Nancy Blackett had a generally successful weekend at this year’s Maritime Ipswich festival, making a number of new friends and gaining some new members for the Trust along the way. See our photo album from Saturday here.
Nancy Blackett will be welcoming visitors at the Maritime Ipswich festival this coming weekend. Maritime Ipswich is the annual festival held in Ipswich, Suffolk on its historic Waterfront. Situated on the River Orwell, it is just a few miles upstream from Pin Mill, where Nancy Blackett appeared as the Goblin in Arthur Ransome’s “We Didn’t […]
To celebrate the fortieth anniversary and release of the restored 1974 “Swallows and Amazons” film, the Nancy Blackett Trust has teamed up with Vintage Books and Studiocanal to offer you the chance to win a bumper prize comprising: a year’s free membership of the Nancy Blackett Trust; a full set of Arthur Ransome Vintage Children’s Classics; […]
This year sees the 75th anniversary of the publication of "Secret Water", the eighth book in the "Swallows and Amazons" series by Arthur Ransome. The story is principally set in the Walton Backwaters and includes an second appearance by Nancy Blackett as the Goblin, being the direct sequel to the classic "We Didn't Mean to […]
You can now pre-order from our shop the new upcoming Vintage Classics editions of both "We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea" and "Secret Water" – the two Arthur Ransome titles that feature Nancy Blackett as the Goblin. They are about to be published in Random House's Vintage Classics series, with striking new cover designs. The […]
There is still time to order last-minute gifts from the Nancy Blackett Shop! Our 'Learn the Ropes' and the 'Ransome Boats' Teatowels have been popular this season, but we also have Christmas cards by Claudia Myatt, "Swallows and Amazons" notebooks, stocking-fillers in the shape of badges and fridge magnets, and plenty of interesting books for […]
Support Nancy Blackett and get ready for 2014 with our stunning Year Planner, now available in the Shop. Designed by Claudia Myatt, it's a generous A2 size on semi-stiff card (delivered rolled in a tube) with a space for every day, an area for notes and a nautical image suitable for framing when (looking well […]
The Nancy Blackett Trust has a new-look website from today, providing an even smarter appearance and most importantly, a more accessible experience for its users. The new look replaces separate desktop and mobile themes with a new responsive theme that can be more easily viewed and navigated on anything from a budget smartphone to a […]
This image of Nancy Blackett by photographer Gill Moon is now available as a greeting card and in her 2014 East Coast Calendar. The photo shows Nancy sailing in Harwich Harbour, with skipper Bryan Bonser waving from the cockpit. It is available as a 7in x 5in greeting card, blank inside with an envelope, for £2 […]
"The Lion of Sole Bay", just published, is the latest novel from Julia Jones, author of the Ransome-inspired Strong Winds Trilogy. It is a standalone story focusing on Luke, Anna's half-brother from the trilogy. He is expecting a half-term week with his dad Bill, aboard Bill's liveaboard fishing boat, but things soon go very wrong, […]
This iPad advertisement on the London Underground features the ebook version of the new Vintage Classics edition of "Swallows and Amazons". If you would prefer it as a proper book – we've got it!
The cover for the new Vintage Classics edition of “Swallows and Amazons” has won the prestigious 2013 V&A Book Cover Illustration Award for the Finnish illustrator Pietari Posti. The winning design is one of several he has created for the “Swallows and Amazons” series, the others being for “Swallowdale”, “Peter Duck”, “Winter Holiday”, “Coot Club” and […]
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