by PixelT | Nov 22, 2022 | Book Launch, Cumbria, Kays Ark, New book
Kerry Darbishire and I met yesterday to make final preparations for the launch of Kay’s Ark. It will be on sale from September 19th – not long now! To say that this book has been a labour of love sounds like a cliché, but in this case it truly has. Kerry tells the...
by PixelT | Nov 22, 2022 | Kays Ark, New book, Pixel Tweaks
Have a look at the September issue of Cumbria Life Magazine. Mary Ingham, who interviewed Kerry Darbishire just over a month ago, has written a lovely piece which summarises perfectly what it was that made her mother, Kay Callaghan, such a charismatic person and how...
by PixelT | Nov 22, 2022 | Kays Ark, New book
Sam Read’s Bookshop in Grasmere is the venue for the first book signing for KAY’s ARK. Kerry Darbishire will be there on Thursday 22nd September from 2.30pm. Sam Read’s has a wonderful reputation. It has been trading since 1887 and was the winner of 2006 the...
by PixelT | Nov 22, 2022 | Cumbria, Kays Ark, New book
KAY’S ARK by Kerry Darbishire will be going to print very soon. It is the story of her mother, an amazing and resourceful woman who came to the Lake District from London in the early 50’s with three small children and little else. The café she opened at Skelwith...
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...
