WELCOME BACK!

Welcome everybody to our new-look website, designed by Russell Holden at Pixeltweaks in Ulverston. I apologise to followers of Handstand Press who have been unable to access our site on the web in recent months.  Since 2020 there has been something of a hiatus, during...
2020 – A TIME LIKE NO OTHER

2020 – A TIME LIKE NO OTHER

It’s hard to post a news update from Handstand Press in such an extraordinary time.  The world is in a state of paralysis as we face a pandemic of cataclysmic proportions. Nothing is normal.  How could we have guessed as 2020 dawned that we would shortly be facing a...
We’re getting very excited

We’re getting very excited

Kerry Darbishire and I met yesterday to make final preparations for the launch of Kay’s Ark. It will be on sale from September 19th – not long now! To say that this book has been a labour of love sounds like a cliché, but in this case it truly has.  Kerry tells the...
New Handstand Author – Kerry Darbishire

New Handstand Author – Kerry Darbishire

KAY’S ARK by Kerry Darbishire will be going to print very soon. It is the story of her mother, an amazing and resourceful woman who came to the Lake District from London in the early 50’s with three small children and little else.  The café she opened at Skelwith...
CUMBRIA – The Land of Literary Opportunities

CUMBRIA – The Land of Literary Opportunities

I’m just home from London.  There’s so much going on down there of course but my friends there are incredibly impressed with the amount of literary activity we have on offer here in Cumbria.  Coming up later this month is the Kendal Yarns Festival of New Plays.  This...
Kay’s Ark Coming Soon

Kay’s Ark Coming Soon

We are hard at work preparing Handstand Press’s next publication. KAY’S ARK is the lovingly told story of Kay Callaghan who escaped London for the Lake District in 1950. With three children, no money, a failing marriage and abandoned acting career she began a new...