THE LISTENING PEOPLE
Our aim: To publish stories, ideas and insights from writers and illustrators who listen and care.
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The Blue Corridor
by Emma-Louise James
Following on from her compelling story of Jo’s struggle and triumph over multiple disabilities and hardships, Emma-Louise James treats us to five new short stories. Here are fictional characters in fantasy lands whose lives are a struggle. But by sticking together, they always win through despite the odds. The author affirms those who serve and care for others. She also celebrates the work of charities.
James has a style charged with drama, painting scenes with vivid similes, and taking us into magical worlds where generous hearts turn dross and failure into the gold of fulfilment.
978-1915288158
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BREAKTHROUGH
Trevor Stubbs
ISBN 978-1-915288-13-4 (paperback)/
978-1-915288-14-1 (Ebook)
This is a tale of twenty-fourth-century young people spreading their wings, ready to fledge. On three planets and a ‘space-village’ in transit, they each challenge the expectations their societies put upon them. Tom is from the west of England, suffering from the effects of climate change. Elle on Terraspei looks beyond her world ten light-years from Earth and dreams of the stars, while Charity on planet Pure Haven defies a culture that denies an education to girls. Each is separated from the other by light-years; two-way conversation takes decades. They are virtually isolated. Isolated, that is, until a new form of communication is discovered and, suddenly, the young people are able to chat across the universe from their bedrooms, as though they were next door. Now what happens? How can communities keep their kids safe from all the influences beyond their worlds – influences that threaten to change everything? Can these teenagers be trusted?
“Stubbs once again successfully creates a totally believable interplanetary saga, and the fight for truth and justice is utterly gripping.” David Clarke
“This story leads us beyond our familiar experiences into a fascinating alternative reality with thought-provoking narratives and a captivating creation of other worlds.” Anna Hewett-Rakthanee
Paperback UK £11.95 Ebook UK £2.99
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Jo’s Hidden Secrets
Emma-Louise James
ISBN 978-1-915288-10-3 (paperback) / 978-1-915288-09-7 (ebook)
Emma-Louise invites us to travel with Jo through her life’s tortuous journey. Mountains and crevasses lay in her path but she finds the people who can see her through.
Jo tells her story which began when she was diagnosed with epilepsy aged 7. But epilepsy is only one of her problems. Here are battles against mental illness, eating disorders, poverty, abuse at home and challenges at work. In all of this, Jo manages to find the people to help her and she now wants to share this with people who suffer like she has. Jo shares her story with honesty and courage.
‘Jo shares her story with honesty and courage, taking us with her on her journey. A compelling read.’
Emily Owen, author and member of the deaf community.
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Tabitha
T. N. Stubbs
ISBN 978-1-915288-07-3 (paperback) / 978-1-915288-08-0 (eBook)
Millheaton has no claim to fame, being just another West Yorkshire Victorian mill town long past its glory days. On the edge of the town lies a large 1930s council estate, the home of Tabitha, a thirteen-year-old only child of an estranged black father and a white mother. As she grows into her teenage years, her nemesis, Gareth (Griff) Green, continues to bully her but now, as their hormones kick in, things take on new dimensions. How is Tabitha going to cope with it all and where is Griff’s toxic obsession with her going to take them?
Paperback UK £10.99
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Stardust
Trevor Stubbs
Hardback: ISBN 978 0-9550100-9-5/Paperback: 978-1-915288-00-4 / eBook: 978-1-915288-01-1
The Bible claims that the light of God seen in Jesus Christ shines in the darkness and the darkness has neither understood it nor put it out. These stories – both profound and light-hearted – direct us towards light and love wherever we may find ourselves.
“This thought provoking and soul-stirring book is one to be read again and again. A beautiful, deep and often breath-taking collection of stories, meditations and reflections.” Emily Owen
“Trevor Stubbs gets inside the lives of young people and reminds us of the pain and oddity of those years as we sort out what really matters. He has a gift for narration and a wonderful way of ‘dancing with words’.” Mary Cookson
Beautifully illustrated by Anna Hewett-Rakthanee
Hardcover UK £17.99 / Paperback UK £12.99 / Order from your bookshop or mail <tlppress@yahoo.com>
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Disowning the Violence
Tina Stubbs
ISBN 978-1-915288-05-9
Does the Old Testament image of a violent God calling for war, destruction and ethnic cleansing disturb you? If so, you may find this book helpful. Tina Stubbs contrasts the Old Testament understanding of God with that of Jesus and to show that the way we interpret the bible as a whole makes it possible to discount the truth of the destructive and cruel image of God without losing the Old Testament.
The bible tells us what the ancient people thought about God as much as it tells us about God himself. Many horrific acts are attributed to God for which the God we see in Jesus could never have been responsible.
Tina Stubbs shows us how we can disown the violence without disowning the Old Testament.
