Our Feel-Good Summer Fiction Bookazine


Shutterstock © Feel Good Fiction Bookazine cover on a table with daisies

It’s nice to have good news to share, here on the Fiction Ed’s Blog.

This week, I have lovely news for ‘People’s Friend’ readers and writers.

“The People’s Friend” Feel-Good Fiction Bookazine

Front cover of Feel Good Fiction Bookazine from The People's Friend

Our Feel-Good Summer Fiction Bookazine will be available from Wednesday, May 29.

Isn’t the cover beautiful? I love the colours our designers have chosen, the blues and greens, and the butterflies.

Brand New Stories

The bookazine features forty-four brand new stories written exclusively for ‘The People’s Friend’.

All the stories are written by well-loved ‘Friend’ authors.

The stories are a mix of summer adventures, holidays and nostalgia, cosy crime and romance.

Perfect for holiday-time reading, wherever you’ll be this summer.

Where Can You Buy It?

Our Feel-Good Fiction Bookazine is priced at £8.99 and will be available to buy from newsagents and supermarkets from May 29.

It’s also available online from the DC Thomson shop – https://www.dcthomsonshop.co.uk/the-people-s-friend-feel-good-fiction

If you prefer to order by phone, please do call us on Freephone 0800 904 7260 if you’re in the UK.

For overseas readers, please call +44(0) 1382 575322.

Lines open 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday.

Cherished Authors

The following authors will have work published in this bookazine:

Beth Watson, Alison Carter, Val Bonsall, Becca Robin, Sharon Haston, Liz Filleul, Audrey Mary Brooks, Rebecca Holmes, Kathryn Dews.

Alison Wassell, Glenda Young, Eirin Thompson, Jacqui Cooper, Helen Yuretich, Anne Stenhouse, Sara Partington, Jane Ayres, Sally Waterbury.

Charmaine Fletcher, Julia Douglas, Alyson Hilbourne, Teresa Ashby, Moira Smyth.

Vivien Brown, Lynda Franklin, Christina Hollis, Gabrielle Mullarkey, Fiona Thomson, Nina Hoole.

Summer Stories

Thank you to all featured authors, and to everyone who submitted summer stories for consideration.

If your story was accepted for publication but doesn’t appear in the bookazine, it will now be scheduled for either a summer weekly or special.

Details of publication dates are posted weekly on our X/Twitter page.

Happy reading!

Lucy Crichton

Fiction Editor Lucy is always on the look-out for the very best short stories, poems and pocket novels. As well as sourcing enjoyable content, she enjoys working with our established contributors, encouraging new talent, and celebrating 155 years of 'Friend' fiction!