Archetype Books

02/07/2024

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Wv-OsgWQr6c

Read K.T. Fitzpatrick's experience of Under The Black Mountain being published in audio first: https://www.writersandartists.co.uk/advice/being-brief

02/07/2024

A few thoughts about being published in audio before print for anyone interested in reading with their ears!

06/06/2024

Thank you for creating a beautiful audiobook!

01/05/2024

https://youtu.be/noi-zltl6mw?si=rRuQkg1e2HxDFzLM

Author K.T. Fitzpatrick introduces her audiobook, Under the Black Mountain – available where all good audiobooks are sold. Don’t miss the new gripping thril...

06/04/2024

I've just published my first piece on Substack, please follow me there if you're on Substack!

Old English came from the runic alphabet, an ancient Scandi language system. The symbols were considered magical, and were also used for divination. Rune symbols are angular, easily carved into wood or etched into stones or traced in the dirt with a stick. They are graphic representations of element...

01/04/2024

I work one-to-one with writers at all stages of development, from ideas, extracts and first drafts to submission-ready manuscripts:
https://archetypebooks.net/consultancy/

21/03/2024

'Grace' by Michael Tasker Phillips has been given this fabulous review on Amazon Books. Also available from our online shop. archetypebooks.net/product/grace/

21/03/2024

Great talk from Kylie Fitzpatrick tonight At the Chapel in Bruton. Discovered Aristotle had laid out the 3 act format over 2,000 years before Joseph Campbell formalised the hero's journey.

18/03/2024

https://atthechapel.co.uk/event/the-story-a-very-brief-history

Please come along this Thursday evening, downstairs At The Chapel, Bruton, 7pm, and I will tell you an illuminating and entertaining story about the ❤

The Story, A Very Brief History The Story 21st March 2024 at 7:00pm A frolic through 5000 years of story, from paganism and the Greeks to twenty-first century media. Why did we start telling stories anyway, and what themes have sustained us for millennia? What if the stories we choose to tell and th...

04/03/2024

01/03/2024

https://atthechapel.co.uk/.../the-story-a-very-brief-history
Please join me , Bruton Thursday 21st March for a frolic through 5000 years of story, from paganism and the Greeks to twenty-first century media. Why did we start telling stories anyway, and what themes have sustained us for millennia?

The Story, A Very Brief History The Story 21st March 2024 at 7:00pm A frolic through 5000 years of story, from paganism and the Greeks to twenty-first century media. Why did we start telling stories anyway, and what themes have sustained us for millennia? What if the stories we choose to tell and th...

01/03/2024

Please join me @ Chapel Bruton, Thursday 21st March for a frolic through 5000 years of story, from paganism and the Greeks to twenty-first century media. Why did we start telling stories anyway, and what themes have sustained us for millennia...

The Story, A Very Brief History The Story 21st March 2024 at 7:00pm A frolic through 5000 years of story, from paganism and the Greeks to twenty-first century media. Why did we start telling stories anyway, and what themes have sustained us for millennia? What if the stories we choose to tell and th...

19/12/2023

There are limited places on this series of workshops, so book soon if it looks interesting to you. These evenings will be fun, inspiring and productive, and we'd love to have you!

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15/12/2023

Michael signing all the advanced orders. We're planning to have a proper launch in the new year. We are so pleased with the early reviews.

13/12/2023

The writer Gillian Johnson has just finished reading 'Grace' and given this fabulous feedback. "An affecting, beautiful, evocative tale written with tremendous feeling and respect for the female characters. The writing is clear, honest and grounded in place and time.' Available now from our online shop.

13/12/2023

Advance orders for Grace on their way out! Order your copy in time for Christmas from archetypebooks.net.

06/12/2023

Our brilliant author Stephen Keeler writes " My first week as Writer-in-Residence at the utterly gorgeous public library in the small city of Skara, in southern Sweden, is complete, and for the first time in many years I have earned my weekend." His book, 50 Words for Love in Swedish is available on our website archetypebooks.net

01/12/2023

Would you rather be writing?

21/10/2023

The Emerald Pendant, by Ian Young – the eagerly-awaited sequel to Cry of the Norwolf. Out NOW! Order at http://archetypebooks.net

06/10/2023

The Emerald Pendant, by Ian Young – the eagerly-awaited sequel to Cry of the Norwolf. Out October 2023. Pre-order at http://archetypebooks.net The artist Tim Slatter explains how he made the cover illustration.

06/10/2023

The Emerald Pendant, by Ian Young – the eagerly-awaited sequel to Cry of the Norwolf. Out October 2023. Pre-order at http://archetypebooks.net

28/06/2022

☀️ “The activity of the may be affecting our heart health. Sometimes the weather on the Sun gets a little chaotic” – New Scientist discusses new research that suggests solar storms are messing with our heart rhythms
👉 https://buff.ly/3OllsfX

26/06/2022

Lifelike illustrations and descriptions of fungi by Krombholz, J.V. (1831)
(R/T on Twitter)
🍄 https://buff.ly/3yil4ZZ

22/05/2022

☀️ A week of , sunshine, and making discoveries for and about YOU: for your . Rewrite your personal narrative .
Join our Kylie Fitzpatrick for this week at Skyros Holidays
📅 4–11 June
🎟️ https://buff.ly/3wUK21g

20/05/2022

“Being around people (especially friends) who are unhappy can be unsettling, but…we don’t need you to fix us or even cheer us up. We just want someone to hold our hand now and then." – Tiny Buddha on what not to say to someone going through a breakup: https://buff.ly/2CancVp

17/05/2022

Azar Nafisi on how bearing witness to the world through literature can be a form of activism (via Electric Literature ) 👉 https://buff.ly/3FJjUZE

13/05/2022

Every time traveler has something they want to fix – and something they can't help but risk destroying. CrimeReads on time travel and metafiction:
https://buff.ly/3J91cuA

01/05/2022

🔥 Stone Age Europeans may have gathered to watch animations by the fire
(via New Scientist)
👉 https://buff.ly/3vcdMFL