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Libraries are the soul of a nation and books are the hearts that beat within
© 2018, Daniel Kemp All rights reserved
© 2018, Daniel Kemp All rights reserved
An Honour
I have been honoured by my publishers-- Four books translated into Spanish and Portuguese.
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What Happened In Vienna, Jack? --- into Spanish and Portuguese
Why? ----into Portuguese
The Desolate Garden--- into Spanish AND Portuguese
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What Happened In Vienna, Jack? --- into Spanish and Portuguese
Why? ----into Portuguese
The Desolate Garden--- into Spanish AND Portuguese
Goodreads List
I have four novels including the #1 book, What Happened In Vienna, Jack? in the top five books on this Goodreads list of 100.
All are available in Kindle Unlimited. Three are audiobooks with two more coming shortly. Three have been translated into Spanish with one of those three being translated into Portuguese as well.
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4...
All are available in Kindle Unlimited. Three are audiobooks with two more coming shortly. Three have been translated into Spanish with one of those three being translated into Portuguese as well.
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4...
Books by James Rebanks
I found this today written by another writer who I’ve never heard of but then I doubt very much he has heard of me. There is another similarity we share and that’s the love he has for physical books. However, I can only hope that one day I will be as good as he is to express that love.
“When I was a teenager and starting to love books, I was lucky enough to live near a town with a fantastic little indie bookshop. It was called the Bluebell Bookshop and my mum had taken me to it since I was a kid. The folk that owned it were a bit hippy and New Age, and highly suspect to a Cumbrian farmer’s son, but they had amazing taste in books. Someone in the shop used to curate a table with books they thought their readers might like. They had a very clever trick putting books that we probably thought we wanted alongside books they thought we might benefit from reading. It was a quietly radical act that got me reading all sorts of revolutionary books. That bookshop table had a profound impact on me, made me a much wider reader, and eventually helped me become a writer.
Books aren’t just ‘products’ or ‘commodities’ to be bundled onto shelves carelessly, or set out in front of our screen-eyes by algorithms. Books are the result of writers pouring their souls onto the pages, and when it works, and really clicks, those books can change people’s lives. So selling books is one of the most important jobs a human can do, because it is more than commerce. It’s matching people to stories they might need, encouraging people to hear new voices and different ideas, and, through that, playing a little role in changing the world. We still, thankfully, have a few fantastic indies in Cumbria, even though Bluebell Books is now a Costa Coffee, and those indies have helped me to get my books out there into thousands of reader’s hands. I will always be grateful for that. Books should be written, sold and read with love, and when they are there is a kind of magic that lightens up the world a little bit.” James Rebanks, 2021
“When I was a teenager and starting to love books, I was lucky enough to live near a town with a fantastic little indie bookshop. It was called the Bluebell Bookshop and my mum had taken me to it since I was a kid. The folk that owned it were a bit hippy and New Age, and highly suspect to a Cumbrian farmer’s son, but they had amazing taste in books. Someone in the shop used to curate a table with books they thought their readers might like. They had a very clever trick putting books that we probably thought we wanted alongside books they thought we might benefit from reading. It was a quietly radical act that got me reading all sorts of revolutionary books. That bookshop table had a profound impact on me, made me a much wider reader, and eventually helped me become a writer.
Books aren’t just ‘products’ or ‘commodities’ to be bundled onto shelves carelessly, or set out in front of our screen-eyes by algorithms. Books are the result of writers pouring their souls onto the pages, and when it works, and really clicks, those books can change people’s lives. So selling books is one of the most important jobs a human can do, because it is more than commerce. It’s matching people to stories they might need, encouraging people to hear new voices and different ideas, and, through that, playing a little role in changing the world. We still, thankfully, have a few fantastic indies in Cumbria, even though Bluebell Books is now a Costa Coffee, and those indies have helped me to get my books out there into thousands of reader’s hands. I will always be grateful for that. Books should be written, sold and read with love, and when they are there is a kind of magic that lightens up the world a little bit.” James Rebanks, 2021
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My Best Books
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I was asked by Ben Fox the other day (you can find out more about him here– (https://shepherd.com/about/our-story) what were the best books I’d read with the best character-driven stories. I thought that to be a really interesting question, one demanding a lot of consideration.
Well, for better or worse, this is what I came up with.
https://shepherd.com/best-books/the-b...
I was asked by Ben Fox the other day (you can find out more about him here– (https://shepherd.com/about/our-story) what were the best books I’d read with the best character-driven stories. I thought that to be a really interesting question, one demanding a lot of consideration.
Well, for better or worse, this is what I came up with.
https://shepherd.com/best-books/the-b...
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The Loneliness Of A Single Tear
The light disappeared into a distant sky
As a woman walked home with a tear in her eye. A laugh shared at work but there’s no one at home
Few understand what it’s like to be really all alone.
Home is full of darken thoughts of weakness and despair
Your life is not your own after all’s been stripped bare.
Regrets and confusion over things that have passed.
What should have been forever has failed to last.
Depression is always close, it’s never far away Ability to cope with life is dealt with day by day Loneliness lives within a troubled mind
It has nowhere to run to, no safety to find.
Alone at night without a comforting hand.
Life can be suspended by the merest strand. Finding comfort in a crowd is not a choice any more
There is no easy answer, in fact, there is no cure.
Take a drink, take a pill but the loneliness is still there.
Friends do not understand, because they are unaware
Of the overwhelming anxiety swelling thoughts of fear
That's locked inside the loneliness of a single tear.
