https://www.creativesacrosssussex.com/listings/news/?archive=1&disc%5B0%5D=46&view=rss Fri, 09 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativesacrosssussex.com/andy-waite/the-sky-lights-a-fire/ I have a hardback book, ‘The Sky Lights A Fire’ which contains over 50 full colour images, mostly landscapes, and a few figures, with 12 accompanying poems. Price £20 to collect from 54 Tarrant Street, Arundel, West Suss... Sat, 02 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativesacrosssussex.com/ben-ellis/new-novel-in-a-right-state-by-ben-ellis/ New ebook novel published by Ben Ellis. A near-future adult dystopian/satire set in Worthing. Here's the blurb; Your information is being sold. And guess who's paying for it? It's 2066, and living in a country whe... Wed, 02 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/graham-palmer-writer/poetry-for-a-devastated-church/ ISBN 978-0-9524753-2-3 48pp One Tree Publishing (UK) The Cracked Voices 48 page pamphlet featuring the stories and poems from the lost borderlands of Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire is now on sale. Proceeds wi... Wed, 29 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/hertford-writers-circle/herts-minds-new-writing-from-20-herts-writers/ Herts & Minds is the latest anthology from Hertford Writers' Circle, with 30 new stories and poems by 20 authors, many inspired by the history and landscape of Hertfordshire. Bestseller writer Michael Dobbs, author of... Sun, 05 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/simon-from-ver-poets/dylan-thomas-eveninghttps-www-facebook-com-pages-ver-poets-116/ The rumours have started. A dead poet has been spotted late at night, stumbling through the Maltings. “Dylan Thomas is still alive,” it’s whispered. “Surely that was Elvis?” comes the reply. But the witness knows what ... Tue, 23 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/joanna-scott/illustrator-designer/ Hello! I'm a freelance artist and illustrator with some twenty years experience in commercial art and illustration. I've created work for giftware, media and children's books with clients ranging from Shreds for Harrod... Wed, 27 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/joanna-scott/childrens-book-and-illustration-demo-for-create-and-craft-tv/ Recently I finished illustrating a children's book for Indie publisher Skycat and written by Ron Black. The book is a colouring book as well as a story about hapless foxy fox Freddie and is loads of fun. It will be out ... Thu, 20 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/creative-hertfordshire/afternoon-tea-with-rowan-coleman/ Join author Rowan Coleman for an afternoon tea at Hatfield Library, Thursday 18th May at 2.30pm. Rowan is a Hertfordshire based, Sunday Times Bestselling author. She will be talking about her latest novel 'The Summer... Mon, 10 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/hillary-taylor/community-champion-finalist-st-albans-chamber-awards-2016/ I'm delighted and honoured to be selected as a finalist for this years awards: Category Community Champion. I do arts and other community outreach and communication support in addition to my art. Mon, 21 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/simon-from-ver-poets/poetry-and-religion/ Is religious poetry dead? To find out come to the launch of The Poet’s Quest for God – 21st Century Poems of Faith, Doubt and Wonder in St Albans on Saturday December 3. The anthology contains 300 poems from al... Wed, 17 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/simon-from-ver-poets/ver-poets-agm-and-door-into-the-dark-competition-results/ Friday September 19th, 7.30 pm. Members invited to come along for the AGM in St Michael’s Church Hall and have their say on the running of the society. After a pause for refreshments, at 9 pm we will find out who pene... Wed, 11 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/simon-from-ver-poets/hindu-epic-comes-to-st-albans/ The Mahabharata offers a gateway to the rich culture and history of India. It is the world’s longest epic poem. For many scholars it is as important as the Bible, Shakespeare or Homer in the development of civilisation.... Fri, 07 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/simon-from-ver-poets/healing-poetry/ CAN WORDS HEAL? Can poetry help you cope with pain and illness? To find out, you should come along to St Albans Central Library on Wednesday October 19th for an evening of Healing Poetry. The event which... Tue, 03 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/mg-vaciago/sbswinner/ A Cheshunt mum who created the Big Little Voice book series has received a business boost from entrepreneur, Theo Paphitis. Last week, MG Vaciago tweeted Theo about her business during Small Business Sunday (SBS) and ... Mon, 06 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/mg-vaciago/borough-of-broxbourne-award-2023/ Big Little Voice Colours the Grey, a book I originally wrote to help my son through a traumatic bullying time, has gone on to help so many other children. Since its publication, I have presented anti-bullying workshops ... Tue, 24 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/philipscomedy/jokebook/ Herts based, award-winning stand up comedian Philip Simon has launched a children’s joke book based on his well-loved children’s lockdown homeschooling comedy YouTube show, School's Out Comedy Club. All profits from the ... Tue, 10 