This is my new blog about my work, The Land of Lost Thoughts. My first foray into children's fiction writing, my book is published by lulu.com and is available on their marketplace. Soon to follow is the Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com listings which I will keep you posted about. The inspiration behind this first novel was to create a fantasy adventure based in a real setting dealing with growing up and spiritual awareness.
The book is set in 1981 and follows a year in the life of an eleven year old girl called Emily. She lives near Crystal palace and her adventure takes her into the woods at Sydenham, a disused train tunnel and eventually continue while she is on holiday in Dartmoor, Devon.
I researched the area and also lived there as a child so there are some facts which may be appealing to people from the Crystal Palace or Upper Norwood areas and who knew the place during the 1980s.
Some of the adventure takes place in nearby Herne Hill and Brockwell Park, once again references are to places that used to occupy the High Street but most are fictional. Dartmoor was somewhere I visited often as a child and had many an adventure on the Moor. the myths and legends of Dartmoor have always been an interest of mine and when combining what I knew as hearsay with research, I found I could link my story neatly with the use of pixies and Moorland mythology.
The main character Emily, enters a magical realm of spirit walking and the book deals lightly with her first encounter of spiritualism.
I will blog again, on some of these topics, more in depth and hope to hear from you what you think of the novel. Although aimed at a reading age of 9+ my own children have enjoyed reading it and I think it is appealing to adults who like this kind of fiction and remembering the charms of the 1980s and growing up in London.
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As an illustrator I have created 12 images for the book and I am in the process of creating a further 12 for a 2011 calendar, so you will have a chance to own some prints unique to the book and its concept but not contained within the book. I will twitter when it is available to purchase on lulu.com.
NOW AVAILABLE
The bo
ok retails at £8.99, it is 244 pages, paperback. Currently at a promotional price of £8.09 for Christmas.BUY PAPERBACK HERE.
Also available as a digital download at £2.99.
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COMING SOON
Limited Edition Prints from The land of Lost Thoughts.I also have a line of Limited Edition prints available of the books illustrations which retail at £150.00 per print. Signed by the artist and limited to an edition of 100 per artwork. They are black and white ink drawings, all titled and appear within The Land of Lost Thoughts, supplied flat with white border.
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Coffee Table Picture Book
A book of illustrations only and text descriptions of technique and subject matter by Siobhain Hill, includes all the illustrations from The Land of Lost Thoughts and additional material from the 2011 calendar.
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2011 The Land of Lost Thoughts Calendar
A large format calendar containing new illustrations from The Land of Lost Thoughts which do not appear within the book. Also contains extracts and quotes from the book
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Siobhain Hill.
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