The First Line
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Your chance to bid on a piece of LITERARY, MUSIC & FILM history
Come in and peruse the first lines of classic picture books, bestselling novels, one of the greatest thinkers alive, everybody’s favourite movie, the song we all love, the funniest play ever written, the music score from the King’s Coronation, the book that changed Britain’s culinary landscape, ancient stories told anew, Booker Prize, Academy Award, BAFTA winners and more…
Each handwritten by their authors
Our immense gratitude goes to all authors, illustrators, scriptwriters, food experts, playwrights, composers who have given their talent and name, their time and trust, and their best handwriting to fundraise in help of our work:
Our Patrons, composer Roxanna Panufnik and illustrator Axel Scheffler,
along with
Philip Ardagh, Rick Astley, Brian Bilston, Rob Brydon, Shami Chakrabarti, Tracy Chevalier, Joseph Coelho, Cressida Cowell, Richard Curtis, Abi Daré, Benji Davies, Julia Donaldson,
Michael Frayn, Stephen Fry, Mark Haddon, Joanne Harris, Samantha Harvey, Charlie Higson, Claire Keegan,
Marian Keyes, Alexander McCall Smith, Val McDermid, Michael Morpurgo, David Nicholls, Ben Okri, Adele Parks, Liz Pichon, Philip Pullman, Catherine Rayner, Claudia Roden, Carlo Rovelli, Katherine Rundell, Philippe Sands, Sathnam Sanghera,
Nick Sharratt, Posy Simmonds, Nigel Slater, Meera Sodha, Emma Thompson, Petroc Trelawny, Sarah Waters, Jacqueline Wilson, Asako Yuzuki.
We would like to extend our thanks to all the agents, publishers and assistants for their help and support, and our friends of the literary scene for their connections.
Each card comes with a signed certificate of authenticity.
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Lot 33
£ 350
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Mythos, The Greek Myths Retold, Stephen Fry
Mythos, The Greek Myths Retold, Stephen Fry
Bidding starts on 22-11-2024 07:35
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The first line of Stephen Fry's Mythos, The Greek Myths Retold. Handwritten by Stephen.
Pen on watercolour paper, approximately 18cm x 26cm
‘These days the origin of the universe is explained by proposing a Big Bang, a single event that instantly brought into being all the matter from which everything and everyone are made .
The Ancient Greeks had a different idea. They said it all started not with a bang but with CHAOS.’
Stephen Fry is an award-winning comedian, actor, presenter and director. He rose to fame alongside Hugh Laurie in A Bit of Fry and Laurie (which he co-wrote with Laurie) and Jeeves and Wooster, and was unforgettable as General Melchett in Blackadder.
His film roles include a magnificent interpretation of Oscar Wilde in the 1997 film Wilde, Inspector Thompson in Robert Altman's murder mystery Gosford Park and the Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland and its sequel.
He has hosted over 180 episodes of QI, and has narrated all seven of the Harry Potter novels for the audiobook recordings. He is the bestselling author of four novels as well as three volumes of autobiography. Mythos and Heroes, his retelling of the Greek myths, are both Sunday Times bestsellers.
Stephen is president of the mental health charity Mind and Patron of UK audiobook charity, Listening Books.
In 2010, Fry was made a Distinguished Supporter of the British Humanist Association and was presented in 2011 with the Lifetime Achievement Award in Cultural Humanism by the Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard University.
http://www.stephenfry.com
Pen on watercolour paper, approximately 18cm x 26cm
‘These days the origin of the universe is explained by proposing a Big Bang, a single event that instantly brought into being all the matter from which everything and everyone are made .
The Ancient Greeks had a different idea. They said it all started not with a bang but with CHAOS.’
Stephen Fry is an award-winning comedian, actor, presenter and director. He rose to fame alongside Hugh Laurie in A Bit of Fry and Laurie (which he co-wrote with Laurie) and Jeeves and Wooster, and was unforgettable as General Melchett in Blackadder.
His film roles include a magnificent interpretation of Oscar Wilde in the 1997 film Wilde, Inspector Thompson in Robert Altman's murder mystery Gosford Park and the Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland and its sequel.
He has hosted over 180 episodes of QI, and has narrated all seven of the Harry Potter novels for the audiobook recordings. He is the bestselling author of four novels as well as three volumes of autobiography. Mythos and Heroes, his retelling of the Greek myths, are both Sunday Times bestsellers.
Stephen is president of the mental health charity Mind and Patron of UK audiobook charity, Listening Books.
In 2010, Fry was made a Distinguished Supporter of the British Humanist Association and was presented in 2011 with the Lifetime Achievement Award in Cultural Humanism by the Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard University.
http://www.stephenfry.com
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Lot 16
£ 125
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Noises Off, Michael Frayn
Noises Off, Michael Frayn
Bidding starts on 22-11-2024 07:35
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The first line of Michael Frayn's Noises Off. Handwritten by Michael.
Pen on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
‘Mrs Clackett: It’s no good you going on. I can't open sardines and answer the phone. I've only got one pair of feet.’
Noises Off is Michael Frayn’s perhaps best known play. A long-running, internationally successful stage farce and play-within-a-play about the antics of an English theatrical company touring the provinces and its inept attempts at performing a typically English sex farce.
Michael is also a novelist, and translator, whose work is often compared to that of Anton Chekhov for its focus on humorous family situations and its insights into society. His novels -such as Towards the End of the Morning, check Lot 17- have won many prizes.
Michael’s Among Others, a patchwork memoir of a lifetime’s encounters and a celebration of the endlessly intriguing otherness of others has just been published by Faber https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571378616-among-others/
If you like Michael's writing, check Lot 17.
Pen on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
‘Mrs Clackett: It’s no good you going on. I can't open sardines and answer the phone. I've only got one pair of feet.’
Noises Off is Michael Frayn’s perhaps best known play. A long-running, internationally successful stage farce and play-within-a-play about the antics of an English theatrical company touring the provinces and its inept attempts at performing a typically English sex farce.
Michael is also a novelist, and translator, whose work is often compared to that of Anton Chekhov for its focus on humorous family situations and its insights into society. His novels -such as Towards the End of the Morning, check Lot 17- have won many prizes.
Michael’s Among Others, a patchwork memoir of a lifetime’s encounters and a celebration of the endlessly intriguing otherness of others has just been published by Faber https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571378616-among-others/
If you like Michael's writing, check Lot 17.
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Michael Frayn
Michael Frayn
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Lot 46
£ 550
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Never Gonna Give You Up, Rick Astley
Never Gonna Give You Up, Rick Astley
Bidding starts on 22-11-2024 07:35
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Highest bidder: Sarah Keltie
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The First line of Rick Astley’s famous hit Never Gonna Give you Up. Handwritten by Rick.
Pen on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
Rick's 1987 debut album, Whenever You Need Somebody, sold 15.2m copies worldwide and featured the track Never Gonna Give You Up – a mega hit single,
no. 1 in over 25 countries, winning the 1988 Brit Award for Best British Single.
Rick has released eight studio albums and his new single, Dippin’ My Feet, is out now.
Rick’s autobiography, Never, has just been published by.
https://rickastley.co.uk
Pen on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
Rick's 1987 debut album, Whenever You Need Somebody, sold 15.2m copies worldwide and featured the track Never Gonna Give You Up – a mega hit single,
no. 1 in over 25 countries, winning the 1988 Brit Award for Best British Single.
Rick has released eight studio albums and his new single, Dippin’ My Feet, is out now.
Rick’s autobiography, Never, has just been published by.
https://rickastley.co.uk
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Lot 26
£ 100
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The Boy with the Topknot, Sathnam Sanghera
The Boy with the Topknot, Sathnam Sanghera
Bidding starts on 22-11-2024 07:35
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The first line of Sathnam Sanghera's The Boy with the Topknot. Handwritten by Sathnam.
Pen on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
‘Drinking alone needn't necessarily be a lowering experience...’
Sathnam Sanghera was born to Punjabi parents in the West Midlands and entered the education system unable to speak English. Yet after attending Wolverhampton Grammar School, he graduated from Christ’s College, Cambridge with a first class degree in English Language and Literature.
His memoir The Boy With The Topknot has been shortlisted for the Costa Book Awards and was adapted by BBC Drama in 2017 and named Mind Book of the Year in 2009.
Empireland: How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain became an instant Sunday Times bestseller on release in 2021, was named a Book of the Year at the 2022 British Books Awards, and resulted in Empire State of Mind, the acclaimed two-part documentary for Channel 4.
The book also inspired a sequel, Empireworld: How British Imperialism Has Shaped the Globe, which became an instant Sunday Times bestseller on release earlier this year.
His work has been recognised with the awarding of numerous honorary doctorates and journalism prizes. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2016, and elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in recognition of his contribution to historical scholarship in 2023.
Sathnam is a regular contributor on national radio and TV, having appeared on programmes including Have I Got News For You and BBC Front Row Late and presented a range of documentaries, including The Massacre That Shook The Empire on Channel 4.
https://www.sathnam.com/
Pen on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
‘Drinking alone needn't necessarily be a lowering experience...’
Sathnam Sanghera was born to Punjabi parents in the West Midlands and entered the education system unable to speak English. Yet after attending Wolverhampton Grammar School, he graduated from Christ’s College, Cambridge with a first class degree in English Language and Literature.
His memoir The Boy With The Topknot has been shortlisted for the Costa Book Awards and was adapted by BBC Drama in 2017 and named Mind Book of the Year in 2009.
Empireland: How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain became an instant Sunday Times bestseller on release in 2021, was named a Book of the Year at the 2022 British Books Awards, and resulted in Empire State of Mind, the acclaimed two-part documentary for Channel 4.
The book also inspired a sequel, Empireworld: How British Imperialism Has Shaped the Globe, which became an instant Sunday Times bestseller on release earlier this year.
His work has been recognised with the awarding of numerous honorary doctorates and journalism prizes. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2016, and elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in recognition of his contribution to historical scholarship in 2023.
Sathnam is a regular contributor on national radio and TV, having appeared on programmes including Have I Got News For You and BBC Front Row Late and presented a range of documentaries, including The Massacre That Shook The Empire on Channel 4.
https://www.sathnam.com/
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Lot 13
£ 225
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Impossible Creatures, Katherine Rundell
Impossible Creatures, Katherine Rundell
Bidding starts on 22-11-2024 07:35
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3
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The first line of Katherine Rundell's Impossible Creatures. Handwritten by Katherine.
Pen on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
'It was a very fine day, until something tried to eat him.'
Katherine Rundell is a multi-million-bestselling author whose novels for children have won the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, the Blue Peter Book Award and the Costa Children’s Book Award, among many others.
Impossible Creatures was Waterstones Book of the Year 2023, and in 2024 Katherine was named the British Book Awards Author of the Year and Impossible Creatures won the Children’s Fiction Book of the Year.
She is a Quondam Fellow of All Souls College and a Fellow of St Catherine’s College, Oxford, where she works on Renaissance literature.
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/author/katherine-rundell/
If you like Katherine's work, check out Lot 14.
Pen on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
'It was a very fine day, until something tried to eat him.'
Katherine Rundell is a multi-million-bestselling author whose novels for children have won the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, the Blue Peter Book Award and the Costa Children’s Book Award, among many others.
Impossible Creatures was Waterstones Book of the Year 2023, and in 2024 Katherine was named the British Book Awards Author of the Year and Impossible Creatures won the Children’s Fiction Book of the Year.
She is a Quondam Fellow of All Souls College and a Fellow of St Catherine’s College, Oxford, where she works on Renaissance literature.
