July21
Congratulations to Catherine Cooper, award winner at the Brit Writers Awards Unpublished 2010. Catherine won ‘Best Children’s Stories Category’ and also ‘Overall Winner’ for her book ‘The Golden Acorn’. As part of her prize she has a publishing deal, £10,000 and 300 copies of her winning book, who says self-publishing can’t be rewarding.
It has been a real pleasure for us here at Chandler Book Design to be involved in this project, Catherine has been a client with us for over a year now and we have help to publish 3 titles for her, The Golden Acorn, Glasruhen Gate and Hawke and Co.
The oragnisers of the Brit Writers awards where very impressed with Catherine and you can read what they said from this link: http://debialper.blogspot.com.
Well done Catherine, an award very well deserved.
From us all at Chandler Book design.
July1
Catherine Cooper, author of The Golden Acorn, has been short listed for the Brit Writers Awards 2010. The gala awards ceremony will take place on the 15th July. Catherine has been a long term client with Chandler Book design and it is fanatstic that she has been short listed, good luck Catherine!
April21
Romany Relics wasn’t designed in a Day
The design of this book was undertaken by John Chandler, with the assistance of co-author John Barker. This high-end coffee table book is full of quality photographs and outstanding craftmanship.
This is the definitive book on old Gypsy Wagons, telling the story of wagon time, chapters on Bill Wright, Sam Dunton, Thomas Tong, Fred Hill, George Orton and other notable builders, photographs that have never been seen before of the people that built them, people that used them and most of the surviving wagons still in existence today.
There is also a chapter on a full restoration of a 1914 Dunton Reading showing step by step photos of each stage.Two beautiful chapters called Old Days Old Ways and Historical Background with untold photographic stories of a bygone age.
An
online preview of the opening pages is available for your viewing insight.
If you would like to purchase a copy of Romany Relics,
Please visit the books website
www.romanyrelics.com
April21
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John, of Chandler Book Design and Colin Ward, of History Writer Publishing have collaborated to create this high-quality silver finish coffee table book. This fully blocked picture book is all about the history of Britain’s oldest pram makers, from 1877 to the present day. An
online preview of the opening pages is available for your viewing insight.
Short History of Silver Cross
Silver Cross is Britain’s oldest pram company, making prams and pushchairs for children since 1877. The company is based in Leeds, Yorkshire where the very first Silver Cross pram was produced by William Wilson – a postman who started his own business making post carts and perambulators.
The Victorian era is when the pram first came into popular use. Original prams were based on the same designs as full-sized carriages and were originally pulled by dogs or ponies. Wealthy families commissioned their carriage makers to make smaller vehicles for their babies and owning a pram was soon seen as a status symbol. Queen Victoria herself was famous for using prams and there was even a pram named after her that remained one of the most popular models for over fifty years.
In the 1920s the company sealed its reputation as a maker of quality prams when they produced a baby carriage for the royal family. The name became synonymous with quality and rich parents strived to buy the latest model of Silver Cross pram for their children.
The brand continued to strengthen with new models produced every year and became somewhat of a fashion statement in the 60s for trendy mothers. During this time the company also extended their range into highchairs and other nursery furniture.
In the 60s the company also started to produce miniature versions of their full-size prams for dolls. Children could now own their very own doll’s pram just like mother’s!
As technology improved, the designs of Silver Cross prams evolved to meet the needs of modern parents. Prams produced and sold today are lightweight and flexible and there are a range of models to suit every mother – twin prams, jogging prams, you name it – Silver Cross continues to be one of the most popular producers of prams in the UK.
April20
Chandler Book Design would like to congratulate author Catherine Cooper for recently selling her 1000th self-published book.
Over the past year Catherine of Pengridion Books with the assistance of Chandler Book Design has created, illustrated and designed three childrens books,
The Golden Acorn, Glasruhen Gate and Hawke and Co
Before becoming a self-publishing author Catherine Cooper was a primary school teacher of 29 years, this experience gave her an insight in to the inner workings of a child’s mind and judging by her sales for this year she has got that down to a tee. Catherine promoted and distributed each of her books herself, using the internet, a number of bookshops and touring her books around primary schools, book fairs and festivals.
Her love of history, myths, legends and the Shropshire countryside gave her the ideal grounding to write an extraordinary magical fantasy adventure.
Please see below, the front cover designs illustrated by Catherine and Ron Cooper, and the books synopsis’s.
Jack Brenin’s life changes the moment he finds a golden acorn lying in the grass. He gets caught up in an extraordinary magical adventure and enters a world he only believed existed in legend. He’s sure he’s been mistaken for someone else. How could he possibly be ‘The One’ an ancient prophecy speaks about, he’s neither brave nor strong? He’s no idea why he’s expected to help, unsure if he wants to, or even if he can.
When Jack Brenin found out, beyond doubt, he was ‘The One’ written about in an ancient prophecy, his whole life changed. Now, armed with the golden acorn, his wand and newly acquired skills, Jack must fulfil his promise and ensure Glasruhen Gate is opened, before it’s too late. His new friends are depending on him. Jack doesn’t want to let anyone down but knows he has to be courageous and overcome his doubts, if they’re to succeed.
Hawke’s new neighbour accused him of spying on them through a hole in the fence, almost poked his eye out and called him an ‘oik’. He’d declared war on them but now he needed a plan, a master plan, something to teach the snobs next door a lesson, one they’d never forget. Unfortunately, even the best plans don’t always work out the way you expect.
Click on the cover designs above to be taken to the Pengridion Books website.
