Poppyland Publishing - Media Information

Welcome to the Poppyland Publishing Media Information Page.

Cromer-based Poppyland Publishing published its first title in 1976. Since then it has regularly published titles of local interest in East Anglia. We publish books, DVDs, video and prints. If you have a specific enquiry for press purposes, email Peter Stibbons for further information. He can also be contacted on +44 (0)1263 510969 or on mobile 07799127864. Our fax number is 08707052513 and our general web site is www.poppyland.co.uk.

Each section below covers a recent publication. For a full press release as a Word document, click on the right hand column. A front cover and photographs from the book for use in association with features and reviews can also be downloaded from the right hand column.

Boudica - Her Life, Times and Legacy
Celtic Queen, Iceni warrior and Norfolk Heroine
ISBN 9780946148875 RRP £9.95

Publication date 21st November 2009.

Dr John Davies, Chief Curator for Norwich Archaeological and Museums Service and journalist Bruce Robinson combine to tell us just what we do know about this iconic figure who came close to overthrowing the might of the Roman Empire.

Author John Davies can be contacted on 01603 493625 or john.davies@norfolk.gov.uk and Bruce Robinson at 01263 822132 or bruce.robinson2@btinternet.com.
Publisher Peter Stibbons can be contacted on 01263 510969, mobile 07799 127864

Henry Blogg of Cromer
The Greatest of the Lifeboatmen
ISBN 0946148597 RRP £11.95 each

Extracts from the Poppyland title Henry Blogg of Cromer - The Greatest of the Lifeboatmen have this year featured in national and international examination papers. This title, first published in 1958 and published in paperback by Poppyland Publishing in 2002, remains a best seller and continues in print after its third paperback print run.

Publisher Peter Stibbons can be contacted on 01263 510969, mobile 07799 127864

Exploring Paston Country
Walking and reading with the Paston family
ISBN 9780946148868 RRP £4.95 each

Publication date 23rd May 2009.

Lucy Care and her father Jack Earl bring together their combined experience of Paston places and people. The 15th century Paston Letters are the most famous documentation of country life in those times; with this book the reader can get to know the background - and the heritage they have left for us to see today.

Author Lucy Care can be contacted on 01263 720164 or lucyecare@aol.com
Publisher Peter Stibbons can be contacted on 01263 510969, mobile 07799 127864

Wymondham - Born and Bred
A new DVD from Poppyland Productions
RRP £12.95

DVD released 5th December 2008.

The DVD is based around personal recollections from eleven townsfolk of the town and district. They talk about schooldays, chapel and church, farming and horses, town trade and wartime Wymondham, sharing many community memories.

Director Peter Stibbons can be contacted on 01263 510969, mobile 07799127864
Co-Producer John Nickalls can be contacted on 07771 522503

Norfolk Maritime Heroes and Legends
From Admirals to Lifeboatmen, Fighting Men to Holiday Entrepreneurs
ISBN 9780946148851 RRP £13.95 each

Publication date 11th November 2008.

A book about the seamen of Norfolk who are such a part of county's story. Reporting on the bicentenary celebrations for Trafalgar in 2005 inspired author Mark Nicholls to bring these stories together.

Author Mark Nicholls can be contacted on 01362 696191 or mark.nicholls@mnmedia.co.uk Publisher Peter Stibbons can be contacted on 01263 510969, mobile 07799 127864

Dear Hal, Yours Pud
The letters home of a First World War soldier
ISBN 9780946148844 RRP £12.95 each

Publication date 27 October 2008.

Ninety years on, a unique collection of letters from training, the front line and hospital, interwoven with battalion records, trench maps and regimental history, linked to a series of contemporary maps overlaid on modern imagery on the Web.

Author Theo Stibbons can be contacted on 01775 767286 or theostib@aol.com
Publisher Peter Stibbons can be contacted on 01263 510969, mobile 07799 127864

Roads and Tracks
A new and expanded edition of Norfolk Origins 2
ISBN 9780946148707 RRP £9.95 each

Publication date 11 July 2008.

Much has moved on in historical and archaeological research since the first edition of this title in 1983 and author Bruce Robinson with consultant Edwin Rose bring the story up to date.

Author Bruce Robinson can be contacted on 01263 822132
Publisher Peter Stibbons can be contacted on 01263 510969, mobile 07799 127864

William Winstanley - The Man who saved Christmas
A new book for Christmas 2007 from Poppyland Publishing
ISBN 9780946148820 RRP £10.95 each

Publication date 2nd November 2007.

The biography of the writer William Winstanley (1628-1698) of Quendon and Saffron Walden, describing all William's own wonderful Yuletide festivities, showing how he singlehandedly revived out Christmas customs after the Restoration.

Author Alison Barnes can be contacted on 01279 814309
Publisher Peter Stibbons can be contacted on 01263 510969, mobile 07799 127864