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/author/katherine-rundell/
If you like Katherine's work, check out Lot 14.
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Katherine Rundell
Katherine Rundell
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Lot 11
£ 775
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Room on the Broom, Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Axel Scheffler
Room on the Broom, Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Axel Scheffler
Bidding starts on 22-11-2024 07:35
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11
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The first line of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s classic Room on the Broom. Handwritten by Julia, illustrated by Axel.
Pen & ink on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
‘The witch had a cat and a very tall hat
And long ginger hair which she wore in a plait.’
Julia and Axel are the picture book dream team, having created some of today’s best loved modern classics, from The Gruffalo to Stickman and Room on the Broom.
Their work have been translated in over 100 languages and have sold multimillion copies around the world.
Julia also writes longer fiction, poems, songs and plays and her brilliant live shows are always in demand. She was the Children’s Laureate for 2011-2013 and was awarded the CBE for services to literature in 2019.
http://www.juliadonaldson.co.uk/
Axel has illustrated over 200 books and his work is exhibited around the world. He also draws editorial illustrations for magazines and is a great advocate for Europe. In 2022 he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit by the German government. Axel is Patron of Three Peas.
http://www.axelscheffler.com
If you like Axel and Julia’s books, check Lots 12 and 30, and why not Axel's Lot 8, 29 and 31
Pen & ink on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
‘The witch had a cat and a very tall hat
And long ginger hair which she wore in a plait.’
Julia and Axel are the picture book dream team, having created some of today’s best loved modern classics, from The Gruffalo to Stickman and Room on the Broom.
Their work have been translated in over 100 languages and have sold multimillion copies around the world.
Julia also writes longer fiction, poems, songs and plays and her brilliant live shows are always in demand. She was the Children’s Laureate for 2011-2013 and was awarded the CBE for services to literature in 2019.
http://www.juliadonaldson.co.uk/
Axel has illustrated over 200 books and his work is exhibited around the world. He also draws editorial illustrations for magazines and is a great advocate for Europe. In 2022 he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit by the German government. Axel is Patron of Three Peas.
http://www.axelscheffler.com
If you like Axel and Julia’s books, check Lots 12 and 30, and why not Axel's Lot 8, 29 and 31
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Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
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Lot 5
£ 285
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Small Things Like These, Claire Keegan
Small Things Like These, Claire Keegan
Bidding starts on 22-11-2024 07:35
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7
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The first line of Claire Keegan's award winning, New York Times Best Book of the 21st Century historical fiction novel. Handwritten by Claire.
Pen on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
'In October there were yellow trees. Then the clocks went back the hour and the long November winds came in and blew.'
Claire Keegan is an award winning Irish author. Her works of fiction are critically acclaimed international bestsellers – and have been translated into thirty languages. She is also renown for her prize winning short stories, which have been published in The New Yorker, Granta, and The Paris Review.
Keegan was awarded Woman of the Year for Literature in Ireland in 2022, Author of the Year 2023, the Seamus Heaney Award for Arts and Letters 2024 and most recently the Siegfried Lenz Award.
Small Things Like These was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Rathbones Folio Prize and won the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction and the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award.
Pen on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
'In October there were yellow trees. Then the clocks went back the hour and the long November winds came in and blew.'
Claire Keegan is an award winning Irish author. Her works of fiction are critically acclaimed international bestsellers – and have been translated into thirty languages. She is also renown for her prize winning short stories, which have been published in The New Yorker, Granta, and The Paris Review.
Keegan was awarded Woman of the Year for Literature in Ireland in 2022, Author of the Year 2023, the Seamus Heaney Award for Arts and Letters 2024 and most recently the Siegfried Lenz Award.
Small Things Like These was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Rathbones Folio Prize and won the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction and the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award.
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Lot 20
£ 1,225
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His Dark Materials: Northern Lights, Philip Pullman
His Dark Materials: Northern Lights, Philip Pullman
Bidding starts on 22-11-2024 07:35
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The first line of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials: Northern Lights. Handwritten by Philip.
Pen on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
‘Lyra and her daemon moved through he darkening hall, taking care to keep to one side, out of sight of the kitchen.’
Northern Lights (The Golden Compass in the USA) is the first book in Philip’s bestselling and beloved trilogy His Dark Materials -continuing with The Subtle Knife, and concluding with The Amber Spyglass.
These books have been honoured by many prizes, Northern Lights won the Carnegie Medal in 1996, and ten years later was awarded the Carnegie of Carnegies -chosen by readers from all the books that have won this medal in the 70 years since it was first awarded. In 2001 The Amber Spyglass became the first children's book to win the overall Whitbread Award (now known as the Costa Award).
http://www.philip-pullman.com/
Pen on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
‘Lyra and her daemon moved through he darkening hall, taking care to keep to one side, out of sight of the kitchen.’
Northern Lights (The Golden Compass in the USA) is the first book in Philip’s bestselling and beloved trilogy His Dark Materials -continuing with The Subtle Knife, and concluding with The Amber Spyglass.
These books have been honoured by many prizes, Northern Lights won the Carnegie Medal in 1996, and ten years later was awarded the Carnegie of Carnegies -chosen by readers from all the books that have won this medal in the 70 years since it was first awarded. In 2001 The Amber Spyglass became the first children's book to win the overall Whitbread Award (now known as the Costa Award).
http://www.philip-pullman.com/
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Philip Pullman
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Lot 40
£ 125
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Luna Loves Library Day, Joseph Coelho
Luna Loves Library Day, Joseph Coelho
Bidding starts on 22-11-2024 07:35
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40
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The first lines of Joseph Coelho's Luna Loves Library Day. Handwritten by Joseph.
Pen on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
'Library bag - check.
Library card - check.
Books to return - check.'
Joseph Coelho is an award-winning performance poet, playwright and children's author based in Kent.
He has written more than 20 books for young people, spanning picture books, middle-grade and YA.
His debut poetry collection Werewolf Club Rules (Frances Lincoln, 2014) was the winner of the CLPE CLiPPA Poetry Award 2015 and most recently, Joseph won the Carnegie Medal for his YA novel The Boy Lost in the Maze.
Luna Loves Library Day was chosen as one of the nation's top 25 stories to share by World Book Day UK.
He aims to inspire young people through stories and characters they can recognise, and explores themes such as fear, courage, diversity, gratitude, empathy and loss.
He looks to improve diversity amongst the authors and illustrators on UK bookshelves.
Coelho was appointed the Children's Laureate 2022-2024.
Joseph is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2024 Birthday Honours for services to the Arts, to Children's Reading and to Literature.
http://www.thepoetryofjosephcoelho.com
Pen on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
'Library bag - check.
Library card - check.
Books to return - check.'
Joseph Coelho is an award-winning performance poet, playwright and children's author based in Kent.
He has written more than 20 books for young people, spanning picture books, middle-grade and YA.
His debut poetry collection Werewolf Club Rules (Frances Lincoln, 2014) was the winner of the CLPE CLiPPA Poetry Award 2015 and most recently, Joseph won the Carnegie Medal for his YA novel The Boy Lost in the Maze.
Luna Loves Library Day was chosen as one of the nation's top 25 stories to share by World Book Day UK.
He aims to inspire young people through stories and characters they can recognise, and explores themes such as fear, courage, diversity, gratitude, empathy and loss.
He looks to improve diversity amongst the authors and illustrators on UK bookshelves.
Coelho was appointed the Children's Laureate 2022-2024.
Joseph is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2024 Birthday Honours for services to the Arts, to Children's Reading and to Literature.
http://www.thepoetryofjosephcoelho.com
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Joseph Coelho
Joseph Coelho
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Lot 6
£ 375
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How to Train Your Dragon, Cressida Cowell
How to Train Your Dragon, Cressida Cowell
Bidding starts on 22-11-2024 07:35
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The first line of Cressida Cowell's How to Train Your Dragon. Handwritten and illustrated by Cressida.
Pen and pencil on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
'There were dragons when I was a boy.'
Along with the bestselling How to Train Your Dragon, Cressida Cowell is the author and illustrator of The Wizards of Once and Which Way to Anywhere books series, and the author of the Emily Brown picture books, illustrated by Neal Layton.
How to Train Your Dragon has sold over 11 million books worldwide in 38 languages and is a major DreamWorks Animation film franchise, as well as being made into a TV series on Netflix and CBBC.
Cressida is an ambassador for the National Literacy Trust and the Reading Agency, a Trustee of World Book Day and a founder patron of the Children’s Media Foundation. She has won numerous prizes, including The Blue Peter Book Award. She was the Waterstones Children’s Laureate from 2019 – 2022.
http://www.cressidacowell.co.uk
Pen and pencil on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
'There were dragons when I was a boy.'
Along with the bestselling How to Train Your Dragon, Cressida Cowell is the author and illustrator of The Wizards of Once and Which Way to Anywhere books series, and the author of the Emily Brown picture books, illustrated by Neal Layton.
How to Train Your Dragon has sold over 11 million books worldwide in 38 languages and is a major DreamWorks Animation film franchise, as well as being made into a TV series on Netflix and CBBC.
Cressida is an ambassador for the National Literacy Trust and the Reading Agency, a Trustee of World Book Day and a founder patron of the Children’s Media Foundation. She has won numerous prizes, including The Blue Peter Book Award. She was the Waterstones Children’s Laureate from 2019 – 2022.
http://www.cressidacowell.co.uk
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Girl with a Pearl Earring, Tracy Chevalier
Girl with a Pearl Earring, Tracy Chevalier
Bidding starts on 22-11-2024 07:35
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The first line of Tracy Chevalier's Girl with a Pearl Earring. Handwritten by Tracy.
Pen on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
‘My mother did not tell me they were coming.’
Girl with a Pearl Earring is an international bestseller that has sold over five million copies and been made into a film, a play and an opera.
'A wonderful novel, mysterious, steeped in atmosphere, deeply revealing about the process of painting…truly magical' The Guardian
Tracy grew up in Washington DC and moved to London in the mid-1980s. She is the author of 12 novels. The Glass Maker has was published earlier this year to great acclaim, the Guardian calling it ‘a time-skipping Venetian tour de force’
Tracy has been a Trustee of the British Library, the Society of Authors, the Royal Literary Fund, and the Dorset Museum & Art Gallery, a Patron of the Dorchester Literary Festival, Lyme Regis Museum, Fine Cell Work charity and as an Ambassador for the Woodland Trust and First Story charity.
https://tracychevalier.com/
Pen on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
‘My mother did not tell me they were coming.’
Girl with a Pearl Earring is an international bestseller that has sold over five million copies and been made into a film, a play and an opera.
'A wonderful novel, mysterious, steeped in atmosphere, deeply revealing about the process of painting…truly magical' The Guardian
Tracy grew up in Washington DC and moved to London in the mid-1980s. She is the author of 12 novels. The Glass Maker has was published earlier this year to great acclaim, the Guardian calling it ‘a time-skipping Venetian tour de force’
Tracy has been a Trustee of the British Library, the Society of Authors, the Royal Literary Fund, and the Dorset Museum & Art Gallery, a Patron of the Dorchester Literary Festival, Lyme Regis Museum, Fine Cell Work charity and as an Ambassador for the Woodland Trust and First Story charity.
https://tracychevalier.com/
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The Girl with the Louding Voice, Abi Daré
The Girl with the Louding Voice, Abi Daré
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The first line of Abi Daré's international bestseller, The Girl with the Louding Voice. Handwritten by Abi.
Pen on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
'This morning, Papa call me inside the parlour.'
Abi Daré is a Nigerian author and public speaker. She grew up in Lagos and now lives in the UK. Her debut novel The Girl with the Louding voice was published in 2020 to great acclaim and became a New York Times Bestseller.
