WRITER, EDITOR, PUBLISHER, MULTIMEDIA – NORTHERN U.K.
Self-publish your fiction or non-fiction book in the Lake District and beyond ...
with Swallow Books
OF THE ENGLISH LAKE DISTRICT
This is what Lake District author Jill Clough has done through Swallow Books ...
Anna & the Snake Queen
"In Anna and the Snake Queen Jill Clough makes magic real, and reality magical." Caroline Moir, author of 'Brockenspectre'
Morph
"Absolutely magical, and so beautifully written! I found this a fascinating book.' Jilly Cooper, best-selling author
If Dreams Should Die
"Storytelling at its best – themes of first love, adoption, the finding of self, seamlessly woven in to give a story of depth and character." Amazon
About Jill Clough
Jill Clough is a former teacher, headteacher and educational consultant who is now fulfilling her teenage ambition to write fiction. She has lived in the Lake District for 20 years and never wants to leave. All her novels are set in Cumbria. She spends hours photographing and mapping the area to make sure her readers can follow the experiences of her protagonists. Her first published novel, Morph, won the Lakeland Book of the Year Award for Fiction in 2019. Anna and the Snake Queen came out in 2020, If Dreams Should Die was published in 2022; and all are found at jillclough.live
This is how Swallow Books helped climber and author Nick Wharton ...
About Nick Wharton
Nick Wharton is well-known throughout the British climbing community for his intrepid approach to "Trad" climbing, which he's adopted on climbs all around the UK and abroad, but predominantly in the Lake District. Swallow Books contributed to the planning and manuscript editing of his book How Hard Can It Be?, which he published in 2021 under his own name. You can find out more about Nick and his amazing story at nickwharton.co.uk
And this is how Swallow Books helped me publish my first novel ...
Dances with the Daffodils reached No 3 on Amazon UK's literary fiction bestseller list in summer 2022
About Dances with the Daffodils
AIt is spring 1802 in the English Lake District. Luke, the prodigal son of a Lakeland shepherd, is drawn back into the land of his birth after a life undone. By the lake of Ullswater Luke stumbles upon the enigmatic Dorothy – enthralled by the daffodils, but in the shadow of her brother, the Romantic poet, William Wordsworth. Luke and Dorothy’s worlds collide, stirring up such powerful forces that their lives are changed forever.
Drawing on Dorothy’s journals and William’s poetry, Dances with the Daffodils lovingly re-imagines the Wordsworths' life in 1802–03 in Grasmere, deep in the heart of the beautiful English Lake District.
What Swallow Books can do for your book*
*you will own all the rights and get 100% of the royalties ... and you don't have to use
the 'Swallow Books' name or logo – you can simply choose your own
Designing
I can design your book exactly how you want it, small or large, short or long, colour or mono, using Adobe and Affinity design and publishing software
Editing
I can scrutinise all the words in your book and polish everything up so it sparkles with life. I'm professionally trained, having worked for four broadsheet newspapers
Marketing
I'll help you get the word out and show off your product, and promote you as well if you're up for it, in any way you want, through any channels you care to name
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