15/7/08 - We plan to publish this title in Aug/Sep 2008.
In 2006 an event called ‘The Antonia Forest Conference’, organised by Hilary Clare, Sally Phillips, Sue Sims (Antonia Forest’s literary executor) and Joy Wotton, took place in Bournemouth—AF’s home for most of her life—and was attended by over eighty enthusiasts for Forest’s books.
The programme included seminars and discussion groups, an exhibition, a literary walk round Bournemouth, a book sale, and a presentation of discarded material from the final Marlow title, Run Away Home, as well as specialist talks by a variety of speakers.
The fully illustrated conference proceedings (edited by Laura Hicks, who also edited The Marlows and their Maker) are now being published under the title Celebrating Antonia Forest.
The contents include:
- Over fifty pages of text originally written by Antonia Forest for Run Away Home and never before published, together with an explanatory introduction by Hilary Clare, who knew the author personally
- Previously unpublished photographs of Antonia Forest, her family, and places of importance in her life
- Eight fascinating and thought-provoking articles on Antonia Forest and her books, by specialists in different aspects of her life and work, based on talks given at the Antonia Forest Conference in 2006, and now revised for publication
- Photographs from the Antonia Forest Conference and illustrations to some of the articles
- A detailed introduction to the Conference and its background by Sue Sims, one of its organisers and Antonia Forest’s literary executor
Celebrating Antonia Forest is a ‘must’ for all AF fans. Please note this book is Price Band A and is not in our larger format.