170 x 230 mm, 96 pages

London

Biannual

Editor: Rachel Swann

Art director: Vick Fullick

Pen portrait artist: Ann Kronheimer 

‘Sharing the pleasures and rewards of a lively conversation’

Aiming to read like a conversation, Friends on the Shelf is an anthology of ‘true life’ writing from professionals and amateurs alike, bringing you stories from the lives of twenty-five different people, told in their own voices.

This current edition is a loose exploration of growing older, examined through a compendium of stories that embrace both hindsight and future thinking. Readers can find a comical account of one woman’s embrace of the advancing years—complete with crochet crafts and teabag reusage—comedian Johnny Ball tells the tale of his double life as both the face of under-fives television and a stand-up act doing the rounds at ‘rough’ comedy clubs, and a journalist reflects on his first occupation as a paperboy.

In a world full of noise and angst, Friends on the Shelf is a reminder that beyond the headlines, people and their lives are full of calmer, gentler and happier moments than might otherwise appear to be the case.

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