© 2022, Daniel Kemp All rights reserved
As a woman walked home with a tear in her eye. A laugh shared at work but there’s no one at home
Few understand what it’s like to be really all alone.
Home is full of darken thoughts of weakness and despair
Your life is not your own after all’s been stripped bare.
Regrets and confusion over things that have passed.
What should have been forever has failed to last.
Depression is always close, it’s never far away Ability to cope with life is dealt with day by day Loneliness lives within a troubled mind
It has nowhere to run to, no safety to find.
Alone at night without a comforting hand.
Life can be suspended by the merest strand. Finding comfort in a crowd is not a choice any more
There is no easy answer, in fact, there is no cure.
Take a drink, take a pill but the loneliness is still there.
Friends do not understand, because they are unaware
Of the overwhelming anxiety swelling thoughts of fear
That's locked inside the loneliness of a single tear.
© 2022, Daniel Kemp All rights reserved
Without A Single Sigh
To be humble and seek no advantage.
To accept what there is to face.
Never take what’s not freely given.
Then have a life free from shame and disgrace.
To be able to sleep the sleep of the innocent.
To live a free life without any fault.
You can listen to the words of the accuser,
Then be the one who leads the assault.
Fight only for what you believe in.
Manage the frail with mercy and care.
You must accept there will be limitations,
But your heart with your soul you can lay bare.
Be aware of the inevitability of defeat.
If so, look your conqueror squarely in the eye.
Courage alone may not win every battle,
But being brave will leave you nothing to justify.
Remember to show dignity at all time
And be honourable to all you meet.
Seek for nothing that is not purely virtuous,
Nor weave a web full of evil deceit.
You may have to face illness as your destroyer,
This could mean you are frustrated with today’s delays.
If you are you must temper rage with moderation,
Simply accept your demise, and then the people you’ll amaze.
In the end, you may be alone with only your conscience,
But as you spoke the truth and never did you lie,
You can be strong as God passes down his sentence
And welcome death without one single sigh.
© 2022, Daniel Kemp All rights reserved
To accept what there is to face.
Never take what’s not freely given.
Then have a life free from shame and disgrace.
To be able to sleep the sleep of the innocent.
To live a free life without any fault.
You can listen to the words of the accuser,
Then be the one who leads the assault.
Fight only for what you believe in.
Manage the frail with mercy and care.
You must accept there will be limitations,
But your heart with your soul you can lay bare.
Be aware of the inevitability of defeat.
If so, look your conqueror squarely in the eye.
Courage alone may not win every battle,
But being brave will leave you nothing to justify.
Remember to show dignity at all time
And be honourable to all you meet.
Seek for nothing that is not purely virtuous,
Nor weave a web full of evil deceit.
You may have to face illness as your destroyer,
This could mean you are frustrated with today’s delays.
If you are you must temper rage with moderation,
Simply accept your demise, and then the people you’ll amaze.
In the end, you may be alone with only your conscience,
But as you spoke the truth and never did you lie,
You can be strong as God passes down his sentence
And welcome death without one single sigh.
© 2022, Daniel Kemp All rights reserved
One In, One Out Of Love
One In, One Out
Of Love
The excitement was overwhelming I was almost losing my grip
It was as if I was clinging to a precipice with my feet about to slip.
The air was becoming oppressive, and my breathing was being cut short.
There had to be an end to this one of us had to call a halt.
Time had run its distance the bell was calling for time
What once was shared by just two was now a pantomime.
On show for other’s pleasure, for more to enjoy
What had run its course in time was now time to destroy.
The tension was immense, my head was swirling around.
I had to get away from here and reach solid ground.
The atmosphere was electric, we both felt it. It was hell.
At any given moment there could have been an earth-shattering yell.
We could not live this way forever, we both wanted something new.
There was no need for forgiveness as we both knew what was true.
The alarms were ringing in the distance, could you hear the cries?
Was it just the salacious pleasures, or was it for covering over the lies?
I fear I may forget the story as the script is becoming blurred.
The end is fast approaching as our words are being misheard.
I fear one of us must admit it, but who will confess first?
It was I. I cried love and I have lived my life since in an undying thirst.
It had been a sworn duty. It was a promise never to break.
But promises that are easily given, are especially easy to forsake.
If trust must be abandoned then honour can not defend
The story that has been written, as it only takes one to write–The End.
© 2023 Daniel Kemp All rights reserved
Of Love
The excitement was overwhelming I was almost losing my grip
It was as if I was clinging to a precipice with my feet about to slip.
The air was becoming oppressive, and my breathing was being cut short.
There had to be an end to this one of us had to call a halt.
Time had run its distance the bell was calling for time
What once was shared by just two was now a pantomime.
On show for other’s pleasure, for more to enjoy
What had run its course in time was now time to destroy.
The tension was immense, my head was swirling around.
I had to get away from here and reach solid ground.
The atmosphere was electric, we both felt it. It was hell.
At any given moment there could have been an earth-shattering yell.
We could not live this way forever, we both wanted something new.
There was no need for forgiveness as we both knew what was true.
The alarms were ringing in the distance, could you hear the cries?
Was it just the salacious pleasures, or was it for covering over the lies?
I fear I may forget the story as the script is becoming blurred.
The end is fast approaching as our words are being misheard.
I fear one of us must admit it, but who will confess first?
It was I. I cried love and I have lived my life since in an undying thirst.
It had been a sworn duty. It was a promise never to break.
But promises that are easily given, are especially easy to forsake.
If trust must be abandoned then honour can not defend
The story that has been written, as it only takes one to write–The End.
© 2023 Daniel Kemp All rights reserved
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