Category: Books

  • Goodreads giveaway for Disenchanted

    Paperback giveaway Want to win a paperback copy of the brand new comedy from Heide and Iain? Here’s the description: Ella Hannaford has a small business to run, an overworked father to look after and a future stepmother who wants a perfect wedding. Can she avoid a girly night out with her clueless stepsister? Can…

  • Fairy Tales relating to Spring

    Spring time in fairy tales What do fairy tales have to say about spring time? Quite a lot, it seems. To celebrate the equinox, let’s take a look. DIY The familiar zeal for carrying out maintenance tasks on the home during spring time is seen in the fairy tale The Wayward Castle where a servant…

  • Fairy tales associated with St Patrick’s Day

    It’s St Patrick’s Day, a day which is celebrated by billions around the world by pretending they have Irish heritage and drinking more Guinness in one day than they do in all the other days of the year combined. We’d like to take this opportunity to look at some fairy tales that have links to…

  • A Writer’s Career

    This Saturday, Iain will be appearing on a panel at Fantasycon By The Sea in which he will be discussing the experience of having a writing career. Here, he is interviewed alongside two of his fellow panelists (Sue Moorcroft and David Tallerman) about the idea of a writing career and what it means to them. Do…

  • A fun quiz to celebrate a new book

    We’re very pleased to announce that the latest book from Clovenhoof authors, Heide Goody and Iain Grant, is available for pre-order from Amazon: It’s the end of the world as we know it, but someone still needs to do the paperwork. Incomprehensible horrors from beyond are going to devour our world but that’s no excuse…

  • 7 collaboratively written novels worth knowing

    From the best to  the worst, to the most magical collaborations to the most underhandedly devious, here are 7 co-authored books that you ought to read (or know to avoid!) Good Omens A 1990 book, co-written by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, in which the Antichrist is a scabby-kneed scamp in middle England and Armageddon…

  • Ten To One Novel completed!

    After months of co-operative, collaborative and competitive writing, the first draft of the Ten To One novel (edited by Iain Grant) has been completed. The story-writing project, which saw one author voted out after each round of chapters, started with ten authors and finished with just one, Simon Fairbanks. The finished story, a tale of…

  • Fun and surprises at the Pigeonwings launch party

    On Saturday 12th October, Pigeon Park Press held a party at the Old Royal in Birmingham to celebrate the launch of “Pigeonwings,” the latest comic fantasy from Heide Goody and Iain Grant. Following an introduction from Pigeon Park Press’s very own Martin Tomlinson (who also writes under the name of Tom Aston), Heide and Iain…

  • Pigeonwings – launch party – 12th October

      Pigeon Park Press wish to invite you to the launch of Pigeonwings by Heide Goody and Iain Grant  We’d be delighted if you could join us to raise a glass to the success of Heide and Iain’s new comic fantasy novel, Pigeonwings, sequel to the original and best-selling Satan-in-suburbia comedy, Clovenhoof. 7:30pm ’til late,…

  • Virtual Launch Party

    When we launched Clovenhoof we had a launch party. A real one, in the physical world. It was a lot of fun, and we sold some books and felt like rock stars for the evening. We’ll be doing it again for the new book, Pigeonwings. We love a party and want to share the fun…