SynJon Books

02/09/2025

End of summer sale - take a look!! Many of our local history titles are on sale!!

https://www.synjonbooks.co.uk/shop

Browse our books, and filter by author, topic or publisher.

22/08/2025

My next book project has come on leaps and bounds during a summer writing 'sprint':

For the last 5 weeks I have been attending a 'Summer Book Sprint' with Book Mentor Karen Williams - and there is just one week to go!! I set out with the intention of having a rough first draft of a book that I have been researching for over a year, but has it's origins in family legend over 100 yea...

21/08/2025

Take a look at our latest blog posts:

https://www.synjonbooks.co.uk/post/exploring-the-napoleonic-war-diary-of-rifleman-william-green-from-the-95th-foot

Looking through some old papers of my grandfathers I have come across some documents relating to the War diary of William Green - Rifleman of the 95th Foot. He lived to a ripe old age of 96 and died of old age in ..The original version of the book was published in 1975, an...

16/08/2025

19 years ago 306 WW1 soldiers who were executed for desertion and cowardice were pardoned after a long campaign by relatives and politicians. My relative William Wilfred 'Ted' Roberts was one of those men.

For the last year I have been writing his story and following in the footsteps of my grandmother who tried to find out more in the 1980's. At the time all of the documents were embargoed and she later did a BBC interview covering the story which helped her get early access to the information.

I plan to publish the book next year to tell Ted's Story, the story of the family secret and story of the campaigns that eventually granted them all a pardon.

The National Archives
My Grandad's WW2 diary

07/08/2025

Read more diary entries in the Diary of John Teague: Air Raids and RAF Days

Available in paperback and Kindle via Amazon.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Air-Raids-RAF.../dp/0904373266/
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Air-Raids-RAF.../dp/B0F3N7Q3X1/

And from any good bookstore
https://www.waterstones.com/.../helen-allinson/9780904373264



Della Judd My Grandad's WW2 diary

04/07/2025

2 years ago I wrote and published my career coaching book - Get the job you really want - in a post-pandemic world. I could not have done it without the help of Karen Williams - my book mentor.

This year I got her support again when we published My Grandad's WW2 diary - Air Raids and RAF Days.

If you are a who has something to share with the world then Karen is running a summer writing sprint to help you to get started. She is running 2 free webinars where you can find out more, and you can attend the one that works best for you:

Wednesday 9 July, 7-8pm BST (2-3pm Eastern)
Thursday 10 July, 12-1pm BST (7-8am Eastern)

👉 You can find out more here: https://jyfb8y29h3051zi.krtra.com/t/42efPsacum9c

25/06/2025

A snippet of my recent interview with Danni from Conscious Dreams Publishing

19/06/2025

Looking forward to supporting this event in - my Grandad’s old stomping ground!

https://brockleysociety.org.uk/

https://brockleysociety.org.uk/hilly-fields-midsummer-fayre/

11/06/2025

Wondering what to get for Father's Day? Our latest book would make a lovely gift for any World War 2 enthusiasts. It is a fabulous read, recounting my Grandad's RAF experiences.

Available on Amazon and via all good bookshops.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Air-Raids-RAF-Days-First-hand/dp/0904373266/

Free returns are available for the shipping address you chose. For a full refund with no deduction for return shipping, you can return the item for any reason in new and unused condition.

08/06/2025

Happy Father's Day to all the fathers and grandfathers out there!

Picture of my Grandfather, John Teague

06/06/2025

Today marks the 81st anniversary of D Day

June 6, 1944 British, US, and Canadian troops successfully land on the Normandy beaches of France, opening a “Second Front” against the Germans. ( D DAY)

Today a tribute sculpture was unveiled at the former RAF Harwell airbase.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly36yq1yzzo

The Horsa Sculpture is inspired by the wooden gliders which flew on the night before D-Day

05/06/2025

A wonderful, first-hand account of the lives of ordinary people during the Second World War

No great drama or histrionics, sometimes even a bit mundane; just an honest reflection of the everyday heroism of ordinary people living in the most challenging of times. The interesting insight into the work of a librarian, through the transition into wartime, the horror of the blitz, the importance of the work of RAF ground-staff, the skill, the boredom and the shenanigans. This book made me wonder, laugh, cry and also taught me a great deal about the area of South East London where my family also lived during the war.