September Publishing

18/12/2024

Thank you to Antique Collecting and Amateur Photography for featuring Cartomania by Paul Frecker this month. A wonderful way to round off 2024 for this treasure trove of a book that celebrates photography in the nineteenth century.
https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Cartomania-by-Paul-Frecker/9781914613623

16/12/2024

Abi Millar is looking for something.

She grew up in an evangelical church, but after she lost her faith, she found herself searching for spirituality in other places. Torn between the logical part of her brain and the part that secretly believes in magic, and in the wake of a great loss, she wondered whether her crisis of faith was part of a larger story: at a time when more and more people in the Western world are moving away from organised religion, what does spirituality look like?

The Spirituality Gap follows Abi as she receives a shamanic healing, drinks ayuahuasca, delves into astrology, experiences an awakening in a lake, and attends an atheist church.

Written with great warmth, curiosity and humour, it explores our post-religious world from the perspective of someone who is neither a ‘spiritual but not religious’ hippie nor an angry atheist.

Throughout, she asks: how can we embrace ritual in our own lives even if we are wary of religion?

Available to pre-order now: the perfect antidote to the madness of the Christmas rush and the New Year New You merry-go-round!

www.linktree.com/thespiritualitygap

11/12/2024

September author and nineteenth century photography expert Paul Frecker recently appeared on the The Photo Detective Podcast, hosted by Maureen Taylor.

In the episode, Paul details his journey from collector to author and reveals the passion and dedication that culminated in his comprehensive book about the Victorian phenomenon of creating and sharing cartes de visite, Cartomania: Photography and Celebrity in the Nineteenth Century.

The episode delves into the historical and cultural significance of these photographic artifacts, providing listeners with a fascinating insight into Victorian lives and stories.

Maureen Taylor helps clients with photo related genealogical problems. Her pioneering work in historic photo research has earned her the title ‘the nation’s foremost historical photo detective’ by The Wall Street Journal.

03/12/2024

Books for everyone...with love, this Christmas!

Our website bookshop is a one-stop shop of carefully curated, beautiful books for everyone you know and love, including exclusive signed copies and limited editions.

Buying direct from us as a publisher this festive period will support your favourite writers and creators.

And, if that wasn’t enough to tempt you, use code GIFT25 at checkout for 25% off everything in your basket!

Shop now: https://septemberpublishing.org/bookshop/

02/12/2024

To mark Grief Awareness Week 2024 we are pleased to reveal the cover on one of our 2025 titles: While The Music Lasts – A Memoir of Music, Grief & Joy by Dr Emily MacGregor

An illuminating, witty and highly moving story of making and listening to music and its role and impact on grief.

When her father dies, music historian and trombonist Dr Emily MacGregor finds that music has become too much. Listening, let alone playing, music is suddenly too difficult. This is problematic given that she's a broadcaster, writer and academic working with classical music.

Finding herself in this position leads her on a journey of discovery: from the arrangement of an Isaac Albéniz piece she finds on her father's guitar stand, through encounters with psychologists, orchestras, summer schools and funeral celebrants, to the lives and works of individual composers who wrote music so often in the midst of loss.

What is it about our experience of music that cuts so sharply to the heart of our emotions? And why is it more than any other artform painfully, exquisitely crucial in the evoking of memories?

An erudite, lyrical and gently humourous - this is a healing journey to rediscover the purpose of making and participating in music, available to pre-order now!

https://linktr.ee/whilethemusiclasts

23/11/2024

Thank you to the 150+ people who braved torrential rain to see at the just now. And thank you Simon for braving the trains to get here! A fascinating talk cycling through and life in rural America.

20/11/2024

In need of a little advice for the soul?

A captivating collection of words and pictures from the letters of Vincent van Gogh, out now!

Gift a copy or grab one for yourself here:
https://septemberpublishing.org/product/advice-for-the-soul/

20/11/2024

In need of a little advice for the soul?

A captivating collection of words and pictures from the letters of Vincent van Gogh, out now!

13/11/2024

We are delighted to share that One Fine Day by Ian Marchant is now available as an audio book, read by the author!

A time-travelling, genealogical adventure, bringing pre-industrial, rural, eighteenth-century England vividly to life on the page, One Fine Day draws a living portrait of Marchant family life in the 1720s and how their England (rainy, muddy, politically turbulent, illness-ridden) became the England of the 2020s.

By turns hilarious and moving, this is a journey through English time not to be missed.

Grab yours here: https://tinyurl.com/2vhcea8c

31/10/2024

Great to see These Our Monsters and Other Stories, the English Heritage book of new folklore by the likes of Sarah Hall, Graeme Macre Burnet and Sarah Moss at Aylsham. Perfect atmospheric samhain read!

31/10/2024

🦇** HALLOWEEN GIVEAWAY **🦇

Surprise! To celebrate the witchiest time of the year, we are giving away a signed copy of both The Wheel and The Witch’s Survival Guide to one magickal winner 💫

To enter this Samhain giveaway, all you have to do is:

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Enter by 8 pm on Sunday 3rd November (winner announced on Monday 4th Nov). Open to entrants worldwide. Good luck!

31/10/2024

Amazing to see on Sky News talking all things America with

His account of his journey through the small towns and big issues of the USA is a very timely read as we approach the presidential election next week.

Grab your copy here: www.linktree.com/arideacrossamerica

25/10/2024

Tonight at Trinity theatre, Tunbridge Wells! Funny and fascinating adventures with Simon Parker in a divided America...

'From overheated bras to over doctored coffee, America's charming oddness summed up in a blast of entertainment and information. A wonderful companion to America, thoughtful, fun and always willing to be surprised by a nation of dizzying complexity.' - Justin Webb, BBC

‘Parker magnificently chronicles the America he encounters, a divided, disfranchised collection of states he fears for but comes to love for their generosity, community spirit and sense of hope.’ - Guardian

Join award-winning travel writer, public speaker, and filmmaker Simon Parker for a night of adventure.

17/10/2024

Frankfurt Bookfair 24, hosting literary publishers and agents from around the world and millions of cat, dog and cute raccoon books. There was some existential panic about the state of reading up against all the free content in the world in the lecture forums. The answer seems to be even more books of cute animals. (Frog days anyone?!)

03/10/2024

Happy publication day to These Our Monsters!

A collection of stories inspired by the legends and tales that swirl through the history of eight ancient historical sites.

Including an essay by James Kidd on the importance of myth to our landscape and our fiction, and an English Heritage survey of sites and associated legends, These Our Monsters is an evocative collection that brings new voices and fresh creative alchemy to our storytelling heritage.

Featuring new writing by Edward Carey, Sarah Hall, Paul Kingsnorth, Alison MacLeod, Graeme Macrae Burnet, Sarah Moss, Fiona Mosley and Adam Thorpe.

01/10/2024

The compelling memoir by everyone is talking about is now 99p on for the whole of October!

You don't want to miss this reader favourite and critics’ choice.

The moving story of a mother and an enduring tribute to an entire generation of women.

28/08/2024

Children of the Volcano by Ros Belford is a Sicilian My Family and Other Animals – two little girls and one single mother move to Salina, a beautiful place trying to hold off against developments.

They stay for the duration of a childhood, and are rewarded with friendships and community, even if it’s not for ever.

Order your copy here: www.linktree.com/childrenofthevolcano

27/08/2024

Cartomania by Paul Frecker has been receiving rave reviews!

This beautifully produced book is a treasure trove of fascinating Victorian lives and stories, with idiosyncratic charm for the general reader and a wealth of detail and research for anyone interested in photography or the late nineteenth century.

Order your copy here: www.linktree.com/cartomania