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Black Dog Books

15th September 2021 By Jo Leverett

Black Dog Books was set up in 1996 by Peter Tolhurst, initially as a self-publishing venture to produce his own East Anglia: A Literary Pilgrimage. Following its success Black Dog Books has gone on to establish a reputation as one of the regions leading independent publishers specialising in literature and the arts, often with a sense of place, notably Knowing Your Place with a foreword by Richard Mabey.

A Distant Cry, with an introduction by Louis de Bernieres, was the first of three collections of East Anglian short stories followed by Making Waves, Ian Collins’ celebration of artists in Southwold, and several new titles from the acclaimed Suffolk writer Ronald Blythe, including Aftermath (2010), a celebration of fifty years of his writing; and At Helpston: Meetings with John Clare (2011).

Black Dog Books has extended its coverage of the best regional literature to include several new West Country titles such as Somerset by Sylvia Townsend Warner and Chaldon Herring: Writers in a Dorset Landscape by Judith Stinton.

More recent publications include Tolhurst’s acclaimed three volume Norfolk Parish Treasures; This Hollow Land: Aspects of Norfolk Folklore and Brilliant Beacons: Portraits of East Anglian Churches.

Shorelines is published in October.

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Peter Tolhurst
Shorelines – Coming in October

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Dorothy Courtis

17th August 2021 By Jo Leverett

Dorothy Courtis is a Suffolk-based author of historical novels, writing as Dorothy Stewart.

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Ruth Wharrier

17th August 2021 By Jo Leverett

Ruth Wharrier is a freelance botanical and natural history artist and illustrator. She works as a tutor for Suffolk Wildlife Trust, is an advisor for the Arts Council Arts Award scheme and runs regular workshops for adults.

Botanical Artist and Illustrator

Harpsichord Decoration

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Beccles Society of Artists

27th July 2021 By Jo Leverett

Beccles Society of Artists is an art society, based in Beccles in north Suffolk, which is dedicated to the furtherance and enjoyment of art. Most, but not all, members are practising artists and a popular annual exhibition is held each year in August. The Society meets monthly at the Waveney Centre in Beccles for talks or demonstrations by professional artists or other experts in art and associated fields. If you are interested in becoming a member of the Society, please sign up here.

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Halesworth Museum

5th July 2021 By Jo Leverett

When you visit Halesworth make sure you visit the Museum, housed in the Victorian Railway Station.

For more than twenty years volunteers have been collecting and researching the history and archaeology of this fascinating corner of Suffolk.

Spend some time with the displays which will take you across 10,000 years, from the earliest settlers in the Blyth Valley to the busy hub of malting, brewing and agriculture which was the town in Victorian times.

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Rosie Andersen

28th June 2021 By Jo Leverett

I am a writer, textile artist/bookbinder with a keen interest in fables, folktales, myths, and exploring ancient places.

I’m an enthusiastic walker also, and my writing is inspired by the many journeys I’ve made; from visiting mysterious places and ancient churches to observations within the woods, of wildlife, and of walking in nature.

My textile/bookbinding work is an extension of this. I mostly work in silk, with each piece being hand-dyed, painted and embellished.

www.aelfwynnbooks.com

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The Yare Gallery

1st June 2021 By Jo Leverett

The Yare Gallery, located on South Quay in Great Yarmouth, is a free to enter art gallery, showing local and international art.

This beautiful, light-filled and atmospheric three floor Grade II listed building with walled garden hosts an annual programme of exhibitions, talks and community activities.

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Mark Burrell

1st June 2021 By Jo Leverett

Mark has painted for over forty years with work appearing on television seven times.

He was awarded First Prize by Bill Oddie on the program Moving Art, host George Melly, and interview by Sister Wendy Beckett. Mark has shown in New York, Interart Gallery, Jarvis Centre, Williamsburg Historical Center, and France, Norway, and Holland.

In London he won the Lucy Morrison Memorial Prize at the Royal Overseas League and exhibited in House of Commons, Royal Academy, Mall Galleries, Tripp Gallery, Logos Gallery, as well as Fruit Market Gallery Scotland; The Minories, Chappel Galleries, Norwich Castle, and Ferini Art Gallery.

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Mark Goldsworthy

12th May 2021 By Jo Leverett

Mark grew up in East Anglia and studied at art schools in Great Yarmouth and Manchester. He is now based in the Suffolk market town of Bungay. A figurative style based on sound drawing and heightened colour was prevalent in the early large scale works. A move to a series of figures in fields of colour and stronger definition was the direct influence of experiments with sculpture. Latterly, paintings have become much smaller and introspective. Delicate drawings and designs for commissioned sculpture have also attracted admiration.

Work has been shown on Anglia Television and has appeared in arts reviews in the Guardian, and regularly in the Eastern Daily Press. Mark has exhibited in London, Norway, France, Austria, USA and South Africa and work is held in private collections throughout the world.

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Mickey Gibbons

7th May 2021 By Jo Leverett

Suffolk artist and print maker Mickey Gibbons, has spent most of his career in London working as an award-winning creative director within the publishing industry. Mickey studied Illustration at Portsmouth and went on to work for English Heritage as a small finds illustrator before moving to London to become a freelance magazine designer. His innovative design work has included sports, music and lifestyle titles that he has taken from conceptual ideas to the news stands.

After rediscovering his love of drawing, Mickey began using a cheap pack of felt pens to quickly and expressively record the infinite complexities of East Anglia’s beauty. Mickey’s art is made ‘en plien’ at a wide range of locations including rural landscapes and industrial heartlands. 

Mickey also uses the photopolymer plate process to produce limited edition prints of the drawings. He has also recently self-published a curation of the felt pen drawings in a book called ‘Sheet137 – Lowestoft’.

The focus of Mickey’s work is on the physical act of drawing and the fragile opportunity of getting just one chance to capture a fleeting scene. His obsessive love of the vast Suffolk skies and moving seas allows him to exploit the inherent range of a felt pens tones and mark-making which references both the Impressionists and Japanese calligraphers before him. There is a desire within his work to bring a sense of contemporary modernity to landscape art that embraces both its abstraction and serenity.

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