From translating an Oscar-nominated and Bafta-winning documentary to focusing on Amazing Women of the Middle East in her latest book, storyteller Wafa Tarnowska is inspirational in her own right. Born in Beirut and educated at a French school, Wafa is fluent in five languages and has used this amazing skill to great effect over the years as a radio broadcaster and storyteller, appearing at notable venues such as Tate Modern, Glastonbury Arts of Islam Festival and the Edinburgh and Emirates Festivals of Literature. Her children’s book The Arabian Nights won the American Folklore Society Aesop Accolade, the Moonbeam Award Gold Medal and was named by Smithsonian Magazine as a ‘notable book for children’. How…

To put it lightly, Stewart Pearce has had a formidable career as the go-to voice coach for the great and the good, and his pedigree and reputation precede him wherever he goes. Known around the world as the ‘man who gave Thatcher her voice’ Stewart is as comfortable working with Hollywood stars as he is attending to contemporary Corporate Managers who are experiencing levels of hyper-stress affecting their performance or workshopping offenders in HM Prisons. Stewart’s work has inspired change for over four decades and during key moments of history, he can be found standing in the wings, helping thought-leaders and change-makers to achieve a more authentic presence to fully…

You couldn’t make this up, you really couldn’t, and when thinking of a title for her shocking, engaging and all too relatable memoir there was only really one that Ruth Tunnicliffe could use. Because the mum of three has lived quite an eventful life, and by putting pen to paper this work of pure liberation will be sure to help other women treading similar paths of enforced agreeability. A fault in society is that women are effectively conditioned to please others, to not shout too loud and not to complain. Ruth’s life which is documented so beautifully in You Couldn’t Make This Up, is a demonstration of how ‘putting up…

Rob Howells’ curiosity knows no bounds, and his passion for uncovering the unusual and esoteric has taken him on many a wonderful journey.  A gifted writer, Rob’s early creativity was, in part, spawned by childhood out-of-body experiences and lucid dreams which he worked hard to make sense of.  He said: “They were very memorable and clear and I had experiences of things that I discovered later were called astral projections, out-of-body experiences where I could see myself from across the room.  I began writing these down as dream journals over a couple of years. I discovered that they formed parts of an internal landscape where they all fit together. “…

Pauline Campbell didn’t just smash the glass ceiling, she smashed the glass walls too! Female, black and over thirty, she set out against the odds to work in the legal profession and is now a highly respected award-winning lawyer, legal trainer and author. Her first book, the empowering racy romantic fiction novel Patsy and ‘The Touch’ of Templeton is out soon, telling the story of a woman very similar to Pauline herself, who isn’t grateful for her position in the legal world of white middle-class men because she has just as much right to be there as they do. Research shows that ethnic minorities have to send in 60% more CVs…

The stillness of a silent retreat as a young man set businessman, teacher, author and philosopher Paul Palmarozza on a remarkable journey of discovery, a journey which has uncovered useful knowledge which could change how we all live our lives going forward. Paul was brought up in New Jersey, where he had what he describes as a ‘good Christian upbringing’. “I remember I used to go to  Catholic Sunday school and we had a teacher, a nun, and one Sunday I said: ‘Sister, next Sunday after class there is a Cub Scout Jamboree (I was in the Cub Scouts) and it’s going to be held at the Methodist Church. She said ‘You…

From the council estates of the Welsh Valleys to living with Jihadists in Afghanistan as a war correspondent and training recruits at  Sandhurst, all the while with the numeracy skills of a four-year-old due to an undiagnosed disability, it is safe to say that Professor Paul Moorcraft has triumphed against all odds. World-renowned for his deep knowledge of foreign affairs, Professor Moorcraft grew up on a salubrious estate in Ely, Cardiff as well as just outside Pontypridd. In the 1950s Tom Jones was a semi-neighbour and his cousin was in his class at school, and like the Welsh pop star music was in Paul’s blood, shaping how he felt about…

Mike’s own life story could so easily be the subject of a book, but as a recently published author, he has chosen instead to write a work of fiction: The Pale Tiger. A Geopolitical thriller which takes us on a high-octane adventure around the world. It is also timely, set against the backdrop of a chilling escalation of tensions between America and China. Mike Harrison was born in Hammersmith, London, but soon after his parents moved to Buckinghamshire and thence to rural Surrey. When he was eight years old he was sent away to boarding school and achieved his O-Levels and A-Levels at Wellington College in Berkshire. Mike enjoyed the…