
The Whole Kahani Writers’ Collective
The Whole Kahani Writers’ Collective provides support to writers of South Asian descent living in the UK. The Collective has just published its third anthology of short stories, Tongues and…
Introducing: Our New Postmistress and Her Donkeys
From left to right: Tilli, Marthie, Barnie and Meri
Books get a bruising from Brexit
I used to love sliding a Linen Press book into a padded envelope and addressing it by hand. A business card went inside and a tiny sticker sealed the flap.…
A longer journey to publication
It worries me that the literary world continues to turn away from talented older writers while young authors, especially young first-time authors, are sought out and celebrated.
May We Borrow Your Country – One Year On
In January 2019 The Whole Kahani released May We Borrow Your Country to a packed hall at Waterstones Gower Street. Our first reviewer, Rebekah Lattin-Rawstrone wrote: ‘...while these stories might…
Going in with flowers
Avril Joy is no stranger to quiet but significant achievement. In her previous life, she worked for twenty-five years as a teacher and then Senior Manager in HM Low Newton,…
Selling a book is a roll of the dice
"I’m so excited! My book came in the post this morning1. I’m holding it in my hands. The cover is gorgeous." A small indie press talks to a ‘little known…
The Whole Kahani – our journey until now
The Whole Kahani is in a celebratory mood. The writing collective has just been nominated and shortlisted for the 2019 Saboteur awards for our second anthology of short stories and…
Baby, you hold on, and I will hold on…
Mona Dash's first child is born with SCID (Severe Combined Immuno-Deficiency) for which there is no treatment in his country. And so begins her roller-coaster journey which spans ten years,…
May We Borrow Your Country
With only a fortnight to the launch of May We Borrow Your Country, the new anthology from The Whole Kahani (TWK) collective, I’m being asked more frequently about the title…
Linen Press – a new venture twice over
We have branched out with a flourish. Adding to our list of novels and memoirs, this is the first book of short-form writing to be published by Linen Press as…