‘I am quite fascinated by social history so found this a really absorbing read. I think any women who lived through the Sixties would be interested in reading this partly to reminisce but also to compare their expe

Here’s Venetia Welby speaking about insomnia and her piece The Art of Lost Sleep for Trauma: Essays on Art and Mental Health anthology. You can read the piece on her website here

‘Memories is a charming diversion in trying times. Attallah begins the book quoting Bette Davis’s remark that ‘old age is not for sissies’ and ends with a show of defiance: ‘As the song goes … I’m still here!’ Long may he remain so.’

The Literary Review reviews M

‘I fear this year there will be none of Keats’s promise of “season of mists and mellow fruitfulness”. Rather, we would be better to bulk buy SAD [Seasonal Affective Disorder] light accessories and only then immerse ourselves in the poet’s concept of “negative capability”, whi

‘And speaking of books, the recently published Marked Cards, by Emmanuel Olympitis, is a very good and fun read about a period when people mingled. Manoli knows and knew everyone and there are more well-known names in the book than in all my columns put together. Get it from

‘Jacobs paints an affectionate picture of postwar London, and particularly of Brixton… credit must go to the publishers for its beautifully noirish cover’

The TLS reviews Pomeranski by Gerald Jacobs. You can get your copy of Pomeranski

September 29, 2020

‘Quartet publishes books outside the mainstream. Our chairman Naim Attallah is the last great independent publisher of his generation. We’re unstoppable and have been been publishing throughout the crisis!’

New Books Magazine has written a piece on independent pu

We’re delighted that Quartet author Jane Haynes has released her e-book THE DAILY JOURNAL OF A PSYCHOTHERAPIST DURING LOCKDOWN: ZOOM ZOOM! IS THERE ANYBODY THERE?  

This is an extraordinary new title, released e

Venetia Welby has published a piece The Art of Lost Sleep for Trauma: Essays on Art and Mental Health  anthology. You can read the piece on her website here and read more about the Dod