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Fiction and publications by Lisa Selvidge The following titles can be purchased from www.lulu.com/lisa9 as well as from online bookstores and some UK and Algarve bookshops and, if you are in Monchique mountains, from Casa Mira Montanha. If anyone would like to review any of the following works, I would be happy to send a complimentary copy. For orders of multiple copies a discount is available. Notes on self-publishing and Lulu
Summer Times in the Algarve (2008) ISBN: 978-0-9559856-0-7
'Like the joy of discovering lost snapshots, this collection gives treasured glimpses into both the richness and simplicity of Algarve life, past and present.' Virginia Boston 'Whether you are living here, or just visiting, this book will open a window onto life in the Algarve beyond the golf courses and beaches.' John Colloff Cost £9.95 online or 12 euros from local bookshops. The Algarve is the source of inspiration for this exciting new collection of short stories, memoirs and poetry. Seventeen contemporary writers both recollect and recreate the lives of people along the Algarve coast from Tavira to Sagres and up into the mountains. They take us on a journey back in time to the Moors, through the Revolution of April 1974, and into the twenty-first century. Some mourn the vanishing years of the simple pastoral life, impoverished though it was, some celebrate it. Others on short visits have been enchanted or amused by an event with one of its inhabitants and, somehow, when they left, a bit of their heart has stayed behind. All of them are united by their fondness of Portugal and its serene and laid-back southern province. A perfect holiday read when in the Algarve or as a present to take home. Feel free to stop in at Casa Mira Montanha to get a copy. Alternatively, copies are on sale at The Owl Story Bookshop in Lagos, the Hotel Garbe in Armação de Pera, Lura dos Livros in Tavira, Off the Wall Galeria in Alte and Booklovers' Choice in Manta Rota. A small donation from every book sold will go to Pirilampos Children's Home in Albufeira - one of the many children's homes in the Algarve. Non-fiction Writing Fiction Workbook (2006) ISBN 978-1-84728-250-7  This concise and practical writing
fiction workbook, based on an online course in prose fiction written for
Continuing Education at the University of East Anglia, can serve as both a coursebook and a workbook. As well as many exercises and tips for beginning
writers, the book leads you on a journey through writing. At the end of which,
you will, hopefully, have written a short story – and much much more.
Children's & Teenage Fiction A Divine War (1997) ISBN 978-1-4303-2075-3  A fantasy about an ancient pantheon of gods who, having caused the worst drought
the earth has ever known, are forced to visit a world they no
longer know anything about.
Cost
£9.95/ €14.54/ $18.06 for paperback or £4.00/ €6.00/ $7.50 for download (prices
do fluctuate with exchange rates).
The Trials of Tricia Blake (2006) ISBN 1-4116-7917-2  A gritty tale of love, hate, and murder, set in 1979 following the winter of discontent in Britain when kids sang about bricks in walls and hated Mondays. Tricia Blake, age 14, commits a terrible crime.
Dina & Doctor Dot (Work in progress) A contemporary children’s fantasy, Dina & Doctor Dot is an adventure in cyberspace: a world into which young people mysteriously disappear after playing an infected computer game. Contemporary novels The Strange Tale of Comrade Rublov (2000) A satirical tale about how the fall of communism and the arrival of capitalism affects one family in Russia. An earlier extract is published in Fishtank, 1996. The Last Dance over the Berlin Wall (To be published shortly) Set in 1984 and 2004, The Last Dance over the Wall is a story of love, aerialists and a dangerous crossing over the Berlin Wall. An extract of this is published on www.visionsofthecity.com
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