Felen Press is an Australian Speculative Press that publishes visionary and speculative fiction novels and stories that transform readers.
As humans, our ability to use language to share ideas and emote feeling with the written word is what sets us apart from the animal kingdom. Studies in cross-cultural psychology tell us the only word with a common definition across all languages is ‘feel’. Despite our cultural, environmental or language differences, we all understand what it is to feel. Our feelings are entwined with our sense of selves and help us understand our place in the world, and our connection to others.
Connection, the ability to feel connected, is neurobiologically wired, that’s why we’re here! – Brene Brown
Felen Press takes its name from the earliest recording of the word ‘feel/felt’ in English; ‘felen’. We believe in sharing stories with soul; stories that inspire, that make us bristle with indignation, tremble with empathy or explode with love.
Stories that make us feel alive, connected, and transformed. Stories with soul.
Our Books
Crown of Fire Awenmell Series : Book One ISBN 978-0-6483026-1-2 (Paperback) ISBN 978-0-6483026-0-5 (eBook) ISBN 978-0-6483026-6-7 (Audiobook)
“What you believe about yourself, you will become.”
What’s Ashling supposed to believe? Trapped within the ancient walls of Brennyn Hall for all of her sixteen summers, she’s only known the horror story fed to her as a child; that she’s nothing more than an evil sacrifice; a payment to appease an approaching sinister force.
But what’s this new tale? Could she be part of a lost fable, a legend that compels her to stand against the Hall’s power? Hunted by the Hall, and armed only with a cryptic clue, she races toward the mountain village that promises answers.
The Hall demands her silence. The people listen for her voice.
With her tormentors closing in and intent on silencing her forever, can Ashling discover the powerful truth of her own story; one set to shake the kingdom to its core?
“A breathtaking adventure with profound heart, Crown of Fire is a journey readers won’t soon forget.” – Lauren Sapala, The INFJ Writer,
“A thrilling imagined world brought to life through the compelling voice of Ashling, a young woman on a dangerous voyage of self-discovery. Powerful, profound and unique, Crown of Fire will keep you reading from page one until its triumphant end.” – Rebecca Hendry, author Grace River
Rise Awenmell Series: Book Two ISBN 978-0-6483026-5-0 (Paperback) ISBN 978-0-6483026-4-3 (eBook)
“Who do you think you are?”
For Ashling, safety has always been found in pretending to be what others wanted her to be.
But pretending is no longer an option. The people await the arrival of the Eariss, and Ash must discover what it means to bear that title.
As an unlikely band of refugees from the unrest gather around her, Ash finds her confidence and comfort in discovering what it means to be herself . . . though the prophetic scroll stubbornly refuses to reveal anything about the all-powerful weapon the Eariss will draw on to save the land.
But time is not on Ash’s side. As the world crumbles around her, and the fires burn closer to home and those she loves best, Ash must choose between staying safe and comfortable in the world she’s built; and donning the mantle of leadership to save the people she was born to serve.
In an adventure that challenges her mind, body, and soul in search of the elusive weapon that only she can use, Ash is confronted with a terrible realization; either she wields this new weapon and trusts in her destiny, or she fails; ushering in the torturous destruction of all she loves.
Magic Man Awenmell Characters 1 ISBN 978-0-6483026-3-6 (Paperback) ISBN 978-0-6483026-2-9 (eBook)
“Just watch, he can set anything on fire.”
Burned and scarred, Tabar is five summers old and destined for execution. His crime? Being a reminder of the past.
Rescued from the gallows and integrated into local village life, Tabar confronts his greatest fear to become the ‘Magic Man’, renowned for his mastery of fire
With his terror now an ally, he learns that love and acceptance do strange things to scars, bringing him a life he could never have imagined.
But when guards from the governing Brennyn Hall shatter the peace of his village, and his family and neighbors are separated and brutalized, everything disintegrates—including himself.
Tabar is left with an agonizing decision.
Soul destroying obedience to the Hall, or death to those he loves.
Will he find an answer in the flames?
And what must he set on fire to save all their lives?
Dandelion Wishes The Untold Story of Coral Maxwell-King ISBN 978-0-6483026-8-1 (Paperback) ISBN 978-0-6483026-7-4 (eBook) ISBN 978-0-6483026-9-8 (Large Print)
“Choice is power, and Coral has none.”
For nine-year-old Coral, life revolves around her family. Dad says finding the old boarding house in Fitzroy is fortuitous, given war is just around the corner. Coral doesn’t know what that word means, only that they’re together.
But Melbourne in 1940 is anything but predictable, and Coral and her brothers find themselves in the care of the Children’s Welfare Department.
Separated from her family and classified as a ward of the state, Coral comes of age within a regimented system operating under great strain. To break free, she must reclaim her autonomy while surrounded by the procedures that daily decide her fate.
When lies and manipulation arise to destroy her dreams, she calls on her new found determination to recover the child she birthed while in care, and forge a future that goes way beyond childhood wishing.
Her plan works…
Until a telegram arrives that breaks her heart,
but not her resolve.
A compelling tale based on actual events from international award-winning author Lisa King.
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