Abi's just published And So I Roar reunites us with her heroine Adunni.
In 2023 Abi established the Louding Voice Educational and Empowerment Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to providing scholarships to young girl in rural Nigeria.
http://www.abidareauthor.com
Pen on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
'This morning, Papa call me inside the parlour.'
Abi Daré is a Nigerian author and public speaker. She grew up in Lagos and now lives in the UK. Her debut novel The Girl with the Louding voice was published in 2020 to great acclaim and became a New York Times Bestseller.
Abi's just published And So I Roar reunites us with her heroine Adunni.
In 2023 Abi established the Louding Voice Educational and Empowerment Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to providing scholarships to young girl in rural Nigeria.
http://www.abidareauthor.com
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Jim's Spectacular Christmas by Emma Thompson, illustrated by Axel Scheffler
Jim's Spectacular Christmas by Emma Thompson, illustrated by Axel Scheffler
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The first line of Emma Thompson and Axel Scheffler's book Jim's Spectacular Christmas. Handwritten by Emma, illustrated by Axel.
Pen and pen & ink on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
'This is Jim. He is a dog.'
Emma Thompson is a British actress and screenwriter. Her work spans over four decades of screen and stage, and her accolades include two Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award.
Chair of the Helen Bamber Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture, a patron of the Refugee Council, Emma is also an active environmentalist and a supporter of Greenpeace.
In 2018 Emma was made a Dame by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to drama.
Axel Scheffler is an award-winning illustrator, working with some of today's best loved authors, from Emma Thompson to Julia Donaldson and Philip Ardagh. Axel's work has won many accolades, and many of the books he co-created with Julia such as The Gruffalo (Lot 30) have become modern classics. Axel is a Patron of Three Peas.
http://www.axelscheffler.com
If you enjoy Emma's handwriting, please check Lot 7 for the first line of her script for Nanny McPhee. If you like Axel's illustrations, check lots number 11, 12, 29, 30 and 31.
Pen and pen & ink on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
'This is Jim. He is a dog.'
Emma Thompson is a British actress and screenwriter. Her work spans over four decades of screen and stage, and her accolades include two Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award.
Chair of the Helen Bamber Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture, a patron of the Refugee Council, Emma is also an active environmentalist and a supporter of Greenpeace.
In 2018 Emma was made a Dame by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to drama.
Axel Scheffler is an award-winning illustrator, working with some of today's best loved authors, from Emma Thompson to Julia Donaldson and Philip Ardagh. Axel's work has won many accolades, and many of the books he co-created with Julia such as The Gruffalo (Lot 30) have become modern classics. Axel is a Patron of Three Peas.
http://www.axelscheffler.com
If you enjoy Emma's handwriting, please check Lot 7 for the first line of her script for Nanny McPhee. If you like Axel's illustrations, check lots number 11, 12, 29, 30 and 31.
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Trelawny's Cornwall, Petroc Trelawny
Trelawny's Cornwall, Petroc Trelawny
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The first line of Trelawny’s Cornwall. Handwritten by Petroc.
Pen on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
‘Trelawny Day is celebrated in Pelynt on 30 June each year. I am unaware of this fact as I drive into the village, which sits on the road that leads towards the port town of Looe. The sign board makes me feel immediately at home -Welcome to Trelawny's parish.’
Beloved classical music BBC3 radio and TV broadcaster Petroc Trelawny has gifted us the first line of his personal guide to Cornwall, Trelawny’s Cornwall, recently published by Weidenfeld and Nicholson. Challenged on his ancestry, Petroc returns to the lands of his boyhood to rediscover the place where he grew up, and attempt to confirm whether he still belongs there. Part autobiographical affirmation of his Cornish roots, and part vivid exploration of the people and places that distinguish Cornwall as, arguably, a nation in its own right within the British Isles, Trelawny’s Cornwall is an illuminating guide to Cornwall.
'I can't think of a more enjoyable or more illuminating guide to Cornwall than Petroc Trelawny, who knows it intimately, loves it deeply, and shares it generously' - The Reverend Richard Coles.
http://www.weidenfeldandnicolson.co.uk/titles/petroc-trelawny/trelawny’s-cornwall/9781474625098/
Pen on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
‘Trelawny Day is celebrated in Pelynt on 30 June each year. I am unaware of this fact as I drive into the village, which sits on the road that leads towards the port town of Looe. The sign board makes me feel immediately at home -Welcome to Trelawny's parish.’
Beloved classical music BBC3 radio and TV broadcaster Petroc Trelawny has gifted us the first line of his personal guide to Cornwall, Trelawny’s Cornwall, recently published by Weidenfeld and Nicholson. Challenged on his ancestry, Petroc returns to the lands of his boyhood to rediscover the place where he grew up, and attempt to confirm whether he still belongs there. Part autobiographical affirmation of his Cornish roots, and part vivid exploration of the people and places that distinguish Cornwall as, arguably, a nation in its own right within the British Isles, Trelawny’s Cornwall is an illuminating guide to Cornwall.
'I can't think of a more enjoyable or more illuminating guide to Cornwall than Petroc Trelawny, who knows it intimately, loves it deeply, and shares it generously' - The Reverend Richard Coles.
http://www.weidenfeldandnicolson.co.uk/titles/petroc-trelawny/trelawny’s-cornwall/9781474625098/
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Stickman, Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Axel Scheffler
Stickman, Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Axel Scheffler
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The first line of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s classic Stickman. Handwritten by Julia, illustrated by Axel.
Pen & ink on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
‘Stickman lives in the family tree
With his Stick Lady Love and their stick children three.'
Julia and Axel are the picture book dream team, having created some of today’s best loved modern classics, from The Gruffalo to Stickman and Room on the Broom.
Their work have been translated in over 100 languages and have sold multimillion copies around the world.
Julia also writes longer fiction, poems, songs and plays and her brilliant live shows are always in demand. She was the Children’s Laureate for 2011-2013 and was awarded the CBE for services to literature in 2019.
http://www.juliadonaldson.co.uk/
Axel has illustrated over 200 books and his work is exhibited around the world. He also draws editorial illustrations for magazines and is a great advocate for Europe. In 2022 he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit by the German government. Axel is Patron of Three Peas.
http://www.axelscheffler.com
If you like Axel and Julia’s works, check Lots 11 and 30, for more of Axel's work Lots 8, 29, 31
Pen & ink on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
‘Stickman lives in the family tree
With his Stick Lady Love and their stick children three.'
Julia and Axel are the picture book dream team, having created some of today’s best loved modern classics, from The Gruffalo to Stickman and Room on the Broom.
Their work have been translated in over 100 languages and have sold multimillion copies around the world.
Julia also writes longer fiction, poems, songs and plays and her brilliant live shows are always in demand. She was the Children’s Laureate for 2011-2013 and was awarded the CBE for services to literature in 2019.
http://www.juliadonaldson.co.uk/
Axel has illustrated over 200 books and his work is exhibited around the world. He also draws editorial illustrations for magazines and is a great advocate for Europe. In 2022 he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit by the German government. Axel is Patron of Three Peas.
http://www.axelscheffler.com
If you like Axel and Julia’s works, check Lots 11 and 30, for more of Axel's work Lots 8, 29, 31
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Orbital, Samantha Harvey
Orbital, Samantha Harvey
Bidding starts on 22-11-2024 07:35
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The first line of Samantha Harvey's Booker Prize Orbital. Handwritten by Samantha.
Pen on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
'Rotating about the earth in their spacecraft they are so together, and so alone, that even their thoughts, their internal mythologies, at times convene.'
Samantha Harvey is the author of the novels The Wilderness, All is Song, Dear Thief and The Western Wind and a work of non-fiction, The Shapeless Unease: A Year of Not Sleeping. She is a tutor on the MA course in Creative Writing at Bath Spa University.
Orbital was published in November 2023 by Jonathan Cape (UK) and Grove Atlantic (US). It is the winner of The InWords Literary Award 2024 and the 2024 Hawthornden Prize for Literature and this year's Booker Prize.
On Orbital: In this slender novel, Harvey seems to have encompassed all of humanity… It is an extraordinary achievement
Observer
http://www.samanthaharvey.co.uk
Pen on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
'Rotating about the earth in their spacecraft they are so together, and so alone, that even their thoughts, their internal mythologies, at times convene.'
Samantha Harvey is the author of the novels The Wilderness, All is Song, Dear Thief and The Western Wind and a work of non-fiction, The Shapeless Unease: A Year of Not Sleeping. She is a tutor on the MA course in Creative Writing at Bath Spa University.
Orbital was published in November 2023 by Jonathan Cape (UK) and Grove Atlantic (US). It is the winner of The InWords Literary Award 2024 and the 2024 Hawthornden Prize for Literature and this year's Booker Prize.
On Orbital: In this slender novel, Harvey seems to have encompassed all of humanity… It is an extraordinary achievement
Observer
http://www.samanthaharvey.co.uk
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One Day, David Nicholls
One Day, David Nicholls
Bidding starts on 22-11-2024 07:35
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The first line of David Nicholls’ One Day. Handwritten by David.
Pen on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
'I suppose the important thing is to make some sort of difference', she said. 'You know, actually change something.'
David Nicholls is the bestselling author of Starter for Ten, The Understudy, One Day, Us, Sweet Sorrow and You Are Here.
One Day was published in 2009 to extraordinary critical acclaim: translated into 40 languages, it became a global bestseller, selling millions of copies worldwide.
His fourth novel, Us, was longlisted for the Booker Prize for Fiction.
On screen, David has written adaptations of Far from the Madding Crowd, When Did You Last See Your Father? and Great Expectations, as well as of his own novels, Starter for Ten, One Day and Us.
His adaptation of Edward St Aubyn’s Patrick Melrose, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, was nominated for an Emmy and won him a BAFTA for best writer. The Netflix adaptation of One Day was executive-produced by David.
David’s latest novel, You are Here was published earlier this year.
http://www.hachette.co.uk/contributor/david-nicholls/
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'I suppose the important thing is to make some sort of difference', she said. 'You know, actually change something.'
David Nicholls is the bestselling author of Starter for Ten, The Understudy, One Day, Us, Sweet Sorrow and You Are Here.
One Day was published in 2009 to extraordinary critical acclaim: translated into 40 languages, it became a global bestseller, selling millions of copies worldwide.
His fourth novel, Us, was longlisted for the Booker Prize for Fiction.
On screen, David has written adaptations of Far from the Madding Crowd, When Did You Last See Your Father? and Great Expectations, as well as of his own novels, Starter for Ten, One Day and Us.
His adaptation of Edward St Aubyn’s Patrick Melrose, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, was nominated for an Emmy and won him a BAFTA for best writer. The Netflix adaptation of One Day was executive-produced by David.
David’s latest novel, You are Here was published earlier this year.
http://www.hachette.co.uk/contributor/david-nicholls/
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War Horse, Michael Morpurgo
War Horse, Michael Morpurgo
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The first line of Michael Morpurgo's War Horse. Handwritten by Michael.
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‘In the old school they use now for the village hall, below the clock that has stood always at one minute past ten, hangs a small dusty painting of a horse.’
War Horse is a story of universal suffering for a universal audience by a writer who ‘has the happy knack of speaking to both child and adult readers’ (The Guardian).
War Horse was adapted by Steven Spielberg as a major motion picture. The National Theatre production opened in 2007 and has enjoyed successful runs in the West End and on Broadway.
