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In a bold colourful cartoon-like image, Penny is in a steampunk wheelchair, her head transposed onto the Botticelli Venus body, red hair flying wild. This is an image of the front cover of her poetry collection Come Home Alive. The background is a bold yellow and overall the theme is rebellious. The lettering is very sex pistols and there are splodges of bright pink. To one side it reads: ‘An incredibly strong political sexy candid real and important poetry explosion’ - Liv Torc’ (Published 2019 by Burning Eye books)

Come Home Alive

Come Home Alive is Penny Pepper’s long overdue debut poetry collection. It reflects a diversity of thought and emotion, resonating with her signature combination of compassion, wit and protest. This collection gathers together some of her most successful live pieces including London Bus, the anthemic Cripplegate Town, and the spit of outrage in Special. Penny’s work has been described as euphoric-melancholic, reflected in poems such as Sonnets for Blues and Rain. She asks what are the real and metaphorical places we do battle in? How are the barriers of the heart and the stone challenged when you are defined as Other?

‘An incredibly strong… real and important poetry explosion.’

Liv Torc (Poet and WOMAD Hip Yak Poetry Shack)

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The image shows a book in shades of pink and red. In a centre square there is a bold graphic of a couple. One is a full-lipped young woman in a wheelchair, with long funky hair, wearing stockings. She pulls a young man with short dark hair towards her as he kneels, his mouth slightly open as she pulls his bright yellow tie so their faces are close to touching. Their expressions are intense as they gaze into each other's eyes. The young man has his arms around her, one wrist in a splint. The white text along the top reads: Penny Pepper, and below the image, Desires Reborn explicit stories of disability, desire and love.

Desires Reborn

You think you know about disabled people? You think it’s all passive pity porn, victimhood, triumph over tragedy and another medal doled out from a self-serving old-style charity? Prepare to have your mind blown by this collection of explicit stories first published in 2003, revised in celebration with the 21st birthday edition of Desires Reborn. Written by award-winning author Penny Pepper, there is still a desperate need for these stories that break apart every cliché, every expectation a reader may have about disability and sex.

‘A modern day classic. Elegant and intelligent writing that has sex as its subject matter.’

Amazon Review

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First In The World Somewhere

Told with startling honesty and evolving razor-sharp wit, fearless in the face of prejudice, First in the World Somewhere is a punky ‘80s chronicle of a young disabled woman’s passion for writing up against overwhelming struggle. There are parties, sex, music, and the radical beginnings of the disability rights movement.

‘A force of nature and a voice like no other. Brilliantly funny brilliantly frank.’

Liz Carr (Award-winning actor and activist)

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The image shows the cover of the book Hemingway Shorts. The cover is grey and the title is in white. Below the title is a silhouette of Heminway's head, and superimposed on top are hand-written scribbles, perhaps from a notebook. The subtitle reads: A collection of short stories from new and engaged writers in the best tradition of Ernest Hemingway.

Hemingway Shorts - Volume 6

Short story winners from writers in the best tradition of Ernest Hemingway 2021. It includes Penny’s story Hatman and Brian - a tale from the streets of New York from a disabled woman’s perspective.

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