Between These Shores Books
Who we are, how we began, what we are looking for
Adele C Geraghty
Publishing Editor
deepoceanfish1@aol.com
Adele C. Geraghty is the recipient of ‘The US National Women's History Award' for Excellence in Women's Related Poetry and Essay. She is the author of the poetry collection ‘Skywriting in the Minor Key: women, words, wings’ and Poetry Editor of 'Gold Dust Magazine'. Adele studied Creative Writing with Pulitzer Prize nominee Daisy Aldan, and art with master artist Thomas F. Naegele. This evoked a lifelong appreciation of merging the literary and the graphic, which was her foundation for creating ‘Between These Shores Literary & Arts Annual’. Adele’s graphic art and written work have been published internationally in numerous journals, magazines and anthologies and have also been radio broadcast in both the United Kingdom and the United States. She is a member of ‘The Arts Soiree’ of New York, ‘The Patched Fools Ballards’ of Newcastle, UK and ‘UK Authors’ web-site. Her appearances include New York's ‘The Bowery Poetry Club’, London’s ‘Barbican Library’ and television show 'Cafe Improv' at the Paul Robeson Center for the Arts, Princeton University, New Jersey.
Lorraine C Brooks
Webmaster
Feature and Review Writer
Podcast Producer
lbrooks127@yahoo.com
Lorraine recently retired from State University of New York, where she was the host of a weekly cable-tv show called "Health Center". She and her guests focused on emerging public health concerns and issues. She is a founding member of Red Round Group, a collaborative of artists and musicians presenting works in person and on film. Red Round Group regularly participated in, and won awards in the 24-Hour Film Race in NYC. A trained artist, Lorraine graduated from the prestigious HS of Art and Design in NYC. She has works in collections in the US, UK, Netherlands, Canada, and the Caribbean. Her works recently were shown at the Women's History Collective in Seneca Falls, NY, and appeared in Shanti Arts Quarterly, and in a one-woman show at Island Arts in Brooklyn NY. Also an accomplished poet, her works appear in Between These Shores Literary Arts Annual, Not A Muse, and Odyssey journal of the arts, as well as her own book of poetry, "Riding the Wave". She is a regular contributor to the Podcast "Diabetes Late Nite", where her poetry describing life as a person with Type 1 diabetes has been well received and described as "wholly and magnificently brave and humbling". Lorraine is an excellent writer of prose and essays, and her book and poetry reviews are sought-after for their incisive and thoughtful content. She also serves as BTS Books' Webmaster.
Phil Sidebottom
Phil Sidebottom (a.k.a. Phil Vincent) is a Dr. of Archaeology and former lecturer for The University of Sheffield. He the author of 'Pecsaetna: People of the Anglo Saxon Peak District' (Oxbow Books, 2020) and co-author of The British Academy Corpous of Anglo Saxon Stone Sculpture: Derbyshire and Staffordshire Volume (2018). Beside his work as author and photographer of a number of academic publications, his works of creative non-fiction memoir and poetry have appeared in 'We Don't Dig Dinosaurs!: What Archaeologists Really Get Up To' (Sue T. Carter, ExLibris, 2014) and Dawntreader Magazine (Indigo Dreams Publishing). Phil has been a member of the original 'Between These Shores Books' team from its inception and contributes to every issue as photographer, type setter and regular contributor of creative non-fiction.
Ed King
Contributing Artist
Ed King is a cartoonist, teacher and caricature artist. He was born and raised in New York City where he studied Cartooning with Tom Naegele at the High School of Art & Design. His cartoon work has appeared in numerous newspapers and magazines, including Highlights for Children, Spider, Portland Monthly, and Mainebiz. He wrote and illustrated two series of children’s activity books- ‘Gus is Gone’ and ‘The Hoadleys’ - for Checkrboard Press in New York City. He was the letterer for the ‘Star Wars’ comic strip from 1981 to 1985, and lettered the comic book adaptations of the ‘Return of the Jedi’ and ‘Bladerunner’ movies. He also did comic book lettering for Marvel Comics, DC Comics, and many independent comic companies. He was the founder, editor and publisher of the West End NEWS in Portland, Maine from 2001 to 2013. He has published two collections of his cartoons - ‘Just Between You and Me’ and ‘Alternative Facts’. He is currently working on a memoir ‘Dancing With Cancer’, and ‘The Illustrated Mueller Report’.