Watch some behind-the-scenes footage below of “Swallows and Amazons” being filmed in 1973 in Bowness-on-Windermere, the location for ‘Rio’ in Arthur Ransome’s story. The footage was shot on 16mm Bolex film… (continues below) If you …
The second edition of Sophie Neville’s “The Making of Swallows and Amazons (1974)” is now available from the Nancy Blackett Shop. The newly revised edition has just been published by the Lutterworth Press and serves …
Peter Willis, founder and president of the Nancy Blackett Trust, reflects on its 20th anniversary and the year in prospect… This new year, 2017, will not only see the 20th anniversary of the Nancy Blackett …
Many different editions of Arthur Ransome’s series of “Swallows and Amazons” stories have been published over the years, and we have a selection of the latest Vintage Classics and Red Fox paperbacks available from the Nancy Blackett …
Following a successful book launch last week, the highly anticipated “Swallows, Amazons and Coots: A Reading of Arthur Ransome” is published today, and available from the Nancy Blackett Shop at the special introductory price of £17.00 (saving …
“Swallows, Amazons and Coots” by Julian Lovelock, with a forward by Sophie Neville, is to be launched on 23rd September at the Radcliffe Centre in Buckingham. Delving deep into Arthur Ransome’s creative process and politics, it is …
Look at what turned up in the post today: the Japanese edition of “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea”, published in two volumes. With thanks to Dr Naoya Umeda of the Department of Naval Architecture …
Many different editions of Arthur Ransome’s series of “Swallows and Amazons” stories have been published over the years, and we have a selection of the latest Vintage Classics and Red Fox paperbacks available from the Nancy Blackett …
Today is the last day that you can enter our Vintage Children’s Classics Competition. To celebrate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the publication of “Secret Water” earlier this month the Nancy Blackett Trust teamed up with …
Our best-seller this Christmas in the Nancy Blackett Shop has undoubtedly been Sophie Neville’s book “The Making of Swallows and Amazons” – based on her journal written when she played Titty in the 1974 film …
There is still time to order your Christmas gifts from the Nancy Blackett Shop! Highlights this year include new books from Sophie Neville (“The Making of Swallows and Amazons”) and Julia Jones (“The Lion of …
To celebrate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the publication of “Secret Water” last Friday the Nancy Blackett Trust has once again teamed up with Vintage Books to give you another chance to win a bumper prize. …
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