“Swallows and Amazons for ever!” Welcome to the ART Website
The Arthur Ransome Trust (ART) exists to help people discover, re-discover, appreciate and enjoy the life and works of Arthur Ransome (1884 – 1967), author of Swallows and Amazons. The Trust is working to establish a permanent Arthur Ransome Centre in the southern Lake District. On the way to achieving this we are also developing a range of exciting projects, including exhibitions, displays and resource materials. Read more at our Welcome page
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Latest Arthur Ransome, Arthur Ransome Trust and Swallows & Amazons News
Ransome Correspondence Auction Update
On April 29 we reported the forthcoming auction of Arthur Ransome’s correspondence to Meriol Trevor.
Bonhams will be auctioning this collection as Lot 205 in their forthcoming Books, Maps, Manuscripts and Historical Photographs sale on Wednesday, June 19, at 2.00pm. The auction details are now available online at Bonhams website.
Read moreHow did the Swallows and Amazons Inspire You?
Calling all explorers, pirates, sailors, ship’s engineers, bird watchers, novelists, botanists and astronomers (to name a few):
Are you amongst those who’ve voyaged with the Swallows and Amazons to Wild Cat Island in your mind, or trekked to the North Pole, or hunted High Topps for gold? Or can you trace your passion for star gazing, geology or conservation to Dick Callum, or for writing to his sister, Dorothea? Did you decide to join the Navy in John’s wake, or become a pirate in Nancy’s…?
Read moreNew Arthur Ransome Literary Estate Email
The Arthur Ransome Literary Estate has a new contact email address:
arthur-ransome-literary-executors@allthingsransome.net. This address is provided as a complimentary service by the excellent information website All Things Ransome.
Emails sent to this address forward to the three executors, Christina Hardyment, Geraint Lewis and Elizabeth Sewart. they are not read by anyone at All Things Ransome.
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