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Holding A Book

"The Author’s Edition" 
Limited, signed, dedicated 

On October 1st, 2025, the very first Platform 13 Life Newsletter left the station.

Since then, the essays have arrived one at a time: a thought, a story, a question, a small observation from an ordinary day, like a postcard from a dear friend.

A year later, to the day, they arrive together. Postcards from the Platform's Edge by John Duffield will be published on October 1st, 2026, and is available to pre-order now.

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Our Book - Your Questions

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Why can I only pre-order the Author's Edition?

...Because it's the only one that comes directly from us. The paperback and hardback editions are printed and sold through Amazon, and Amazon doesn't allow pre-orders on print books - they simply go on sale on publication day, 1st October 2026.

So for now, the Author's Edition - limited to 200 copies - is the only copy you can secure in advance, and the only one that's signed and numbered by hand...

When will my copy arrive?

...Copies are posted to arrive on or around 1st October. Order after that and we post within a few working days...

How does the numbering work?

...Each copy is numbered in the order it's reserved. The earlier you order, the lower your number...

What is the book all about?
...Eighty-four essays, arranged into twelve chapters - on home, memory, language, belonging, France, and the quiet interest of ordinary days. Some began life in the newsletter and have been rewritten and reshaped; others appear here for the first time. Together they read either all at once, or one at a time...
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