As Linen Press evolves I keep an eye on the finances without restricting the creative process. I am not in writing mode these days although ideas still come in the middle of the night so maybe one day… Read more »
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Rhona Scullion
It was a complete accident that I ended up working for Linen Press. They were just one on a long list of companies that I called up begging for work experience over the summer. Read more »
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Homer the dog
After a few days, a woman stopped and looked at me for a long time. Then I was led out of the cage, and she and a tall man took me to my new home. Read more »
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Kerry McPhail
Kerry McPhail adores writing and is often found in the cafés of her native Portsmouth avidly typing on her laptop. Her first book will be published by Linen Press Read more »
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Lynn Michell
Lynn Michell has published 13 books including an illustrated writing scheme for schools, a book about ME, and two books published by The Women’s Press Read more »
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Juliet Bates
Juliet Bates is both writer and artist. Her debut novel, The Missing, was short-listed for the Paris Prize for Fiction. She lives in France Read more »
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Stephanie Taylor
Stephanie Taylor is an award-winning writer and artist who draws on her multi-media talents in her richly visual debut novel, The Device, The Devil & Me Read more »
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Marjorie Wilson
Marjorie Wilson’s lyrical memoir about Edinburgh at the turn of the century, Childhood’s Hill, was the first publication from Linen Press Read more »
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James with a Silent C
Jim McPhail is a survivor. His childhood is one of soul-numbing poverty; his adolescence lived amongst drug dealers on the mean streets of Glasgow. But at his lowest ebb, he turns his life around. Read more »
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Two authors in search of an audience
E. E. Smith and Lynn Michell share their experiences of the writing process. . . Read more »
There are novels and memoirs that simply slide into the current literary zeitgeist as if into an oiled made-to-measure space. Think Mr Grey and Anna. A perfect fit. It struck many nerves in many places. Not that Linen Press is yearning for for one of those. Read more »
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Lynn Michell’s “Shooting Stars” launches on the River Thames
There’s a chance nautical theme to our 2013 publications. In October we publish Maureen Freely’s Sailing Through Byzantium, and on May 29th Lynn Michell & Stefan Gregory’s Shooting Stars launches, appropriately, from a sailing club on the Thames. Come and join us! Read more »