Michael Morpurgo OBE is one of Britain’s best loved children’s authors. He has written over 150 books, has served as Children’s Laureate, and has won many prizes, including the Smarties Prize, the Writers Guild Award, the Whitbread Award, the Blue Peter Book Award and the Eleanor Farjeon Lifetime Achievement Award. With his wife, Clare, he is the co-founder of Farms for City Children. Michael was knighted in 2018 for services to literature and charity.
https://www.michaelmorpurgo.com/
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‘In the old school they use now for the village hall, below the clock that has stood always at one minute past ten, hangs a small dusty painting of a horse.’
War Horse is a story of universal suffering for a universal audience by a writer who ‘has the happy knack of speaking to both child and adult readers’ (The Guardian).
War Horse was adapted by Steven Spielberg as a major motion picture. The National Theatre production opened in 2007 and has enjoyed successful runs in the West End and on Broadway.
Michael Morpurgo OBE is one of Britain’s best loved children’s authors. He has written over 150 books, has served as Children’s Laureate, and has won many prizes, including the Smarties Prize, the Writers Guild Award, the Whitbread Award, the Blue Peter Book Award and the Eleanor Farjeon Lifetime Achievement Award. With his wife, Clare, he is the co-founder of Farms for City Children. Michael was knighted in 2018 for services to literature and charity.
https://www.michaelmorpurgo.com/
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Human Rights, The Case for the Defence, Shami Chakrabarti
Human Rights, The Case for the Defence, Shami Chakrabarti
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The first line of Shami Chakrabarti's Human Rights, The Case for the Defence. Handwritten by Shami.
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‘To believe in human rights is to believe in human beings.’
Baroness Chakrabarti is a British politician, barrister, and human rights activist. She served as the director of Liberty, the advocacy group promoting civil liberties and human rights, from 2003 to 2016 and as Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales from 2016 to 2020.
She is a frequent contributor to BBC Radio and TV and various newspapers on the topic of human rights and civil liberties.
Shami Chakrabarti was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2007 Queen's Birthday Honours in recognition of her human rights work.
An urgent, powerful book - Chakrabarti is an indispensable guide to the law and logic underpinning human dignity and universal freedoms.
https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/79283/shami-chakrabarti
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‘To believe in human rights is to believe in human beings.’
Baroness Chakrabarti is a British politician, barrister, and human rights activist. She served as the director of Liberty, the advocacy group promoting civil liberties and human rights, from 2003 to 2016 and as Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales from 2016 to 2020.
She is a frequent contributor to BBC Radio and TV and various newspapers on the topic of human rights and civil liberties.
Shami Chakrabarti was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2007 Queen's Birthday Honours in recognition of her human rights work.
An urgent, powerful book - Chakrabarti is an indispensable guide to the law and logic underpinning human dignity and universal freedoms.
https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/79283/shami-chakrabarti
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A Book of Middle Eastern Food, Claudia Roden
A Book of Middle Eastern Food, Claudia Roden
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The first line of Claudia Roden's introduction to her 1968 classic that changed Great Britain's culinary landscape. Handwritten by Claudia.
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'My compilation of recipes is the joint creation of numerous Middle Easterners who, like me, are in exile, either forced and permanent or voluntary and temporary.'
Roden, who comes from an old Syrian-Jewish merchant family, is an Egyptian-born British cookbook writer and cultural anthropologist. She is best known as the author of Middle Eastern cookbooks including A Book of Middle Eastern Food, The New Book of Middle Eastern Food and Arabesque—Sumptuous Food from Morocco, Turkey and Lebanon.
“For me,” she says, “researching food has been my way of discovering the Middle East and its people—a world that fascinated me because it was also my own.”
Besides her numerous cookery volumes, Roden has also worked as a food writer and a cooking show presenter for the BBC.
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'My compilation of recipes is the joint creation of numerous Middle Easterners who, like me, are in exile, either forced and permanent or voluntary and temporary.'
Roden, who comes from an old Syrian-Jewish merchant family, is an Egyptian-born British cookbook writer and cultural anthropologist. She is best known as the author of Middle Eastern cookbooks including A Book of Middle Eastern Food, The New Book of Middle Eastern Food and Arabesque—Sumptuous Food from Morocco, Turkey and Lebanon.
“For me,” she says, “researching food has been my way of discovering the Middle East and its people—a world that fascinated me because it was also my own.”
Besides her numerous cookery volumes, Roden has also worked as a food writer and a cooking show presenter for the BBC.
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The Mermaids Singing, Val McDermid
The Mermaids Singing, Val McDermid
Bidding starts on 22-11-2024 07:35
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The first line of Val McDermid’s The Mermaids Singing. Handwritten by Val.
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Dubbed the Queen of Crime, Val McDermid has sold over 19 million books to date across the globe and is translated into more than 40 languages.
Val has written crime series featuring clinical psychologist Dr Tony Hill and DCI Carol Jordan, private detective Kate Brannigan, journalist Lindsay Gordon and, most recently, cold-case detective Karen Pirie, whose debut appearance in The Distant Echo became a major ITV series.
She has also published several award-winning standalone novels, books of non-fiction, short story collections and a children’s picture book, My Granny is a Pirate.
Her latest Karen Pirie novel Past Lying was published in 2023.
An experienced broadcaster with regular appearances on TV and radio, Val has guest-edited BBC Radio 4’s Front Row, fronted features for BBC Two’s The Culture Show, written and presented many radio documentaries and appeared on a remarkable range of TV shows from Question Time to Have I Got News For You.
Val has won many awards including the CWA Gold Dagger for best crime novel of the year, the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger, the Grand Prix des Romans D’Aventure, the Lambda Literary Foundation Pioneer Award, the Stonewall Writer of the Year and the LA Times Book of the Year Award.
In 2016 she received the Outstanding Contribution to Crime Fiction award at the Theakston’s Old Peculiar Harrogate Crime Festival and in 2017 she was elected a Fellow of both the Royal Society of Literature and the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
Val is Patron of the Scottish Book Trust and a Trustee of the Homeless World Cup Foundation.
http://www.valmcdermid.com
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Dubbed the Queen of Crime, Val McDermid has sold over 19 million books to date across the globe and is translated into more than 40 languages.
Val has written crime series featuring clinical psychologist Dr Tony Hill and DCI Carol Jordan, private detective Kate Brannigan, journalist Lindsay Gordon and, most recently, cold-case detective Karen Pirie, whose debut appearance in The Distant Echo became a major ITV series.
She has also published several award-winning standalone novels, books of non-fiction, short story collections and a children’s picture book, My Granny is a Pirate.
Her latest Karen Pirie novel Past Lying was published in 2023.
An experienced broadcaster with regular appearances on TV and radio, Val has guest-edited BBC Radio 4’s Front Row, fronted features for BBC Two’s The Culture Show, written and presented many radio documentaries and appeared on a remarkable range of TV shows from Question Time to Have I Got News For You.
Val has won many awards including the CWA Gold Dagger for best crime novel of the year, the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger, the Grand Prix des Romans D’Aventure, the Lambda Literary Foundation Pioneer Award, the Stonewall Writer of the Year and the LA Times Book of the Year Award.
In 2016 she received the Outstanding Contribution to Crime Fiction award at the Theakston’s Old Peculiar Harrogate Crime Festival and in 2017 she was elected a Fellow of both the Royal Society of Literature and the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
Val is Patron of the Scottish Book Trust and a Trustee of the Homeless World Cup Foundation.
http://www.valmcdermid.com
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The Story of Tracy Beaker, Jacqueline Wilson illustrated by Nick Sherratt
The Story of Tracy Beaker, Jacqueline Wilson illustrated by Nick Sherratt
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The first lines of original classic The Story of Tracy Beaker by Jacqueline Wilson and Nick Sharrat. Handwritten by Jacqueline and illustrated by Nick.
Pen, ink and wash on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
'My book about me. My name is Tracy Beaker.'
Jacqueline Wilson wrote her first novel when she was nine years old, and she has been writing ever since. She is now one of Britain's bestselling and most beloved children's authors. She has written over 100 books and is the creator of characters such as Tracy Beaker and Hetty Feather. More than forty million copies of her books have been sold.
As well as winning many awards for her books, including the Children's Book of the Year, Jacqueline is a former Children's Laureate, and in 2008 she was appointed a Dame.
http://www.jacquelinewilson.co.uk
Nick Sharratt has illustrated over 300 books ranging from board books for babies to novels for young teenagers, and written 40 of his own. He has won numerous awards for his picture books, including the Sheffield Children's Book Award and the 2001 Children's Book Award, and was the official illustrator for World Book Day in 2006. He has worked with many authors, from Julia Donaldson to Michael Rosen, and most notably Jacqueline.
http://www.nicksharratt.com
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'My book about me. My name is Tracy Beaker.'
Jacqueline Wilson wrote her first novel when she was nine years old, and she has been writing ever since. She is now one of Britain's bestselling and most beloved children's authors. She has written over 100 books and is the creator of characters such as Tracy Beaker and Hetty Feather. More than forty million copies of her books have been sold.
As well as winning many awards for her books, including the Children's Book of the Year, Jacqueline is a former Children's Laureate, and in 2008 she was appointed a Dame.
http://www.jacquelinewilson.co.uk
Nick Sharratt has illustrated over 300 books ranging from board books for babies to novels for young teenagers, and written 40 of his own. He has won numerous awards for his picture books, including the Sheffield Children's Book Award and the 2001 Children's Book Award, and was the official illustrator for World Book Day in 2006. He has worked with many authors, from Julia Donaldson to Michael Rosen, and most notably Jacqueline.
http://www.nicksharratt.com
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Chocolat, Joanne Harris
Chocolat, Joanne Harris
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The first line of Joanne Harris' delicious Chocolat. Handwritten by Joanne.
Pen on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
'We came on the wind of Carnival. A warm wind for February, laden with the hot greasy scents of frying pancakes and sausages and powdery sweet waffles cooked on the hot plate right there by the roadside with the confetti slitting down collars and cuffs and rolling in the gutters like an idiot antidote to winter.'
Joanne Harris was a teacher for fifteen years, during which time she published three novels, including Chocolat (1999), which was made into an Oscar-nominated film starring Juliette Binoche.
Since then, she has written 19 more novels, plus novellas, short stories, game scripts, the libretti for two short operas, several screenplays, a stage musical (with Howard Goodall) and three cookbooks. Her books are now published in over 50 countries and have won a number of British and international awards.
http://www.joanne-harris.co.uk
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'We came on the wind of Carnival. A warm wind for February, laden with the hot greasy scents of frying pancakes and sausages and powdery sweet waffles cooked on the hot plate right there by the roadside with the confetti slitting down collars and cuffs and rolling in the gutters like an idiot antidote to winter.'
Joanne Harris was a teacher for fifteen years, during which time she published three novels, including Chocolat (1999), which was made into an Oscar-nominated film starring Juliette Binoche.
Since then, she has written 19 more novels, plus novellas, short stories, game scripts, the libretti for two short operas, several screenplays, a stage musical (with Howard Goodall) and three cookbooks. Her books are now published in over 50 countries and have won a number of British and international awards.
http://www.joanne-harris.co.uk
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Towards the End of the Morning, Michael Frayn
Towards the End of the Morning, Michael Frayn
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The first line of Michael Frayn's Towards the End of the Morning. Handwritten by Michael.
Pen on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
‘The sky grew darker and darker as the morning wore on. By the time the coffee came round it was like a winter evening, and there were lights in all the windows that looked down on Hand and Ball Court.’
Michael Frayn's classic novel is set in the crossword and nature notes department of an obscure national newspaper during the declining years of Fleet Street, where John Dyson dreams wistfully of fame and the gentlemanly life - until one day his great chance of glory at last arrives.
