Hi folks,
It's been a while! Before I get my teeth into my big 2016 writing project, I would like to announce my next book release, an exciting collaboration with my friend and fellow author, Kath Middleton.
While looking for artwork for my apartment, I stumbled across an artist whose work immediately struck me. Rod Buckingham - check out his work here - is a talented painter of busy Lowry-esque scenes and calmer, more contemplative pictures. His enigmatic painting 'Is it Her?' graces the cover of the book and Kath and I have each written a novella, without collusion, inspired by the scene. Two very different stories now sit side by side!
The cover and blurb, along with quotes from the book, are below. I hope you like them.
Jonathan
It's been a while! Before I get my teeth into my big 2016 writing project, I would like to announce my next book release, an exciting collaboration with my friend and fellow author, Kath Middleton.
While looking for artwork for my apartment, I stumbled across an artist whose work immediately struck me. Rod Buckingham - check out his work here - is a talented painter of busy Lowry-esque scenes and calmer, more contemplative pictures. His enigmatic painting 'Is it Her?' graces the cover of the book and Kath and I have each written a novella, without collusion, inspired by the scene. Two very different stories now sit side by side!
The cover and blurb, along with quotes from the book, are below. I hope you like them.
Jonathan
One painting
Two authors
Two very different stories
Inspired by Rod Buckingham's enigmatic 'Is it Her?', Jonathan Hill and Kath Middleton present two novellas, their own takes on this painting.
Is it Her? - Jonathan Hill
The celebration, as Violet so determinedly put it, is falling away before their eyes. Her attempt at buoying up everyone has resulted only in her being drawn farther into a web so complex that no one thread can ever lead to the entire truth. Violet. Cliff. Tom. Jack. Each holds and withholds. Each knows and doesn’t know. Each chooses what and what not to say. The picture can never be complete for any of them. Never.
Tonight four sit round a table playing cards. Tomorrow two leave to fight. Over an evening already fraught with tension, emotions run deep and life-shattering secrets threaten to escape.
Is it Her? - Kath Middleton
I’m quite ashamed to remember how rarely we spoke about the politics of the day. The dark cloud that loomed over all our futures. We were simply looking the other way.
Frank and Vera fall in love the summer before the war. They vow that when it's all over they'll marry. But war has a way of tearing lives apart.
Coming soon...
Two authors
Two very different stories
Inspired by Rod Buckingham's enigmatic 'Is it Her?', Jonathan Hill and Kath Middleton present two novellas, their own takes on this painting.
Is it Her? - Jonathan Hill
The celebration, as Violet so determinedly put it, is falling away before their eyes. Her attempt at buoying up everyone has resulted only in her being drawn farther into a web so complex that no one thread can ever lead to the entire truth. Violet. Cliff. Tom. Jack. Each holds and withholds. Each knows and doesn’t know. Each chooses what and what not to say. The picture can never be complete for any of them. Never.
Tonight four sit round a table playing cards. Tomorrow two leave to fight. Over an evening already fraught with tension, emotions run deep and life-shattering secrets threaten to escape.
Is it Her? - Kath Middleton
I’m quite ashamed to remember how rarely we spoke about the politics of the day. The dark cloud that loomed over all our futures. We were simply looking the other way.
Frank and Vera fall in love the summer before the war. They vow that when it's all over they'll marry. But war has a way of tearing lives apart.
Coming soon...
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