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January 12, 2021 By 2QT Publishing Leave a Comment

Moonlight Sonata….

Have you ever visited a house that seemed to hold secrets, if only they could be discovered? Have you longed to find out the true stories of people who lived there, but not known where to begin?

For Yorkshire author Leonie Pearce, a story from the past emerged almost by accident. After retiring from full-time teaching and theatre work, she studied Creative Writing in Lancaster and joined a local writers’ group near her home in Bentham.

‘I’d been reading Rebecca,’ said Leonie,’ and loved the way the novel begins with a dream about the house where the narrator lived. It’s very atmospheric, haunted by past events, and I wanted to see if I could write a description of a house full of secrets and stories. It was there in my imagination – the house in a crescent by the sea where my husband grew up, with his brothers and sisters and various eccentric lodgers.

‘When I read out the description to the writers in our group, they were fascinated by the ‘scary’ lady who lived in the basement. Where did she come from? Why did she seem strange? Why wouldn’t she speak? I realised that she was part of our family history and someone whose story needed to be told.

‘At that moment Violet, my narrator, came to life. In her quirky, honest voice she speaks from the shadows of social isolation:

‘My life has been a journey up the steep slopes of Make Sense Mountain. I have travelled rough tracks over the Hills of Hard Work and learned to fly through valleys of Dark Days to the shingly places of the Whispering Waves.’

Born in 1900, Violet loses family and friends and is treated as a social outcast. To be accepted, she creates a new identity for herself. Her story reflects the fate of many women in the early twentieth century and is sometimes heart breaking, sometimes darkly comic.

‘Some of the story came from my own childhood memories,’ said Leonie. ‘Some came from research into topics as diverse as tomato growing, the early film industry on the south coast, two world wars and a gruesome murder.’

‘The book has been published by Settle based company, 2QT, with a striking cover design by Charlotte Mouncey from Bentham. The advice of local friends has been invaluable in the writing process. They have commented that the final version of the book is quick and absorbing to read, the characters seem real, it’s ‘written with insight and compassion,’ and ‘moving without being sentimental.’

Moonlight Sonata: a Story of Life in the Shadows is available through Limestone Books in Settle, The Book Lounge in Kirkby Lonsdale, or from Amazon, in paperback (at £6.99) or as an e-book (at £3.99).

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July 27, 2020 By 2QT Publishing Leave a Comment

Coronavirus update

3rd November 2020:   COVID-19 UPDATE. The team are all continuing working from home during lock down so please be aware there maybe some background noises associated with a household e.g. children / pets when on the phone.

Due to the current ongoing situation and uncertainties, we will not be holding any face to face meetings until further notice.  We are still happy to speak over the phone / skype / zoom etc.

Please note that our next date for new projects/submission is 7th January 2021

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February 12, 2020 By 2QT Publishing Leave a Comment

TURKEY’S MIDDLE-DEMOCRACY ISSUES and HOW TO SOLVE THEM: Judiciary, Accountability and Fair Representation

Author: Av. Mehmet Gün
Release Date:  April 2020
Format:
Paperback 
ISBN:
978-1-913071-55-4
RRP:
£29.99 

The purpose of this book is to identify Turkey’s fundamental problems, to demonstrate the root causes and to propose suggestions, thereby plotting a simple road map to democracy. Its aim is to be the most comprehensive of all the works created to date on the democratisation of our nation. This is a first edition English edition.

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January 20, 2020 By 2QT Publishing Leave a Comment

The Diary of a Gatekeeper by David Walther

Author: David Walther
Release Date:  Sept 2019
Format:
Paperback 
ISBN:
978-1-913071-29-5
RRP:
£7.99 

The events portrayed in The Diary of a Gatekeeper are based on true life experiences. Experiences that may appear to some almost unreal. But the question we should really ask ourselves is what do we consider real and unreal?
The vulnerable yet indomitable Anya is attacked from all angles by a veritable range of dark forces that she can barely comprehend. Struggling to cope and, in a near state of despair, she stumbles across someone who could help. Of course, Anya did not find Mark by chance. In the grand scheme of the Universe nothing happens by chance.
Mark and Anya are sent an indeterminable level of dark entities and forces to challenge them. Mark Ash, a powerful, but as yet unproven Gatekeeper, becomes the equilibrium and force for good against the rising tide of evil. This is his story. What unfolds is his learning.
The Universe must be in balance. All must be equal; light and dark, dark and light. The ebb and flow never ceases; the story never ends.

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Filed Under: Book Releases, Mind, Body & Spirit

January 18, 2020 By 2QT Publishing Leave a Comment

The Uncharted Journey – Eddie, Dementia and Me by Jackie Huck

Author: Jackie Huck
Release Date:  Sept 2019
Format:
Paperback 
ISBN:
978-1-913071-24-0
RRP:
£8.99 

‘They’ve made a grand job of Shap Wells. Is the car outside?’
Of itself, not a startling or unusual comment but when it’s said by your husband four days into a Mediterranean cruise, it comes as a shock.
After a long career devoted to working on their Cumbrian farm, Eddie and Jackie Huck are determined to make the most of their retirement. When dementia strikes and progresses at great speed, their dreams are destroyed. As Eddie rapidly loses his grasp on reality, Jackie is determined to care for her husband. But, as this cruel illness shatters the man she loves, she is forced into situations that she could never have envisaged.
This is a true story. It’s also an important one because these events could happen to anyone. With extraordinary honesty, Jackie Huck explores two traumatic years in the lives of a devoted couple whose lives are devastated by a disease that is still little understood or supported.
As she discovers, there are many paths to tread but no map for this uncharted journey with dementia.
‘Our main strength is love. Love keeps us going when courage fails;
love is there in the middle of the night when the long hours of darkness stretch ahead. Love holds us together when hope is gone,
and it is love that carries us through to the end.’

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Filed Under: Biography & Autobiography/Memoirs, Book Releases

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