‘One of the funniest novels about journalists ever written.' Sunday Times
'A sublimely funny comedy about the ways newspapers try to put lives into words.' Spectator
Michael is also a translator, and a playwright, whose work is often compared to that of Anton Chekhov for its focus on humorous family situations and its insights into society. His plays -such as Noses Off, check Lot 16- have been internationally staged to great acclaim.
Michael’s Among Others, a patchwork memoir of a lifetime’s encounters and a celebration of the endlessly intriguing otherness of others, has just been published by Faber.
https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571378616-among-others/
If you like Michael's work, check Lot 16.
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‘The sky grew darker and darker as the morning wore on. By the time the coffee came round it was like a winter evening, and there were lights in all the windows that looked down on Hand and Ball Court.’
Michael Frayn's classic novel is set in the crossword and nature notes department of an obscure national newspaper during the declining years of Fleet Street, where John Dyson dreams wistfully of fame and the gentlemanly life - until one day his great chance of glory at last arrives.
‘One of the funniest novels about journalists ever written.' Sunday Times
'A sublimely funny comedy about the ways newspapers try to put lives into words.' Spectator
Michael is also a translator, and a playwright, whose work is often compared to that of Anton Chekhov for its focus on humorous family situations and its insights into society. His plays -such as Noses Off, check Lot 16- have been internationally staged to great acclaim.
Michael’s Among Others, a patchwork memoir of a lifetime’s encounters and a celebration of the endlessly intriguing otherness of others, has just been published by Faber.
https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571378616-among-others/
If you like Michael's work, check Lot 16.
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Mark Haddon
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Mark Haddon
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The first line of Mark Haddon's The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Handwritten and illustrated by Mark.
Pen and pencil on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
‘It was 7 minutes after midnight.’
Published to great acclaim, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time won the Whitbread Book Awards for Best Novel and Book of the Year, the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book, and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. The book was also long-listed for the 2003 Man Booker Prize, and became a long-running stage play.
Mark’s Dogs and Monsters, a book of eight mesmerising stories exploring what, ultimately, makes us human has just been published by Penguin.
https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/166950/mark-haddon
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‘It was 7 minutes after midnight.’
Published to great acclaim, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time won the Whitbread Book Awards for Best Novel and Book of the Year, the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book, and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. The book was also long-listed for the 2003 Man Booker Prize, and became a long-running stage play.
Mark’s Dogs and Monsters, a book of eight mesmerising stories exploring what, ultimately, makes us human has just been published by Penguin.
https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/166950/mark-haddon
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The Gruffalo, Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Axel Scheffler
The Gruffalo, Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Axel Scheffler
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The first line of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s classic The Gruffalo. Handwritten by Julia, illustrated by Axel.
‘A mouse took a stroll through the deep dark wood.’
Julia and Axel are the picture book dream team, having created some of today’s best loved modern classics, from The Gruffalo to Stickman and Room on the Broom.
Their work have been translated in over 100 languages and have sold multimillion copies around the world.
Julia also writes longer fiction, poems, songs and plays and her brilliant live shows are always in demand. She was the Children’s Laureate for 2011-2013 and was awarded the CBE for services to literature in 2019.
http://www.juliadonaldson.co.uk/
Axel has illustrated over 200 books and his work is exhibited around the world. He also draws editorial illustrations for magazines and is a great advocate for Europe. In 2022 he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit by the German government. Axel is Patron of Three Peas.
http://www.axelscheffler.com
Pen & ink on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
If you like Axel and Julia’s works, check Lots 11 and 12. And why not Axel's lots 8, 29 and 31
‘A mouse took a stroll through the deep dark wood.’
Julia and Axel are the picture book dream team, having created some of today’s best loved modern classics, from The Gruffalo to Stickman and Room on the Broom.
Their work have been translated in over 100 languages and have sold multimillion copies around the world.
Julia also writes longer fiction, poems, songs and plays and her brilliant live shows are always in demand. She was the Children’s Laureate for 2011-2013 and was awarded the CBE for services to literature in 2019.
http://www.juliadonaldson.co.uk/
Axel has illustrated over 200 books and his work is exhibited around the world. He also draws editorial illustrations for magazines and is a great advocate for Europe. In 2022 he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit by the German government. Axel is Patron of Three Peas.
http://www.axelscheffler.com
Pen & ink on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
If you like Axel and Julia’s works, check Lots 11 and 12. And why not Axel's lots 8, 29 and 31
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The Brilliant World of Tom Gates, Liz Pichon
The Brilliant World of Tom Gates, Liz Pichon
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The first line of Liz Pichon's The Brilliant World of Tom Gates. Handwritten by Liz.
Pen on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
‘Even though I only live four minutes away from school, I'm often late. This is usually because me and Derek (my best mate and next-door neighbour!) "chat" a bit (ok a LOT) on the way. Sometimes it's because we get distracted by delicious fruit chews and Caramel Wafers at the shop. Occasionally, it’s because I've had loads of other very important things to do..’
Liz Pichon is one of the UK's best-loved and bestselling creators of children's books.
Her TOM GATES series has been translated into 47 languages, sold millions of copies worldwide, and has won the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, the Blue Peter Book Award for Best Story and the younger fiction category of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize.
https://thebrilliantworldoftomgates.com/about-liz-pichon/
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‘Even though I only live four minutes away from school, I'm often late. This is usually because me and Derek (my best mate and next-door neighbour!) "chat" a bit (ok a LOT) on the way. Sometimes it's because we get distracted by delicious fruit chews and Caramel Wafers at the shop. Occasionally, it’s because I've had loads of other very important things to do..’
Liz Pichon is one of the UK's best-loved and bestselling creators of children's books.
Her TOM GATES series has been translated into 47 languages, sold millions of copies worldwide, and has won the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, the Blue Peter Book Award for Best Story and the younger fiction category of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize.
https://thebrilliantworldoftomgates.com/about-liz-pichon/
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Nanny McPhee, Emma Thompson
Nanny McPhee, Emma Thompson
Bidding starts on 22-11-2024 07:35
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The first line of Emma Thompson's script for the film Nanny McPhee. Handwritten by Emma.
Pen on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
'We must begin our story, sad to say, with an empty chair.'
Emma Thompson is a British actress and screenwriter. Her work spans over four decades of screen and stage, and her accolades include two Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award.
Chair of the Helen Bamber Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture, a patron of the Refugee Council, Emma is also an active environmentalist and a supporter of Greenpeace.
In 2018 Emma was made a Dame by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to drama.
If you enjoy Emma's handwriting, please check Lot 8 for the first line of her book Jim's Spectacular Christmas, illustrated by Axel Scheffler.
Pen on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
'We must begin our story, sad to say, with an empty chair.'
Emma Thompson is a British actress and screenwriter. Her work spans over four decades of screen and stage, and her accolades include two Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award.
Chair of the Helen Bamber Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture, a patron of the Refugee Council, Emma is also an active environmentalist and a supporter of Greenpeace.
In 2018 Emma was made a Dame by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to drama.
If you enjoy Emma's handwriting, please check Lot 8 for the first line of her book Jim's Spectacular Christmas, illustrated by Axel Scheffler.
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The Golden Mole, Katherine Rundell
The Golden Mole, Katherine Rundell
Bidding starts on 22-11-2024 07:35
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The first line of Katherine Rundell's The Golden Mole. Handwritten by Katherine.
Pen on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
'A common swift, in its lifetime, flies about two million kilometres; enough to fly to the moon and back twice over, and then once more to the moon.'
Katherine Rundell is a multi-million-bestselling author whose novels for children have won the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, the Blue Peter Book Award and the Costa Children’s Book Award, among many others.
The Golden Mole is a gloriously illustrated and fascinating bestiary of the world’s most extraordinary endangered animals, shortlisted for the Waterstones and Foyles Book of the Year.
Katherine also writes for adults and won the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non Fiction 2022 for her book, Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne. She is a regular contributor to The London Review of Books.
In 2024 Katherine was named the British Book Awards Author of the Year.
She is a Quondam Fellow of All Souls College and a Fellow of St Catherine’s College, Oxford, where she works on Renaissance literature.
https://www.faber.co.uk/journal/the-golden-mole-and-other-vanishing-treasure/
If you like Katherine's work, check out Lot 13.
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'A common swift, in its lifetime, flies about two million kilometres; enough to fly to the moon and back twice over, and then once more to the moon.'
Katherine Rundell is a multi-million-bestselling author whose novels for children have won the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, the Blue Peter Book Award and the Costa Children’s Book Award, among many others.
The Golden Mole is a gloriously illustrated and fascinating bestiary of the world’s most extraordinary endangered animals, shortlisted for the Waterstones and Foyles Book of the Year.
Katherine also writes for adults and won the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non Fiction 2022 for her book, Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne. She is a regular contributor to The London Review of Books.
In 2024 Katherine was named the British Book Awards Author of the Year.
She is a Quondam Fellow of All Souls College and a Fellow of St Catherine’s College, Oxford, where she works on Renaissance literature.
https://www.faber.co.uk/journal/the-golden-mole-and-other-vanishing-treasure/
If you like Katherine's work, check out Lot 13.
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Small Man in a Book, Rob Brydon
Small Man in a Book, Rob Brydon
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The first line of Rob Brydon's Small Man in a Book. Handwritten by Rob.
Pen on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
‘I was born on Monday the 3rd of May 1965 at a maternity home in Swansea, South Wales, which was called, rather prophetically, The Bryn. I have often wondered how differently my life might have turned out if my parents had instead chosen the nearby James Bond Home for Expectant Mothers. ’
A multitalented Welsh actor, comedian, presenter, singer and writer, Rob gained fame for his roles in comedy series such as the BBC sitcom Gavin & Stacey -for which he received a BAFTA Award nomination- and shows such as A Cock and Bull Story or the highly successful series ‘The Trip’ with Steve Coogan.
Rob has also acted in many films, most recently a brief but unforgettable apparition in Barbie and will soon host Destination X, the adventure reality competition series for BBC One in 2025.
Rob was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in Queen Elizabeth II's Birthday Honours in 2013 for services to comedy and broadcasting, and for charitable services.
There still is the chance to attend his sell-out, critically acclaimed show A Festive Night of Songs & Laughter which is back in London for one night only.
https://www.thelyceumtheatre.com/shows/rob-brydon-his-fabulous-band-a-festive-night-of-songs-laughter
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‘I was born on Monday the 3rd of May 1965 at a maternity home in Swansea, South Wales, which was called, rather prophetically, The Bryn. I have often wondered how differently my life might have turned out if my parents had instead chosen the nearby James Bond Home for Expectant Mothers. ’
A multitalented Welsh actor, comedian, presenter, singer and writer, Rob gained fame for his roles in comedy series such as the BBC sitcom Gavin & Stacey -for which he received a BAFTA Award nomination- and shows such as A Cock and Bull Story or the highly successful series ‘The Trip’ with Steve Coogan.
Rob has also acted in many films, most recently a brief but unforgettable apparition in Barbie and will soon host Destination X, the adventure reality competition series for BBC One in 2025.
Rob was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in Queen Elizabeth II's Birthday Honours in 2013 for services to comedy and broadcasting, and for charitable services.
There still is the chance to attend his sell-out, critically acclaimed show A Festive Night of Songs & Laughter which is back in London for one night only.
https://www.thelyceumtheatre.com/shows/rob-brydon-his-fabulous-band-a-festive-night-of-songs-laughter
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Molly, Olive and Dexter, Catherine Rayner
Molly, Olive and Dexter, Catherine Rayner
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The first line of Catherine Rayner’s bestselling picture book series Molly, Olive and Dexter. Handwritten and illustrated by Catherine.
Pen and ink on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
‘At the bottom of the garden, there's an oak tree
It's home to Molly the hare, Olive the owl and Dexter the fox.’
Multi-award-winning author and illustrator Catherine Rayner has written over 20 books for children and illustrated many more for other well-known authors including Julia Donaldson and Michael Morpurgo. Her books have been adapted for musicals, television and theatre.
Her second book, Harris Finds His Feet, won the 2009 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal, and Catherine has now been shortlisted six times for this prestigious award.
Catherine also exhibits her original artwork worldwide, has her own illustrated card range and her own babywear label.
She loves meeting little readers and can regularly be found visiting libraries, schools and book festivals to talk about children’s literature, and to encourage and inspire children to draw, read and write.
http://www.catherinerayner.co.uk
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‘At the bottom of the garden, there's an oak tree
It's home to Molly the hare, Olive the owl and Dexter the fox.’
Multi-award-winning author and illustrator Catherine Rayner has written over 20 books for children and illustrated many more for other well-known authors including Julia Donaldson and Michael Morpurgo. Her books have been adapted for musicals, television and theatre.
Her second book, Harris Finds His Feet, won the 2009 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal, and Catherine has now been shortlisted six times for this prestigious award.
Catherine also exhibits her original artwork worldwide, has her own illustrated card range and her own babywear label.
She loves meeting little readers and can regularly be found visiting libraries, schools and book festivals to talk about children’s literature, and to encourage and inspire children to draw, read and write.
http://www.catherinerayner.co.uk
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The Famished Road, Ben Okri
The Famished Road, Ben Okri
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The first line of Ben Okri’s lushly imaginative, haunting masterpiece and Booker Prize winner The Famished Road. Handwritten by Ben.
Pen on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
'In the beginning there was a river. The river became a road and the road branched out to the whole world. And because the road was once a river it was always hungry.'
Ben Okri is a renowned Nigerian-born writer and cultural activist, considered to be one of the foremost African authors in the post-modern and post-colonial traditions. A poet, novelist, essayist, short story writer, anthologist, aphorist, and playwright.
His works have won numerous national and international prizes, including the Booker Prize for Fiction. In 2023 Ben was awarded a Knighthood in the King's official birthday honours.
http://www.benokri.co.uk
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'In the beginning there was a river. The river became a road and the road branched out to the whole world. And because the road was once a river it was always hungry.'
Ben Okri is a renowned Nigerian-born writer and cultural activist, considered to be one of the foremost African authors in the post-modern and post-colonial traditions. A poet, novelist, essayist, short story writer, anthologist, aphorist, and playwright.
His works have won numerous national and international prizes, including the Booker Prize for Fiction. In 2023 Ben was awarded a Knighthood in the King's official birthday honours.
http://www.benokri.co.uk
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Refugees, Brian Bilston
Refugees, Brian Bilston
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The first lines of Brian Bilston’s compassionate and ingenious poem, Refugees. Handwritten by Brian.
Pen on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
They have no need of our help
So do not tell me
These haggard faces could belong to you or me
Should life have dealt a different hand
(now read this poem from the bottom upwards)
Brian Bilston is a self-described Poet, Philosopher & Failure. His work however is poetic, thought provoking and a success, whether shared widely on social media or gathered in books. Brian’s poems are compassionate, sharp, funny and always witty. Our thoughts somersault, our perception is challenged, yet we always land, slightly altered, to a delightful conclusion.
http://www.brianbilston.com
Pen on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
They have no need of our help
So do not tell me
These haggard faces could belong to you or me
Should life have dealt a different hand
(now read this poem from the bottom upwards)
Brian Bilston is a self-described Poet, Philosopher & Failure. His work however is poetic, thought provoking and a success, whether shared widely on social media or gathered in books. Brian’s poems are compassionate, sharp, funny and always witty. Our thoughts somersault, our perception is challenged, yet we always land, slightly altered, to a delightful conclusion.
http://www.brianbilston.com
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Butter, Asako Yuzuki
Butter, Asako Yuzuki
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The first line of Asako Yuzuki's international bestseller Butter. Handwritten by Asako.
Pen on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
'The row of tall narrow houses all in the same shade of ecru trailed up the gently sloping hill, with no end in sight.'
Butter is a cult Japanese bestseller about a female gourmet cook and serial killer and the journalist intent on cracking her case, inspired by a true story.
Asako Yuzuki has won the All Yomimono Award for New Writers and the Yamamoto Shugoro Award. She has been nominated multiple times for the Naoki Prize, and her novels have been adapted for television, radio, and film.
'I have been glued to Asako Yuzuki's new novel Butter’ NIGEL SLATER
‘A full-fat, Michelin-starred treat’ THE TIMES
https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/butter-asako-yuzuki?variant=40277730000974
Pen on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
'The row of tall narrow houses all in the same shade of ecru trailed up the gently sloping hill, with no end in sight.'
Butter is a cult Japanese bestseller about a female gourmet cook and serial killer and the journalist intent on cracking her case, inspired by a true story.
Asako Yuzuki has won the All Yomimono Award for New Writers and the Yamamoto Shugoro Award. She has been nominated multiple times for the Naoki Prize, and her novels have been adapted for television, radio, and film.
'I have been glued to Asako Yuzuki's new novel Butter’ NIGEL SLATER
‘A full-fat, Michelin-starred treat’ THE TIMES
https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/butter-asako-yuzuki?variant=40277730000974
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The Enemy, Charlie Higson
The Enemy, Charlie Higson
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The first line of Charlie Higson’s first book in the phenomenal young adult horror series The Enemy. Handwritten by Charlie.
Pen on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
‘Small Sam was playing in the car park behind Waitrose when the grown-ups took him’
Charlie Higson is an English actor, comedian, author and former singer. He has also written and produced for television and is the author, along with The Enemy series, of the first five novels in the Young Bond series. In May 2023 Higson released his first adult Bond novel, On His Majesty's Secret Service, to mark the Coronation of King Charles III.
Charlie is a supporter of the National Literacy Trust.
http://www.charliehigson.co.uk
Pen on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
‘Small Sam was playing in the car park behind Waitrose when the grown-ups took him’
Charlie Higson is an English actor, comedian, author and former singer. He has also written and produced for television and is the author, along with The Enemy series, of the first five novels in the Young Bond series. In May 2023 Higson released his first adult Bond novel, On His Majesty's Secret Service, to mark the Coronation of King Charles III.
Charlie is a supporter of the National Literacy Trust.
http://www.charliehigson.co.uk
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Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, Carlo Rovelli
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, Carlo Rovelli
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The first line of Carlo Rovelli's international bestseller. Handwritten by Carlo.
Pen on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
'In his youth Albert Einstein spent a year loafing aimlessly. You don't get anywhere by not 'wasting' time -something, unfortunately, which the parents of teenagers tend frequently to forget.'
Carlo Rovelli is an Italian theoretical physicist who has made significant contributions to the physics of space and time. His books, including Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, The Order of Time, Helgoland, and White Holes, are international bestsellers that have been translated into more than fifty languages. He has been included among the 100 most influential Global Thinkers by Foreign Policy magazine and among the world’s top 50 thinkers by Prospect magazine. Rovelli has worked in Italy, the United States and France, and currently resides in Canada.
Rovelli is published by Penguin in the UK.
http://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/123961/carlo-rovelli
Pen on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
'In his youth Albert Einstein spent a year loafing aimlessly. You don't get anywhere by not 'wasting' time -something, unfortunately, which the parents of teenagers tend frequently to forget.'
Carlo Rovelli is an Italian theoretical physicist who has made significant contributions to the physics of space and time. His books, including Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, The Order of Time, Helgoland, and White Holes, are international bestsellers that have been translated into more than fifty languages. He has been included among the 100 most influential Global Thinkers by Foreign Policy magazine and among the world’s top 50 thinkers by Prospect magazine. Rovelli has worked in Italy, the United States and France, and currently resides in Canada.
Rovelli is published by Penguin in the UK.
http://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/123961/carlo-rovelli
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Rachel's Holiday, Marian Keyes
Rachel's Holiday, Marian Keyes
Bidding starts on 22-11-2024 07:35
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The first line of Marian Keyes' bestselling Rachel's Holiday. Handwritten by Marian.
Pen on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
Marian Keyes is a phenomenon. The multi-million copy, internationally bestselling author of some of the most widely loved genre-defying novels of the past thirty years – such as Rachel’s Holiday, Anybody Out There and Grown Ups – has millions of fans around the world.
Marian is a passionate champion of storytellers everywhere, playing an active role in encouraging new voices. She has been the chair of judges for the Comedy Women in Print prize, a sponsor of the Curtis Brown Creative Marian Keyes scholarship, and most recently ran her own hugely popular Instagram Live series bringing free creative writing courses to thousands of viewers. Marian also uses her position to raise some of the most challenging issues of our time, including addiction, immigration, depression, domestic violence and the Repeal the Eighth campaign.
In addition to her novels, Marian has written two collections of journalism, as well as been the star of the second series of her hit show Between Ourselves aired on BBC Radio 4 at the start of 2021.
Again Rachel, the sequel to her ground-breaking novel Rachel’s Holiday, is Marian’s fifteenth novel.
Marian is based in Dun Laoghaire, Dublin.
http://www.mariankeyes.com
Pen on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
Marian Keyes is a phenomenon. The multi-million copy, internationally bestselling author of some of the most widely loved genre-defying novels of the past thirty years – such as Rachel’s Holiday, Anybody Out There and Grown Ups – has millions of fans around the world.
Marian is a passionate champion of storytellers everywhere, playing an active role in encouraging new voices. She has been the chair of judges for the Comedy Women in Print prize, a sponsor of the Curtis Brown Creative Marian Keyes scholarship, and most recently ran her own hugely popular Instagram Live series bringing free creative writing courses to thousands of viewers. Marian also uses her position to raise some of the most challenging issues of our time, including addiction, immigration, depression, domestic violence and the Repeal the Eighth campaign.
In addition to her novels, Marian has written two collections of journalism, as well as been the star of the second series of her hit show Between Ourselves aired on BBC Radio 4 at the start of 2021.
Again Rachel, the sequel to her ground-breaking novel Rachel’s Holiday, is Marian’s fifteenth novel.
Marian is based in Dun Laoghaire, Dublin.
http://www.mariankeyes.com
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Coronation Sanctus, Roxanna Panufnik
Coronation Sanctus, Roxanna Panufnik
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The first line of Roxanna Panufnik's Coronation Sanctus. Handwritten by Roxanna.
Pencil on music paper, affixed to an Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
Roxanna Panufnik is one of the most versatile and beloved British composers working today. She studied composition at the Royal Academy of Music and her works for opera, ballet, choirs, orchestras and chamber music and music for film and television are performed all over the world.
Thanks to her hybrid heritage, she has a great love of music from a huge variety of cultures and different faiths, whose influence she uses liberally throughout her compositions. Her mission to build musical bridges between the three Abrahamic faiths has resulted in high-profile commissions premiered by The World Orchestra for Peace in Jerusalem and at the BBC Last Night of the Proms.
In 2023, Panufnik was one of twelve composers asked to write a new piece for the coronation of Charles III.
Roxanna’s music embodies inclusiveness, curiosity and respect, building bridges between the different traditions and religions of the world.
In 2021, Roxanna was awarded the Gloria Artis Merit to Culture Bronze Medal from the Polish Minister of Culture, National Heritage and Sport, and in 2023 a Coronation Medal by the UK nation for her services to the Coronation.
She is Associate composer with the London Mozart Players.
