Cover to Cover

Something wicked this way comes!

I hope this finds you either recovering from a bank holiday or a productive weekend,

We promised you something special for the coming week and here it is: Cover art for The Table Tappers, the newest publication from Station House Books.

A humorous tale of mirth and mysticism, the story follows three friends, one Halloween, who partake in a somewhat unorthodox parlour game.

Look to the shelves this time next week and it will be available to buy from the Amazon.com store and lending library.

PACKING HEAT!- THE INFERNO PRESS PACK RELEASED!

Extra Extra!

We are pleased to bring you the official press pack for Inferno on the Station House Books’ Project page. Downloadable in PDF, here is a sneak peak into the new play about playwright, alchemist, and mad polymath, August Strindberg. To accompany the inside info we also have a preview of the script itself. Hope to see you all in the audience shortly.

In other news, Station House Books will be making an important announcement. That’s all we can write in this space for now.

However, as ever: watch this space!

May Day- May Day! STOP PRESS!

Happy Mayday everybody –if you are into that sort of thing.

I write with important news. While I’m sure you don’t need told to turn over calendar pages, something of genuine interest is the fact that our first kindle publication, The Table Tappers, will be launching on the Amazon bookstore. An excitingly Gothic tale of intrigue, ghouls, and séances, the book launches this month for those who like to stay up late reading. Watch our ‘Projects’ section for more news and previews for the exciting launch. Expect big things in the coming year and more things ‘Table Tappers’ leading up to October.

Happy Reading.

WELCOME!

Hello and welcome to the new Website for Station House Books.

Here we will endeavor to bring you the most up to date news on plays, projects, and all things associated with this iconic little platform. Looking out over a stretch of the river Eden, the house is considered as the birthplace of the spinning fishing-reel. It was here that A.H. Illingworth developed angling’s secret weapon and, in the war-years, boys from Appleby would arrive to fish. Taking the afternoon off, they came under the pretence of beating rationing. Though their hunger for trout lived on –long after he memory of rations cards. The last train rolled past the Temple Sowerby Station House in the mid 1950s though the pace hasn’t let up since, in the absence of locomotives.

Since its construction over, one hundred and fifty years ago, the place came to be home to a number of artists and writers. The latest resident is playwright Thomas Bywater, who took up lodgings at the beginning of the year to finish his play, Inferno.

Stationhouse books, online publishing company, came about to bring his content to an audience and, in part, bring a little bit of the 21st Century to the Eden Valley. An exciting proposition. While 2013 promises to be a busy year for the site (both virtual and physical) we hope you will follow our journey.