Blue Button Publications: 10 books

The backlash against the drink culture in nineteenth-century Berwick-upon- Tweed which has parallels with stories in the media today. How the Victorians dealt with the problem. The rise of the Temperance Movement and the influence of Scotland on this English town. Print version published 2010.

Insights into the social history of the border town of Berwick upon Tweed, viewed through the developments of the licensed trade and the changes in the laws affecting it,during the nineteenth-century.

Sir Edward Grey was a Northumbrian who was at the centre of the events leading up to the ‘war to end all wars’. Born into a privileged background, his life was blighted by misfortune. His father, a former soldier who was Equerry to the Prince of Wales, died at 39 when Edward was 12, the eldest...

Belladonna Blackthorn longs to go to Witching School to learn how to be a white witch, but first she needs to learn how to fly her broomstick...and her parents are always busy...

Written to mark the 50th anniversary of the death of Anne Hepple, novelist, who lived most of her life in Northumberland and Berwickshire.Her books, which often feature thinly-disguised local places have been read and enjoyed worldwide.Print Version Published 2009.

Stories of a group of characters who are all facing changes in their lifestyles in mid-life and how they deal with the situations in which they find themselves.

A collection of strange, spherical objects is found buried in a hedgerow in Little Markhampton. The objects then disappear before visiting archaeologists can claim them. Meanwhile, a group of travelling dragons return to the area searching for their eggs, which are now due to hatch. To their...

Donna is reluctantly persuaded to go to the party with her friend Helen, but then Donna disappears... Also contains 2 other short pieces.

It was when Ted Warner bought the granny-flat that the problems began for Brenda and Ian Royle...Meanwhile, in The Gables Care Home, Bill Appleby hears rumours and determines to right a wrong...if he has enough time left...

The heir to the throne of Frentaria, Prince Gregory,has been missing for years. Now the old King has died. The plotters see their chance for a coup but the King’s Cardinal is needed to crown the next king — whoever that may be — and now he is also missing — some hope forever — like Prince Gregory...