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Stories for Homes is a collection of 63 short stories on the theme of 'home'. From Ayers Rock to Babylon to somewhere out of this world via the edges of our own, the stories in this collection examine the concept of home from every angle. Created by a community of people brought together to create a world class collection of short fiction in all genres, all profits from sales of this book go to the homeless and housing charity, Shelter. The editors, as well as several of the authors, are members of the East Dulwich Writers' Group. The anthology came out as an e-book in July and the paperback has just been published on Amazon. We've already raised over ?600 for Shelter from e-book sales.


We're holding a launch event on Friday 13 Dec at Bookseller Crow in Crystal Palace.

See here for details: http://storiesforhomes.wordpress.com/2013/11/30/book-launch-13th-december-2014/


Please come and join us. If you can't, please consider buying the book as a seasonal gift. At ?15 it works out at about 23p per story. The reviews have awarded it an average of 4.8 stars and you'll have the additional warm glow of knowing your money will go to a very worthwhile cause. It's on Amazon here. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stories-Homes-Sally-Swingewood/dp/1493534246/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1386154568&sr=1-1

Hmm. Wondering why this has been bumped off the general issues wall. The editors (I'm one of two) are ED residents and several of the contributors are members of local writers' group, EDWG. The launch event is just up the road. Funds raised are for a national charity, but there's definitely a local 'hook' - at least as much as many of the other posts there.
UPDATE: the anthology is selling so well the Amazonian demi-gods have decreed it's entitled to a 9% discount (comes off their cut, not the Shelter royalties). It's currently on sale for ?13.63 but I presume the offer is time-limited. Get in quick!

We're planning a Book Blast tomorrow (Wed) when we flood cyberspace with promotion for the anthology and for Shelter in an attempt to get #storiesforhomes trending. The anthology is currently reduced to ?12.44 on Amazon. At our launch party on Friday, we're planning to hand over a symbolic cheque to Shelter for money raised so far in royalties. It will be well in 4 figures.


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