Launching the second edition of “The Secrets of Filming ‘Swallows and Amazons’ (1974)”
A second edition of the ebook ‘The Secrets of Filming ‘SWALLOWS & AMAZONS'(1974) is now avaialble on Amazon Kindle, Smashwords, itunes, Kobo, and Nook for £2.99 .
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Arthur Ransome’s Other Waters
When someone mentions Swallows and Amazons, there’s a good chance that your mind wanders off to the brooding peaks and glassy waters of the Lake District. Though the Swallows and the Amazons did spend many a happy hour in Cumbria, their other novels see them sallying forth into the uncharted waters of Norfolk and Suffolk.
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“Swallows, Amazons and Coots” is published today and available from our Shop
Following a successful book launch last week, the highly anticipated “Swallows, Amazons and Coots: A Reading of Arthur Ransome” is published today, and available from the Nancy Blackett…
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Swallows, Amazons and Coots: The Launch!
On Friday 23rd September, the Lutterworth team set sail for an Arthur Ransome adventure, featuring author Julian Lovelock, High Sheriff of Buckingham, Millie Soames and the original Titty Walker- best known as Sophie Neville- at the helm!
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The difficulty of filming Swallows and Amazons
Recently I saw the new film of Swallows and Amazons, but before a review a few comments about the difficulty of the task. Arthur Ransome’s Swallows and Amazons must be a hard book to convert into a film…
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That Doing Nothing Post – Thoughts on Play, Rest and “Swallows & Amazons”
Having journeyed through another Olympic cycle, I’m reminded of the power of the quest narrative within our stories. There is a counter-point narrative, but it is being ignored, so I want to argue for stories about “Doing Nothing”…
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Strictly star Ed Balls: My six best books
“Swallows And Amazons” was the first book my dad gave me to read and I read the whole series about children having adventures in boats.
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Competition Time! Win ‘Swallows, Amazons and Coots’ by Julian Lovelock
Here at The Lutterworth Press, we want to give you a free book. We have a crisp new copy of “Swallows, Amazons and Coots: A Reading of Arthur Ransome”, by Julian Lovelock, just waiting to be sent to a good home.
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Upcoming Swallows and Amazons Events for the Autumn
There’s a whole load of exciting Swallows and Amazons events coming up over the next few weeks. Starting this evening, there’s the official book launch of “Swallows, Amazons and Coots: A Reading of Arthur Ransome” by Julian Lovelock at the University of Buckingham (you can also pre-order the book from our shop). This weekend there are…