by PixelT | Nov 22, 2022 | Cumbria, Kays Ark, New book
We are hard at work preparing Handstand Press’s next publication. KAY’S ARK is the lovingly told story of Kay Callaghan who escaped London for the Lake District in 1950. With three children, no money, a failing marriage and abandoned acting career she began a new...
by PixelT | Nov 22, 2022 | Cumbria, Irvine Hunt, New book
I spent a great morning with students from Settlebeck School in Sedbergh last week. Their inspirational English teacher, Sally Ingham, invited me to give a talk about publishing – in particular how Irvine Hunt’s novel The Drover’s Boy was published. The highlight of...
by PixelT | Nov 22, 2022 | Book Launch, Cumbria, New book
Here’s Irvine Hunt, reading from his latest novel, The Ghost Show. He is now well into his eighties. We talk regularly on the phone and Irvine tells me that he continues to write every day. I am giving a talk to Years 7 and 8 at Settlebeck School in Sedbergh at...
by PixelT | Nov 22, 2022 | Book Launch, Cumbria, New book, Ulverston
Lots of Helen Shacklady’s friends and supporters came to join in celebrating the launch of her book ULVERSTON – An English Market Town Through History at the Coronation Hall, last night. In true Ulverston style there was poetry, music, a quiz designed by quizmaster...
by PixelT | Nov 22, 2022 | New book, Ulverston
This time last year I wrote that a new history of Ulverston would be published by Handstand Press in 2015. We are a couple of months late! I’m pleased to announce, finally, that ULVERSTON, An English Market Town Through History, by Helen Shacklady, will be in the...
