Thank you to Who Do You Thing You Are? magazine for this lovely interview with Rachel Morris about The Museum Makers.
We’re all museum makers
Simon Phipps on Front Row
Simon Phipps was on Radio 4’s Front Row on Friday evening, talking about Brutal North and the exuberance of modernist architecture. Listen again at 11m15.
Concrete jungle
Just out, Brutal North is Simon Phipps’s photographs of brutalist and modernist architecture in the north of England. Today a selection of photos from it have been featured in the Guardian.
Simon has also, together with caption writer Matthew Steele (and Judy the dog), appeared in a IGTV interview with The Modernist Society.
We’ve had some fantastic comments on twitter too:
Arts Council Recovery Fund for September
We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded an Arts Council Recovery Fund grant today. September Publishing founder and publisher Hannah MacDonald says:
‘At September we have worked hard to create a resilient, low-overhead, remotely-based publisher that invests in its authors, collaborates successfully with other arts and heritage organisations and seeks out diverse talent to develop. At an incredibly difficult point in the arts industry we feel both lucky and grateful to be the recipient of this grant. It will enable us to weather a difficult year and commission new writers, artists and freelance creatives through the winter of 2020 and in years to come.’
A jewel for lovers of the mystical …
‘A jewel for lovers of the mystical, its pages conjure up reimaginings of ancient tales, characters and beliefs from an eco-feminist angle.’
Psychologies Magazine
A very nice review for Foxfire, Wolfskin and Other Stories of Shapeshifting Women in Psychologies Magazine. And we’re delighted to see Helen Nicholson’s illustrations called ‘enchanting’.
Family treasures on Saturday Live
On Saturday, Rachel Morris was on BBC Radio 4’s Saturday Live. Listen again here at 1.14:45.
They also themed the show on family treasures, and twitter got involved:
Now on display at the museum …
Congratulations to Rachel Morris, whose memoir The Museum Makers was published last Thursday. The book had a wonderful first week of publicity.
Rachel penned a piece for The i:
And for the Telegraph:
And another for her childhood haunt, the Saffron Walden Museum.
The first review has come in, from the Spectator:
Rachel was also interviewed on local radio, including:
BBC Radio Wales Lynn Bowles on Sunday 23 August. Listen in at 20.49.
BBC Radio Suffolk on Wednesday 26 August. Listen in at 14.40.
It was wonderful to see her book welcomed by booksellers:
We are also in the midst of a blog tour organised by Diana Riley Marketing in association with Hive. Ten wonderful book bloggers have reviewed The Museum Makers and we will share a selection of reviews at the end of the week.
Tiny treasures lurking below the surface
A great piece on rockpooling by Heather Buttivant, author of Rock Pools, in the Telegraph this weekend.
IPG Independent Publishing Awards
We are delighted to be nominated for the Nick Robinson Newcomer Award in the IPG Independent Publishing Awards.
Congratulations to our fellow nominees Muswell Press and Boldwood Books too!
‘On every single page of this book there is a nugget that someone will enjoy’
‘Do you know, on every single page of this book there is a nugget that someone will enjoy’
Jane Garvey on Rock Pool
Heather Buttivant was fantastic on Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour this morning, talking about incredible sea creatures such as cannibalistic crabs and the long appendages of barnacles.
Listen again at 34.08.