THE TEAM
Robert Peett is the founder and senior editor of Holland House Books, is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and regularly gives talks and teaches Masterclasses at Reading University; these have led to paid internships in our Novella Project aimed at increasing diversity in writers and publishing professionals, supported by the Arts Council.
Contact: 01635 36527
07751864120
DESIGN
JULIA B.LLOYD
A Bustle attached to a keyboard, occasionally to be seen floating on a canal …
After studying Early Music in Italy followed by a brief career in concert performance, the Bustle exchanged vocal parts for less vocal arts i.e. a B.A. from the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia, followed more recently by an M.A> in Filmmaking. Her inky mess, both graphic and verbal, can be found in various regions of the Web, and appendaged to good people’s works (for no visible reason that she can understand). Her design portfolio can be found at Artscribe & Inkwells & Curtains.
KEN DAWSON
Ken studied Graphic Design, Art, and Animation at college and uni, and then went on to work as a graphic designer at an advertising company where he still works today. He works in digital/motion graphics & layout design, and also custom illustration work. His website is ccovers.co.uk.
Holland House began in 2012 and our first novel ‘The Absent Woman’ by Marlene Lee was published the following year. Since then we have published over 40 books.
We focus on literary fiction and non-fiction, ranging from Nathalie Abi-Ezzi’s Paper Sparrows, set in Lebanon, to Emma Darwin’s This is Not a Book About Charles Darwin, taking in Lili, the story of a Holocaust survivor, The Storyteller, an extraordinary novel about mental illness, Pax, a dual-narrative novel based on Rubens’ diplomatic visit to London, and An Island, an intense study of home and refugees. We also dabble in poetry, such as the wonderful illustrated poem ‘Greta and the Labrador’ and the beautiful bi-lingual Café By Wren’s St James-In-The-Fields, Lunchtime, by Anna Blasiak, with photographs by her partner, Lisa Kalloo.