It’s 2021, finally. Which means it’s the end of submissions for our first creative writing competition and what a whirlwind it has been. We launched Swoop Books with three people socially distanced in an office and now we have a over 200 stories to read, not just from the United Kingdom but from across the …
Have you asked for some new books this Christmas? If you have that’s brilliant because here at Swoop Books we have created a small gift for you. To say thank you for all the support we have received since launching this year and as a Merry Christmas to you, here are a few bookmark designs …
‘Tis the season to cosy up with a good book. Whilst you sit down with a warm hot chocolate we’ve created some printable book covers for your children to redesign. In general, Christmas themed covers contain festive lights, decorated trees, snowy landscapes and roaring fires. However, there are no design limits for these covers as …
In the Swoop Office we are thinking about Christmas, well, Christmas cake to be more precise! We like the way that so much love and care goes into the creation of a Christmas cake and think it is rather like creative writing. In fact, the more we think about it, the more the two seem …
‘Summer Holiday 2020 (post Covid)’ by poet Carmel Gibbons. This poem offers an endearing insight into the depth of long-lasting love. The love is revealed through a recollection of a first trip away in the strange summer of 2020. We set out on your birthday We two Searching for comfort Redemption, salvation. The car sagged …
It was during the first Lockdown that I started to write. My partner, now husband (another Lockdown tale) happened to mention that he was going to write a story. This got me to thinking, I could write a story too. In the end I wrote more than he did, even entered a few competitions. Didn’t win, but …
I wrote this story on the 100th anniversary of the Armistice in 2018. Whilst the story is a work of fiction, it is based on the death of a young soldier who actually existed and was tragically killed just weeks before the war ended. What fired my imagination was the fact that this young soldier’s …
Fancy getting published? Or getting your name out there? Well it’s competition time and we are currently running our first Swoop Books Creative Writing Competition, giving you the chance to get published, get your name out and win money too. You can click below to find all the details on our competitions page and we’ve …
Swoop Books is a publishing company set up to support you to get your creative writing and/or educational resources where they need to be. Swoop Books believes there is a story in everyone. Therefore, our publishing house is launching with a 2020 competition titled Ordinary People. This is chance to let your creative writing shine. …
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