In the finals…..again. Firstly, let me apologise for the lack of blog posts and input to my social media channels over the last few weeks. Just after Christmas I fell under the bug that has been going around and it really took it out of me (it must be something…
I WON! Well, what can I say? Yesterday was a day of mixed emotions when the winners of The Great Outdoor Magazine Readers Awards 2017 were announced and needless to say as you can tell form the post heading, I WON! Honoured, proud and not to say somewhat surprised to…
Being “in it to win it”. Just like the Oscars and the BAFTA’s it seems as if the award season for books is focused at the same time of the year. Firstly, thank you to all of you who took time to vote in the TGO Reader Awards (hopefully for…
The news is spreading…. No one could have told me just how time consuming it would be to sell The Wainwrights in Colour book after publication- but then no one has produced a book quite like this. Since May my time has been almost totally given over to the continual promotion…
Exciting times continue. Apologies for the lack of recent posts on this site recently. Not only am I still very involved with The Wainwrights in Colour Book, giving talks and presentations but also doing the background research on the next project. More news on that will follow shortly. However, I…
Spreading the word. The end of another busy week. Even though I have been able to get back out on to the fells recently, including a rather good afternoon out on to Low Fell last week. (details to follow shortly) Much of my time has been taken up with the…
The reviews are in! Things haven’t slowed down much here since the launch of The Wainwrights in Colour Book with my days being taken up with processing orders, dispatching books, answering emails and preparing for future events and talks. There is no time yet for days out in the dale…
Countdown to launch day. Time is flying by. With less than a week to the launch of my long awaited book The Wainwrights in Colour I am busy getting everything prepared for the big event. So this week should fly by. As part of the countdown I am writing a…
On my Andy Beck Artist website there is now information on how to pre-order your copy of The Wainwrights in Colour book which is now due for official launch on the first weekend in May. Full details can be found here: Pre-order the book With the recent press coverage…
Another twist to 2016. Yet again 2016 has thrown up another challenge to test us. Back in mid July and totally out of the blue we were given a two month notice to quit our rented house after a period of twenty years. To say it was a bit of…
