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Artist Spotlight: Jake Bowers
Kizzy – 2022 Forged Steel Dave Young The artwork depicts Kizzy Lovell, the central character in Rumer Godden’s 1972 novel, The Diddakoi – described by sculptor Jake Bowers, “as defiant…
Happy Birthday Gensing Gardens!
Sunday 3 July is the150 anniversary of Gensing Gardens, bought for the town in 1872. The site was originally known as Gensing Wood. Like other gardens of the period it…
Iron in the Soul
The artistic director of this year’s A Town Explores a Book (ATEAB) festival, Gail Borrow, shares the insights of two of the key artists involved. The artist known simply as…
Exploring The Diddakoi
The 2022 A Town Explores A Book festival centres around Rumer Godden’s The Diddakoi on the 50th anniversary of its publication. Festival director, Gail Borrow outlines what’s in store. A…
Searching For Kushti: 50 Years of The Diddakoi
A Town Explores A Book 2022 celebrates 50 years since Rumer Godden’s young adult novel The Diddakoi told the story of a mixed race child of Romany descent and her…
New Free Mini Zine to Inspire!
The 2022 book choice for St Leonards on Sea’s annual spring festival, #ATownExploresABook, is Rumer Godden’s The Diddakoi on its fiftieth anniversary of publication. The festival’s mentee team, an inspirational…
Collect your Cereal Packets: March is for Model Making!
By Erica Smith The great joy in 1970s households was the cereal packet. Vouchers and gifts could be found inside them, and when you had finished munching their edible contents,…