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I have been devoted to your podcast for over a year; it could be improved only by being more frequent. Every book I have ordered from you has been a delight; nothing disappoints. I receive your emails with pleasure, and that’s saying a lot. Slightly Foxed is a source of content . . . ’

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Winter 2017 Launch Party

Winter 2017 Launch Party

Slightly Foxed & Belgravia Books We celebrated the publication of Slightly Foxed Issue 56 and When I Was a Little Boy. There were books galore, plenty of wine and many Christmas presents purchased on the night.

Slightly Foxed Subscribers’ Writing Competition 2018

The Slightly Foxed Writers’ Competition produced a record number of entries this year, all of them worth reading. Subjects tackled were many and various, from Dr Johnson to taxidermy, and we had such difficulty choosing a winner that we finally opted to award a joint first prize . . .

9th November 2017

‘I loved the Readers’ Day . . .’

‘I wanted to let you know how much I loved the Readers’ Day. It was the first one I’d been to and I very much hope it will be the first of many . . .’

- L. Berridge, Devon

5th November 2017

‘Readers’ Day was outstanding in every way . . .’

‘Yesterday’s Readers’ Day was outstanding in every way – we loved it all. Thank you to every one of you who made it such a success . . .’

- J. Bunstead-Boother, Dorking

5th November 2017

‘Many thanks to everyone for a brilliant day . . .’

‘Good morning to all at Slightly Foxed! I felt I must get in touch to let you know how much I enjoyed the Readers’ Day on Saturday. You had chosen a varied and interesting selection of speakers; I especially enjoyed Helena Drysdale and Posy Simmonds. Both had gone to the trouble of preparing an excellent presentation and both were excellent communicators . . .’

- H. Evernden, Tunbridge Wells

Hisham Matar wins The Geschwister-Scholl-Preis

Hisham Matar, winner of the Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize 2016, has won another international literary prize. The Geschwister-Scholl-Preis was initiated in 1980 by the State Association of Bavaria in the Stock Market Society of the German Book Trade and the city of Munich . . .

The Three Mothers

The Three Mothers

‘One image of a veiled woman was all net and nose. Then, by laying down carefully pared pieces of onion-skin tissue-paper behind the place where the impression would be made, Brian brought out and made visible the expression of traumatized, envious sympathy the artist had engraved into the wood in her depiction of the woman’s face. It slowly came alive at his touch – though Brian would pass the credit back to the artist who created the picture. I suppose he is right; but his contribution is closer to that of a concert pianist interpreting a score than that of an engineer.’

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Today's featured wood engraving for Woodcut Wednesday is a ‘Great Spotted Woodpecker’ by Ian Stephens. It first appeared in Issue 51 of Slightly Foxed, where we featured a series of birds engraved by Ian.

27th September 2017

‘It’s such a great present!’

‘Dear Foxed Quarterly, Thanks so much for making the ordering process so easy. I bought the September issue at Dulwich Books to give with the subscription and once I looked inside, had a really hard time resisting the temptation to just keep going. It’s such a great present . . .’

- E. Wedmore, London

26th September 2017

‘Sword of Bone charmed me utterly . . .’

‘Sword of Bone charmed me utterly. If I apply the tried-and-tested dinner party criteria of ‘Would I invite the author?’ the answer is a resounding yes. Anthony Rhodes’s tone is laconic, cultured, ironic and witty. A reader could dip at random into the book and come up with a bon mot or two . . .’

September News: Bloomsbury Blue

September News: Bloomsbury Blue

Our shelves may be somewhat overloaded but they’re firmly rooted to the floor so as to avoid any shelf-related disasters of the Hogarth Press variety . . . Do read on for an extract from this wonderful book and to follow, details of the new season’s offerings.

20th September 2017

‘It brought back to me all the magical delight that my mother and I shared . . .’

‘I have just opened my newly delivered Slightly Foxed and gone straight to the article about The Little Grey Men and Down the Bright Stream. It has brought back to me all the magical delight that my mother and I shared in reading them together. We had no hollow oak on our land but how I longed to live in one. Such yearnings don't quite go away! I have just ordered the pair from SF. (Books that is, not hollow oaks).’

20th September 2017

A New England: Tewkesbury

Once in a while, a special book reaches out through the wisps of time and demands to be read. John Moore’s Portrait of Elmbury was written in 1945 and recalls his corner of England during the first world war. It documents a country that was changing by the minute, a country that would never be the same again, for better or for worse . . .

- P.C. Dettman, The Z Review

Autumn

We’re not busying ourselves with harvest this autumn, but with books to be packed, proofs to be checked, and new office puppies to be played with (of which, more news coming soon . . .) we might just need a rest under the apple tree by the end of the day. This is ‘Autumn’ by Simon Brett, which first appeared on the contents page of Slightly Foxed Issue 19.

Autumn 2017 Launch Party

Autumn 2017 Launch Party

Slightly Foxed at Much Ado Books We celebrated the launch of our autumn publications in the beautiful barn of Much Ado Books on a Saturday evening in September. Wine flowed, bookish chat filled the air, books flew off the shelves and tills rang as we toasted our new seasonal offerings.

16th September 2017

‘The magazine has been a joy to receive . . .’

‘Many thanks for your letter confirming my subscription renewal to Slightly Foxed. Looking back it seems I first subscribed in 2007 – where did those 10 years go?! In all that time the magazine has been a joy to receive (no hyperbole), and it is also a pleasure to know that there are people (yourselves!), who would wish to publish such a magazine . . .’

- M. Ward, Northampton

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