Two cunning cats set out to run their own evil empire—until an animal-whispering niece ruins everything! A spooky, silly, laugh-out-loud full-color graphic novel for fans of Cat Ninja and Bunnicula**.**Despicable Me + cats + comics = Doom & Gloom! Doom and Gloom were the purr-fect partners in crime . . . until Doom maybe-possibly-definitely caused their evil boss's unfortunate mi...

In 2019, Nine Arches Press launched their nationwide Primers scheme for a fifth time, in search of exciting new voices in poetry, with Jacqueline Saphra and Jane Commane as selecting editors. After reading through hundreds of anonymous entries, and narrowing down the choices from longlist to shortlist, three poets emerged as clear choices: Krystelle Bamford, Claire Cox and Hannah Jane Walker....

The Sensational South Island describes eight road tours to do in the South Island of New Zealand, plus trips to offshore islands including the remote Chathams group. The book is well illustrated, and each chapter links to blog posts with more images, at higher resolution.The Sensational South Island is also the companion volume to The Neglected North Island: New Zealand's other half, judged 'Best Antipodean Cultural Travel Book 2021' by Lux Life magazine, lux-review.com, and a bron...

Five women came together over fifteen years ago to support each other.Writing about their experiences, insights, thoughts, and observations about life helped them to release their pain, and to grow, and to appreciate life and this beautiful earth more abundantly.By shareing their writings within the group, they came alive by listening and applying the lessons that surfaced.Written by the five women, WHAT DO YOU THINK? is a variety of stories, experiences, insights, thoughts, and ob...

2021 IPPY Awards Bronze medallist in Australia/New Zealand/Pacific Rim – Best Regional Non-FictionAlso judged 'Best Antipodean Cultural Travel Book 2021' by Lux Life magazine (lux-review.com), The Neglected North Island describes New Zealand's other main island: the North Island. The North Island of New Zealand is often overlooked in favour of the mountain scenery of the South Island.Yet it's in the North Island that most of New Zealand's Māori culture is to be found, as we...

'Written with such understanding and power it takes your breath away' - JEREMY VINEDISCOVER THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF SENSITIVITYHave you even been told you are being 'too sensitive'? That you should develop a thicker skin? Society tells us that it's bad to be too soft, or feel too much. But is it?Hannah Jane Walker, a highly sensitive person, has spent years researching sensitivity. Drawing on a wide range of experts, ideas and...

With links to blog posts containing colour photographs and videos, 'A Nomad in Nepal and the Lands Next Door' describes Mary Jane's three trips, so far, to Nepal and the Himalayan region.A little over a decade ago, Mary Jane knew almost nothing about the region. Since then, she has learned a lot. Delving deeply into Himalayan history, 'A Nomad in Nepal' is also a mine of useful firsthand experience about guiding and trekking pitfalls and the politics of the region, all while descri...

Five women came together over fifteen years ago to support each other.Writing about their experiences, insights, thoughts, and observations about life helped them to release their pain, and to grow, and to appreciate life and this beautiful earth more abundantly.By shareing their writings within the group, they came alive by listening and applying the lessons that surfaced.Written by the five women, WHAT DO YOU THINK? is a variety of stories, experiences, insights, thoughts, and ob...

In this fascinating family memoir, Jane Walker reveals the remarkable life and achievements of her father, Russell Wollen, a forgotten pioneer whose impact on the Kenyancoffee industry influenced the development of a nation.From a grass hut to global negotiating tables, interwoven with the family's narrative of love, drama and sacrifice, this absorbing tale is a poignant window into Kenya's colonialpast. Wollen's resilience, determination and vision was instrumental in...

A Maverick Pilgrim Way is more than a travel guide. It’s a self-help guide to hiking, to overcome grief.In her Maverick fashion, Mary Jane walked for years after her mother died. She trekked along the winding ancient roads of Old-World pilgrims, including parts of the Camino de Santiago or St James's Way, the West Highland Way, and climbed Mt Blanc, to name a few. Along the way she came to St Petersburg with its golden palaces, which is her favourite city in Europe...

A Maverick Cuban Way is a flowing narrative of Cuba after the Castros.In her Maverick fashion, Mary Jane went to Cuba on a whim. A solo traveller, she met someone who suggested a casa run by a woman named Mikalena. Mary Jane travelled around the Island on local buses.She went to the Bay of Pigs museum and discovered that American-backed rebels had landed in a crocodile swamp. No one told her the Cuban Flag was American in origin.Her most memorable e...

Never planning anything more than two weeks ahead, Mary Jane travels through Greenland, Iceland, Scandinavia, Finland and the Orkneys, Shetlands and Inner Hebrides.She learns that the Vikings were the first Europeans to land in the Americas (not Columbus); ate seal meat dished up by her Inuit hosts in Ilulissat; and went dogsledding overnight. She discovered why Greenland got called green and went up the coast by ship. And was accused by some other visitors of bein...