The loftybooks website is home to the writing and ideas of Christopher Loft, author of short stories, novels and plays for adults and young people. The menu to the right should help you find your way around:
- buy a script package for your next school production (KS2/KS3) or for use in the classroom
- read the Writer's Blog to find out more about Christopher Loft and what he thinks
- find an extract to read
- follow the progress of Christopher's one-act plays
- ask a question or leave a comment on the contact form provided
- sign the Guest Book.
Thanks for reading! Welcome to Loftybooks!
loftybook (n. loft-ebook) 1. A collection of short stories, plays and other writing for children and adults. 2. Information about past, previous and future writings by Christopher Loft. 3. Any book or collection of writings that raises the spirits, deals with important issues of the day or just gives a moment's respite from the horrors of everyday life.
Latest News:
November 30th: The Storybook Cafe is published as a kindle ebook (£1.99) and a paperback (£7.50), exclusively available from amazon worldwide
November 21st: Responsible Product featured in the '100% Human' symposium, London, by Art of Work and The B Team.
2018
December 8th: Time Burners is published as a kindle ebook (£1.99) and a paperback (£10), exclusively available from amazon worldwide.
November 4th: Scary Tales is published as a paperback (£7.50) exclusively available from amazon
October 23rd: Scary Tales is published as a kindle ebook exclusively available from amazon for just £2.31
October 23rd- November 3rd: Risk Takers and History Makers exhibition at the Panacea Museum and John Bunyan Museum, Bedford, featuring a short film based on a script by Christopher Loft
January 25th -26th: Looking For William at The Place, Bedford, produced by Peppermint Muse
2017
August 17th: All twenty of Christopher Loft's plays for schools now made available to purchase via loftybooks.
May 27th: Over Our Heads is published as a paperback (£10) and in kindle format (£2.30) on amazon.co.uk.
2016
December 8th: The Curious Kidnappings and Incredible Escapes of Princess Daisy and Dr Zigglybugg is published as a paperback via CreateSpace, priced at £7.89 in the UK.
December 7th: The Curious Kidnappings and Incredible Escapes of Princess Daisy and Dr Zigglybugg is published as a kindle book exclusively available from amazon, priced at £2.35
August 10th: Spear of the Gods: The Vikings in Bedford performed at Moggerhanger Park
July 25th: The Adventures of Robin Hood is published as a paperback via CreateSpace and is available at a range of outlets, including amazon, for £5
July 24th: Spear of the Gods: The Vikings in Bedford performed at Love Bedford day
June 24th: The Adventures of Robin Hood is published as an ebook exclusively available from the kindle store on amazon
April - June 2016: Spear of the Gods: The Vikings in Bedford tours schools in the Bedford area
March 11th: Responsible Product performed at Stagewrite 2016 at The Place Theatre, Bedford
2015
December 28th: The Interview Stage as performed at British Theatre Challenge 2015 is posted on youtube. See the relevant page for a link.
November 22nd: Missim Woods is published as a paperback via CreateSpace and is available at a range of outlets, including amazon, for £8
November 15th: The Pied Piper of Ham-a-lee-in is published as a paperback via CreateSpace and is available at a range of outlets, including amazon, for £5
October 27th: Missim Woods is published as an ebook exclusively available in the kindle store on amazon
October 24th: The Interview Stage performed at the Lost Theatre, London, as one of the winners of the 2015 British Theatre Challenge
September 21st: The Interview Stage performed at the Etcetera Theatre in Camden, London.
September 16-19th: The Swan Theatre launch their new Bedford season with a double bill including The Interview Stage
July 31st: Blue Sky Theatre have named The Interview Stage as one of their ten winning plays in this year's British Theatre Challenge
June 19th: The Pied Piper of Ham-a-lee-in is published as an ebook exclusively available in the kindle store on amazon
Images on this website courtesy of the following:
Christopher Loft photos: Recollection Photography at recollectionphotography.co.uk
The Pied Piper of Ham-a-lee-in cover: MJ Silva at fiverr.com
Rats! image and poster design: Jon Heal
Missim Woods cover photograph courtesy of Dan at FreeDigitalPhotos.net
Christmas Tree, Spider Web and Labyrinth courtesy of Vlado at FreeDigitalPhotos.net
Crown and Ship courtesy of vectorolie at FreeDigitalPhotos.net
Witches courtesy of Salvatore Vuono at FreeDigitalPhotos.net
Labyrinth courtesy of Keerati at FreeDigitalPhotos.net
Nativity scene courtesy of Stuart Miles at FreeDigitalPhotos.net
All images used with permission.