
The Foreshore Interview: Rachel Fegan
“I love Liverpool, and I love being a scouser”: writer Rachel Fegan discusses ’90s nostalgia, balancing family life and writing,
May 5, 2025
Foreshore has today announced it has acquired My Brother Turned into a Crow! a collection of “lively poems for lively young readers (8-12+)” by bestselling Irish poet Gabriel Rosenstock.
Phil M. Shirley, publisher-in-chief, acquired rights directly from the author for My Brother Turned into a Crow! which will be published with the Cascade imprint of Foreshore in September 2025 .
Rosenstock, the 2023 recipient of the Annual Children’s Books Ireland Award for his outstanding contribution to
May 2, 2025
Foreshore has snapped up Catherine Jansen-Ridings’ The Shame Child, a historical, romance novel and the first book of a planned trilogy about the Viking invasions of Ireland from the Celtic women’s point of view.
The Shame Child will debut with the RiverRun imprint of Foreshore in autumn this year.
Ridings is a director, playwright and screenwriter whose work includes the teen drama short film Josh and Lil and plays Astonishing Light, Dark Immortal and Gin Sisters.
The Shame Child is set in a remote Celtic island community haunted by
Rachel Fegan’s brilliant debut novel about a teenage girl growing up in Liverpool in the early 90s and the good and bad times.
The writing on The Wonder Bra Years is honest and hilarious. It captures so much of 90s culture that even the smallest details of the story are brilliant – THE BOOK CLUB
At 18, Nicky is waiting for the phone to ring after a whirlwind romance—her only confidence boost is her Wonder Bra. With her birthday party approaching and family expectations looming, she’s navigating her new job at Liverpool’s hottest cocktail bar, Labellos.
The brilliant new memoir from Emma Culshaw Bell – AS SEEN ON CHANNEL 4’S NARROW ESCAPES!
“Funny and full of heart. Emma is a born storyteller.” THE BOOK CLUB
Life was plain sailing for businesswoman Emma Culshaw Bell. She had it all. Top job in the world of designer kitchens. Bulging bank account. Happy marriage. Million pound house in the country. Loving family. Then her life hit the rocks. Divorce. Death of her closest friend. Financial problems. And a life-changing childhood secret she thought she’d never have to share.
“I love Liverpool, and I love being a scouser”: writer Rachel Fegan discusses ’90s nostalgia, balancing family life and writing,
The English writer talks about the inspiration behind his novel, Blue-blooded Murder – the literary sequel to the 1949 Ealing Studios
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
A sharp satire of the teaching industry, Josie Lee Star’s literary gem, The Dale chronicles the petty grievances, romantic entanglements,
“I love Liverpool, and I love being a scouser”: writer Rachel Fegan discusses ’90s nostalgia, balancing family life and writing,
The English writer talks about the inspiration behind his novel, Blue-blooded Murder – the literary sequel to the 1949 Ealing Studios
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
A sharp satire of the teaching industry, Josie Lee Star’s literary gem, The Dale chronicles the petty grievances, romantic entanglements,