September is a respected independent, author-focused
Books in which to lose yourself … and find yourself
NEW RELEASES
This week’s featured author
Sharon Blackie
Myth & folklore | Self-development | Fiction
Dr Sharon Blackie is an award-winning and internationally bestselling author, and a psychologist with a background in mythology and folklore. Her work is focused on reimagining women’s stories, and on the relevance of myths and fairy tales to the personal, cultural and environmental issues we face today. As well as writing seven books of fiction and non-fiction which have been translated into multiple languages, including the bestselling If Women Rose Rooted and Hagitude, her writing has appeared in international media outlets and she has featured in programmes by the BBC, US public radio and independent filmmakers. Sharon is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, an Honorary Member of the UK Association of Jungian Analysts, and has taught and lectured at many academic institutions, Jungian organisations, retreat centres and cultural festivals around the world. Her much-loved publication ‘The Art of Enchantment’ is a Top Literature Substack.
LATEST NEWS
Flexing your utopian muscle
Wonderful to hear Dr Lilia Giugni on BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour this morning discussing her book The Threat.
Shortlisted for the 2023 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards Book of the Year
Congratulations to Rebecca Lowe for The Slow Road to Tehran’s shortlisting for the 2023 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Book Awards Book of the Year
Simon Phipps and John Grindrod
A fantastic event at The Wantstead Tap, organised by Newham Bookshop for ‘a celebration of the Brutalist architecture of outer London by two giants of architectural study’.















