Settled... Until suddenly you're not...Forced out of London by spiralling living costs, Cathy finds herself in an unfamiliar town with no friends and no money; pushed to make choices she doesn't want to make...Candid, poignant and intimate, Ali Taylor's play Cathy offers a timely reflection on the lives of those at the sharp end of economic austerity, faced with impossible choices and an uncertain future.Inspired by Cathy Come Home, Ken Lo...

A razor-sharp new comedy that exposes the dilemmas of working in charity today and asks whether doing good is always the same as being good.7.32am. Christmas Eve.Disasters Relief's staff parties are legendary – but their aftermath cataclysmic. Nick and Abi wake amidst the carnage to breaking news: a massive earthquake has struck Pakistan.Gathering their clothes – and dignity – the race with rivals Oxfam begins. Who can be the first to dispatch branded aid in full vi...

A poetic, explosive thriller about three young men on a night out that ends in violence.In Bromley every Friday night, same time and place, Potts, Baron and Finch get ready for their weekly dose of booze, birds and burgers. But their night out takes a dramatic and terrifying twist when an explosion rocks the town centre, and a suspicious population points the finger at them.'Overspill is set in Bromley, but it could be set in any town anywhere in the UK. There are hund...

The Chronicles of WaterWorld After the Hough RiotsBy: Ali TaylorIn Cleveland, Ohio, drugs, rape, violence, and mayhem became a part of a neighborhood called Hough Heights. After the Hough riots in 1966 and 1968 and the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, the children of Hough were growing up experiencing the aftermath from a society whose forefathers knocked down obstacles of those who were abused, neglected, discriminated, and hated due to the color of their skin. N...

A pacy BBC Radio 4 comedy drama by Ali Taylor, lifting the lid on the ethics of publishing war-torn misery memoirs. Emma discovers a brilliant new talent in the unsolicited pile... Originally broadcast as the ‘Afternoon Play’ on 20 May 2010. When a heartbreaking memoir about life in war-torn Kabul lands on her desk, Emma thinks she's discovered a new literary sensation. Her colleagues, though, are deeply sceptical. ‘Cinders’ is a new comedy about drawing the line. Emma is played by Claudie...

A BBC Radio 4 comedy drama starring James Alexandrou (Martin Fowler, 'EastEnders'), originally broadcast as the 'Afternoon Play' on 7 December 2010. Giant. Upstairs. Ten quid a look. A touchingly real and comically disingenuous story about the awkwardness of being misshapen, and the misery of not fitting in. Starring James Alexandrou as Liam, Candassaie Liburd as Ethel and Marcella Riordan as Pat. Also featured in the cast are Julia Deakin, Sophie Pemberton, Manjeet Mann and Inam Mirza. Wr...

Ryan “Flash” Gordon is the joker of the Hostile Operations Team. But his easygoing nature hides a deep darkness he can never forget. A darkness that drives him to try and save people who sometimes can’t be saved.Like Emily Royal.He’s been texting with the delicate beauty for months after rescuing her. They’re friends. But when she begs him for a single night together, he relents. In the morning, she’s gone. Not just from his bed, but from his life.Emily can never cl...

USA TODAY bestselling author Sarah Morgan will sweep you away with her Puffin Island series!Happily-Ever-After isn’t on Emily Donovan’s agenda…Emily’s been too swept up in a challenging year of firsts—from becoming a stand-in mum to her niece Lizzy to moving to remote but beautiful Puffin Island—to think about love.But that’s before charismatic local yacht club owner Ryan Cooper kisses her…Ryan knows Emily has a complicated ...

** Goodreads Choice Finalist for 2015 YA Fiction of the Year **Kensington Worth had a vision for her senior year. It involved her best friends, her posh private school in downtown Chicago and time alone with her piano until her audition was perfected, a guaranteed ticket into the best music programs in the world.Instead, a nightmare took over.It didn’t happen all at once, but her life unraveled quickly—a tiny thread that evil somehow kept pulling until everything pr...

‘[A] scorchingly good thriller’ – Lisa Hall, bestselling author of mega-hit Between You and Me‘A tantalising and taut thriller with more twists and turns than a corkscrew. Red herrings swim all the way through it. An excellent page turner’ – Sally (Goodreads)Emily Klein doesn’t know she has killed her husband until the day of his funeral.At first, signs point to a tragic accident. Yet, as Emily pieces toget...

She's on the run from a troubled past - in a stolen four-wheel drive.Matilda Denver seeks the sanctuary of sleepy Moonstone Valley where she hopes to heal and make a fresh start. But her plans go awry when the vehicle breaks down and she's stranded at the side of a deserted country road.Ryan Hunter, after working himself into the ground at his interstate truck–driving job since his sister's death, is making his last run before a well–earned month off. On th...

In this modern re-telling of Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth Bennet is a general contractor specializing in the restoration of historic homes. When she and her sister Jane are tasked with the job of turning Netherfield Park into the latest addition in the Bingley Hotels and Hospitality Services’ chain of hotels, they are introduced to Charles Bingley and Fitzwilliam Darcy.So begins one of the greatest love stories of all time. But the world is different now than it was when Jane Aus...