Published work and literary awards
Winner of the Athanatos Grand Prize for Novel Writing 2017
Winner of A Woman’s Write 2019 for an unpublished novel
WINNER of Eyelands Book Awards 2019 prize for unpublished Historical Fiction
Currently in the Writing award Finals of the Page Turner Awards 2021
SHORTLISTED FOR EYELANDS PRIZE FOR UNPUBLISHED HISTORICAL FICTION 2020
THIRD PRIZE FOR ASSOCIATION OF CHRISTIAN WRITERS NOVEL COMPETITION 2020
Long-listed for the Historical Novel Society award for First Novel
Long-listed for Retreat West’s First Chapter Competition, 2021 with two novels
Long-listed for Roadmap’s Write Start novel competition in the USA, 2021
Reached the semi-finals of ACFW Genesis literary contest in the USA, 2021
Winner of a Three Writer’s Resort Residency 2019
Winner of International Rubery Book Award – 3rd Prize –
Published Works
‘The Making of Swallows and Amazons 1974’ published by Classic TV Press, 2014
‘The Making of Swallows and Amazons’ published The Lutterworth Press, 2017
‘The secrets of filming ‘Swallows and Amazons(1974) ‘ self-published, 2013, 2nd edition 2016
‘Ride the Wings of Morning’ self-published, Ashton House Publishing, 2012
‘Funnily Enough’ self-published, Ashton House Publishing, 2011
‘Funnily Enough, a get well soon book’ self-published, 2012
‘Merry Christmas Everyone’ an anthology published by ACW, 2016
Foreword to ‘An A-Z: Cumbria and the Lake District on Film’ published by Hayloft Publishing, nominated for The Lakeland Book of the Year Award, 2017
Foreword to ‘Swallowdale’ by Arthur Ransome published by Albatros Media, Czech Republic, 2016
Foreword to ‘Swallows, Amazons and Coots’ by Julian Lovelock, published by The Lutterworth Press, 2016
Coming soon – Foreword to ‘Boats Yet Sailing’ by Trevor Boult
Out 9th October 2021: A chapter in ‘Write Well’ (ACW, 2021)
Coming soon: ‘Covid Reflections‘ – an pandemic anthology, 2021
Coming: ‘The Making of Coot Club and The Big Six’
Coming: ‘The Bitter Enders – Life on an African Farm’
‘The secrets of filming Swallows and Amazons Forever!’ DVD Extras, for Revelation Film, 2014
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
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: ‘The Dinghy Cruising Companion’ by Roger Barnes
Visual contribution: ‘Remembering Tenko’ ebook by Andy Priestner
Appearances on the cover of other books and DVDs:
