The Frogmore
Press has recently launched two new publications. 26 November saw the launch at the Red Roaster
in Brighton of Clare Best’s Cell, which
has been variously described as a ‘not-quite-pamphlet’ and a ‘folding artefact’.
Cell is a poem in twelve sections
with illustrations in charcoal by Michaela Ridgway. It tells the story of
Christine Carpenter, a fourteen year old who took vows of silent devotion in
1329 and was enclosed in a cell in St James’ Church, Shere.
Beautifully designed
by Katy Mawhood, Cell has been
described by Helena Nelson as ‘a potent tale for our times’. It is a unique
publication, available exclusively from The Frogmore Press, 21 Mildmay Road, Lewes
BN7 1PJ at £10.00 per copy.
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| Michaela Ridgway and Clare Best at the launch of Cell |
On 1 December
True Tales from the Old Hill, the
anthology of life writing published in collaboration with the Centre for LifeHistory and Life Writing Research at the University of Sussex, enjoyed a second
outing at the Elephant and Castle in Lewes. Inspired by Paul Auster’s True Tales of American Life and edited
by Rachel Cole and Jeremy Page with Katie Leacock and Sally Willow, the
anthology includes more than fifty ‘true tales’ by contributors resident in or
near Lewes, many of them – Mikey Cuddihy, Beth Miller, Minoli Salgado and Janet
Sutherland among them – familiar names.
True
Tales from the Old Hill is available post free from The Frogmore Press also
at £10.00 per copy.
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| The editorial team Rachel Cole & Jeremy Page, with Sally Willow and Katie Leacock |
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| Co-editor of True Tales ... Rachel Cole introduces the anthology |
Copies of True Tales from the Old Hill, the Frogmore anthology of life writing, and The Needlewriters, showcasing poetry and prose from writers who have read at Needlewriters events, are both available from The Frogmore Press (£10 per copy, or £8 to contributors) or from Skylark bookshop in the Needlewriters (£10 per copy).
