{"id":123,"date":"2016-09-04T12:38:13","date_gmt":"2016-09-04T11:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.helensalsbury.com\/?page_id=123"},"modified":"2026-10-04T16:38:55","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T15:38:55","slug":"the-worry-bottles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.helensalsbury.com\/?page_id=123","title":{"rendered":"The Worry Bottles &#8211; launches 24th Oct!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.portsmouthguildhall.org.uk\/whats-on\/event\/triple-booklaunch\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.portsmouthguildhall.org.uk\/whats-on\/event\/triple-booklaunch\/\" target=\"_blank\">Join us at the Guildhall for our triple book launch: readings, music, bookish chat. Free tickets! <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/payhip.com\/b\/bCV79\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"734\" src=\"http:\/\/www.helensalsbury.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/tWB_Spread-2-1024x734.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.helensalsbury.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/tWB_Spread-2-1024x734.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.helensalsbury.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/tWB_Spread-2-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.helensalsbury.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/tWB_Spread-2-768x550.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.helensalsbury.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/tWB_Spread-2-1536x1100.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.helensalsbury.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/tWB_Spread-2.jpg 1555w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Naomi, a stressed businesswoman, acts out a coping mechanism by writing down the things which worry her and putting them into bottles which she throws into the Bristol Channel. Matthew, a painter who has retreated from the world to live in isolation on Haffrey Island, finds them and they create ripples in his existence. He starts to look out for the bottles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Worry Bottles examines how landscape shapes us, exploring the conflict which many people feel between today\u2019s overly busy lifestyle and the desire for a simpler life, more in touch with nature and stillness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Shortlisted for the Impress Prize for New Writers, Longlisted for the Mslexia Novel Prize.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/payhip.com\/b\/bCV79\">Pre-order your paperback here!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.portsmouthguildhall.org.uk\/whats-on\/event\/triple-booklaunch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Launching alongside Loree Westron and Richard Salsbury at Portsmouth Guildhall&#8217;s Lens Studio on 24th October. Music, bookish chat and readings! Free tickets &#8211; from the Guildhall.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read my interview for the Impress Prize shortlist <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.helensalsbury.com\/?page_id=408\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sign up to my <a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/cbGDKb\">readers\u2019 mailing list<\/a> for news of the launch!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.portsmouthguildhall.org.uk\/whats-on\/event\/triple-booklaunch\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.portsmouthguildhall.org.uk\/whats-on\/event\/triple-booklaunch\/\" target=\"_blank\">Join us at the Guildhall for our triple book launch: readings, music, bookish chat. Free tickets! <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.helensalsbury.com\/?page_id=123\">&sim;&nbsp;Continue Reading&nbsp;&sim;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.helensalsbury.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/123"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.helensalsbury.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.helensalsbury.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.helensalsbury.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.helensalsbury.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=123"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.helensalsbury.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":786,"href":"https:\/\/www.helensalsbury.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/123\/revisions\/786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.helensalsbury.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}