UK £7.99 / Order from your bookshop or mail <tlppress@yahoo.com>
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Adventures with God
Trevor Stubbs
ISBN 978 0-9550100-7-1
Are you curious about God? Does He (or She) exist? Could it be that there is a real Creator who is offering us Light, Life and Love with capital ‘Ls’. If so, how do we get to Him (or Her)?
Adventures with God is a slim book (48 pages) to get you started and growing in wonder, hope and joy. It offers clues to cutting through layers of human cultural assumptions to find God, Himself.
Adventurers with God includes suggested Bible readings and questions for personal use or group study.
UK £6.99. Order from your local bookshop or mail <tlppress@yahoo.com>
Lovely book to dip into. 5 stars out of 5.
“This is a short, easy book to read, with exercises and reading recommendations if you want to stretch your knowledge. It’s written as a series of conversations with different people. God moves lives in mysterious ways, and their stories are uplifting as well as entertaining. I liked dipping into their worlds by opening the book at a random page.” London Lass
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Meditations and Poems
Shirley Penn
ISBN 978-1-915288-02-8
The meditations and poems of Shirley Penn who graced this world from 1932 to 2021
“Shirley has managed to observe beauty among old and decaying objects, to move from being unable to comprehend the huge problems of the world to appreciating the extreme beauty of the small and delicate creatures around her…
It’s not all serious though. Supermarkets, hats, dog’s names and the gift of chocolate have all been written about with Shirley’s humour.” Linda Sullivan
UK £6.99 Order from you local bookshop or mail <tlppress@yahoo.com>
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The FLIP! trilogy
Trevor Stubbs
Book 1: Flip! On the Edge
Book 2: Flip! Beyond the Horizon
Book 3: Flip! The Daisychain
A trilogy for young adults. Forced to leave home, school, friends and all that is familiar to them, five teenagers – 5D survivors – become guinea-pigs in a mad professor’s clinic. But it gets worse! Is the Winterford Clinic all that it seems? Where does the American entrepreneur come in? And why are so many people wearing daisies?
***** What price would you pay to save the world?
The teenagers cannot afford to walk away from this responsibility, because to do so would change the world as we know it and they would pay with their very lives. What they face is their biggest danger yet. Are they up to the task? Can any of them expect to survive? But some things are worth more than one single life, and the teenagers know this to their very souls.” Jo
FLIP! On the Edge: ISBN 978 0-9550100-1-9 / FLIP! Beyond the Horizon: ISBN 978 0-9550100-3-3 / FLIP! The Daisychain: 978 0-9550100-5-7
5 out of 5 stars. Fantastic writer and worth checking out all of his titles!
“In a strange London clinic, a group of teenagers who’ve all been suffering from ‘Flips’ into another dimension, are being experimented on by a crazed scientist. The professor, obsessed with winning a Nobel Prize, seems not to care what harm he causes the youngsters as he investigates the strange phenomenon affecting them or about the evil aims of the organisation he works for. The kids decide that submitting to the professor’s probing is the only way they’ll learn the truth about Flips, but then disaster strikes… This is a perfect present for any young adult who enjoys reading, they will certainly get hooked so be ready to purchase the rest of the trilogy!” C A Bevans
£8.99 each. Order from your local bookshop or mail <tlppress@yahoo.com>
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The White Gates Adventures
Trevor Stubbs
Meet Jack Smith (18) from Planet Earth – angry and drifting – and Jalli Rarga (17) from Planet Raika in the Andromeda Galaxy, struggling to be different from other girls. Step with them through strange white gates into wonderful new worlds.
Explore outwards into the vast universe and inwards to the human heart where everyone matters.
Adventure / Sci-Fi / Fear / Fun / Humour / Love. Suitable for 13+ (or anyone who enjoys stories of caring brave young people saving the planet universe.)
A series of four books each packed with high action and mysterious adventures. Where will the white gates take them next?
ISBN: 9781783063871 / 9781784622 / 9781785893353 / 9781788035835
UK £10.99 each. All four for £31.99. Mail: <tlppress@yahoo.com>
Available in Braille and large print exclusively for blind and partially sighted people https://eshop.torchtrust.org.uk/product/kicking-tree-the/
It’s a great adventure that made me cry and I love the two main characters who meet across the Universe… Miss S *****
I couldn’t put this down – entertaining and enlightening – highly recommended. (5 stars out of 5)
“I loved this story. A brilliant blend of science fiction and theology which pushes the boundaries (what science fiction story doesn’t?) and gets you thinking about faith and character through the eyes and experiences of two young people, whose stories are told in a series of engaging adventures which keep you turning the pages to see if they can possibly be together and stay together. I was moved and educated and challenged in my thinking. I’ve bought and read and similarly enjoyed the second and third books in the series and I’m about to buy the fourth. Great reads by an author who has obviously read and thought and experienced a lot of life.” D. James
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