Foundational texts. Novels. Poetry. Essay collections. Biographies. Dark Angels writers have published a list of excellent books.

Have a look.

  • Book cover for Dark Angels on Writing

    On writing

    A compendium of advice on different aspects of business writing, each chapter sets out a comprehensive approach to writing more effectively for business.

  • Book cover for Established

    Established

    In Established, the Dark Angels collective discover how centuries old companies have survived scores of booms and busts, black sheep in the family and strange twists of fate.

  • Book cover for Keeping Mum

    Keeping Mum

    The world’s first-ever 15-author collective novel. Keeping Mum takes a dysfunctional family on a road trip with a body in the back of a white van - and secrets galore.

  • Book cover for Trust Me I'm Listed

    Trust Me, I'm Listed

    A leading UK voice on corporate reporting, Claire makes the case for truth telling in this handy guide to writing annual reports. Commissioned by the UK’s Chartered Governance Institute.

  • Book cover for The Mapmaker

    The Mapmaker

    Two young men leave their isolated village on a perilous journey through the plague ravaged English countryside of 1349, their only guide an obscure and mysterious map.

  • Book cover for The Witness

    The Witness

    The first of Jamie’s two award-nominated Young Adult thrillers is set in a future Scotland where conflict is the backdrop to a heart-stopping pursuit through the Highlands.

  • Book cover for The Reckoning

    The Reckoning

    In The Reckoning a young man uncovers something rotten at the heart of his island community and confronts difficult questions about who he is and where his loyalties lie.

  • Book cover for The Adventure of Being Cunninghame Graham

    The Adventure of Being Cunninghame Graham

    It would be impossible to invent Don Roberto today – a fantastic combination of Don Quixote and Sir Gawain, Indiana Jones and the Lone Ranger. Best known as a politician and writer, Jamie’s extraordinary great-great uncle was many other things besides.

  • Book cover for Dark Angels

    Finding our creativity

    In the last of the trilogy, John encourages us to rebel against jargon and corporate speak, engage our emotions as well as our intellect and put our personality into words.

  • Book cover for Spanish Crossings

    Spanish Crossings

    John’s second novel, was inspired by a true family story of Basque children evacuated to Britain during the Spanish Civil War - a tragic love story based on real history.

  • Book cover for The Good Messenger

    The Good Messenger

    The Good Messenger, John’s third novel, is set either side of the first world war. A coming-of-age and historical mystery story, exploring the layers of the past that shadow the present.

  • Book cover for Leaves

    Leaves

    Leaves, John’s first novel, was set in 1970 London in a single street that witnesses decay, murder and changing relationships over the course of the year’s four seasons.

  • Book cover for We, Me, Them & It

    We, Me, Them & It

    We, Me, Them & It is the first of John Simmons' trilogy The Writer's Materials. He looks at how we can write and use words more creatively and persuasively in business today. Now released as a new 21st anniversary edition.

  • Book cover for Three Contemporary Poets

    Dark Angels: Three Contemporary Poets

    A new volume of poems by Thérèse Kieran, Tim Rich and John Simmons. In partnership with London publisher Paekakariki Press. Launched on World Poetry Day.