Description
Shortlisted for Holyer An Gof award in the YA category Zed and her family move unwillingly from London to a village in Cornwall, in an attempt to support her mother's mental health. Dad says they need a fresh start, but no one's asked Zed what she thinks. She knows she'll never fit into her new school, or make any friends, let alone find someone special. At this rate she'll be lucky to find a phone signal... Maybe their new home will help with Mum's depression, and keep Zed's sister Amy away from her dropout boyfriend, but why does it have to be so remote? Why has the boathouse been locked up for seventy years? Why do the birds living by the estuary fill her with such dread? And what do they WANT? Gradually the family fall apart, and it is only when Zed realises that the local cormorants are playing a part in the disasters that consume them, in revenge for an ancient wrong, that she and Amy start working together to find a solution and call a truce.
About the Author
After working as an actor and arts administrator in London, Clare married a boat builder and moved to Cornwall. She promptly had three children and set up an improvised theatre company, re-enacting the stories of their audiences around the county. More recently she has co-written and performed with the all women ensemble, 'Riot of the Freelance Mind' and she regularly reads her short fiction at spoken word events and local festivals. Sally Atkins has drawn, painted, glued, moulded, sewn, shaped and created since before she could string a sentence together. She studied art at college and went on to study for a textile design degree, but left to work for BT A few years ago she did a Stained Glass course, then a Resin course, a machine embroidery course, an enamelling course.... Sally found her original love of drawing and created buildings on reclaimed wood and vintage items which is when she set up her business. When she moved to Cornwall she took to the streets of Lostwithiel sketching the buildings in her home town. This led to studying for an MA in Illustration at Falmouth University. Adding a few new passions along the way, collage and repeat pattern making.
Awards
Winner of Holyer An Gof YA Class 2022 and Ann Trevenen Jenkin Cup 2022.
Book Information
ISBN 9781909208872
Author Clare Owen
Format Paperback
Page Count 184
Imprint Arachne Press
Publisher Arachne Press
'A spellbinding slice of Cornish Gothic - a Daphne du Maurier for the 21st century!' -Piers Torday
About the Author
After working as an actor and arts administrator in London, Clare married a boat builder and moved to Cornwall. She promptly had three children and set up an improvised theatre company, re-enacting the stories of their audiences around the county. More recently she has co-written and performed with the all women ensemble, 'Riot of the Freelance Mind' and she regularly reads her short fiction at spoken word events and local festivals. Sally Atkins has drawn, painted, glued, moulded, sewn, shaped and created since before she could string a sentence together. She studied art at college and went on to study for a textile design degree, but left to work for BT A few years ago she did a Stained Glass course, then a Resin course, a machine embroidery course, an enamelling course.... Sally found her original love of drawing and created buildings on reclaimed wood and vintage items which is when she set up her business. When she moved to Cornwall she took to the streets of Lostwithiel sketching the buildings in her home town. This led to studying for an MA in Illustration at Falmouth University. Adding a few new passions along the way, collage and repeat pattern making.
Awards
Winner of Holyer An Gof YA Class 2022 and Ann Trevenen Jenkin Cup 2022.
Book Information
ISBN 9781909208872
Author Clare Owen
Format Paperback
Page Count 184
Imprint Arachne Press
Publisher Arachne Press
