The Polden Pig

The book is launched and ready for purchase on the blurb website at :
http://www.blurb.co.uk/b/4038943-the-polden-pig

a page from my sketchbook

So today all is revealed as the two pigs have been unveiled in Taunton
ready for their trip around the town before being auctioned on april the 27th at the brewhouse at 6.30
Now they go on their journey they will be visiting:

Taunton Library on the 12th Feb where I will be reading the story I have written about the Polden Pig
at 11.00 and I will have books you can buy.  And the 9th April.

The Museum of Somerset:  13th- 14th Feb and 10 -12th Apr

Corfield Hall  15th Feb

Brewhouse Theatre and Arts Centre:  16th - 22nd Feb and 13th Apr

Goodland Gardens:  23 Feb

Deane House:  25th Feb - 1st Mar

Castle Green:  2nd - 3rd Mar

Orchard Shopping Centre:  4th - 10th Mar    29th Mar - 5th Apr

Musgrove Park Hospital:  11th Mar - 15th Mar

Vivary Park:  16th Mar

Somerset College:  18th - 22 Mar

St Mary Magdalene Church:   2rd - 24th Mar

Ginger Fig Gallery: 23rd - 28th Mar

Waterstones:  6th Apr.  I will be reading here at 11.00 copies of the book can be bought.

Taunton Marathon:  7th Apr

The Market House:  8th Apr

Charity Auction on the 27th April at the Brewhouse at 6.30 onwards.

War Pig

The launch of the War Pig is almost upon us, and in the effort of secrecy I have taken past pictures of the War Pig off  my blog, after the 11th february they will be back up again.
I have been working on a children's story of the War Pig which I finished yesterday and have sent off to Blurb to be printed, what a blooming adventure that was, firstly making up the story, maybe not that difficult as I made up stories for my children a lot of the time, but more surprisingly is that I have illustrated it, obviously I can't put all the pics up here, but as a taster I have posted the Polden Pig.
When the book is published you will be able to read it and order copies.  I will also make an ebook which will as a bonus have me reading the story as well. What joy.

Snow today.

The War Pig and the Gimlet- Eyed Mariners

The 'War Pig' has been sited on a Roman Legionaires diseased banner flying high over a raging battle ground somewhere in deepest Somerset, authentication to be sort.

The Gimlet-Eyed Mariners gig on Saturday 24th Nov  at 7.30 for 8.00 at the congregational church, Wiveliscombe, after their recent rehearsals all I can say is get along we are sounding brilliant!!!!

The Travails of the War Pig

What a story this is, indeed the travails of the war pig should be written by someone more learned than myself:  I found this pig in the backroom of a shopping mall in Taunton, already this is wrong, this poor pig is a state of disrepair, no pride, it life story hidden amongst the detritus of the consumer society.  The War Pig's story is a sorry tale,  These pigs used by the Romans to frightened the War Elephants were coated in resin and pitch and set fire to, and then, squealing let loose to run amuck amongst the elephants, scattering the poor frightened beasts and so defeating their foes. Not many War Pigs survived, but recently on the Polden Hills, an excavation found the remains of  a 'Trojan War Pig' these are very rare and we are lucky to have this one preserved so well in the soils of west somerset.  From the shopping mall to my studio for the forensic examinations, creation of stretchers and in readiness for a tour of the county, The War Pig is ready, ready to spread the word, to tell of the futility of war, of the use of animals in the tactics of death, the corruption of generals, the War Pigs story is ready to be unleashed.