The Nancy Blackett Trust’s nine-hour marathon reading of “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea” on Saturday 21st October received coverage in local media, including a short film shown on ITV…
The Nancy Blackett Trust’s Chairman Peter Willis was interviewed by afternoon presenter Lesley Dolphin on BBC Radio Suffolk on 9th October . Topics covered included the upcoming 80th…
The new issue of Classic Sailor magazine contains a six-page feature article about Nancy Blackett’s summer trip to the Netherlands. The October/November issue is In the shops from today…
Here’s another chance to listen to the BBC Radio Cumbria interview about the Swallows and Amazons Marathon Reading that was held by the Coniston Boating Centre on 3rd September 2017. Presenter…
You can now read the Nancy Blackett feature article from Country Life magazine (July 12th, 2017) by: clicking on the images below – each one opens in a new tab or window, then click again on…
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Born in Woodbridge, Julia Jones has spent her life influenced by the people and places dotted along the shifting coastline between Lowestoft and the Blackwater. Her Strong Winds books – ostensibly for older children, but actually of equal appeal to adult readers – are both a homage to and a twenty-first century expression of the sense of exploration inherent in Arthur Ransome’s Swallows and Amazons series.
Nancy Blackett was featured in a television preview of the Arthur Ransome Pin Mill Jamboree last Friday (12th May) on BBC Look East. The preview also featured short interviews with Peter Willis,…
While speaking to the 14-year-old at the 13th Dubai International Film Festival, she admitted to considering the 2016 movie Swallows and Amazons, directed by Philippa Lowthorpe, as one that catapulted her to new heights in Hollywood…
As part of their #LoveToRead campaign the BBC visited the Lake District to explore the landscape that has provided inspiration for some of the best-loved children’s authors of all time. Gabrielle Rowley caught up with TV presenter Simon O’Brien to find out more about the Books That Made Britain documentary.