Month: November 2017

Walton-on-Thames Literary Walking Map

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An A3 fold out map and a double page information sheet from Elmbridge Museum that reveals Walton’s literary connections with William Thackeray, Dirk Bogarde, Sir Arthur Sullivan, Jerome Kern, Julian Sturgis, Samuel Ireland, Matteo Sedazzari, Anne Cummings and many more.

Follow the 60-90 minute circular walk and visit literary sites of interest in Walton-on-Thames, including The Swan pub, Walton Bridge, Nettlefold Studio, Walton Library, Ashley Park , St Mary’s Church and The Old Manor House.

Elmbridge Borough Council’s Arts Development seeks to increase opportunities for people to engage in the arts, culture and heritage of our Borough, either individually or through partnerships.  With the aim of engaging residents, EBC’s Arts Development seeks to support local arts organisations and to present arts based activities that improve the physical and mental health of people who live and work in Elmbridge.

Alban Low is an artist working amongst the jazz community in London. He enjoys creating album covers, chapbooks, maps and films. His family have been publishing books since 1793. www.albanlow.com

Walton-on-Thames Literary Walking Map
Published November 2017
ISBN 978-1-910578-56-8
Folded – A5 (148 x 210mm) 4 page
Flat – A3 (297 x 420mm) 1 Map
Colour
Designed by Alban Low
SLB0065
Elmbridge Map Series 1
Price – £2
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BAD LUCK, GOOD LUCK, BAD LUCK – Bill Lubbock

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Joint winner of the 2017 Elmbridge Literary Competition: Short Story (Adult) category.

Bill Lubbock, a Chartered Psychologist and committed Christian, was a prolific and enthusiastic short story writer in his later years.  He died on 2 September 2017, aged 90, leaving a wife, Margaret, and two children.  Bill had a marvellous sense of fun and had already written his own eulogy and a somewhat alternative Christmas 2017 letter ‘just in case’.

The Elmbridge Literary Competition was established by The RC Sherriff Trust, an independent arts charity working in the Borough of Elmbridge and Elmbridge Borough Council. Previous competitions have included subjects as varied as Dickens, fantasy, love and short radio plays. In celebration of its thirteenth year, the theme for the 2017 Competition was ‘Luck’.    Full details about competitions past, present and future are available at
www.rcsherrifftrust.org.uk
www.elmbridge.gov.uk/culture

BAD LUCK, GOOD LUCK, BAD LUCK
Bill Lubbock
Published November 2017
ISBN 978-1-910578-69-8
A6 Size
16 printed pages
Colour cover/ B&W interior
Elmbridge Literary Competition Chapbook 1
SLB077
Print run 0f 100
Price – £2
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Friends and Family – Ed Seasmith

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Joint winner of the 2017 Elmbridge Literary Competition: Short Story (Adult) category.

Ed has always enjoyed writing stories, poems and songs and has recently decided to spend a lot more time actually doing so. He lives in Walton and has also been published in annual compendiums by Walton Riverhouse Writers and London City Lit.

The Elmbridge Literary Competition was established by The RC Sherriff Trust, an independent arts charity working in the Borough of Elmbridge and Elmbridge Borough Council. Previous competitions have included subjects as varied as Dickens, fantasy, love and short radio plays. In celebration of its thirteenth year, the theme for the 2017 Competition was ‘Luck’.    Full details about competitions past, present and future are available at
www.rcsherrifftrust.org.uk
www.elmbridge.gov.uk/culture

Friends and Family
Ed Seasmith
Published November 2017
ISBN 978-1-910578-70-4
A6 Size
16 printed pages
Colour cover/ B&W interior
Elmbridge Literary Competition Chapbook 2
SLB078
Print run 0f 100
Price – £2
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Lucky Six – Jenny Simnett

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Winner of the 2017 Elmbridge Literary Competition: Poetry category.

Jenny Simnett lives in Esher, Surrey and has written poetry for over 35 years.  She is half way through a part-time MA in Creative Writing at Kingston University.  Jenny enjoys the intellectual challenge of the constraint of words in poetry and provoking a reaction in her reader.

The Elmbridge Literary Competition was established by The RC Sherriff Trust, an independent arts charity working in the Borough of Elmbridge and Elmbridge Borough Council. Previous competitions have included subjects as varied as Dickens, fantasy, love and short radio plays. In celebration of its thirteenth year, the theme for the 2017 Competition was ‘Luck’.    Full details about competitions past, present and future are available at www.rcsherrifftrust.org.uk
www.elmbridge.gov.uk/culture

Lucky Six
Jenny Simnett
Published November 2017
ISBN 978-1-910578-71-1
A6 Size
16 printed pages
Colour
Elmbridge Literary Competition Chapbook 3
SLB079
Print run 0f 100
Price – £2
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The branch and the leaves – Giovanni Cerbiatto

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Giovanni Cerbiatto is a peasant and folklorist who lives in Umbria, Italy. The world, insofar as it worlds, gathers everything, each to the other, and lets everything return to itself in its own resting in the selfsame. This is his second collection of poems translated into English.

Cerbiatto’s first poetry collection Dieci poesi con otto linee (Ten poems with eight lines) was recently reviewed by Helena Nelson at Sphinx who described it as  “A simple line, a fluid development” and ” Stylish”. Full Review HERE

Il ramo e le foglie:
The branch and the leaves
Giovanni Cerbiatto
Translated by Eva Viola Tedeschi
Illustrated by Alban Low
Published November 2017
ISBN 978-1-910578-67-4
A6 Size
16 printed pages
Colour
Chapbook 20
SLB075
Print run 0f 100
Price – £2
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Tita Petita Chihuahua – Becki Flack

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Tita Petita Chihuahua is a wonderfully bright chapbook that combines the paintings and poetry of Becki Flack. An experienced painter of dogs and cats, Becki is best known for her pet portraiture that captures an individual pet’s personality, often including the unique environment that they call home.  In 2015 a little dog with a big heart (and a big bark) came into Becki’s life, transforming it forever. She became the Dog Mother of a very special Chihuahua called Tita who enjoys dressing up. Becki has been working on a series of oil paintings of her ever since, called The World of Tita Petita Chihuahua where she paints her in various guises- as a Mexican, a Rapper, a Nurse and even a Superhero! The paintings are detailed and painted with love and a big dollop of humour. Becki hopes the Tita Petita Chihuahua chapbook will make you smile.

Becki Flack has a BA (Hons) Fine Art (Painting) degree from De Montfort University & a BTEC Development Award in Childrens’ Book Illustration from Chelsea College of Art. She produces collages of Nature in its most idealized form as a type of vivid Paradise. She creates the work on a landscape that she has painted in oils. She then plays with different images from decoupage, wrapping paper or magazines until she finds a composition she likes. Usually animals are included as she loves them and also flowers for their beauty and colour.  Her wish is to produce mini celebrations of life that give her pleasure and inspire joy in the viewer.

Website – www.beckiflack.wixsite.com/paintings
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Tita Petita Chihuahua
Becki Flack
Published November 2017
Series editor – Alan Carlyon Smith
ISBN 978-1-910578-66-7
A6 Size
16 printed pages
Colour
Carlyon Chapbooks Square Peg Series 1
SLB074
Print run 0f 250
Price – £2
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