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Writing workshops in my Brighton home – The half-day creative writing workshop has garnered 5* reviews on AirBnB from every one who has attended so far. Read more…
A new small press, Creative Pumpkin Publishing for non-fiction – CPP will take Sarah’s self-published books to a wider readership, and publish books by other authors under the same imprint …read more
The story of Making Friends with Anxiety – It’s not a long book, or particularly fancy. The subject matter is hardly glamorous. Yet it’s Sarah’s second-bestselling book. Discover why … read more
One Moment wins Silver Bestseller Award – With UK sales of over 250,000, One Moment, One Morning is officially one of the 21st century’s bestselling books, and was awarded Silver at the Specsavers/Nielsen ceremony last month …read more
Introducing Making Peace with Depression – A warm and wise companion for sufferers of depression, co-written by bestselling author Kate Harrison and Dr Patrick Fitzgerald …read more
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I'm delighted to share the cover of Making Peace w
I'm delighted to share the cover of Making Peace with Depression. If depression or low mood stopping you or someone you love from living life to its fullest, Making Peace with Depression is here to help. Written with my friends Kate Harrison and Dr Patrick Fitzgerald, the new edition is out on September 8, two days before Global Suicide Prevention Day. It's available as a paperback, ebook and on audio, and as can be ordered here http://ow.ly/oBm850Kbjfw from today. @threadbooks @sherbetfountain @katewritesbooks @karl_harris25 #depressionhelp #depressionawareness #suicideprevention #mentalhealth #depressionsupport #mentalhealthawareness #suicideprevention #blackdog #authorsofinstagram #writerscommunity #moodboost #hugs #bookstagram

And it’s off to the Bookouture Summer party I go
And it’s off to the Bookouture Summer party I go! Not a soul on the train thank goodness, a mask would play havoc with my lipstick. I seem to have managed soft focus too, because the train is moving. This is the first publishing party I’ve been to since before the pandemic and I’m giddy with excitement at the prospect of meeting the people I’ve been working so closely with to get my books on anxiety and the menopause out and into the world. In real life, not on Zoom! Luckily they’ve been a dream team, so all we need do is celebrate. Note to self: pace yourself, Rayner. @threadbooks @bookouture @sherbetfountain #bookpublishing #anxietyrelief #anxietyawareness #menopauserelief #midlifewomen

Making Friends with the Menopause is a book, a sup
Making Friends with the Menopause is a book, a support group and, for me, a way of looking at life. It's easy to get so caught up in the cult of youth, we can forget there is beauty in age. As older women, we are like old houses: and I'll take a drafty Georgian window over a hermitically sealed one any day, an old staircase worn by the footsteps of others who trod centuries earlier, a frontage covered in wisteria it has taken years to grow. The fully revised Making Friends with the Menopause is a very different book than the one Dr Patrick Fitzgerald and I first published in 2015. Back then, menopause was not even recognised by NICE, the National Institute for Clinical Excellence. Doctors were left floundering, unsure how to treat women at this time of change, just as we floundered ourselves, hormones fluctuating, mental health in peril. The team @Thread, our new publisher, and Dr Patrick and I have spent months honing and editing this new edition. The clinical advice is bang up to date and the design is easier to read in both print and ebook, especially by middle-aged eyes. We’ve more quotes reflecting your experiences, dear women, of your experiences at this time. To celebrate the wisdom and wit of the menopausal woman, we've arranged a series of promotions. We're giving away paperbacks and reducing the price of the ebook on Amazon worldwide. To have a look inside, visit https://buff.ly/3QNteAT and the new edition is in audio too. So cheers, my friends, Patrick, the Thread team and I are sending warm withes to you all, and we hope you find this new-yet-old book helpful.

I had to whoop when I saw the bike our latest Airb
I had to whoop when I saw the bike our latest Airb&b guest has rocked up on. It’s a classic Triumph Bonneville, now chained up nearby. It’s the very bike the ‘bad boyfriend’ rides in the novel that’s just gone out to publishers. I’m not into motorbikes particularly, but I’ve ridden pillion a few times and it’s a hell of an adrenaline rush. #motorbike #writersofinstagram #authorsofinstagram @bookouture @laura_wilkinsonwriter

A great opportunity for writers wanting to publish
A great opportunity for writers wanting to publish a memoir - get in touch with the non-fiction team at Thread, via social media today and they will read your outline. Bookouture are the number one digital publisher in the UK so if you’ve a story to tell, tweet your summary to them now. #bookstagram #writersofinstagram #memoir #reallife #biography #publishing

Aw, flowers on publication day! They are so lovely
Aw, flowers on publication day! They are so lovely and a massive thank you to all the very special people at Thread who have made Making Friends with Anxiety a joy to work on.

Latest creative endeavour at Howard Terrace. Wallp
Latest creative endeavour at Howard Terrace. Wallpapering shutters in the ‘master’ bedroom. The design seemed part seascape, part jungle but it sort of works, I hope, especially with our arched window, which will forever make me think of Play School.

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