We are thrilled to be on the regional and country shortlists for The British Book Awards’ new Small Press of the Year prize. We are in great company with 40 other independent publishers – we’re proud to be part of such a flourishing and enterprising industry. The winner will be announced on 13 May.
Poems in steel and concrete
Thank you to the Guardian, for featuring Simon Phipps’ photos from Concrete Poetry.
‘The postwar public art that became a symbol of the British modernist dream’
A wonderful feature on Simon Phipps’ Concrete Poetry in Wallpaper.
‘Phipps has compiled yet another weighty tome deeper than aesthetics and broader than brutalism. One thing Concrete Poetry resoundingly reaffirms is that brutalist sculpture continues to be as divisive as it is entrenched in the familiar landscape of postwar Britain.’
Concrete Poetry launches at the Barbican
Last night saw the launch of Simon Phipps’ beautiful and timely new book Concrete Poetry: Post-War Modernist Public Art at the Barbican.
This stunning collection of photographs and book design by Studio Small is already garnering much praise.
Look out for features in the Guardian and Wallpaper.
A railway adventure at Southwark Cathedral
A wonderful evening last night at Southwark Cathedral for Vicki Pipe and Geoff Marshall’s talk about The Railway Adventures. An amazing audience of nearly 250 people heard about the authors’ travels around Britain and played Play Your Railway Cards Right, while in quiet moments the dull thunder of trains from London Bridge made themselves heard.
To The Museum!
Congratulations Vicki Pipe and Geoff Marshall for a sell out event last at the London Transport Museum, talking all things Railway Adventures.
And with some wonderful feedback from Twitter.
Top five reasons to take a railway adventure
Fantastic blog on Scenic Rail Britain by Vicki Pipe and Geoff Marshall, on their top five reasons why you should have your own railway adventures.
All aboard for The Railway Adventures
Congratulations to Vicki Pipe and Geoff Marshall, whose book The Railway Adventures: Places, Trains, People and Stations is published today.
In 2017, Vicki and Geoff took a crowdfunded trip to visit all the stations in the UK, and their funny and informative videos of their journey gained a massive fan base on YouTube.
Now, in their book, they help you have your own adventures. Discover the hidden stories that lie behind branch lines, meet the people who fix the engines and put the trains to bed, embark on unknown routes, disembark at unfamiliar stations, explore new places and get to know the communities who keep small stations and remote lines alive.
On the shelves at Waterstones, Hull (photo @SimonKoppel)
In Monday’s Metro, you could win one of five copies of The Railway Adventures.
You can see Vicki and Geoff at two London events. On Thursday they will appear at the London Transport Museum, and on Friday 25 October at Southwark Cathedral. Big thanks to Southwark Cathedral, who have given us two tickets for their event to run as a competition giveaway which ends at 1pm today:
All The Events
As we approach publication day of The Railway Adventures – 16 October – don’t forget their two fantastic London events.
Vicki and Geoff will be appearing at the London Transport Museum on 18 October, for a fun talk and Q&A, and then on 25 October they will be at Southwark Cathedral. We can’t wait!
Summer Snows and a Golden Hare
Thank you Golden Hare Books for hosting a wonderful evening with Christopher Nicholson on Wednesday, where he discussed Among the Summer Snows.