Roxanna is a patron of Three Peas.
https://roxannapanufnik.com/
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Roxanna Panufnik is one of the most versatile and beloved British composers working today. She studied composition at the Royal Academy of Music and her works for opera, ballet, choirs, orchestras and chamber music and music for film and television are performed all over the world.
Thanks to her hybrid heritage, she has a great love of music from a huge variety of cultures and different faiths, whose influence she uses liberally throughout her compositions. Her mission to build musical bridges between the three Abrahamic faiths has resulted in high-profile commissions premiered by The World Orchestra for Peace in Jerusalem and at the BBC Last Night of the Proms.
In 2023, Panufnik was one of twelve composers asked to write a new piece for the coronation of Charles III.
Roxanna’s music embodies inclusiveness, curiosity and respect, building bridges between the different traditions and religions of the world.
In 2021, Roxanna was awarded the Gloria Artis Merit to Culture Bronze Medal from the Polish Minister of Culture, National Heritage and Sport, and in 2023 a Coronation Medal by the UK nation for her services to the Coronation.
She is Associate composer with the London Mozart Players.
Roxanna is a patron of Three Peas.
https://roxannapanufnik.com/
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Real Cooking, Nigel Slater
Real Cooking, Nigel Slater
Bidding starts on 22-11-2024 07:35
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The First line of Nigel Slater’s Real Cooking. Handwritten by Nigel.
Pen on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
Nigel has written his weekly column for The Observer newspaper for over thirty years, and has published many books from classic recipe books that are simple and accessible to most cooks, to essays and stories around food.
His writing springs from his curiosity and fascination for details, his observations of the small, human moments of cooking. The memoir of his childhood, Toast, has won many award, and has been adapted for the radio, the screen and the theatre. He has written and presented nine television series for the BBC including Simple Suppers, Dish of the Day and Eating Together.
Nigel's writing has won the National Book Awards, the Glenfiddich Trophy, the James Beard Award, The Fortnum and Mason Award, the British Biography of the Year and the André Simon Memorial Prize. Television awards include a Guild of Food Writers’ Award for his BBC1 series Simple Suppers and the BBC Food Personality of the Year. He was awarded an OBE in the New Year Honours 2020 'for services to cookery and to literature’.
Nigel's latest book is the Sunday Times No1 best seller A Thousand Feasts, published this year by 4th Estate.
http://www.nigelslater.com
Pen on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
Nigel has written his weekly column for The Observer newspaper for over thirty years, and has published many books from classic recipe books that are simple and accessible to most cooks, to essays and stories around food.
His writing springs from his curiosity and fascination for details, his observations of the small, human moments of cooking. The memoir of his childhood, Toast, has won many award, and has been adapted for the radio, the screen and the theatre. He has written and presented nine television series for the BBC including Simple Suppers, Dish of the Day and Eating Together.
Nigel's writing has won the National Book Awards, the Glenfiddich Trophy, the James Beard Award, The Fortnum and Mason Award, the British Biography of the Year and the André Simon Memorial Prize. Television awards include a Guild of Food Writers’ Award for his BBC1 series Simple Suppers and the BBC Food Personality of the Year. He was awarded an OBE in the New Year Honours 2020 'for services to cookery and to literature’.
Nigel's latest book is the Sunday Times No1 best seller A Thousand Feasts, published this year by 4th Estate.
http://www.nigelslater.com
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The Number 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Alexander McCall Smith
The Number 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Alexander McCall Smith
Bidding starts on 22-11-2024 07:35
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The first line of The Number 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith. Handwritten by Alexander.
Pen on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
'Mma Ramotswe had a detective agency in Africa, at the foot of Kgale Hill. These were its assets: a tiny white van, two desks, a telephone, and an old typewriter. Then there was a teapot, in which Mma Ramotswe – the only lady private detective in Botswana – brewed redbush tea.'
Sir Alexander McCall Smith is one of the world’s most prolific and best-loved authors. He has written and contributed to more than 100 books including specialist academic titles, short story collections, and a number of immensely popular children’s books.
Alexander became a household name with the publication of the highly successful The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series, which has now sold over twenty million copies in the English language alone.
His various series of books have been translated into forty-six languages and become bestsellers throughout the world. These include the popular 44 Scotland Street novels the Isabel Dalhousie novels, and the von Igelfeld series.
Alexander has received numerous awards for his writing including the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction, the National Arts Club (of America) Medal of Honor for Achievement in Literature and the Lifetime Achievement in the Saltire Literary Awards. In 2007 he received a CBE for services to literature and in 2011 was honoured by the President of Botswana for services through literature to the country. In 2024, he was honoured as Knight Bachelor by His Majesty King Charles III for services to literature, academia and charity.
http://www.alexandermccallsmith.co.uk
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'Mma Ramotswe had a detective agency in Africa, at the foot of Kgale Hill. These were its assets: a tiny white van, two desks, a telephone, and an old typewriter. Then there was a teapot, in which Mma Ramotswe – the only lady private detective in Botswana – brewed redbush tea.'
Sir Alexander McCall Smith is one of the world’s most prolific and best-loved authors. He has written and contributed to more than 100 books including specialist academic titles, short story collections, and a number of immensely popular children’s books.
Alexander became a household name with the publication of the highly successful The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series, which has now sold over twenty million copies in the English language alone.
His various series of books have been translated into forty-six languages and become bestsellers throughout the world. These include the popular 44 Scotland Street novels the Isabel Dalhousie novels, and the von Igelfeld series.
Alexander has received numerous awards for his writing including the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction, the National Arts Club (of America) Medal of Honor for Achievement in Literature and the Lifetime Achievement in the Saltire Literary Awards. In 2007 he received a CBE for services to literature and in 2011 was honoured by the President of Botswana for services through literature to the country. In 2024, he was honoured as Knight Bachelor by His Majesty King Charles III for services to literature, academia and charity.
http://www.alexandermccallsmith.co.uk
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Gemma Bovery, Posy Simmonds
Gemma Bovery, Posy Simmonds
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The first line of Posy Simmonds' Gemma Bovery. Handwritten and illustrated by Posy.
Pencil and wash on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
‘Gemma Bovery has been in the ground three weeks.’
Author and illustrator of both children's books and graphic novels, Posy Simmonds is best known for her long association with The Guardian, for which she drew the series Gemma Bovery, later published as a book by Jonathan Cape. Posy is an astute modern satirist, combining words and visuals in her storytelling to mock and condemn the British middle-class.
Posy has been awarded many honours such as the Prix de la critique of the French Association of comics critics and journalists, the Grand Prix Töpffer by the city of Geneva, and earlier this year the Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême.
Most recently Paris’s Centre Pompidou hosted Dessiner la littérature, an exhibition of Posy's work.
She was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 2002 for services to the newspaper industry.
https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/362051/gemma-bovery-by-simmonds-posy/9780224061148
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‘Gemma Bovery has been in the ground three weeks.’
Author and illustrator of both children's books and graphic novels, Posy Simmonds is best known for her long association with The Guardian, for which she drew the series Gemma Bovery, later published as a book by Jonathan Cape. Posy is an astute modern satirist, combining words and visuals in her storytelling to mock and condemn the British middle-class.
Posy has been awarded many honours such as the Prix de la critique of the French Association of comics critics and journalists, the Grand Prix Töpffer by the city of Geneva, and earlier this year the Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême.
Most recently Paris’s Centre Pompidou hosted Dessiner la littérature, an exhibition of Posy's work.
She was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 2002 for services to the newspaper industry.
https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/362051/gemma-bovery-by-simmonds-posy/9780224061148
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The Grunts in Trouble, Philip Ardagh, illustrated by Axel Scheffler
The Grunts in Trouble, Philip Ardagh, illustrated by Axel Scheffler
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The first line of Philip Ardagh and Axel Scheffler's The Grunts in Trouble. Handwritten by Philip and illustrated by Axel.
Pen and ink on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
‘Mr Grunt woke up with his head down by the footboard and his feet up by the headboard. He didn’t realise that he’d got into bed the wrong way round […], so he thought someone had turned the room round in the night. And who did he blame? His wife, Mrs Grunt, of course.’
The Grunts is a hilarious series from Roald Dahl Funny Prize winning author Philip Ardagh and illustrator of The Gruffalo, Axel Scheffler. Mr and Mrs Grunt, who are neither clean nor clever, live with their adopted in fact, abducted son, Sunny, in a donkey-drawn caravan somewhere or other at some time that is a bit like now but not exactly now.
https://nosycrow.com/series/the-grunts/
When not writing silly books, Philip is very serious indeed and frowns a great deal. He also sports a pair of those little round glasses brainy people often wear. His writes fiction and nonfiction for all ages, and his Eddie Dickens Trilogy books are bestsellers.
https://www.fantasticfiction.com/a/philip-ardagh/
Axel has illustrated over 200 books, including best loved booked such as The Gruffalo, and his work is exhibited around the world. He also draws editorial illustrations for magazines and is a great advocate for Europe. In 2022 he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit by the German government. Axel is Patron of Three Peas.
http://www.axelscheffler.com
If you like Axel’s work, check Lots 8, 11, 12, 30 and 31
Pen and ink on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
‘Mr Grunt woke up with his head down by the footboard and his feet up by the headboard. He didn’t realise that he’d got into bed the wrong way round […], so he thought someone had turned the room round in the night. And who did he blame? His wife, Mrs Grunt, of course.’
The Grunts is a hilarious series from Roald Dahl Funny Prize winning author Philip Ardagh and illustrator of The Gruffalo, Axel Scheffler. Mr and Mrs Grunt, who are neither clean nor clever, live with their adopted in fact, abducted son, Sunny, in a donkey-drawn caravan somewhere or other at some time that is a bit like now but not exactly now.
https://nosycrow.com/series/the-grunts/
When not writing silly books, Philip is very serious indeed and frowns a great deal. He also sports a pair of those little round glasses brainy people often wear. His writes fiction and nonfiction for all ages, and his Eddie Dickens Trilogy books are bestsellers.
https://www.fantasticfiction.com/a/philip-ardagh/
Axel has illustrated over 200 books, including best loved booked such as The Gruffalo, and his work is exhibited around the world. He also draws editorial illustrations for magazines and is a great advocate for Europe. In 2022 he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit by the German government. Axel is Patron of Three Peas.
http://www.axelscheffler.com
If you like Axel’s work, check Lots 8, 11, 12, 30 and 31
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One Last Secret, Adele Parks
One Last Secret, Adele Parks
Bidding starts on 22-11-2024 07:35
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The first line of Adele Parks' best selling One Last Secret. Handwritten by Adele.
Pen on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
'No little girl grows up dreaming of becoming an escort. A sex worker. A whore. Keep that in mind. It's a job, right.'
Adele Parks is a Sunday Times #1 bestselling author. Her books have sold over five million copies in English editions and are translated in 31 countries.
23 books. 23 years. 23 bestsellers.
Adele’s 24th book, First Wife’s Shadow was released in July 2024.
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II gave Adele the honour of M.B.E for Services to Literature in the New Year Honours List 2022.
Adele is an ambassador for literacy charities the National Literacy Trust and The Reading Agency.
She is a Patron of The Guildford Book Festival.
https://www.adeleparks.com
Pen on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
'No little girl grows up dreaming of becoming an escort. A sex worker. A whore. Keep that in mind. It's a job, right.'
Adele Parks is a Sunday Times #1 bestselling author. Her books have sold over five million copies in English editions and are translated in 31 countries.
23 books. 23 years. 23 bestsellers.
Adele’s 24th book, First Wife’s Shadow was released in July 2024.
