Celia’s Room

Trade fiction (9788461540976, 9780957655140) 252 pp, Poble Sec Books, 2011.

When the freedom of the night turns to deadly obsession …

Two budding artists, addicted to a nightlife as dangerous as it is dazzling, explore the dark underbelly of Barcelona’s nineties queer counterculture in this LGBT+ novel.

Joaquim, a sensitive painter, and Eduardo, a cynical writer, fall under the aura of Celia, an enigmatic creature of the night. The games they are learning to play, against the backdrop of a city that is also rehearsing a new identity, draw all three into conflict, leading them inexorably towards the truth of Celia’s Room.

With echoes of Jean Genet’s underworld and Pedro Almodóvar’s gender-fluid chaos, Celia’s Room explores the raw edges of art, desire and sexuality within the context of Spain’s blazing transition from dictatorship to democracy.

“Nothing is quite as it seems. This book rejoices in ambiguity and ambivalence, successfully capturing the zeitgeist of Barcelona.”

BCN Free Art 01: The Port and Barceloneta

Series title:

Barcelona Free Art guides

Description:

Premium Colour, 6 x 9 in (229 x 152 mm), Perfect Bound on White w/Gloss Lam. 78 pp., 61 colour photos.

ISBN:

Print: 9780993229800, ebook: 9780993229817

Publisher:

Poble Sec Books

Distributed by:

Ingram

BISAC categories:

ART015100 [Art : History - Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945)], ART015110 [Art : History – Contemporary (1945– )], ART026000 [Art : Sculpture & Installation]

BIC categories:

ACX, 3JJ, WTHM, 1DSE

Blurb (long – back cover):

BCN Free Art 01: The Port and Barceloneta

The idea for these guides sprang from hard times. Whether in boom or recession, art remains fundamental. But while free art is a great idea, not all great art is free. So this guide takes you places where there is no admission fee.

BCN Free Art 01: The Port and Barceloneta guides you around artworks on Barcelona’s waterfront and through the fishing district of Barceloneta, describing the city’s history, the artists who created these sculptures and the stories that bring Barcelona alive.

The Barcelona Free Art guides inform without being academic, helping you enjoy Barcelona’s culture as you wander or cycle around town.

Through the Whirlpool

Young adult fantasy (9780957655171, 9780957655126) 178 pp, 2014.

As greed attacks their worlds,
only the melding of magic and courage
can ensure their survival.

Kreh-ursh, a young ocean nomad,
haunted by the loss of a close friend,
embarks on a risky coming-of-age journey
on a remote, supernatural island.

Having saved her younger brother from a toxic slick,
a surfer named Jade is tormented
in her dreams by a disembodied voice.

While a vast weather event gathers strength,
it weakens the barrier between dimensions,
allowing evil to seep through and poison the seas.
Kreh-ursh, Jade and their companions
must brave treacherous oceans, unearth ancient secrets
and battle forces both human and spectral
to prevent their worlds’ collapse.

Yet, the danger they face threatens
not just their existence but all life itself,
unless they have the courage to act.

Book 1 in ‘Seeking the Jewel Fish’ ‒ a parallel-world fantasy
where magic battles for nature’s survival.

Twilight Crosser

Young adult fantasy (9780957655188, 9780957655133) 170 pp, Poble Sec Books, 2014.

Crossing worlds doesn’t just change you
– it transforms the worlds themselves.

Now adrift on an alien sea, Kreh-ursh, a nomad
from the Ocean of Jjah, must find and destroy
the malign evil threatening to engulf his world.

Meanwhile, Jade vows to halt a polluting factory
before it destroys her home’s fragile ecosystem
– and claims her brother’s life.

Geh-meer, a newly confirmed nomad,
is haunted by visions of Kreh-ursh’s fiery death.
She’ll risk everything
– even defying her people – to alter his fate.

Taashou, aged leader of the ocean nomads,
faces an impossible choice:
save her people, or sacrifice one of her own.

Alone, they are powerless.
Together, they may yet turn the tide.

Book 2 in ‘Seeking the Jewel Fish’ ‒ a parallel-world fantasy

Lake of Stone

Young adult fantasy (9780957655195, 9780957655157) 224 pp, Poble Sec Books, 2016.

Two of them may die,
unless a myth turns out to be true.

In search of his missing friend Jade,
Miguel ventures into the ominous research station
anchored off Mauri Cove. But instead of answers,
what he finds is a spirit desperate to claim
what Miguel still possesses: life.

Meanwhile, Jade is trapped in a world not her own.
With her brother Kyle and the nomad Kreh-ursh
on the brink of death, she seeks a way to save them.

Could the elusive jewel fish hold the key,
or is it just another myth in this strange world?
To uncover the truth, she must leave Kreh-ursh behind,
trust a dragon and travel deep into this unknown land,
even to the still waters of the lake of stone,
where myth and truth may meet.

Book 3 in “Seeking the Jewel Fish” ‒ a parallel-world fantasy
where magic battles for nature’s survival.

100 Meters

A TEFL play about a girl who overcame disability, poverty and racism to become the fastest woman in the world

This is the story of Wilma Rudolph, who they called the “Black Gazelle”. At seven years old, she caught Polio and could no longer walk. But Wilma wanted to play basketball and that is what she did. She eventually became an athlete, winning three Olympic gold medals and breaking a world record at just 20 years old!

Written in clear English at Level CEFR A2, 100 Meters is ideal for lower intermediate English learners and above. Perfect for TEFL classroom readings or student productions, the play emphasizes particular language features and grammar structures. A Teaching Pack is available to download, offering over 15 hours of classroom activities.

First written and premiered in 1992 for the occasion of the Barcelona Olympic Games, 100 Meters was performed over 200 times in Catalonia. Theatrical productions were also mounted in Argentina (1995) and the Canary Islands, Spain (2000) to great acclaim. Publication in 2022 now makes this play available to English language students and theatre-in-education companies worldwide.

This edition is adapted to US English. A UK edition is also available.

ISBNs:
978-1-9999836-5-9 (epub edition)
978-1-9999836-6-6 (Lightning Source edition)
978-1-9999836-4-2 (KDP edition)

94 pages, black & white photos, 6" x 9" (152.24 x 228.86 cm).