SAME BOOK BUT PAPERBACK EDITION WILL HAVE SNAPPIER TITLE AND MORE APPEALING FRONT COVER

                                           

A BOOK that focuses on the iniquities of the once-flourishing plumage trade is to be re-published in paperback in summer.

The book,  Fashion, Fury and Feminism ⁠- Women’s Fight for Change, was published in hardback two years ago.

In it, Sussex-based author Tessa Boase explores the role of the campaign to halt the killing of birds which had been carried out so that their feathers - and sometimes their whole corpses - could be used to adorn women's hats.

The hardback book earned critical acclaim, though its title and cover illustration leave a little to be desired.

For the paperback version, due out on June 1, it has a more impressive cover and a snappier title: Etta Lemon - The Woman Who Saved the Birds.

Covid restrictions permitting, the author  is due to give talks to the following organisations during the course of this year:

Arts Society Limpsfield – 27 April.

RSPB East Grinstead – 28 April.

The Royal Oak Foundation – 18 May.

Worthing Antiques Club – 1 June.

Arts Society Chichester – 15 July.

RSPB Guildford – 22 September.

Arts Society Romsey – 5 October.

Arts Society High Wycombe – 11 October.

Arts Society City of Chichester – 25 November.

* Scroll back to see the interview with the author that appeared in the May 27, 2019 edition of this blog.

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