Hirst Publishing

Would you like to be published?

If you have a book, or an idea for a book, then we would like to hear from you. Getting your work published has never been easier.

If you've looked into the options you'll be aware that publishing can be a minefield - there are so many different routes, and the process can be arduous and costly.

We offer the same arrangement for new writers as we do for established authors - whatever your book, talk to use about publishing it.

Our 'Fresh Talent' service is designed especially for new writers who looking for a simple, straightforward and FREE route to being published.

Our business model has several key features:

1. We never, ever charge an author a fee.
2. We provide a comprehensive service - all you need to do is write your book.
3. Authors receive generous royalties.
4. Our service is tailor-made for you.
5. We offer coaching for new authors.

If you dream of having your work published, then please contact us - we would love to welcome you to our ever-growing stable of authors.

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'All Aliens Like Burgers'
by Ruth Wheeler

Young, polite and intelligent Tom Bowler has barely ever ventured out of the small English town where he grew up. So when he applies for a job in a fast food restaurant at a “local” service station during his gap year he is rather surprised to discover that the vacancy is in fact based on Truxxe, a planetoid stationed between local galaxies Triangulum and Andromeda. He’s surprised further still to find himself becoming friends with a purple alien and that he has strange feelings for his android supervisor, Miss Lola. Tom soon discovers that Truxxe has many hidden secrets - just what makes it so special? And why is its terrain so rich and varied that it can be used for fuelling such a diverse variety of intergalactic spacecraft? What are the Glorbian space pirate brothers Schlomm and Hannond plotting? And just what is it that they put in those burgers?

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'Silk Rain'
by Lucy Wood

A tantalising tale of revenge, love, deciet and murder, Silk Rain will have you hooked from the first page.

When Eve Sileo’s life is turned upside down, she puts her faith in the only person she has left; Vaile Chevalier, a charming vampire. The problem is that Eve only met her vampire companion on the night her life was changed forvever, so it will take time to get to know him and unravel his vampyrrhic secrets. Will she like what she finds? Can a werewolf and a vampire ever fall in love? While Eve is still getting to know Vaile and trying to piece her life together a handsome man comes into her life and he, like her, is a Werewolf. The two instantly take to each other, but will this be just the simple eternal love triangle. More evil is at work than anybody had ever imagined, and Eve is caught in a struggle of demonic forces threatening her and those she loves.

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Due for release in October 2010. By pre-ordering this book you help to fund the publication and to show our gratitude your name will be listed at the back of the book, and you will receive a signed, dedicated copy before the book hits the shelves. All books are paperbacks unless otherwise stated.

'One Night Under Castle Moor'
by Mark Leyland

“I shoved the torch into the hole and watched Sophie’s boot-soles disappear among the rock and rubble. Too narrow - no way could I crawl in there. Her voice came back, almost too faint to hear. ‘It’s eleven fifty nine - no, twelve o’clock.’ A movement in the corner of my eye. I flashed the torch around the chamber yet again. Nothing. Must be just nerves.But hang on, what was that shadow, low down against the wall - right under the stone with the inscription? How could it be a shadow, when I was shining the torch right on it? As I watched, a dark shape lurched upright and began to shuffle down towards me.” The Martens have to be the coolest craziest bunch of kids ever. Steve is new in town, the friends he’s made here are all Martens and he’s desperate to join. But first they’ve set him a test, to spend the night in a kind of stone cellar up on the moors - and he’s not that wild about tight places. Luckily hard-girl Sophie volunteers to keep him company, but they find out too late about the Curse of Doom Castle. The story is that a knight was once left to starve to death in that cellar and he’s supposed to return every year, at midnight on the day he died, to take revenge on anyone he finds there. And guess what day it is! Another fast-moving scare from the award-winning author of Slate Mountain.

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Due for release in September 2010. By pre-ordering this book you help to fund the publication and to show our gratitude your name will be listed at the back of the book, and you will receive a signed, dedicated copy before the book hits the shelves. All books are paperbacks unless otherwise stated.