I’d like to thank Amanda Craig for suggesting a Dunkirk story – though I imagine this may not be what she had in mind. Voice actress Anna Bentinck’s advice on developing a character’s distinctive speech has been invaluable and I’ll never forget the thrill of listening to her recording The Salt-Stained Book. Xanthe should be acknowledging her tutor at this point and I need to say, yet again, that many years ago Margery Allingham and The Oaken Heart changed the direction of my life. And so did Francis Wheen – in quite a different way.
Julia Jones, 2015
Earlier volumes in the Strong Winds series:
(available in both print and electronic format)
The Salt-Stained Book (also available in an unabridged audio recording)
A Ravelled Flag
Ghosting Home
The Lion of Sole Bay
There are two short stories connected with the series:
‘The Black Flag’ (published in The Marine Quarterly no.18, summer 2015)
‘The Wanderer’ (published in A Flash in the Pen, Authors Electric 2015)
Also published by Golden Duck
www.golden-duck.co.uk
The Adventures of Margery Allingham by Julia Jones
Cheapjack by Philip Allingham (with introduction by Francis Wheen)
Fifty Years in the Fiction Factory: the Working Life of Herbert Allingham 1867-1936 by Julia Jones
Wild Wood by Jan Needle (illustrated by William Rushton)
Books by Claudia Myatt
www.claudiamyatt.co.uk
RYA Go Sailing: a practical guide for young people
RYA Go Cruising: a young crew’s guide to sailing and motor cruisers
RYA Go Inland: a young crew’s guide to canal and river boating
RYA Go Green! a young person’s guide to the blue planet
RYA Go Windsurfing!