Corkerhill Press is a small Glasgow-based publishing company with three authors in the stable; Derek Niven, Derek Beaugarde and Douglas Tetlow.
Derek Niven is a Glasgow-based professional genealogist and sports history biographer, specialising in recording the biographies and family histories of famous sporting heroes and teams. The current books in his Pride Series are as follows. Pride of the Lions: the untold story of the men and women who made the Lisbon Lions (c) 2017. Pride of the Jocks: the untold story of the men and women who made the 16 greatest Scottish managers (c) 2018. Pride of the Bears: the untold story of the men and women who made the Barca Bears (c) 2020. Pride of the Hearts: the untold story of the men and women who made the Great War heroes of Heart of Midlothian (c) 2021. Pride of the Three Lions: the untold story of the World Cup heroes of Wembley 1966 (c) 2022. Pride of the Dons: the untold story of the Gothenburg Greats (c) 2024. Pride of the Red Devils: the untold story of the United heroes of Wembley 1966 (c) 2024.
Derek Niven also publishes a sci-fi trilogy, the 2084 Trilogy, under the pseudonym of Derek Beaugarde. His apocalyptic novel 2084 The End of Days (c) 2016 tells the story of seven individuals who have to set aside their daily struggles to fight for survival against impending Armageddon. The space-opera sequel 2112 Revelation (c) 2023 is set on Mars and a Capitol Base geologist is drawn into a deadly conspiracy to stop him uncovering an ancient secret. The trilogy prequel 2048 BCE The Eye of Horus (c) 2024 finds Pharaoh Mentuhotep waging war to become the supreme leader of All Egypt and finds his campaign interrupted by a visitation of ancient aliens from the planet Horus.
Douglas Tetlow is a Saltcoats-based author and he has just published his autobiographical memoir Now Departing from Platform 54: A 32-year Long Railway Journey (c) 2026. It covers his life from his arrival as a boy in Euxton, Chorley, which began his lifelong love of the railways, working signalboxes as a 'boy signaller', to outlining his 32-year career with British Rail, Railtrack and Network Rail, from a Leading Railman at West Kilbride to a Freight Planner in Buchanan House, Glasgow.
Corkerhill Press is a small Glasgow-based publishing company with three authors in the stable; Derek Niven, Derek Beaugarde and Douglas Tetlow.
Derek Niven is a Glasgow-based professional genealogist and sports history biographer, specialising in recording the biographies and family histories of famous sporting heroes and teams. The current books in his Pride Series are as follows. Pride of the Lions: the untold story of the men and women who...
Now Departing from Platform 54: A 32-year Long Railway Journey by Douglas Tetlow is a set of memoirs tracing his journey through his childhood, into developing an interest in railways upon his moving to Euxton, Chorley in 1968. His new home was close to the West Coast Main Line, being the catalyst to his interest. The memoirs continue with...
Pride of the Red Devils: the untold story of the men and women who made the Manchester United heroes of Wembley 1968. The book tells the histories of the famous Manchester United team who beat Benfica 4-1 at Wembley in May 1968, from the viewpoint of their genealogical, social, occupational and military history of their ancestors. It takes the...
Pride of the Dons is the sixth book in Derek Niven’s fascinating Pride Series of footballing biographies. It tells the story of 16 young men and their manager Sir Alex Ferguson, who created history in 1983 by becoming the only Scottish club to lift two European trophies. The triumphs are woven through the social and genealogical histories of...
Neldo - This is about football but is not about football. It is the genealogy of the great Rangers team of the 1970s, providing wonderful bitesize snippets exploring the players' history and their family history. From the days when players were moulded elsewhere, on the streets or with local amateur teams, before training academies existed, it gives an insight into how their personalities were constructed and the families who supported them. If you like a book you can dip in and out of and...
Walter Scott - I found Pride of the Lions a cut above most sports books. Perhaps that's because it's more than a story about a great sporting achievement. This wonderful book is about the human history and strange synchronicity that allowed a group of football-daft lads to rise from their local surroundings and take their place among the greats of world football.
Derek Niven weaves together quality journalism, professional genealogy, timeless art, and a fair amount of Scottish swagger to...
Mairi - In reading this SCIFI novel it pushed me out of my comfort zone. I started it on Friday and finished it on Monday after becoming totally engrossed in the story. This is an excellent book which I would recommend.
I liked the way the characters posed different moral dilemmas for the reader based on history. Yet came together with a common aim.
A well thought out novel with a subtle undercurrent pushing the reader to ultimately evaluate what 'end of days' may mean along with a recognition...
