So many books published, so many new covers and reprints, and so much editing work done. Here's just a summary. Click on the images for...

Here at Words Are Life, we've published 3 very different books. Click on the covers to find out more, and to purchase.

Why writers need estate agents!

Using character questions to help write deeper characters.

Allan Birkin (songwriter, drummer, singer and 'blue' stand-up comic, Scully who put the F in Laffta) shares his life and times.

Our Book On The Legal Aspects Of The Hillsborough Disaster - Now OUT in Paperback!

Using reference and quote books to inspire your writing, plus reading examples from Lesley Atherton at Words Are Life.

David Holding's book on the events of 15th April 1989 and the Hillsborough legal battle and inquests.

David Holding, that's what. Our most prolific writer, David Holding, has been extra-prolific this last year or so. His books: Live Or Let...

Wigan poet, Shaun Fallows, has produced one of the quirkiest and most thought-provoking books of poetry I’ve ever read.

I recently got hold of three books by Wigan writer, Samantha Turner, and they are three glossy-covered and slim volumes.

‘I love you,’ he says. And I think, Ivan, you’re amazing. You have the weirdest mind I’ve met. Like, ever. We have a good time, me and Ivan

Richard Easton was in my year at high school. Though our form rooms were a few steps across the corridor, I didn’t know him, but almost...

Harv hovers at the launderette. He chews another Nicorette while Eyeing his companion’s jacket For the outline cardboard packet.

Matt’s head peeped from behind our ensuite’s door. ‘You up for it again? Third try and fingers crossed?’ Legs crossed, more like.

My book, 'The Waggon', will shortly be published.... In this instance, the old adage write about what you know about is true. It is a...

7 September 2019 Tales from Firesides Generations Past Review of Duncan Williamson's 'Fireside Tales of the Traveller Children' 'Fireside...

​Rumer Godden's 'The Diddakoi' was made into a children's TV series called Kizzy when I was a little girl, and I couldn't tear myself away..

Sometimes wonderful writing creeps up on you by stealth. It may seem simplistic, perhaps overly so, or even naïve - or primitive. But...

Blog by David Holding, author of 'The Dark Figure' and other local history and non-fiction titles published by Words are Life / Scott...

Blog by David Holding, author of Doctors in the Dock and The Last Temptation. Harold Shipman was an English doctor who killed an...

Blog by David Holding, author of many non-fiction and local history titles for Words are Life. An interesting feature appeared in the...

Blog by David Holding, author of 'Doctors in the Dock' and 'The Trial of Dr John Bodkin Adams' Reliance on the existence of medical...

Blog by David Holding, author of “The Pendle Witch Trials of 1612". An interesting article appeared in the Lancashire press in December...

Below is a review of a book published in 2011 about the Pretoria Pit Disaster which appeared in Wigan Heritage Service’s Bulletin "PAST...

Blog by David Holding, author of “Murder in the Heather” The Winter Hill Murder of 1838". Travelling up the Winter Hill road towards...

Thirty years after Penny Taylor's death, Judith Taylor has published a book of her life, and it's a beautiful tribute to a wonderful woman.

The role a Forensic Anthropologist plays in a death investigation is crucial to the field of forensic science as a whole. ...

I happened upon this little book recipes by chance, and was drawn to so much about it. Firstly, the format. ‘Recipes From The Past’ is a...

James was a quiet child who lived on a council estate on Avenham Park, in Preston. He also had an older brother called Liam.

If you’re looking for a morally flawed, highly controversial character, with twists and turns galore to reignite your love of the genre...

Five years ago I decided to come out of the woodwork and admit to the world at large that I am a writer. One thing leads to another...

Read me another silly poem, grandma. 50 years tried and tested! Available at our store.

Another of our shorter novels, or novelettes, 'No Matter What' is a gripping story of isolation and obsession.

We're now chuffed to bits to announce that you can purchase 'Milk to Motorways' by Fred Smith in our store.

Eleanor Duvivier's novel of Greek mythology, marathons and magic is now awailable as both ebook and paperback. It's a fantastic and really e

‘So, this is the freedom you were talking about. It stinks.’ I nodded. ‘But we can still be friends.’ ‘Friends?’ she spluttered.

Author Eleanor Duvivier answers five questions about her new book 'Helios Sphere' and reveals the mix of influences that ran this book toget

A week ago I started watching ‘Stranger Things’ and have now reached the end of what’s currently available on Netflix. I resisted the sh

Trudie tickled Alex’s feet, sang ‘The Wheels on the Bus’ a couple of times, and gave her son exactly what he needed and what her loving hear

The story is a one-sided insight into the suffering of Lacie as she communicates with Paul - a young man who is introduced to us while lying

Do other professions have similar issues to writers’ block? Is there such a thing as Doctors’ Dread? Opticians’ Obstruction? Grocers’ Groan

Joanne Merryweather’s speech to the Republican-Democratic Party Conference in Blackpool, 2021, promised to be quite a spectacle. Not only be

This book is the story of Liam Parry, and he is quite a guy! Throughout the course of the book, he enjoys psychiatric nurse training, nursin

What is the point in writing yet another review of a classic? None. Other than for personal satisfaction and as a reminder of what I...

Perfection. That’s what she was, and I was sure that today would work out just the way I’d planned.

1 (8 syll) The straw that broke the roofer’s back 2 (4 syll) A roof of thatch. 3 (8 syll) With ma

Q1: Hi Hannah, good to have this opportunity to speak to you… First of all, I was wondering where the idea for ‘Bound’ came from. Perhaps yo

‘The Last Runaway’ was written in 2013 and was selected for me to read by my teenage daughter. She was hovering around the historical ficti