“As the daughter of one of The Talliswood’s Ambassadors, it’s Aerva’s job to hold everything together. Eredhest’s war on her people may have ended, but there is always a cost to staying alive, and tensions are starting to grow again. Now, as part of a last-ditch peace deal, she has been shipped off to Udela Arkanium, one of Eredhest’s finest schools, right in the heart of enemy territory. All she has to do is get to the end of the school year alive, and without making too many enemies, and her people might stand a chance of surviving.

But when a mysterious assassin breaks into the temple on a mission to kill a teacher, Aerva’s life is suddenly turned on its head. With the help of a troubled poet, a healer from the wrong side of the mountains, and a killer who cannot kill, Aerva sets out to unravel a plot that could threaten the whole world…

…and maybe, just maybe, she’ll be able to save herself in the process.

‘A Constellation of Shadows’ is the debut, YA fantasy novel by Kay Rowan, and Book One of the upcoming Talliswood Series. The book has been described as Shadow and Bone x His Dark Materials, and is rich with found family vibes and queer representation. When she isn’t coming up with useless bits of world building, (did you know that the traditional food of The Andalian Archipelago is spiced honey cake?), Kay can be found writing songs as ghostgirl, composing music for the stage and screen, and navigating an existential crisis (or four).”

Author of character-driven dark fantasy about human bonds formed in adversity shaped by folklore, ecological realism and history. Sarah spent a decade studying Traditional English Martial Arts in order to write better fight scenes.

Latest book ‘Flesh and Blood’ releases 6th October.

Vampire Richard Dawes has spent years trying to outrun the monster he fears he is. When he wakes beside the bodies of three murdered strangers with blood on his lips and no memory of the night before, he is convinced he has once more crossed the line.

Ecologist Samantha Woods returns home to find her family slaughtered in what police believe was a vampire attack. When suspicion falls on her late father, a renowned vampirologist, Samantha sets out to clear his name.

To uncover the truth, the woman searching for her family’s killer and the man who believes he is that killer will have to work together.

And with calls for a nationwide vampire cull intensifying, exposing what really happened may be the only way to stop it.

“The Birds Were The Only Ones Singing”, is a collection of poems which I written over the years drawing from life experience. I studied countryside management at Aberystwyth University and since then I have spent time working the field of conservation management both in the UK and abroad. for the last ten years I have worked mainly in horticulture. I have worked on large country estates, organic farms, and nature reserves.

Today I work as a professional artisan gardener. Working mainly around Oxfordshire, I have developed a wide range of skills and knowledge, which have helped develop my craft as artisan gardener. I find being emersed in nature allows my mind to draw from this inspiration, for outside of gardening and sometimes whilst gardening I am creating poetry; it is something I find natural; I love to play around with language and different themes.

I have built up a collection of twenty poems, which I have performed at open mics, and have had audiences captured and laughing.

Established in 2016, Oxford Writers’ House connects, inspires, and gives voice to Oxfordshire’s writing communities. We are an inclusive community of writers, a bridge between Town and Gown, and a portal between shire and multiverse.

I am a freelance artist and self-publisher of small illustrated books. My books range from experimental mark-marking to short, dark, humorous tales. More recently I have focused on themes of nature and horror… still with an amusing slant! My latest book, created in collaboration with writer Claire Blakemore, introduces you to the otherworldly.

Award winning stand-up comedian and author with writing credits including BBC radio, Luke Richards published his first novel, “Dave’s New World’ in 2024 – a dystopian comedy that has been described as, “laugh-out-loud funny”, “a fantastic premise executed really well” and, “Douglas Adams meets George Orwell”.

For his next book, Richards has teamed up with the obscure, enigmatic independent filmmaker, Henry Knudsen, to share the story of his lifelong, and often frustrated, pursuit of cinematic excellence. ‘The Henry Knudsen Archives: a Life of(f) Film’ is a painfully revealing memoir that aims to answer the question – if a man makes a film and there’s nobody there to see it… will they at least read a book about it?