PALEWELL PRESS

So Many Unavoidable Journeys, edited Camilla Reeve and Esme Edwards, is an anthology of short prose about refugee journeys, emotional as well as physical, from where a person once lived to settling into a new home. Writing about travellers from Bhutan, Iraq, Eritrea, Iran, Bangladesh, Syria, Palestine and Russia, authors with personal knowledge help us understand how it feels to be compelled to migrate.

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Hillary Gonzalez is an environmental poet and activist living beside Chesapeake Bay, Virginia. Her poems beckon readers into the magical world to be experienced through truly getting to know Osprey and other species. Dedicated to the USA's green spaces, the species who depend on them and those fighting to protect them

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In August 2021 the Taliban took control of Afghanistan introducing increasingly severe policies against women, restricting their rights and freedoms. Writing has become a lifeline for the women. This beautiful moving anthology, edited by Viv Fogel, sets out to enable the voices of a group of courageous Afghan women to be heard.

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The latest poetry collection from Helen Boyles, Wild Tracks and Crossings, reveals her intense yet unsentimental observation of nature and respect for wild creatures. As poet, Richard Lister, writes: ‘This collection invites us to step into the margins of the wild: to shadow walk the edges of life. To fully notice creatures we can easily overlook.'

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The Hope We Still Hang Onto is a vivid and inspiring memoir by Arinda Ojeda Aravena of her experiences while a political prisoner during the Pinochet era. The book has been translated into English by Barbara Mitchell. Despite the fragility of human bodies subjected to inhuman degradation, Arinda’s account shows how personal strength and solidarity among the female political prisoners played a crucial part in helping them survive.

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Douna Haj Ahmed's haunting memoir takes a courageous look at her memories of growing up in Assad's Syria: the lasting fear instilled during dawn raids by the Mukhabarat, the country's intelligence service; and of her search for sanctuary and belonging in the UK. 

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In this powerful collection, Kelly Davis examines her relationship with her reclusive father. While focusing on a particular relationship, these poems explore universal experiences – the darkness of loss, loneliness and old age, and the light of empathy, understanding and compassion. 

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The Box by Susan Jordan is a powerful novel on loss, trauma and recovery. Kate has died. Her husband Richard, their ten-year-old son Rick and her twin sister Jo are shocked and devastated. An awkward but caring relationship develops between Richard and Jo as they face their grief and Jo uncovers deeply disturbing memories from the twins' childhood. As she does so, Jo, a long-time mental health patient, begins to find hope and self-belief.

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Ahmed Zaidan is a Finnish-Iraqi refugee journalist. Mosul - Story of Hope defies stereotypes and crosses borders, venturing beyond the safety of familiar territory. The author brings together memoir, reportage and storytelling to communicate how his birthplace, Mosul in Iraq, was occupied by ISIS, and now, thanks to its heroic residents, the city is rising from the ashes of that experience. 

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