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/chorleywood-bookshop/what-have-we-got-coming-up-next-year/ We're busy planning new events for 2020 and we're so excited about what's coming up. All of our events are listed on our website where you can follow a link to buy tickets. If you're looking for inspiration for ... Mon, 05 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/chris-danson/olympics-promo/ **FREE BOOK** To tie in with the athletics during the Paris 2024 Olympics, I'm offering DEAD IN 10 as a FREE Kindle download from Amazon 3-7 August. Download your FREE copy now and support your local (Watford) author!... Fri, 05 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/eugenia-russell/photochrom-england/ The Photochrom photography books on England are now complete. Photochrom photography is an early type of colour photography that brings to life scenes from an era that we usually visualise in black and white. The tech... Sat, 09 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/eugenia-russell/the-rose-the-botanical-drawings-of-pierre-joseph-redout/ The Rose: the botanical drawings of Pierre-Joseph Redouté (published, 2022) is a book celebrating the work of the great Belgian painter and botanical artist (1759–1840), who loved and studied the rose and is often called... Wed, 26 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/eugenia-russell/illustrated-poetry-books/ Beautifully designed and illustrated poetry gift books each on a wonderful theme: the rose, the nightingale and love poetry. The books feature some of the finest English and World poets. They include 9-10 illustrations e... Tue, 24 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/eugenia-russell/photochrom-photography-1890-1910-the-british-isles-in-colour/ Announcing the first titles in a new series of books from Lone Fox Publishing showcasing Photochrom photography. Photochrom photography is an early type of colour photography that brings to life scenes from an era tha... Sun, 21 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/eugenia-russell/keatsandthepre-raphaelites/ Keats and the Pre-Raphaelites: a selection of poetry illustrated by Pre-Raphaelite artists and their successors Edited by Eugenia Russell & Quentin Russell Illustrated in colour 2021 marks the bicentenary of the... Fri, 26 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/eugenia-russell/inspired-by-the-sea/ Inspired by the sea: an anthology of poetry Edited by Eugenia and Quentin Russell The elemental nature of the sea and its changing moods has inspired poets since the earliest times. This selection of English and Am... Sat, 06 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/eugenia-russell/writing-portfolio/ I am excited to be able to share some of my work in this writing portfolio. Enjoy! Examples of work BBC History Magazine: historic travel article https://www.historyextra.com/period/medieval/ye-olde-travel-gui... Tue, 09 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/eugenia-russell/rose-poetry/ The Rose in Poetry, by Eugenia Russell (ed.) A beautifully presented illustrated poetry anthology. A lovely gift book in A6 format. To purchase a copy see: https://www.lonefoxpublishing.com/product-page/the-rose... Thu, 01 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/eugenia-russell/learn-greek/ A taster of words and phrases for those interested in the Greek language and culture. Fri, 30 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/eugenia-russell/poetry-waterstones/ Delighted to inform fellow members that several of our poetry anthologies are available from Waterstones. https://www.waterstones.com/books/search/term/lone+fox+publishing The books are also available directly from... Thu, 09 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/eugenia-russell/literary-quotes/ Find inspiration in these literary quotes for Christmas. Featured authors: Dickens, Borrow, Clare, Irving and Longfellow. Ideal for your own creative projects such as blogs, cards, gift notelets, posters and placemats fo... Sun, 20 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/eugenia-russell/honouring-keats/ Dear Poetry Lover, On the twenty-third day of February, I will be honouring the memory of one of my favourite Romantic poets, John Keats. I will be making time to read many of his poems and letters; revisit illustrati... Tue, 08 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/eugenia-russell/londonist-article/ Remarkable Photos Of London In 1900 Eugenia Russell, editor of The British Isles in Colour: Southern England and the Channel Islands, takes us back to London 1900, by way of incredible images taken in 'Photochrom'. Thu, 28 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativekirklees.com/jack-strange/review-in-the-law-society-gazette/ My novel 'Celebrity Chef Zombie Apocalypse' has just been reviewed in the Law Society Gazette, the official magazine for solicitors practising in England and Wales. Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativesacrosssussex.com/ajbailey/em-zeal-em-enitharmon/ <em>Zeal</em>, Andrew Bailey's first collection of poetry, is now available from Enitharmon and, hopefully, all good bookshops. Mon, 18 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativesacrosssussex.com/story-massage/http-www-storymassage-co-uk-my-sister-has-adhd/ Here's a moving story from an 11 year girl who uses Story Massage to express her feelings around living with a sister with ADHD. Beautifully written and a wonderfully creative way to help her make sense of the world and ... Wed, 16 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/creative-torbay/clore-poetry-literature-awards-1-million/ The Clore Poetry and Literature Awards is a £1 million initiative aimed at funding poetry and literature projects for young people across the UK over a five year period (2011-2015). The overall objective of the programme... Sat, 28 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativetorbay.com/mark-whitefield/new-release/ The Hourglass is a piece cast in four movements which draws its inspiration from the myth and legend of the romantic ruined fortress of Tintagel on the Cornish coast. Musically speaking the four movements are mainly tona... Wed, 19 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/mark-whitefield/https-fortonmusic-co-uk-product-ebb-tide/ Ebbtide is a collection of three duets for clarinet and bassoon which explores the symbolism of an ever-changing coastline as a metaphor for half-forgotten memories that are revealed only to recede again into the fathoml... Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/anna-keleher/dreaming-place-at-marble-arch-caves-geopark-/ Anna Keleher and Claire Cote are half way through their 40 day and 40 night project at Marble Arch Caves Geopark. They were recently featured in the Impartial Reporter ( Fermanagh). Read the full article by clicking on ... Wed, 14 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativetorbay.com/anna-keleher/a-delightful-travel-book-by-geopark-artist-anna-keleher/ Anna Keleher's new Kindle travel book- Dreaming Place: An Irish Adventure with Claire Coté (£2.75 or free with Kindle Select) tells the story of two artists – one from England and one from New Mexico – as they set out o... Wed, 28 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/tom-leins/skull-meat-a-paignton-noir-mystery/ Hi folks. I have a new Paignton Noir novelette called SKULL MEAT available through Amazon. This is a teaser for my forthcoming story collection MEAT BUBBLES (& OTHER STORIES). Warning: contains scenes and language that s... Tue, 17 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/tom-leins/more-bizarro-than-bizarro-out-now/ My brand new Paignton Noir short story HERE COMES THAT WEIRD CHILL was included in the MORE BIZARRO THAN BIZARRO anthology earlier in October 2017, as published by US-based Bizarro Pulp Press. (The story plays out like a... Sat, 02 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/tom-leins/meat-bubbles-other-stories-the-paignton-noir-case-files/ Out now on Kindle and in paperback, my short story collection: Meat Bubbles & Other Stories, published by Near To The Knuckle. Earlier versions of these stories were published over the course of the last decade by th... Sat, 15 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/tom-leins/slug-bait-a-paignton-noir-mystery/ I have a new novelette out now: SLUG BAIT! Here’s the synopsis: Traumatised and brutalised after a grisly encounter with a serial killer known as The Cartographer, SLUG BAIT finds cut-price private investigator Joe... Fri, 21 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/tom-leins/repetition-kills-you-out-now/ My new Paignton Noir book, REPETITION KILLS YOU, is out now from All Due Respect (an imprint of Down & Out Books)! Here's the synopsis: Repetition Kills You is an experimental noir. A novel-in-stories. A literary j... Tue, 18 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativetorbay.com/tom-leins/spine-farm-a-paignton-noir-mystery/ Christmas has come early for fans of Paignton Noir – my new e-book SPINE FARM is out now via Amazon! Still coming to terms with the traumatic events depicted in SNUFF RACKET, Paignton private investigator Joe Rey find... Tue, 03 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativetorbay.com/james-sharp-drum-tutor/freedom-within-structure-drum-books/ Hi folks, I had every intention of writing my first book this year, but as things transpired I ended writing two. The books are intended to shine a light on the myriad possibilities available to the drummer within a si... Fri, 25 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativetorbay.com/plymouth-college-of-art/photography-student-captures-plymouth-landmarks-light/ BA (Hons) Photography student Michael Cole from Plymouth College of Art has juggled his studies this year with the task of taking photographs of various Plymouth landmarks for a new book called Insights Into Plymouth due... Sat, 09 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativetorbay.com/vicky-squires/black-hole-beetroot-children-s-book-launch/ I've self-published an illustrated children's book on Amazon Kindle. 'The Black Hole in the Beetroot' is about the adventures of George as he falls into another world in another part of the universe. He makes new frie... Sun, 13 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/45-southside-gallery/fantastic-new-greeting-card-range-just-arrived/ Fabulous new greeting cards are delivered fresh from the printer. A new range of prints and paintings by Jan Brewerton, as well as additional images by Debby Mason. This new range is the third series of greeting cards... Wed, 10 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/playtorbay/new-children-s-author-prize-2015-for-unpublished-authors/ National Literacy Trust and Bloomsbury Books announce New Children’s Author Prize 2015 for unpublished authors. A new writing competition to find the “next big thing” in children’s literature has being launched by th...