The Heartbreak Café Makes A Return On Valentine’s Day

The hit eighties series ‘Heartbreak Café’ will republish in print for the first time in thirty years this Valentine’s day. Prolific eighties YA author Janet Quin Harkin,  is also known for the very popular ‘The Boyfriend Club’ and ‘Sister Sister’ which later went on to be a hit TV series.

In more recent years Janet has written under Rhys Bowen for an adult audience. Her books include the ‘Molly Murphy’ and ‘Royal Spyness’ series. On ‘Heartbreak Café’ being republished Janet said: “I had always had a special place in my heart for Heartbreak Café. It seemed very real to me (actually it was modelled on a real café in Capitola CA) and I saw it as a place that was where paths crossed and people came out changed. In spite of its humour it had serious underpinnings and a message that is timeless. That's why I'm so thrilled to see it back in print.”

The Heartbreak Café series will be published by Ellfie Books, an imprint of Ellingstar Media,. All six titles will publish simultaneously on February 14^th 2021.  Joelle Godfrey, CEO of Ellingstar Media said: ‘I adored these titles as a young teen and raced through them. They were the sort of books I’d read and read again. As a publisher I wanted to share the series with a younger generation. It was a simpler time in the eighties, no internet and no mobile phones, but many things remain topical for today’s teens from love to friendships to families. At the moment, we are all going through a really difficult time, and I hope that young readers can find some escapism in this series.’

Thank you to Ellfie Books for the news.