Bidding is well under way for a hardback first edition copy of The Secrets of Filming Swallows and Amazons (1974), signed for you by the author Sophie Neville, and brought to your door or PO Box by Royal Mail (UK delivery is paid for).

All money from the winning bid will be sent as a donation direct to BBC Children in Need – under the auspices of ‘Children in Read’ using the Jumblebee auction site where this illustrated book is listed under the category, ‘Autobiography’.

If you wish to place a bid, please click here. The auction closes 13th November 2020 11:00 pm and successful bidders will be notified via e-mail.

To read a free sample of the first section of the current edition – click here – then click on ‘Look inside’.

To read reviews of this book, please click here.

Sophie will also include a signed copy of the 2nd edition, entitled The Making of Swallows and Amazons (1974), published by The Lutterworth Press. This contains colour plates with more photos and additional stories that flowed down from the Lake District after the first edition came out.

The original version of this story was first published by Sophie Neville in October 2020.