Sir Peter Bazalgette (62-71) The Empathy Instinct
Simon Brett OBE (57–64)
2017 has been a prolific year during which Simon has published three books. Blotto, Twinks and the Stars of the Silver Screen Another hair-raising
Sir Peter’s book presents revolutionary new ideas about what empathy is and how it can transform society. It concludes with a Charter for Empathy, where challenges such as religious conflict and racism, decent health and social care, effective and humane criminal
adventure featuring the aristocratic brother and sister sleuthing duo! Seriously Funny… and Other Oxymorons
justice and even artificial intelligence are addressed by this new thinking. Sir Peter Bazalgette is the former Chair of Arts Council England. He has had a hugely accomplished career as a television producer and media professional. In 2011 he was knighted for services to broadcasting.
Simons 100th publication is a modern book of oxymorons, from ‘alcohol-free wine’ to ‘compassionate Conservatism’ The Liar in the Library (A Fethering Mystery)
Professor Chris Palmer (56-65) Confessions of a Wildlife Filmmaker
When an author event at the local library ends in murder, Jude finds herself a suspect in the waspishly witty new Fethering mystery.
In this tell-all expose of the wildlife filmmaking industry, film producer and American University professor Chris Palmer shares his own journey as a filmmaker-with its highs and lows and challenging ethical dilemmas-in order
Andrew Blackman (88-95) Boy, Dog, Accordion
Andrew Blackman is a former Wall Street Journal staff writer, now living in London and concentrating on fiction. His debut novel On the Holloway Road
to provide filmmakers, networks, and the public with an invitation to evolve the industry to the next level. Palmer uses his life story as a conservationist and filmmaker to convey his points, with an ultimate call to stop deceiving audiences, avoid harassing animals, and promote conservation. Read this book to find a path forward.
(Legend Press 2009) won the Luke Bitmead Writer’s Bursary and was shortlisted for the Dundee International Book prize.
Nigel Hinton (53–60) The Norris Girls
Tom McCarthy (78 – 86) Typewriters, Bombs, Jellyfish
Dad is away in a dangerous place, but life must go on for the Norris girls.Beth dreams of being in the school musical, especially when super cool Josh gets the lead part. Georgy trains every day, trying to win a place in the Inter-Counties Athletics
Essays on literature, pop culture, and more from the cult novelist and critic Tom McCarthy. Fifteen brilliant essays written over as many years provide a map of the sensibility and critical intelligence of Tom McCarthy, one of
the most original and challenging novelists at work today. Typewriters, Bombs, Jellyfish explores a wide range of subjects, from the weather considered as a form of media, to the paintings of Gerhard Richter and the movies of David Lynch, all the way through to Patty Hearst as a revolutionary sex goddess.
Championships, but first she has to beat her arch-rival, Layla. And Katie wants an animal to look after – a dog or cat or a rabbit would do, but if she could choose one thing in the whole world it would be a pony. Filled with tears and laughter, heartache and longing, The Norris Girls is Little Women for the twenty-first century.
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