A whole book about a place.
A town you left, a house that holds the family, a coast, a valley, a stretch of country you keep returning to. Tell us the place — its people, its weather, the years it has seen — and we write a full-length book about somewhere that matters.
Instant & digital · you approve it first · short ~$19 · full novella ~$29
A real excerpt, from a book we published.
Not a sample written for a landing page — this is lifted from a complete published book, word for word; its first two chapters are free to read.
“The coast is not like other ground,” he said. “It doesn’t hold still. What your husband charted in one season may be gone the next, eaten by the sea or buried under shingle. And if the weather turns against us, there’s no shelter worth the name between here and the further headland. No inns, no farms, no dry wood. Just rock and salt marsh and the open sky.”
Order it. We write it. You approve it. You share it.
Four steps, and the third is the one that matters. Nothing is ever shared until you have read the whole book and said yes.
Tell us the story
Answer a short set of questions with the memories and facts only you can give — the people, the places, the moments, the specific detail. A few minutes of your time.
We write the book
A complete book is drafted from exactly what you gave us — a short book of 8,000–10,000 words, or a full novella of 25,000 words across 20 chapters. Ready in minutes, not weeks.
You read it first
Nothing is shared until you have read the finished book and said yes. Your memories stay yours, and you can have them deleted.
Send it by a private link
Deliver a link they open in any browser — no app, no account. You set an access code; only the people you choose can read. They can also download the PDF or EPUB.
Two lengths. One payment. No subscription.
Read the first two chapters free first — the books on our shelf are complete, not samples.
Short book
Full novella
Every book is digital and instant. A printed hardcover edition is coming. Pay by card at checkout, or start at /gift and we'll take it from there.
What buyers ask.
A town, a house, a landscape — which can it be?
Any of them, or a combination. A village and the people in it, a single house across a century, a coastline, a valley. The subject is the place; you decide how wide its borders are.
I know the place, but not its documented history.
That is fine. The book is built from what you bring — your own memory of the place, its landmarks, the people, the stories. Where you don't know the recorded history, we don't manufacture it.
Can I combine a place and the people in it?
Yes, and often that makes the better book. A place is made of its people; tell us both, and the book carries them together.
Is it a guidebook?
No. It is a written book about the place — its life and its story — not a directory of where to eat or stay. If you want a narrative history or a personal portrait of somewhere, that is what we write.
Who is it for?
For anyone the place means something to — family who left, people who stayed, or you. It reads as a book, and you share it by a private link.
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Start with the story only you can tell.
It takes a few minutes, and you read the book before anyone else does.