Books published by Blackbird Digital Books

Often funny and sometimes poignant tales of travels through Susie Kelly's muddled life. No matter how hard she tries, things seem to go wrong more often than they go right. Fortunately she can see the funny side of most things, even her cancer diagnosis. However, snoring transforms her from a sweet little thing into a pitiless monster.

Take a journey through the centuries with this gorgeous book of personal stories about famous cat lovers and their cats.

Keep your home healthy and save a fortuneFilter out the wrong advice: What really works? What doesn't? What's safe? What isn't?As the Cleaning Guru for The Guardian's Weekend Magazine for many years, Stephanie helped hundreds of readers solve their impossible stains and household cleaning catastrophes the healthy, non-toxic way.

Who hasn't dreamt of living in France? For Susie that dream comes true... but not in the way she had imagined. Susie looks back on the beginning of her life in the country she loves and has called home for 23 years. Sometimes it feels more like taking part in a musical comedy than starting a new life in France.

The author and her husband devised a simple plan - to take a tent and the dog and drive around the perimeter of France. Like many simple plans it went wrong before it started and they ended up with two dogs and a campervan named Tinkerbelle.

Novel about a young, idealistic aid worker in Ukraine in the early 1990s shortly after the fall of communism.

A memoir about an artist's search for beauty, art and identity. From Felliniesque childhood encounters in 1950s Rome with Humphrey Bogart, Tennessee 'Ten' Williams, Errol Flynn and Laurence Olivier to growing up in 1960s counter-culture LA with Jim Morrison and travels with a mysterious older woman from Europe to Afghanistan.

Quite possibly the strangest romance ever told. All that mattered to Rosie, all that had ever really mattered, was that she loved Tom and he loved her. But when a mysterious sequence of events unfolds, their love is put to the test.

"I like a dessert to make me feel slightly guilty about eating it, but not enough to make me stop." Susie Kelly The 2nd instalment of the travel author's delightful round-ups of her favourite quick, simple, easy recipes, sprinkled with anecdote and humour.

The tragic, moving story of Tim's son's - and thus his own - 20-year struggle with schizophrenia. Tim Salmon believes passionately that it needed to be told, for the "outside" world - and he includes many of the professionals in that - know little of the daily reality of living with paranoid schizophrenia.

A collection of Susie Kelly's simple, meat-free recipes for feeding friends and family sprinkled with anecdote and humor. With the 2nd The Lazy Cook, 2 Quick And Easy Sweet Treats to follow shortly after.

A hilarious tale of restoring and running two holiday cottages in a remote hamlet of SW France. Dedicated to all who hate housework. Finalist, People's Book Prize 2016.

At the age of 29, Diana Hill fell under a London train. In 7 seconds the tall, glamorous businesswoman went from busy woman of the world with everything to live for to double-leg-amputee, her life in ruins. The issues surrounding sexuality and disability are explored as she revisits the courtroom dramas and her complicated love life.

A quirky, hilarious and endearing mix of personal travel and a cycling adventure through the most turbulent and dramatic period of French history following Marie Antoinette's failed escape from the guillotine. Travel with Susie as she wobbles on her bike through Paris and Versailles, the battlefields of World War 1, the Champagne region and more.

A guide to self-publishing which takes the beginner through every stage of the process. From copy editing and proofing to formatting text and images, without the need for coding knowledge, and on to sales, social media and publicity tips.

A portrait of an all but vanished way of Greek mountain life, uninterrupted for thousands of years. This book describes the remote parts of northern Greece and comments on their despoliation.

How can you long for someone who doesn't exist? An emotional, moving story about a London power couple with pregnancy problems trying to get pregnant.