Swallowdale: The adventure that has everything
I remember reading this as a child and loving it even more than the original Swallows and Amazons, maybe because it was even more Titty’s story than the first.
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Book Launch: ‘Swallows, Amazons and Coots’ – pre-order your copy now
‘Swallows, Amazons and Coots’ by Julian Lovelock, with a forward by Sophie Neville, is to be launched on 23rd September at The Radcliffe Centre in Buckingham.
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Spineless Classics One Page Books Swallows And Amazons Review
When is a book not a book? When it’s a Spineless Classic. Posters which have the entire text of a book on one sheet, beautifully arranged, incredibly crisply printed, and still large enough to read – even with my tired aging eyes!
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Commentary: Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
Either you love Swallows & Amazons or you don’t – they seem to induce strong feelings.
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Reading and mapping Swallows and Amazons in the digital age
There’s an irony in using a screen to represent the Walker children’s Lakeland exploits; it encourages children to stay inside to access the outside. The same irony is not true of the book…
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Meet the Author: Our Q&A with Julian Lovelock – The Lutterworth Press
In the highly anticipated lead-up to the release of Swallows, Amazons and Coots later this month, we were able to catch up with author, Julian Lovelock to hear all about his motivations, interests and upcoming projects…
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#TBT – In Search Of The Real Swallows and Amazons – Part 3
The boathouse at the Slate Quay where Arthur Ransome came as a child sits at the southern end of Coniston Water. How wise he was to write about the places, the culture and experiences that he knew so well. The boathouse came to be owned by Bridgit Sanders, nee Altounyan, who was the inspiration for…
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#TBT – In Search Of The Real Swallows and Amazons – Part 2
We set off from the Lakeside Railway Station on the southern shore of Windermere to explore Arthur Ransome’s world full of excitement. I was wondering how many signs of ‘Swallows and Amazons’ we would find…
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Books | Films | Swallows and Amazons | Travel
#TBT – In Search Of The Real Swallows and Amazons – Part 1
On a wet but beautiful day in Cumbria we set off on a quest to find some of the locations used in Richard Pilbrow’s 1974 film of Swallows and Amazons…