Engine Punk

Lliam West is a self-publishing legend in Cornwall. You'll see his books in many different outlets but all those outlets have one thing in common - their Cornishness. Starting with Pandora in 2001, he's sold over 20,000 copies of his books by focussing on where his readership is likely to congregate as they look for a little piece of Cornwall to take back with them. And Liam's evocative thrillers are just what they need. I caught up with Lliam on his stall at the Royal Cornwall Show at the weekend. He told me that what I consider to be a remarkable sales record has been achieved by a great deal of hard work and driving up and down the county. "I'll approach a gift shop and offer them my books on a sale or return basis if I see they have some empty shelf space. I'm aiming at the "grey" market so feature a big house somewhere in Cornwall and many links back to the past like a secret mission undertaken in World War Two, the effects of which are onl...

Any resemblance to St Piran's Cross is purely intentional. The noteworthy thing about this cross, which stands in dunes above Perranporth, is that the arms of the Celtic wheeled cross have rotated. The arms have become spokes and the cross is more than a wheel than ever. Anarchadia Publishing is an independent small publisher that’s publishing the first part of the Soul Trader trilogy, entitled The Horsepower Whisperer. Between each part of the Soul Trader trilogy, stand alone stories featuring some of the characters from The Horsepower Whisperer will also be published. The first of these, The Wormton Lamb, is currently in the editorial process and will follow soon after the launch of The Horsepower Whisperer. All these stories are set in and around Anarchadia, an anarchic arcadia and temperate archipelago somewhere off the north west cost of Yerp.    There's an element of self parody to some of my work but the books are real enough Books from Anarchadia wil...