Andrew Brown covers the story about ‘Pink Granite’ being selected as a finalist for the Wishing Shelf Book Awards. Read the full article
Comps what are they?
I’ve learned a new word in the publishing world – COMPS. To me as a theatre and performance maker – comps (complementary tickets) means free tickets you allow for family, friends, potential programmers and reviewers. Comps can cost an arm and a leg if you are on a box office split. The meaning in publishing however doesn’t cost anything if …
Taking Stock
Taking Stock a personal take on the new year It was a quiet Christmas after all the hustle and bustle of getting Pink Granite “out there”. I am not sure it is “out there” really but this second self-publishing experience has made me draw comparisons with the first. (As readers will know, the first was Redhair and Daffodil Friend and its accompanying The …
All the wonderful people who helped with my publishing process for ‘Pink Granite’
All the wonderful people who helped with my publishing process for Pink Granite I thought this might be a useful read not only for those who receive my newsletters but also for anyone curious about independent publishing. So here goes: Unlike Redhair and Daffodil Friend, the creation of Pink Granite was relatively short. The first book took the whole of …
More on ‘Pink Granite’ released 16 October 2025
More on ‘Pink Granite’ released 16 October 2025 Beginnings The first utterings of ‘Pink Granite’ were made in 2023 whilst creating on my feet through a group workshop process using movement, improvisation and ritual objects. I can trace its beginnings further back to a site-specific piece I made for the Sentient Performance conference at Dartington Hall, Totnes the previous year. …
Embodying the pathway towards ‘Pink Granite’ (Part Two)
Embodying the pathway towards Pink Granite (Part Two) On the road to making Pink Granite I had one more collision with Redhair and Daffodil Friend through an adaptation for the stage. If you didn’t catch it first time around on the blog last year, you can read about that here. You can also view the edited final performance on my …
Embodying the pathway towards ‘Pink Granite’ (Part One)
Embodying the pathway towards writing Pink Granite (Part One) Let me take you on a journey pealing back the layers of time to show you how my new book Pink Granite is coming about. This is the first of two posts documenting this journey. Early in 2023 I worked with M.A. students at Salford University. I have done this most years since …
In the Steps of the Ancestors
In the Steps of the Ancestors Joseph Waterfield (1858-1933) Margaret Prichard (1849-1890) Last month I checked into a quarryman (and woman’s) cottage in Trefor, Gwynedd on the Llŷn Peninsula where three generations of my family lived and worked at the foot of three mountains known as …
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