Sophie Neville ~ published work
Forward to ‘An A-Z: Cumbria and the Lake District on Film’ pub by Hayloft Publishing, nominated for The Lakeland Book of the Year Award 2017
- Forward to ‘Swallowdale’ by Arthur Ransome (Czech translation) pub by Albatros Media, Czech Republic 2016
- Forward to ‘Swallows Amazons and Coots’ by Julian Lovelock pub by Lutterworth Press, 2016
- ‘The Making of Swallows and Amazons (1974)’ 2nd edition published by The Lutterworth Press, 2017
- ‘The Making of SWALLOWS & AMAZONS: Behind the Scenes of the 1974 Film’ (paperback) published by Classic TV Press, 2014
- ‘The Secrets of filming SWALLOWS & AMAZONS, 1974’ (multimedia ebook) self-published 2014, second edition 2016 #1 Stage & Theatre Kindle UK
- ‘The Secrets of Filming Coot Club & The Big Six’ DVD extras for Revelation Film
- ‘Ride the Wings of Morning’ an illustrated true-life story, self-published 2013 #1 Travel-Africa Kindle section in UK and Canada
- ‘Funnily Enough: a Get Well Soon book’ full-colour illustrated hardcover with a cover quote from Jilly Cooper, self-published in 2012
- ‘Funnily Enough’ inspirational true-life Christian diary, self-published 2012. The International Rubery Book Award 2013 – third prize. Serialised in the national magazine iBelieve as a double-page feature for 11 months #1 in Humour on Kindle UK sales. #2 in free Kindle UK sales – all categories.
Winner of the Athanatos Grand Prize for Fiction 2017
currently long-listed for the Historical Novel Society award for First Novel
- Articles in Daily Telegraph, Country Life, Cotswold Life, Classic Sailor, Living, iBelieve, Word in Action,Westmorland Gazette, Lymington Times and other newspapers
- ‘Makorongo’s War’ the true story a screenplay commissioned by Dashwood Films
- INSET series of 3 x 30 min episodes for BBC Education TV
- ‘Boys About Girls: Girls About Boys’ for BBC Schools TV
- ‘Just Mum, My Sister and Me’ for BBC Schools TV
- ‘The Way People Talk’ for BBC Schools TV
- ‘Crazes’ for the series ‘Tutorial Topics’ for BBC Schools TV
Signing books at the Curious Arts Festival 2015 photo: George Ping
- Edited ‘Through the Dragon’s Eye’ a Look and Read publication for BBC Books: a storybook with educational notes that sold over 200,000 copies
- Produced ‘Through the Dragon’s Eye’ audiobook for BBC Books.
- Research: ‘Bluebell’ the authorized biography of Margaret Kelly by George Perry for BBC Books
- Research: ‘Dawn to Dusk: on Safari’ by Jonathan Scott for BBC Books
- Picture Research: The illustrated ‘My Family and Other Animals’ by Gerald Durrell for Guild Publishing and Grafton Books
- Visual contribution: ‘A-Z of Cumbria and The Lake District on Film’ by David Banning for Hayloft Publishing
- Visual contribution: ‘The Dinghy Cruising Companion’ by Roger Barnes
- Visual contribution: ‘Rembering Tenko’ ebook by Andy Priestner
President of The Arthur Ransome Society
Member of The Biographer’s Club
Member of ACW – Association of Christian Writers
and appearing on the cover of a few other books and DVDs:
The DVD of ‘Swallows and Amazons’ with a cover based on the 1974 film poster
