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Foreshore to publish debut novel by poet Marie Anne Arreola

March 23, 2025

Foreshore is set to publish the debut novel by award winning poet Marie Anne Arreola after an exclusive submission. 

Phil M. Shirley, publisher-in-chief at Foreshore, acquired world rights to Sparks of the Liberating Spirit who Trapped Us back in Woodstock by Marie Anne, the debut novel from the highly acclaimed Mexican poet, following an exclusive submission from the author.

The new book is a magical realism novel debut novel that draws on the supernatural and is inspired by WILDSOUND’s Festival selection of Marie Anne’s winning poem Woodstock, a visually evocative tale that captures the haunting beauty of memory, and the delicate machinery of human connection—where sometimes, the only way to fix what’s broken is to embrace the imperfection of the present.

Jonathan, a 38-year-old man adrift in the unresolved corners of his life, returns to Woodstock for his grandfather’s funeral, where he receives a set of instructions from his ghost—

Bestselling Young Dracula author Michael Lawrence signs deal for two new books.

March 22, 2025

The English bestselling children’s author Michael Lawrence has signed a two book deal with Foreshore Publishing.

Lawrence is the author of over forty books for children and young adults. Many of his books have been published internationally and translated into more than twenty languages. One of them – Young Dracula – was adapted for television, eventually becoming a TV series.

The Huntingdonshire -born writer’s most popular books are the Jiggy McCue novels – including The Killer Underpants, The Toilet of Doom, The Meanest Genie and The Iron, the Switch and the Broom Cupboard –  the The Aldous Lexicon trilogy (A Crack in the Line, Small Eternities and The Underwood See) and Juby’s Rook.

Foreshore will publish the first new Lawrence title, an adult general fiction novel titled The Godawful Misfortunes of Samson O’Christ with the RiverRun imprint 

LATEST FROM FORESHORE

Hermes

A journey through the centuries on the way to a threatened planet, Emily Chance’s astonishing visionary creation both reflects and redefines the history of our own world.

By 2150, Earth is a toxic wasteland. The last exhausted, lonely, human has died. Far above the Earth, on an abandoned space station, an artificial intelligence originally designed to take humanity to the stars, sends a desperate plea for help to a world which they had been unable to reach. Forty light years away, ‘they’ respond and travel back to humanity’s beginnings to try to help lead them away from their dark ending. Over thousands of years, determined to offer the gifts that could save humanity, they become more and more involved at what they know to be key points in Earth’s evolving history, until they recognise a terrible truth: their own survival is at stake.

Terrarium Hostel

A story of ordinary lives against a backdrop of cosmic stakes, exploring themes of connection, belonging, and self-discovery.
Dollop, a homesick young man, keeps a diary of his life in The Terrarium, a vast space city, as part of a groundbreaking extraterrestrial project. Living in a hostel with two peers, Backlog and Methane, and the enigmatic older man Octave, he feels uncertain about his future and lacks ambition. But after slowly building up his confidence, a shocking truth emerges that compels Dollop to reassess his identity.

LATEST FROM FEATURES

Double Dutch

The Inbetweeners meets Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, D.R. Fenner and Jacqueline Haigh’s debut comedy crime is based on true events and the

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Double Dutch

The Inbetweeners meets Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, D.R. Fenner and Jacqueline Haigh’s debut comedy crime is based on true events and the

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THE REACH

A Magazine of Slipstream Short Fiction.
Now open for submissions.

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“Having read extensively online that your first book is rarely published, I sent Blame off to the usual list of publishers one can find easily online with limited expectation. I still have my first email from Foreshore. Their enthusiasm for the book jumped out of the screen. As a new author, I had a ton of questions to ask before agreeing to publish my book. All my questions were welcomed and answered. As a relatively new company, I knew that they would be willing to do the work to bring the book to market, and in return expand their own place in the market. It felt like the perfect fit. A formatting error on the first run of Blame was quickly discovered and dealt with. I had full confidence in Foreshore that this would be resolved. I value the knowledge and experience they have. In many ways it is priceless. Nothing is more rewarding than seeing your book listed on bookshops websites. That would never have happened had I gone down the self-publishing route. I hope that Blame is just the start of our journey together.”
Edward Burley, author of Blame.
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