Here at Scarthin Books we’re big on supporting Local Authors and aim to give them the exposure they deserve.
However, we are regularly inundated with submissions and because the standard of books is so high, we have to be very selective on what we choose to stock. Due to this, we do not accept Createspace publications and we are quite strict on other self-published books. The production of the book must be up to par with that of contemporary works and we expect authors to have had an professional editor. We appreciate authors taking this into account before contacting us with a proposal.
If you are looking to have your work stocked at the bookshop, please send an email first with full details of the book: brief synopsis, who it is published by, links to any reviews and your contact details. We will not accept proof copies without an initial email first and we prefer email over being contacted via phone as we can get very busy on the front desk! If you wish to discuss your book in person, please contact Charlotte via email/phone to make an appointment first.
This also applies to current Local Authors looking to propose more work or for an update on sales. For the former please email first and for the latter we will now be contacting Local Authors bi-annually to make payments and will email as and when we need more stock of your work.
An A-Z Local Author List…
Click on a name to view details (work in progress October 2018)
(Located on our Local Author’s Display in the cafe conservatory)
Narvel Annable – ‘Sea Change’
Doraliz Aranda – ‘The Key
Annie Astle/ Rachel Pratt – ‘If Not Now….when’ and ‘The Blue and Pink Fox’
Jack Blackburn – ‘Stiltman: A Tyke’s Progress’ and ‘Strange Threads’
John Bown – ‘British Bobby on International Beat’
Dawn Brookes – ‘Hurry Up Nurse’ , ‘Hurry Up Nurse 2: London Calling’ and ‘Buy to Let: 7 Steps to Successful Investing
Stephen Cardew – ‘Cafe Britannica’
Kate Clark – ‘Chile in my Heart
Ben Evens – ‘In Expectation of a Kingfisher’
Hattie Hatstar – ‘Mental Floss’
C.B. Holland – ETOPS: ‘Extended Twin Engine Operations’
F. Phillip Holland – ‘Jigsaw’, ‘Fragments’ and ‘Words of a Derbyshire Poet’
Mary Ann Hooper – ‘Across America and Back’
Keith Hindell – ‘A Gilded Vagabond’
David Kenworthy – ‘Stonehenge: Cracking the Megalithic Code’
Tony Keeton – ‘Black and White and Read all Over’
Dror Kessler – ‘Intifida Solitaire’
Jenny King – ‘Icarus and Other Residents of a Derbyshire Wood’
Sarah Lay – ‘The Winter Passing’
E M Linell – ‘Firestone’
Donald Measham – ‘Jane Austen: from Sandition to Winchester’
Clare Merry – ‘The Steps of Creation: Parts One, Two and Three’
Andy Christoper Miller – ‘The Naples of England’, The Ragged Weave of Yesterday’ ‘White Giants Sleep’
Michael Mitton – ‘Seasoned By Seasons’
Beverley Oakley – ‘The Valiant’
Paul Pearson – ‘The Mountain and the Stream’
Alec Rapkin – ‘Pairs’
Tim and Maggie Shields – ‘With a hey ho the wind and the rain’
David Sillitoe – ‘Lucifer’
Brian Shepherd – ‘Prehistoric Peak: A Tourist Guide’ (Downstairs in window)
Duncan Simpson – ‘Open to All’, ‘Richard Schirrmann, The Man Who Invented Youth Hostels’
Barry K Smith – ‘The Top 500 Summits
Rob Stamper – ‘Originial Ramblings from a Derbyshire Folk Pub’
Roy E Starkey – ‘Minerals of the English Midlands’
Alan Stewart – ‘Killing By Proxy’
Keith Terry – ‘The Debris Inside My Mind’
Jamie Thrasivoulou – ‘The Best of a Bad Situation’
Susan Tomlinson – ‘The Early Years of Matlock Town Football Club’
Uta Vessey – ‘Rendezvous with Life’
J L Walker – ‘Jump and Dance’
Trevor Wright – ‘Outsider Heart’