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December 9, 2021 By 2QT Publishing Leave a Comment

The Tide – Mark Tuohy

Author: Mark Tuohy
Release Date:  November 2021
Format:
Paperback 
ISBN:
978-1-914083-37-2
RRP:
£9.99 

When Michael jumps into the Thames it is only the beginning of his story. He is about to embark on an journey that will take him from London to the west of Ireland. The people he meets and the discoveries he makes along the way will help him turn his life around.

Michael is nineteen and lives with his grandmother Margaret, but when she dies his fragile world falls apart. After a stay in a hostel he sets off or Ireland determined to find Margaret’s old house in Connemara. The house is a place he associates with happy childhood holidays before his mother left.

Narrated in Michael’s highly individual voice The Tide is the story of a young man making sense of the world, coming back from the brink and embracing life again.

About the Author

Mark Tuohy is an award-winning playwright (Bush Theatre New Playwright Award) and an established writer of radio drama for the BBC. His work includes Supermarket Kisses, The Lights, This Is My Car Park, The Milk Race and Westway a continuing drama series on the World Service. He has more recently focused on writing novels. The Tide is his first novel and his second, Tiny Stars, is due to be published in 2022. He is also a musician and lives in Cumbria.

Available to buy from Amazon

Filed Under: Book Releases, Fiction (Inc Fantasy), News and Updates, Publications

December 7, 2021 By 2QT Publishing 2 Comments

Ernest Shearman: Ecclesiastical Architect – Diana Beckett

Author: Diana Beckett
Release Date:  October 2021
Format:
Paperback 
ISBN:
978-1-914083-21-1
RRP:
£15.99 


“Ernest Shearman was one of the best exponents of creating monumental spaces out of simple materials.” English Heritage.

Architect of six early twentieth century London churches, Ernest Shearman’s distinctive and personal design reflects both the Gothic Revival and Arts and Crafts movements, although his main influence was the simple red brick mendicant Gothic churches of northern Italy. His Winchester house was the background to the writer’s life for sixty years.

In this book, the author follows his career as an articled clerk to eminent architect, Charles Barry Jr., studying under two icons of the late nineteenth century, George Edmund Street and Norman Shaw, through to his travels in Italy: all of which culminated in his austere yet majestic churches that stand proud today as beacons in their neighbourhoods.

Available to order from Amazon or directly from the author on odiarnebooks.co.uk

Filed Under: Biography & Autobiography/Memoirs, Book Releases, News and Updates, Non-Fiction (General), Publications

January 12, 2021 By 2QT Publishing 1 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).

Filed Under: Blogs, Book Releases, Fiction (Inc Fantasy), News and Updates, Publications

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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July 17, 2018 By 2QT Publishing Leave a Comment

Summer Reads

If you are looking for something to read on holiday or over the summer then you wont go far wrong with a selection of 2QT Titles.

Here are our top three best selling fiction/based on true stories titles just to get you started…

Based on true events which are only now being revealed, Stolen Children is both a terrifying story full of suspense, and an extraordinary tale of pathos and determination. An emotive tribute to those who lost their lives, or their children and grandchildren during Argentina’s military dictatorship.

 

 

 

 

This the the first of the Jack Series. A tale based loosely in reality, this story traces the fortunes of the Ingles family in the West Riding coal fields around Wakefield. Theirs is a saga that could be replicated time after time in an area where scratching a living wasn’t easy, and where coal, drink, and occasional infidelity played integral parts in the life of the community.

 

and finally…

 

 

Aspiring artist Miles lives with his family in a small village above an industrial town in West Yorkshire. After his first encounter with the spirited and enchanting Kavita, the sister of one of his school friends, he is drawn into a relationship that must cross not only physical but cultural divides. Bright Sari in a Darkened Street is an intensely moving coming-of-age story that will resonate with anyone who can remember the intensity and passion of first love. It’s lyricism and intensity will remain with you long after you have turned the last page.

Filed Under: Blogs, Featured Articles and Posts, News and Updates Tagged With: 2QT Publishing, best sellers, Bright Sari in a Darkened Street, Fiction (Inc Fantasy), Jack the Lad, Stolen Children

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