History

Following his long experience in the trade as a writer, editor and producer, Rodney Dale set up Fern House in 1995, initially to publish his own work of fiction About Time before going into hospital – in case it was the last thing he did! However, it wasn't, and Fern House has gone on to publish another dozen or so titles described below.

 

Warning to suppliers

Fern House has access to a number of freelance suppliers, and new approaches from editors, illustrators and the like are unlikely to get anywhere beyond an acknowledgement.

 

Warning to authors

Fern House is undertaking no more publishing risks. However, we are pleased to discuss producing books for those who want to self-publish, and are always willing to give advice and production estimates.

 

 

About Time

Rodney Dale

The author's only work of fiction so far; time is its subject - time turned about (hence the Fern House colophon)

Read some of About Time

 

The Butterfly House

Valerie Grosvenor Myer

A fictional - but nevertheless important and moving - record of the events culminating in the TienAnMen Square Massacre, 4 June 1989

Read some of The Butterfly House

 

Spearette

Rachel Millet

A memoir of the Hadfield-Spears Ambulance Unit 1940-1945

Read some reviews of Spearette

 

Love in the Lanes

George James

A touching story of life in rural Norfolk

Read some of Love in the Lanes

 

Halcyon Days

Rodney Dale

Recollections of post-war vintage motoring

View a selection of pictures and stories from Halcyon Days

Read a selection of reviews about Halcyon Days

 

Etheldreda - Princess, Queen, Abbess and Saint

Norman Sneesby

A biography of the Saint who founded Ely Cathedral.

Read some of Etheldreda

 

Harriette Wilson - Lady of Pleasure

Valerie Grosvenor Myer

The Queen of Tarts in the high-rolling days of the Regency aristocracy

With an introduction by Sue Limb

 

Over the Hill with a Magic Carpet

Joy Skinner

'As close as you will get to what Show Business for the working professional is really like!'

With an introduction by Paul Daniels.

View some pictures of the Magic Carpet

 

Haddenham & Aldreth Past and Present

A Millennium collection of photographs old and new

View some pictures of Haddenham and Aldreth

 

The Cambridge Ghost Book

Robert Halliday & Alan Murdie

A detailed guide to the apparitions which haunt the colleges, streets and buildings of Cambridge.

Read the introduction to The Cambridge Ghost Book

 

The Birth of the Steam Locomotive – a new history

Christopher Stead

A new history of this ever fascinating subject.

Read a chapter from The Birth of the Steam Locomotive – a new history

 

   

Puss in Boots

Rodney Dale

Rodney Dale's verse rendering of the old story – written for National Poetry Day 2001 (4 October)

Read some of Puss in Boots

 

   

Huntington's Disease – A Nursing Guide

Steve Smith

Useful to carers of people with a range of degenerative neurological conditions

Read about Huntington's Disease – A Nursing Guide

 

   

If I were a Blackbird ... Recollections of Old Stevenage 1940 – 55

David Wallis

A unique glimpse of life in the rural Hertfordshire of fifty years ago.

Take a look at the interactive Book Cover...

 

   

53 Parkhurst Road

Julie Newman

A Trip Down Memory Lane

Read about 53 Parkhurst Road

 

   

Cambridge Inscriptions Explained

Nancy Gregory

The Latin inscriptions of Cambridge come to life in a voice both witty and scholarly

Read about Cambridge Inscriptions Explained

 

   

The Wordsworth Book of Sayings – Usual and Unusual

Rodney Dale

Essential for your reference library

Read about The Wordsworth Book of Sayings

 

 

 

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