Forgotten novel inspired by Whitby to be republished this summer

Out-of-print for decades, The Moon is Making will be republished by Manderley Press and introduced by Maxine Peake, one of the UK’s most acclaimed actors, writers and champions of Northern story-telling.

The Moon is Making will be published this summer and is a bleak, psychologically charged portrait of a fractured coastal community, inspired by and set in the author’s hometown of Whitby.

For Maxine Peake, whose work has consistently celebrated Northern voices and working-class histories, Storm Jameson’s writing represents a vital rediscovery.

She has described this novel “a long-lost love letter to the North”, something which is echoed by Manderley Press Publisher Rebeka Russell, who grew up in Whitby and is proud to return The Moon is Making to print, with an introduction that places Jameson firmly back within the canon of great Northern writers.

Born and raised in Bolton, Maxine Peake is one of Britain’s most celebrated performers, known for acclaimed roles in Peterloo, The Theory of Everything, Funny Cow, Silk, Black Mirror, Three Girls, Shameless and Say Nothing.

In her introduction to The Moon is Making, Peake reflects on Storm Jameson’s Whitby upbringing, her uncompromising political convictions and the striking modernity of her writing.

Storm Jameson was one of the great literary figures of the early 20th Century, publishing 48 novels and serving as President of English PEN during the Second World War, when she helped hundreds of refugee writers flee occupied Europe.

Despite widespread acclaim during her lifetime, her writing and achievements have been largely forgotten by critics and readers until recently.

Publication date is June 24, ISBN: 978-1-0686613-8-9.

Visit https://www.manderleypress.com/shop/p/moonismaking to find out more.