Harvey Publishing

27/08/2026

We can become so used to looking for the big moments.

The celebrations.
The milestones.
The days we'll remember forever.

But most of life happens somewhere in between.

A cup of tea in the sunshine.
Strawberries on the table.
A familiar view through an open door.
Someone making you laugh when you weren't expecting it.
A few quiet minutes when, for once, nothing needs fixing.

These moments rarely announce themselves as important.

But perhaps that's the point.

A good life isn't only made from the days we'll never forget.

It's also made from the ordinary ones we were lucky enough to notice.

At Harvey Publishing, we believe books should leave us noticing a little more, appreciating a little more, and feeling a little more hopeful about the life already around us.

📚 Glimmers: The Spark of Small Things

Read well. Live gently.

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25/08/2026

We tend to remember childhood in highlights.

Birthdays.
Holidays.
Christmas mornings.
The first day of school.

But childhood isn't mostly made of highlights.

It's made here.

In half-eaten breakfasts and forgotten lunchboxes.
In the rush to find somebody's shoes.
In conversations in the car.
In ordinary dinners around an ordinary table.

In the small jokes, familiar routines and slightly chaotic mornings nobody thinks to photograph.

We can spend so much time trying to give our children a wonderful childhood that it's easy to miss something rather lovely:

They're already having one.

Perhaps meaning isn't always something we have to create.
Sometimes it's already here, tucked quietly into the ordinary days.

We just have to notice it.

At Harvey Publishing, we believe books should leave us feeling a little more present, a little more hopeful, and a little gentler with the lives we're already living.

📚 The Little Book of Ikigai Parenting

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24/08/2026

Whatever sort of day you're having, there's probably a book for it. 📚

The days when family life feels a little too hurried.
The days when kindness needs a little backbone.
The days when you need reminding that you can't control everything.
The days when your thoughts won't leave you alone.
The days when you've forgotten to notice the good bits.
The days when you're wondering whether there might be another way to raise happy, healthy children.
The days when what you really need is permission to stop.
And the days when you'd quite like somewhere to write the small things down.

Eight books. Eight different ways of looking at ordinary life.

For thinking, noticing, resting, parenting, growing – and occasionally just taking a breath.

The Harvey Publishing Library
Read well. Live gently. 📚

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20/08/2026

There's something rather satisfying about finishing things.

The last email answered.
The final job crossed off the list.
The last piece of the jigsaw puzzle put into place.

But life doesn't always tidy itself up neatly before bedtime.

Sometimes there are things left undone.

A conversation to continue.
A job to come back to.
A decision that can wait until morning.

And perhaps that's okay.

Rest doesn't have to wait until everything is finished.

Sometimes the unfinished things can simply stay where they are while we make a cup of tea, close the laptop, step outside...
and decide we've done enough for today.

At Harvey Publishing, we believe books should leave us feeling a little lighter, a little gentler with ourselves, and a little more hopeful than when we first opened the page.

📚 Time to Nap

Read well. Live gently.

17/08/2026

Sometimes things go wrong.

The tea gets spilt.
Plans change.
Someone says the wrong thing.
We lose our patience.

And sometimes, almost without noticing, one moment starts making decisions about the rest of our day.

But it doesn't have to.

We can pause.
Begin again.
And refuse to give one moment more of the day than it deserves.

The Stoics understood that we can't always choose what happens.
But we can choose what happens next.

At Harvey Publishing, we believe books should leave us feeling a little steadier, a little wiser, and a little more hopeful than when we first opened the page.

📚 The Happy Little Stoic

Read well. Live gently.

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14/08/2026