‘LITERATURE and LANDSCAPE in EAST DEVON’

A correspondent writes, “I think this book would make a good Christmas present, better still keep it as it has lots of literary walks and a map included.”

For an entertaining preview of this unique publication, written in support of EDA, you are warmly invited to the book launch evening on
FRIDAY 12th DECEMBER 2014, 6-8pm at ALL SAINTS’ CHURCH HALL, ALL SAINTS’ ROAD, SIDMOUTH, EX10 8ES

As a first, full literary companion to the East Devon area, A4 in size and full colour, this beautiful book combines large photographs with serious research, quotations, observations on literature and landscape. Included also is a map, information on the writers, an index and bibliography, plus directions as to where the authors walked in the area so readers can follow in their footsteps. The aim is both to celebrate and draw attention to this unique and threatened part of rural England. Birthplace of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Sir Walter Raleigh, a setting for stories and poems by Jane Austen, H.G Wells, John Fowles, C. Day Lewis, John Betjeman, Beatrix Potter, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and others, East Devon remains as attractive to writers today as ever. The publication of this book aims to help keep it this way.

RSVP to Mike Temple, stating number attending: michael.temple@btinternet.com or Tel: 01395 577461

The dramatisation of the book starts promptly at 6.30. Free entry. Book signing. Raffle. Light refreshments available after the performance.