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II gave Adele the honour of M.B.E for Services to Literature in the New Year Honours List 2022.
Adele is an ambassador for literacy charities the National Literacy Trust and The Reading Agency.
She is a Patron of The Guildford Book Festival.
https://www.adeleparks.com
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The Storm Whale, Benji Davies
The Storm Whale, Benji Davies
Bidding starts on 22-11-2024 07:35
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The first line of Benji Davies' The Storm Whale. Handwritten and illustrated by Benji.
Ink pen on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
'Noi lived with his dad and six cats by the sea.'
The Storm Whale is Benji Davies' much loved and best selling debut book. Winning many awards on its publication, it has trail-blazed its way into the home of many families around the world. An instant modern classic, it won the inaugural Oscar’s Book Prize and was Dutch Picture Book Of The Year, and has been adapted for the stage.
He is the illustrator of Nosy Crow’s internationally bestselling board book series, Bizzy Bear.
Benji’s books can been read in over forty languages and have sold many millions of copies worldwide.
He lives in East London with his wife and daughter.
http://www.benjidavies.squarespace.com
Ink pen on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
'Noi lived with his dad and six cats by the sea.'
The Storm Whale is Benji Davies' much loved and best selling debut book. Winning many awards on its publication, it has trail-blazed its way into the home of many families around the world. An instant modern classic, it won the inaugural Oscar’s Book Prize and was Dutch Picture Book Of The Year, and has been adapted for the stage.
He is the illustrator of Nosy Crow’s internationally bestselling board book series, Bizzy Bear.
Benji’s books can been read in over forty languages and have sold many millions of copies worldwide.
He lives in East London with his wife and daughter.
http://www.benjidavies.squarespace.com
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Love Actually, Richard Curtis
Love Actually, Richard Curtis
Bidding starts on 22-11-2024 07:35
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The first lines of Richard Curtis' Love Actually. Handwritten by Richard.
Pen on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
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Recto:
Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world,
I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport.
General opinion is stating to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed -but I don't see that.
Seems to me that love is everywhere.
Often it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy but it's always there.
Fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives,
boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends.
When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know, none of the phone calls from the people about to die were messages of hate or revenge: they were all messages of love.
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lf you look for it, I've got a sneaky suspicion you'll find that
Love Actually is all around.'
Written and directed by Richard Curtis, nominated for Best Screenplay and Best Motion Picture at the Golden Globes, Most Outstanding British Film at the BAFTA, Best Director at the European Film Festival.
Richard Curtis CBE is one of Britain best loved screenwriters, producers and directors, known for Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill, Bridget Jones's Diary, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, About Time, Yesterday, War Horse -check our Lot 18- Blackadder, Mr. Bean, and The Vicar of Dibley.
Richard has received a BAFTA Fellowship for lifetime achievement from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts along with the BAFTA Humanitarian Award at the 2008 Britannia Awards.
Described by The Times as a “relentless humanitarian activist” he is the co-founder, with Sir Lenny Henry, of the British charity Comic Relief, and of Make Poverty History.
https://www.comicrelief.com/about-comic-relief/richard-curtis/
Pen on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
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Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world,
I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport.
General opinion is stating to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed -but I don't see that.
Seems to me that love is everywhere.
Often it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy but it's always there.
Fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives,
boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends.
When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know, none of the phone calls from the people about to die were messages of hate or revenge: they were all messages of love.
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lf you look for it, I've got a sneaky suspicion you'll find that
Love Actually is all around.'
Written and directed by Richard Curtis, nominated for Best Screenplay and Best Motion Picture at the Golden Globes, Most Outstanding British Film at the BAFTA, Best Director at the European Film Festival.
Richard Curtis CBE is one of Britain best loved screenwriters, producers and directors, known for Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill, Bridget Jones's Diary, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, About Time, Yesterday, War Horse -check our Lot 18- Blackadder, Mr. Bean, and The Vicar of Dibley.
Richard has received a BAFTA Fellowship for lifetime achievement from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts along with the BAFTA Humanitarian Award at the 2008 Britannia Awards.
Described by The Times as a “relentless humanitarian activist” he is the co-founder, with Sir Lenny Henry, of the British charity Comic Relief, and of Make Poverty History.
https://www.comicrelief.com/about-comic-relief/richard-curtis/
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East, Meera Sodha
East, Meera Sodha
Bidding starts on 22-11-2024 07:35
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The first line of Meera Sodha’s delicious East. Handwritten by Meera.
Pen on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
Meera is a food and cook writer. Born in Lincolnshire to Ugandan Indian parents, cooking is a huge part of her heritage and her writing has been inspired by the culinary delights of her childhood.
Meera’s family recipes and the stories that came with them were the inspiration for her first cookbook, Made in India.
Her books have been book of the year by The Times, the Financial Times or won The Observer Food Monthly’s Best New Cookbook.
Meera also writes a weekly vegan column for The Guardian, which won The Guild of Food Writers and Fortnum & Mason’s Best Cookery Writer Award and her writing has been featured in publications such as Vogue, The New York Times, The Times and The Financial Times.
http://www.meerasodha.com
Pen on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
Meera is a food and cook writer. Born in Lincolnshire to Ugandan Indian parents, cooking is a huge part of her heritage and her writing has been inspired by the culinary delights of her childhood.
Meera’s family recipes and the stories that came with them were the inspiration for her first cookbook, Made in India.
Her books have been book of the year by The Times, the Financial Times or won The Observer Food Monthly’s Best New Cookbook.
Meera also writes a weekly vegan column for The Guardian, which won The Guild of Food Writers and Fortnum & Mason’s Best Cookery Writer Award and her writing has been featured in publications such as Vogue, The New York Times, The Times and The Financial Times.
http://www.meerasodha.com
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£ 275
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The Jeweller's Apprentice, Axel Scheffler
The Jeweller's Apprentice, Axel Scheffler
Bidding starts on 22-11-2024 07:35
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The first line of Axel Scheffler's The Jeweller's Apprentice, an animal fairy tale with a heartwarming message about learning from your mistakes, published earlier this year by Macmillan. Handwritten by Axel.
Pen & ink on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
'Mr Peacock was very tired. His bead shop was so successful that he found himself working day and night making necklaces, bangles, brooches and bracelets.'
Axel Scheffler is an award-winning, beloved illustrator, who works with some of today's best authors, from Julia Donaldson and Philip Ardagh to Emma Thompson. His work has won many accolades and he is best known for co-creating The Gruffalo (check Lot 30) with Julia Donaldson.
Axel has illustrated over 200 books and his work is exhibited around the world. He also draws editorial illustrations for magazines and is a great advocate for Europe. In 2022 he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit by the German government. Axel is Patron of Three Peas.
Axel Scheffler is Patron of Three Peas.
http://www.axelscheffler.com
If you like Axel's illustrations, check Lots 8, 11, 12, 29, 30 and 31.
Pen & ink on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
'Mr Peacock was very tired. His bead shop was so successful that he found himself working day and night making necklaces, bangles, brooches and bracelets.'
Axel Scheffler is an award-winning, beloved illustrator, who works with some of today's best authors, from Julia Donaldson and Philip Ardagh to Emma Thompson. His work has won many accolades and he is best known for co-creating The Gruffalo (check Lot 30) with Julia Donaldson.
Axel has illustrated over 200 books and his work is exhibited around the world. He also draws editorial illustrations for magazines and is a great advocate for Europe. In 2022 he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit by the German government. Axel is Patron of Three Peas.
Axel Scheffler is Patron of Three Peas.
http://www.axelscheffler.com
If you like Axel's illustrations, check Lots 8, 11, 12, 29, 30 and 31.
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Tipping the Velvet, Sarah Waters
Tipping the Velvet, Sarah Waters
Bidding starts on 22-11-2024 07:35
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The first line of Sarah Waters' Tipping the Velvet. Handwritten by Sarah.
Pen on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
‘Have you ever tasted a Whitstable oyster?
If you have, you will remember it. Some quirk of the Kentish coastline makes Whitstable natives -as they are properly called- The largest and the juiciest, the savouriest yet the subtlest, oysters in the whole of England.’
Sarah Waters has written six novels: Tipping the Velvet, Affinity, Fingersmith, The Night Watch, The Little Stranger and The Paying Guests which have won many prizes including the Betty Trask Award the Somerset Maugham Award, the South Bank Show Award for Literature and the CWA Historical Dagger and short listed for many others, including the Man Booker Prize. All have been adapted for the television.
She was included in Granta’s prestigious list of ‘Best of Young British Novelists 2003’, and in the same year was voted Author of the Year by both publishers and booksellers at the British Book Awards, and won the Waterstones Author of the Year Award.
She has received The Sunday Times Award for Literary Excellence, which is given in recognition of a writer’s entire body of work.
Sarah was presented with an OBE in 2019 for services to literature in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.
https://www.sarahwaters.com/
Pen on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
‘Have you ever tasted a Whitstable oyster?
If you have, you will remember it. Some quirk of the Kentish coastline makes Whitstable natives -as they are properly called- The largest and the juiciest, the savouriest yet the subtlest, oysters in the whole of England.’
Sarah Waters has written six novels: Tipping the Velvet, Affinity, Fingersmith, The Night Watch, The Little Stranger and The Paying Guests which have won many prizes including the Betty Trask Award the Somerset Maugham Award, the South Bank Show Award for Literature and the CWA Historical Dagger and short listed for many others, including the Man Booker Prize. All have been adapted for the television.
She was included in Granta’s prestigious list of ‘Best of Young British Novelists 2003’, and in the same year was voted Author of the Year by both publishers and booksellers at the British Book Awards, and won the Waterstones Author of the Year Award.
She has received The Sunday Times Award for Literary Excellence, which is given in recognition of a writer’s entire body of work.
Sarah was presented with an OBE in 2019 for services to literature in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.
https://www.sarahwaters.com/
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East West Street, Philippe Sands
East West Street, Philippe Sands
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The first line of Philippe Sands' East West Street. Handwritten by Philippe.
Pen on Arches hot pressed aquarelle paper, 18cm x 26cm
‘The city of Lviv occupies an important place in this story.’
Philippe Sands is Professor of Public Understanding of Law at UCL, visiting professor at Harvard Law School and a practising barrister at 11 KBW. He has been involved in many significant international cases in recent years, including Pinochet, Congo, Yugoslavia, Rwanda, Iraq, Guantanamo, Chagos and the Rohingya. He is the author of Lawless World, Torture Team and Sunday Times bestsellers The Ratline and The Last Colony. He has served as President of English PEN and is a member of the board of the Hay Festival.
East West Street: On the Origins of Genocide and Crimes against Humanity has been awarded numerous prizes, including the 2016 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, and has been translated into 24 languages.
https://www.weidenfeldandnicolson.co.uk/titles/philippe-sands/east-west-street/9781474601917/
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‘The city of Lviv occupies an important place in this story.’
Philippe Sands is Professor of Public Understanding of Law at UCL, visiting professor at Harvard Law School and a practising barrister at 11 KBW. He has been involved in many significant international cases in recent years, including Pinochet, Congo, Yugoslavia, Rwanda, Iraq, Guantanamo, Chagos and the Rohingya. He is the author of Lawless World, Torture Team and Sunday Times bestsellers The Ratline and The Last Colony. He has served as President of English PEN and is a member of the board of the Hay Festival.
East West Street: On the Origins of Genocide and Crimes against Humanity has been awarded numerous prizes, including the 2016 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, and has been translated into 24 languages.
https://www.weidenfeldandnicolson.co.uk/titles/philippe-sands/east-west-street/9781474601917/
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