Charleston Farmhouse, home of Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant and country meeting place for the Bloomsbury group - possibly the ideal publishers day out. 'Leonard went over it, and says it’s a most delightful house and strongly advises you to take it . . . It has a charming garden, with a pond, and fruit trees, and vegetables, all now rather run wild, but you could make it lovely.' Virginia Woolf’s description of Charleston in a letter she wrote to her sister Vanessa Bell in 1916. Charleston Literary Festival starts on the 19th May @charlestonlitfest @charlestontrust #publishersdayout #charleston #firle #bloomsburygroup #vanessabell #duncangrant #virginiawoolf #artistslife #queerart #queerartists #artistsoninstagram #artistsandwriters #artisticlife #elandbooks #elandclassics #classictravel #classictravelreissues #oldbooks #travelwriters #travelwriting #uktravel #independentpublishing #readmore #writinghistory #elandat40
Impromptu #Eland book research, dining through Wednesday's evening rain, Moro restaurant, #exmouthmarket @restaurantmoro Anthony Sattin @sattinanthony and Barnaby Rogerson through the lens of William Dalrymple @williamdalrymple #independentpublishers #independentwriters #travellerslife #worklifebalance #mororestaurant #moorish #londonlife #rainyevening #writersofinstagram #writerscommunity #elandbooks #elandclassics #classictravel #classictravelreissues #oldbooks #travelwriters #travelwriting #travel #independentpublishing #publishersdayout #readmoretravel #writinghistory #williamdalrymple #anthonysattin #oldfriends
Read Mark D. Walker on Moritz Thomsen's The Saddest Pleasure. Mark was a former Peace Corps Volunteer,and his personal reflection on Thomsen is featured in our latest newsletter, now on our website. 'Moritz Thomsen was an iconic author and figure to his devoted fan base, and before his death in 1991, he had written five extraordinary books. Although we are of different generations and never met, we shared some similar life experiences as Peace Corps volunteers (PCVs) involved with agricultural development work in Latin America. I would get to know the man through his books, and he would become my literary “patron saint.”' ‘I’ve said it before, but it’s worth repeating: The Saddest Pleasure is an astonishing book, and in the middle of it comes a piece of writing I've thought about more than any other in the last year or so. A reflection on America seen from a distance, and on aging - by an aging American. It’s striking in its own right. But it’s the way Thomsen shows us what he’s doing as a writer - without any hifalutin nonsense - that gives it an uncanny electricity ... Just flat-out brilliant.’ Tim Hannigan #saddestpleasure #moritzthomsen #peacecorpsvolunteer #pcv #elandbooks #elandclassics #classictravel #classictravelreissues #oldbooks #travelwriters #travelwriting #travel #traveltheuk #independentpublishing #publishersdayout #readmoretravel #writinghistory #timhannigan #southamerica #centralamerica #guatemala #ecuador #latinamerica #americanauthors #literarypatronsaint
Gamel Woolsey's 'Death's Other Kingdom' was recently picked as a good read on the @foxedquarterly literary podcast. This first hand account of the Spanish Civil War is, unusually, seen through the eyes of a female writer. As Malaga goes up in flames in 1936 and the civil war begins its monstrous destruction, Gamel Woolsey, an American poet married to Gerald Brennan, watches fear stalk through a traditional Spanish village. The villagers are caught in a cycle of violence which provokes hatred, anger and a thirst for revenge in even the most peaceful of souls. This humane and sympathetic account puts the people of Spain first, whatever their political persuasion, and gives a gripping and harrowing account of the emotional effects of war in general, and of civil war in particular. Listen to this episode of the @foxedquarterly podcast, featuring Tom Hodgkinson @the.idler and Harry Mount @theoldiemagazine here https://foxedquarterly.com/category/podcast/ #podcast #bookpodcast #literarypodcast #theidler #theoldie #slightlyfoxed #foxedquarterly #spain #spanishcivilwar #gamelwoolsey #bloomsburygroup #geraldbrennan #spanishhistory #malaga #elandbooks #elandclassics #classictravel #classictravelreissues #oldbooks #travelwriters #travelwriting #travel #traveltheuk #independentpublishing #publishersdayout #readmoretravel #writinghistory
Looking back to an open air book launch last summer for 'A Book Full of Rogersons'. [Taken from our latest newsletter, now on our website] 'Another Covid project was to pull together some family history, scanning old photographs and preserving slivers of gossip. Valda, my father’s first cousin, launched A Book Full of Rogerson’s in her garden at Barkfold Manor. She arranged a scattering of tents under which different families could picnic, a band and baking-hot weather. At the end of a long day of talking, book signing and drinking (Grange Hampshire pink fizz), we cooled off in her pool, bobbingly full of cousins.' 17 July #abookfullofrogersons #barnabyrogerson #rogersons #independentpublishing #independentpublishing #familyhistory #openairbooklaunch #cousins #familygettogether #elandbooks #elandclassics #classictravel #classictravelreissues #oldbooks #travelwriters #travelwriting #travel #traveltheuk #independentpublishing #publishersdayout #readmoretravel #writinghistory
Books are a uniquely portable magic #Hay #hayonwye #literaryfestival #books #reading #publishersdayout #dayoff #hay #hay30 #bookish #bookshops #festival #imaginetheworld #bookstagram
#Repost @writerslist with @repostapp ・・・ Enjoyed the day at @topgolflasvegas with some of our friends. #publishersdayout #acmawards #lasvegas #topgolf #whathappensinvegasstaysinvegas #writerslist
Enjoyed the day at @topgolflasvegas with some of our friends. #publishersdayout #acmawards #lasvegas #topgolf #whathappensinvegasstaysinvegas #writerslist