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WHY ISN’T SCHOOL MORE LIKE SHOPPING?

WHY ISN’T SCHOOL MORE LIKE SHOPPING?

A NEW NOVEL BY PETE EDWARDS

Following the launch on September 21, Pete’s book is now available to buy!

We can ship the printed book within the UK, EU, US and Canada. It’s also available as an audiobook and an eBook.

See below for pricing:

  • Print book + UK delivery – £15.95
  • Print book + EU delivery – £18.95
  • Print book + US/Canada delivery – £21.95
  • Audiobook – £10.95
  • eBook – £7.95

If you would like to order multiple copies of the book, please contact us first for pricing.

Read on to learn more about Pete and his novel, or click here to jump down the page and buy your copy.

A photo collage with three layers placed as vertical strips, with the centre one very thin and the outer layers wider. Black and white photos show the partly obscured head and body of a scowling boy at centre, and then the same boy, older and smiling on the right, while the colour photo on the left shows a charity mannequin, worn with age, carrying a lunch box that reads Action for the Cripple Child.
collage by Zeynep Dağlı

When artist Pete Edwards passed away in 2022, he left behind a work of fiction that filmpro is thrilled to be publishing now, as a printed book, an audio book and an e-book.

Please join us to celebrate the publication launch of Pete’s novel, excerpts of which will be read at the event. The book will be available at a discount price of £10 for this one night only. For those who can’t attend, copies will be available for purchase on this website from 21 September.

SYNOPSIS: As if day school for disabled children isn’t bad enough, Adam King’s parents now want to send him away to a Catholic boarding school. So how is he going to come out as the fiercely independent, queer kid that’s screaming inside him? Actually, how is he going to survive at all? But much to his surprise, life at the Bright Side School, surrounded by other disabled boys often left to their own devices, offers opportunities for love and self-realisation that Adam hadn’t expected. Based on Edwards’ own memories of growing up in the 1970’s and told with compassion and a wicked sense of humour, Why Isn’t School More Like Shopping? offers a uniquely original perspective on growing up, family and friendship.

Pete Edwards was an actor, writer, director and workshop leader, and a filmpro Associate Artist. As a queer, disabled artist with a differing speech pattern, Pete pioneered new forms of writing and performance and blazed a trail for other artists.

 

Colour photo of a young smiling boy with blue wearing an oversized blue and white striped newsboy cap and football scarf

How to Buy the Book

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4 responses

  1. Pete was and still is the light in my life. I miss him so much. He was my rock 😓😓. I watched him as he wrote this book and I’m amazed and grateful that filmpro have got it published. I look forward to reading it. Thank you Michael and all at filmpro for being good friends to Pete

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