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As some of you may know, February sees the return of #ReadIndies, (Reading Independent Publishers Month), a celebration of books published by independent presses. This annual event, established and hosted by Karen and Lizzy, aims to support independent presses as they continue to negotiate challenging trading conditions whilst competing with the big publishers for readers’ attention. Basically, the idea is to read and discuss books from independent publishers, posting about them on social media or blogs — whatever platform works for you.
It’s one of my favourite reading events – partly for the theme, which fits well with my interests, and partly for the flexibility. The event was set up in 2021 to support small presses during the COVID lockdown, and it proved so popular that Karen and Lizzy have repeated it every February since then.
So, if you’re still looking for ideas on what to read for this year’s #ReadIndies, here’s a round-up of some favourites – I’ve chosen one book from each of these excellent independent publishers.
The Home by Penelope Mortimer – published by British LibraryPublishing
This beautifully written semi-autobiographical novel follows an attractive but vulnerable middle-aged woman, Eleanor Strathearn, in the months following the
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This is a lovely novel, as charming and unassuming as one could hope for – a throwback perhaps to simpler times. Its author, the English writer R. C. Sherriff – best known for the play Journey’s End – had the idea for The Fortnight in September during a seaside holiday at Bognor:
I watched that endless stream of people and began to pick out families at random and imagine what their lives were like at home; what hopes and ambitions the fathers had; whether the mothers were proud of their children or disappointed in them; which of the children would succeed and which would go with the tide and come to nothing. (From Sherriff’s 1968 autobiography, No Leading Lady)
As a result, Sherriff felt inspired to develop a story centred on one of these families by imagining their lives and, most importantly, their annual holiday at the seaside resort. On the surface, the premise seems simple, yet the apparent simplicity is part of the novel’s magic. It is a story of small pleasures and triumphs, quiet hopes and ambitions, secret worries and fears – the illuminating moments in day-to-day life.
The novel is focused on the Stevens family, who we first see in their Dulwich home on the eve of the holiday. As we join the story, which takes place in the early 1930s, preparat