PALEWELL PRESS

Join Palewell Press as two of our brilliant authors read from their books on dealing with and recovering from mental health issues:

The Box by Susan Jordan is a beautifully observed novel about loss and its aftermath, full of intelligence and subtlety. Readers have found it engrossing, moving, perceptive and skilfully written; and the two main characters, Richard and Jo, psychologically convincing. The novel depicts their grief and pain without drawing us into a miasma of darkness, and the ending leaves room for hope. Susan Jordan a published poet and The Box shows that she is also a powerful novelist.

Nick Alldridge’s first poetry collection for Palewell Press was Playing with the Pieces, about his recovery from depression. His poems in The God of Coffee Shops and Kindness are on the need for more tolerance of each other's life-choices and mental health. With courage, humour and compassion, he approaches the sensitive topics of gender, mental health and poverty. How can we live alongside those around us without either offending or ignoring them? 

Both authors will read from and sign copies of their books. The Q&A session will look at how the books came to be written. If asked, we will signpost people to services, but the reading is not intended to address audience members’ personal issues.