My Mother, My Daughter, My Self
From Demeter and Persephone, to Big Edie and Little Edie, the complicated relationships between mothers and daughters loom large in our culture. There is an inherent tension in two people who are so similar and yet so different. Some choose to break that tension by...
Think You Don’t Want What You’ve Got? Wrong!
Adam Jukes’ New Book Expands on ‘The Mad Hypothesis’ If you’re having a hard time in any aspect of your life (relationship, career, family), the last thing you want to hear is that your bad situation is exactly the situation you want to be in. But that’s just what...
New Mothers Experiencing PND: Are You Fine (Not Fine)?
'Most mothers, indeed parents, describe the experience of having a child as magical. In fact, in the days after my first baby was born, a friend told me, "It's a magical time, those first few days". I remember repeating this to my husband wryly: we shook our heads and...
Enter The Studio and Step Into Gill Gregory’s Fascinating Memoir
This year sees the publication of perhaps FAB's most unique title: a memoir seen through a kaleidoscope of psychoanalysis, art appreciation, and family history. In The Studio, Gill Gregory, lecturer in literature and award-winning author, takes us through her Dulwich...
Through the Night by Dilys Daws
Any new parent can tell you that the hardest thing to get used to with baby is the lack of sleep. After the baby is about six months old, she doesn’t need nighttime feedings anymore, but that doesn’t mean she isn’t awake and screaming for mum and dad at all hours....
What is Daseinsanalysis, and How Can it Help?
What if people suffering mental anguish are suffering from a crippling awareness of how delicate life is and how alone we are in living it? What if the main problem behind many therapy patients’ problems was an existential one? Daseinsanalysis is the psychotherapeutic...
Is There a Cure for Masculinity? Serves as Diagnosis and Treatment, All in One Book
As the world reels from the verdict of the Oscar Pistorius trial and the videotape of American footballer Ray Rice beating his fiancée, the pervasiveness of domestic violence once again becomes clear. Why do men harm their partners? What is it about masculinity...
Sad Dad is a New, Vital Voice in the Area of Postnatal Depression in Fathers
Having a child is one of the great joys in life, but for some, once baby is home, depression sets in. Postnatal depression is a well-known illness among new mothers, but recent research shows it’s also a serious problem for many new fathers. Olivia Spencer’s...
Titles Back in Print for 2014
We are pleased to be putting several titles back into print this year. Joyce McDougall’s Theatres Of The Mind and Nina Coltart’s Slouching Towards Bethlehem are both available now, with more titles to follow later in 2014.
New title published – Moving Pictures, The Making of ‘Letters to Sofia’ by Robert Mullan
In 2011, Englishman Robert Mullan began an almost impossible film project: namely, to finance and shoot a film in 3 languages -Lithuanian, Russian and Polish- neither of which he could read, write or speak. . He realized that the project would entail him shooting with...