Arts

Ghostwriting Novels: a guide for ghostwriters and the ghostwritten – Ben Jeapes (h 83)

Ghostwriting Novels: A Guide for Ghostwriters and the Ghostwritten will be published by Climbing Boy Productions on 24th October 2024. “As well as being very amusing and entertaining, it fills a significant gap in the literature of writing books, clearly explaining and demystifying one of the least understood areas of the craft. Highly recommended for … Read more

Giovanni Pascoli, Convivial Poems – James Ackhurst (f 01)

Giovanni Pascoli, Convivial Poems, translated by Elena Borelli & James Ackhurst (pseud. of a member of Abbeylands who left in 2001). A new Italian/English dual-language edition of Giovani Pascoli’s Poemi Conviviali, originally published in 1904. Giovanni Pascoli (1855–1912) is renowned as one of the founders of modern Italian poetry. Embodying the Zeitgeist of fin-de-siècle Italy, his … Read more

The Marshwood Vale and Beyond – Kit Glaisyer (e 90)

The Marshwood Vale and Beyond by Kit Glaisyer (e 90). This book contains 65 paintings, including thirteen early works and fifty-two cinematic landscape paintings created between 2015 and 2021 at Kit’s various studios in Bridport, West Dorset. Read Margaret Hookings’ interview with Kit Glaisyer in The Marshwood Vale Magazine ISBN139781739825904 Publication date: 12 August 2022 Downes … Read more

Playing Under the Piano: From Downton to Darkest Peru – Hugh Bonneville (née Williams) (d 81)

Playing Under the Piano: From Downton to Darkest Peru by Hugh Bonneville (née Williams) (d 81) The glittering acting career of the Downton Abbey and Paddington star recounted with immense wit and warmth as Hugh Bonneville regales the reader with fascinating and hilarious anecdotes featuring a host of famous actors. Hugh Bonneville is one of … Read more

The Plays and Poems of Nicholas Rowe – Stephen Bernard (b 94)

plays-and-poems-of-nicholas-roweNicholas Rowe was the first Poet Laureate of the Georgian era. A fascinating and important yet largely overlooked figure in eighteenth-century literature, he is the ‘lost Augustan’.

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Mallarmé’s Sunset: Poetry at the End of Time – Barnaby Norman (m 97)

Barnaby Norman, Mallarmé‘s Sunset: Poetry at the End of Time. The writings of the great Symbolist poet Stéphane Mallarmé (1842-1898) were to become uniquely influential in twentieth century literary criticism. For critics and philosophers such as Maurice Blanchot and Jacques Derrida, Mallarmé’s name came to represent a rupture in literary history, and an opening of … Read more

Portrait of the Artist – Kit Glaisyer (c 90)

This book focuses on twenty-five painters and sculptors associated with the contemporary Bridport art scene. The project was orchestrated by artist Kit Glaisyer and is a collaboration with writer Lu Orza and photographer George Wright. They each draw on their own creative disciples to present a multifaceted portrait of the contemporary artist, with Lu’s narrative … Read more

A Special Kind of Light – Keith McDougall (d 52)

Keith McDougall, A Special Kind of Light; Norfolk and Scottish Landscapes. This book celebrates the landscapes of Norfolk and Scotland through the painting and prose of the author, Keith McDougall. In this book you will find tall skies arching over Norfolk church towers – and paintings of Scottish hills, sweeping glens and sea coasts. This book … Read more

Portrait of the Artist – Kit Glaisyer (c 90)

Portrait of the Artist focuses on twenty-five painters and sculptors associated with the contemporary Bridport art scene. The project was orchestrated by artist Kit Glaisyer and is a collaboration with writer Lu Orza and photographer George Wright. They each draw on their own creative disciples to present a multifaceted portrait of the contemporary artist, with … Read more

Civilisation – Jonathan Conlin (b 94)

Jonathan Conlin, Civilisation. Kenneth Clark’s Civilisation (1969), was a landmark documentary series, pioneering the ‘presenter as hero’ model. Jonathan Conlin draws on interviews with the original crew and archival research to reveal a series that combined scepticism towards traditional ideas of progress with an inclusive approach to its audience. Publisher : British Film Institute; 2009th edition (19 February 2009) Language: … Read more