Echoes of Yesterday
Will be published approx. on 28. July 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
104 pages
978-1-80634-428-4 (ISBN)
Description
Emma Johnson has been shortlisted for the post of Southwest Young Poet Laureate for 2026/2027
Family memories, growing up, getting old, the Troubles, quirky personalities,?Covid, cancer, 9/11, Mr Trump, friendship, loss, love, the pangolin, a toad and even the humble potato find a place in this grandfather-granddaughter collaboration of prose and poetry.?Sixty-five years between them but a special bond brought about by a shared passion for writing.
Emma's?award-winning?successes?have given her the confidence?and desire to continue?her writing.?Despite her other school commitments, rarely a day goes by without?her?putting words on a page.?She is?currently?working on?a fantasy novel.
Family memories, growing up, getting old, the Troubles, quirky personalities,?Covid, cancer, 9/11, Mr Trump, friendship, loss, love, the pangolin, a toad and even the humble potato find a place in this grandfather-granddaughter collaboration of prose and poetry.?Sixty-five years between them but a special bond brought about by a shared passion for writing.
Emma's?award-winning?successes?have given her the confidence?and desire to continue?her writing.?Despite her other school commitments, rarely a day goes by without?her?putting words on a page.?She is?currently?working on?a fantasy novel.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Market Harborough
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
160 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-80634-428-4 (9781806344284)
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Peter Johnson, after studying at Mansfield College, Oxford and serving for five years in the Parachute Brigade,?spent?thirty-two?years in the teaching profession. His final post was as Headmaster of Millfield School in Somerset.?He started writing in?retirement and has published two novels -?It's?Cold at the End of the Bed?and?Plot One. He lives in Stoke Gabriel in Devon.
Emma Johnson?is?twelve?years old. She has been an enthusiastic writer of prose and poetry since she was?nine?and won early recognition for both as a prize-winner in the 11 and Under category at The Best of Burnham Book Festivals in 2024 and 2025.?In 2024 she also received a top 100 commendation in the Foyles Young Poets of the Year Awards for her poem?'G.O.A.T'.??
Emma Johnson?is?twelve?years old. She has been an enthusiastic writer of prose and poetry since she was?nine?and won early recognition for both as a prize-winner in the 11 and Under category at The Best of Burnham Book Festivals in 2024 and 2025.?In 2024 she also received a top 100 commendation in the Foyles Young Poets of the Year Awards for her poem?'G.O.A.T'.??