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03/07/2025

Sorry everyone. Our X account has been taken over by 'sexy p**n' - Don't go there!

Instead let me suggest that you visit the GD website and take a look at the River Deben Colouring Book by Claudia Myatt

Author: Claudia Myatt / River Deben Association Publisher: Golden Duck Published: June 2025 Pages: 36 ISBN-13: 978-1899262670

27/05/2025

Have always rather hoped to be asked t write something for Slightly Foxed -- and this issue brings a wish come true

I’ve long admired Slightly Foxed — ‘the real readers quarterly’. I remember their kindness in allowing us to have a party in the basement of their offices in Hoxton Square to celebrate the republication of Jan Needle’s Wild Wood. It was a happy evening in exactly the right place, though we...

17/05/2025

How cheering it is to read this post from Dee Caffari

12/05/2025

Here's a blog I wrote for Essex Book Festival. They have a theme of community this year. I'm not sure how well my female sailing individualists fit in to this but am looking forward to talking about them at Frinton Library on Wednesday June 11th. Stars to Steer By is published by Bloomsbury Nautical

By Julia Jones The focus for the Essex Book Festival 2025 is Community. The richness and diversity of Essex. Our extraordinary history and heritage, and the people who have shaped it and continue to shape our wonderful county. Our wonderful coastline and the many islands forming the Essex ‘Archipe...

05/05/2025

Loving this count down on Spotify

Julia Jones · Audiobook

28/04/2025

Robert Simper has moved to Cornwall and his books have moved to Bittern Books of Norfolk. So if you're interested in his latest volume Shingle Beaches and Tidal Rivers that's where you need to look (or enquire from local booksellers)

This isn’t new news as he and Pearl moved away from Ramsholt in 2024 —- very sadly after a lifetime on the East Coast. Nevertheless, the rest of their family were relocating and many happy holidays had already been spent in the area. What’s more newsworthy, however, is Shingle Beaches and Tida...

05/04/2025

Looking forward to this talk by Matt Wilson of the National Trust and also to meeting Jeremy Young , photographer and learning more about his photos of the ancient trees of Staverton Thicks and his more recent views of the Deben, where he uses a thin layer of mud to coat the film ...

PLEASE SHARE - Talk on Conservation & Climate Change: National Trust on the Suffolk and Essex Coast by Matt Wilson.
Wednesday 30th April 7pm, Woodbridge Community Hall. Book at https://bit.ly/3XACIUY

08/03/2025

We always look forward to the annual Felixstowe Book Festival at the end of June -- and this year is no exception. Francis will be interviewing writer Ben Chu and I'll be talking about my new book 'Stars to Steer By'. I'd like to thank the FBF organisers for putting up this blog to celebrate International Women's Day

Julia Jones’s new book Stars To Steer By celebrates women’s involvement with sailing and the sea in the 20th century. To celebrate International Women’s Day, Julia, a guest at this year’s fest

04/03/2025

It's not enough that women should feel confident on the water. We need to be comfortable in any area of the sailing world, if that's where our interests and talents take us.

Following the successful Women in Boatbuilding British tour, the team have now gone to Italy to meet their colleagues in Europe

09/11/2024

Wishing Pip Hare Ocean Racing best of luck in tomorrows Vendée Globe

Best Wishes to Deben sailor Pip Hare as she tackles her second Vendee Globe race Posted on 01/11/2024 by Bertie Wheen By Julia Jones and Nick Cottam The Vendée Globe is a single-handed, non-stop, non-assisted round-the-world sailing race that takes place every four years. It is contested on IMOCA m...

24/10/2024

My somewhat formal obituary of Richard Woodman is published on line in the Guardian today. They wanted an appreciation of his writing, which I was glad to offer. There wasn't room for all the little things -- the advice he gave me when I was flinching at the responsibility of taking on Peter Duck; the fact-checking he did for the Salt-Stained book, the encouragement he gave to publish The Cruise of Naromis, the generous afterword he wrote for Maid Matelot, remembering his friend Rozelle Raynes. Above all it was the prompt email answers to questions and the interested, expert conversations that I shall really miss. I never gave those conversations enough time -- and now I never shall. Here's the obit anyway

Writer who drew on his own experience at sea in a series of novels and historical works about the British merchant navy

28/09/2024

End of year book round ups are a real pleasure especially when they remind one of pleasures from the beginning of the year, forgotten - or treats missed.
Thank you also Practical Boat Owner for including some Golden Duck offerings in your list

Katy Stickland chooses her pick of the latest sailing books that will keep sailors enthralled