Local artist and poet Alice Lenkiewicz has a new book, 'Maxine', being published, available later in September. Its a novella, a mix of poems and prose with illustrations...

The novella explores a brief lapse in the life of Maxine, a bored housewife living in the 1950s. Realising that her life is uninteresting and lacking in meaning she strives to astral travel back in time where she encounters the muses and artists from famous ancient masterpieces.

It can be pre-ordered from the publishers Bluechrome or Amazon, Waterstones, W.H Smiths and Blackwells online.