Former Swansea University MA’s latest novel:

‘CONTAINMENT: An honest-to-goodness stay-up-all-night page-turner, blessed with a vivid sense of character and place.’

Dr A.J. Bilton, (Swansea University creative writing department and author of “‘The Sleepwalkers’ Ball’ and ‘The Known and Unknown Sea’).

Former Swansea University MA creative writing student B.A. Hippsley, a devoted writer and author, has completed his new book CONTAINMENT; a Thrilling and Entertaining adventure set in the early days of a Zombie Apocalypse.

‘CONTAINMENT’ from Severed Press author B.A. Hippsley, is a creative work of ‘page turning’ science fiction/horror. It follows the desperate struggle of the townspeople as they try to survive the infected and an even more sinister danger.

Initially intended as a standalone piece of work as part of his MA dissertation in creative writing at Swansea University; the manuscript grew and grew and after five (long) years of development, is due for imminent publication. B.A. also writes plays and scripts and was been lucky enough to have had sections of his stage-play performed at the Taliesin Art Centre.

B.A. Hippsley is a native of Pontwalby (Glynneath) but has lived in the village of Cwmgwrach (English translation – Valley of the witches) for the past thirteen years. He has been married for twenty years and has one daughter (who is a fluent welsh speaker). He is educated to MA level in creative writing and has both a BA Hons (Swansea University) and HND in Media Broadcast Communications and also possesses a PGCE.

B.A. has lectured in further education across the Neath and Swansea area for over ten years specialising in Media and Film.

He has recently set up his own media tuition business, (Wise Owl Media Wales) hoping to benefit the communities of the surrounding areas.

Community is something very important to B.A. and he is very much involved with his village; serving as one of the community Councillors for the village of Cwmgwrach and as a school Governor.

The story takes place sometime in the near future; the backwater Montana town of Armstrong has seen better days: economic depression and the recent mysterious communications blackout have taken their toll. The war with Syria and the recent global Ebola emergency have left deep scars in the community. What starts as a simple murder investigation soon takes on a disturbing turn.

A bizarre medical experiment has gone horribly wrong, producing a plague of terrifying man-eating zombie type creatures. The isolated town must fight mounting paranoia and the growing numbers of infected. Terror and evil will shortly stalk the rundown streets. However, things are set to get a whole lot worse. Armstrong is now part of a military CONTAINMENT zone. As the situation escalates, only the mysterious vagrant holds the key to what’s going on.

B.A. would be happy to provide free complimentary chapters from the book and is available for any interviews, should you wish to conduct an article.

Swansea University Creative Writing department are planning a special MA/PhD session to discuss B.A. Hippsley’s latest book in the coming weeks (date time TBA)

“Published by Severed Press; B.A. Hippsley’s fascinating work is the perfect read for any science fiction/horror or zombie aficionado!”

Release date: Early May 2018

Book price: TBA