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‘Deeper than Indigo is a symphony of a book’
Tim Mclaughlin reviews Deeper than Indigo: The full review can be viewed here. 'Using poetry, quotes, maps, family trees, illustrations, paintings, photographs, Deeper than Indigo is a symphony of a book. It is a work that vividly evokes a time now lost, and yet...
Aramco Expats interview Mary Beardwood
Discovering Islamic Art author is interviewed by Aramco Expats
Jenny Balfour Paul speaking at the North Cornwall Book Festival
Jenny Balfour Paul will be joining the exciting list of authors speaking at the North Cornwall Book Festival, 23-25 October. Get your tickets now!
Coming Soon: The Pearl Diver
First published in 2003, The Pearl Diver is the story of Saeed, a six-year-old boy and his father Abdullah, one of the finest pearl divers in the Arabian Gulf. Beautifully told and charmingly illustrated, this story will appeal to readers of between six and ten, or as...
Press: SPIRIT OF THE WIND
'Miona Janeke brings to life the majesty of Namibia's wild creatures in her book Spirit of the Wind: A photographic celebration of the Wild Horses of the Namib Desert.'
Ray and Caroline Foulk at Waterstones
Ray and Caroline Foulk will be at Waterstones in Newport on the Isle of Wight to promote their book Stealing Dylan from Woodstock on Wednesday 12th August. Ray will be sharing his memories of producing the first Isle of Wight Festivals and especially how he managed to...
Jenny Balfour Paul Featured Speaker at Ways With Words Festival
Jenny Balfour Paul was a featured speaker at the 2015 Ways With Words Festival of Words and Ideas at Dartington, Devon. Her illustrated talk, 'Missing Pieces', evocatively described how her life’s fascination with Indigo led to a deeply personal quest to unpick the...
Ray and Caroline Foulk appearing at the Cornbury Music Festival on Sat 11 July
Stealing Dylan from Woodstock authors Ray and Caroline Foulk appeared at Cornbury Music Festival on 11 July. The Festival attracted a huge crowds to see Tom Jones, Lulu, Blue and many other great acts. The Festival's ‘The Other Stage’ is fast establishing a reputation...
The Guardian: Double Page feature on Deeper than Indigo by Jenny Balfour Paul
Thomas Machell: the explorer, the cannibal’s daughter and me "Jenny Balfour Paul has followed Victorian adventurer Thomas Machell from India to Patagonia, from Polynesia to Afghanistan. She reveals how a chance meeting in the British Library sparked a 15-year...
A N Wilson joins 200 guests for Jenny Balfour Paul’s Deeper than Indigo launch
Ten years in the making, Jenny Balfour Paul’s new book on tracing forgotten explorer Thomas Machell, entitled Deeper than Indigo, has been heralded by A N Wilson as ‘One of the most remarkable books I have ever read’ and Gillon Aitken as ‘utterly captivating’. Hosted...
BookBrunch: All roads lead to Medina
All roads lead to Medina 13 April 2015 A desire to republish an equine classic led Kitty Carruthers and Peter Harrigan to set up Medina Publishing. Six years later, an eclectic list - soon to include a behind-the-scenes recollection of Bob Dylan at the Isle of Wight -...
Mary Beardwood at the Emirate Literature Festival
Mary Beardwood launched her new book at the Emirates Literature Festival today with workshops and school visits instructing children on Islamic art A subject that spans a millennium-and-a-half and covers every walk of life in every corner of the globe but there are...