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Top Story

In response to the ongoing real life crisis, the 'apocalyptic comedy' Top Story remains available online for free. Enjoy.

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THE SONNETEER

Sebastian Michael's 'play on passion, power and possession' is now available as paperback and ebook

"A gem - fresh enjoyable writing and a new take on a body of work that stands the test of time."
 
​- Caitlin MacDonald, Everything Theatre


"A must for any lover of Shakespeare's language." 
- Kate Saffin, Fringe Review


Details and purchase options here.

SONNETCAST
In his new podcast, Sebastian Michael, author of The Sonneteer and several other plays and books, looks at each of William Shakespeare's 154 Sonnets in the originally published sequence, giving detailed explanations and looking out for what the words themselves tell us about the great poet and playwright, about the Fair Youth and the Dark Lady, and about their complex and fascinating relationships.

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Orlando in the Cities
Orlando, beautiful but lazy shepherd boy on Crete, is tasked by the gods to find out which city is the most perfect. His journey takes him to Alexandria, Florence, London, Paris, Vienna and New York in as many different eras and styles.

"With a delicious blend of prose, verse, and poetic syntax, author Sebastian Michael takes you on a wild rollercoaster spread across two millennia through monumental events that changed the course of history. ... Highly recommended."
– Pikasho Deka, Readers' Favourite

​Details and purchase options here.

Top Story
The new standalone edition of the playtext as it was performed at The Old Vic Tunnels is now available as a standard paperback and in the ePub and Kindle ebook formats.

"A smart, funny script"
– Sci-Fi London

"A mix of ambitious ideas and comic relief"
- London Evening Standard



New Edition:

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"Highly accessible ... a perfect product of our moment."

- John Hill, WorldArchitects.com
Atlas of Digital Architecture
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Digital technology and architecture have become inseparable, with new approaches and methodologies not just affecting the workflows and practice of architects but shaping the very character of architecture.

This compendious work offers a wide-ranging orientation to the new landscape with its opportunities, its challenges, and its vast potential.

Editors:
Ludger Hovestadt, Urs Hirschberg, Oliver Fritz

Writer:
Sebastian Michael

"A delight to read. So delicate, casually cruel, wickedly funny and wildly alluring." 

- Stephen Fry


Angel

​by Sebastian Michael

The Second Edition now in hardback, paperback and as ebook.

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EDEN miniatures

Twelve self-contained texts from EDEN by FREI are now available as handsome, compact paperbacks and ebooks.  

What do you say or do if you find yourself in a delightful garden cafe in Istanbul, talking to your younger self? Starting out from an unusual encounter, EDEN goes off on deliberately wide tangents to examine what it is to be human today.

A Genius Planet –
Energy: From Scarcity to Abundance,
a Radical Pathway

by Ludger Hovestadt, Vera Bühlmann, Sebastian Michael


An accessible but detailed and insightful perspective on how we can free ourselves from our dependency on natural resources and generate, trade, and use energy in ways that open up the genuine potential that we have at our disposal today.

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The Snowflake Collector

A poetic picture story book for grown ups

by Sebastian Michael

Illustrated by Diego Cassia


Out now in hardback and as an ePub 

"An urban epic" – Abitare Magazine

A Quantum City 
Mastering the Generic

"This colossal work is a love letter to the city and intellectual culture."

Featuring Orlando in the Cities – a playful literary odyssey by Sebastian Michael 
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EDEN by FREI


A concept narrative in the here & now about the where, the wherefore and forever

What do you say or do if you should happen to bump into your younger self?

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